Dominican Republic

The eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, shared with Haiti.

Dominican RepublicPRAY FOR THE COUNTRY

• Area: 48,443 sq km

• Population: 10,225,482 Annual Growth: 1.4%

• Capital: Santo Domingo

• Urban Percent: 70.5%

• Human Development Index Rank:90 of 182 countries

Dominican RepublicPRAY FOR THE PEOPLE

• Peoples: 18 (2 unreached)

• Languages: 8

• Official Languages: Spanish.

• Largest Religion: Christian (94% of population)

Christians Other ReligionsP=Protestant J=JudaismI=Independent M=MuslimA=Anglican Bh=BahaiC=Catholic B=BuddhistO=Orthodox H=HinduS=Marginal Sk=SikhU=Unaffiliated Ch=Chinese Rel.X=Other Christian; E=Trad. Ethnic All Christians N=Non-Religious  T=Other

Dominican RepublicPRAY FOR THE CHURCH

• Christians (self-identified): 9,647,742 94.4% of population Annual Growth: 1.3%

• Evangelicals: 931,234 9.1% of population Annual Growth: 2.8%