What is the population of Santo Domingo?
Santo Domingo has a city population of 2,201,941. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
Capital city · Dominican Republic · North America
Santo Domingo
Nacional · Dominican Republic
City population
2,201,941
#1
in Dominican Republic
#182
worldwide
18.472, -69.892
About Santo Domingo
The capital of the Dominican Republic, this city holds 2,201,941 residents in the city proper, accounting for 19.1% of the national population. Santo Domingo Este lies 5 km away with 700,000 people, and Santo Domingo Oeste sits 12 km distant with 701,269 residents. San Cristóbal stands 23 km away at 154,040 people.
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
Nacional
Capital
National capital
Elevation
24 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Santo_Domingo
Coordinates
18.472, -69.892
Record updated
2025-03-09
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 |
| Santo Domingo | 2.2M |
Santo Domingo Population FAQ
Where is Santo Domingo?
Santo Domingo is in Nacional, Dominican Republic. Its coordinates are 18.472, -69.892.
How big is Santo Domingo compared with other cities in Dominican Republic?
It is the 1st largest of the 45 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Dominican Republic, holding 19.1% of the national population.