What is the population of Santiago de los Caballeros?
Santiago de los Caballeros has a city population of 1,200,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Dominican Republic · North America
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago Province · Dominican Republic
City population
1,200,000
#2
in Dominican Republic
#1
in Santiago Province
#445
worldwide
19.450, -70.691 · 137 km from Santo Domingo
About Santiago de los Caballeros
At 137 km from Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros holds 1,200,000 people and accounts for 10.4% of the Dominican Republic's population. The city ranks second in the country by population and first within Santiago Province. Tamboril lies 9 km away with 23,304 people; Moca (19 km, 61,834) is the nearest substantially larger neighbour.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Santiago Province
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
209 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Santo_Domingo
Coordinates
19.450, -70.691
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 45 in Dominican RepublicClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Santiago de los Caballeros | 1.2M |
Santiago de los Caballeros Population FAQ
Where is Santiago de los Caballeros?
Santiago de los Caballeros is in Santiago Province, Dominican Republic, 137 km from the capital, Santo Domingo. Its coordinates are 19.450, -70.691.
How big is Santiago de los Caballeros compared with other cities in Dominican Republic?
It is the 2nd largest of the 45 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Dominican Republic, holding 10.4% of the national population.