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Population: 9,365,818 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 32.1% (male 1,532,813/female 1,477,033) 15-64 years: 62.2% (male 2,971,620/female 2,851,207) 65 years and over: 5.7% (male 247,738/female 285,407) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 1.5% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 22.91 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 5.32 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -2.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.038 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.042 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.868 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 27.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.07 years male: 71.34 years female: 74.87 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 2.81 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.7% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 88,000 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 7,900 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican.

Ethnic groups: mixed 73%, white 16%, black 11%.

Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%.

Languages: Spanish.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87% male: 86.8% female: 87.2% (2002 census).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $77.09 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 10.7% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $8,400 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 11.2% industry: 30.6% services: 58.2% (2005 est.).

Labor force: 3.896 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 17% industry: 24.3% services: 58.7% (1998 est.).

Population below poverty line: 25%.

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.1% highest 10%: 37.9% (1998).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.2% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 16% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $5.852 billion expenditures: $5.947 billion; including capital expenditures of $1.1 billion (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs.

Industries: tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco.

Industrial production growth rate: 2% (2001 est.).

Electricity - production: 15.02 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 13.96 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).

Exports: $6.495 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods.

Exports - partners: US 78.9%, Netherlands 2.4%, Mexico 1.9% (2005).

Imports: $11.39 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Imports - partners: US 50%, Colombia 6.2%, Mexico 5.8% (2005).

Debt - external: $8.634 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $571.6 million (2004).

Currency (code): Dominican peso (DOP).

Exchange rates: Dominican pesos per US dollar - 33.406 (2006), 30.409 (2005), 42.12 (2004), 30.831 (2003), 18.61 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.