Largest Cities by Population in the Dominican Republic (2025)

Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in the Dominican Republic ranked by population.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2025)	1 Year Change (over 2024)	Land Area (Km²)	Density (P/Km²)	Global Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Santo Domingo	4,600,064	0.83%	512	8,985	92	4,791,688	5,260,910
2	Santiago de los Caballeros	681,087	0.16%	126	5,405	792	678,134	652,138
3	La Romana	250,479	1.11%	39	6,423	2,324	272,131	312,243
4	San Pedro de Macorís	244,148	1.2%	36	6,782	2,391	255,113	285,226
5	Salvaleón de Higüey	158,122	1.13%	26	6,082	3,826	167,598	194,882
6	San Francisco de Macorís	149,230	0.07%	25	5,969	4,063	148,549	142,736
7	Puerto Plata	134,264	0.1%	33	4,069	4,531	133,819	128,996
8	Baní	128,505	3.46%	26	4,943	4,754	152,688	174,891
9	La Vega	128,409	0.47%	27	4,756	4,758	127,900	120,627
10	Moca	94,250	0.09%	18	5,236	6,562	93,906	90,441
11	Bonao	89,489	0.09%	20	4,474	6,937	89,167	85,905
12	Santa Cruz de Barahona	85,204	1.49%	19	4,484	7,315	91,053	107,213
13	San Juan de la Maguana	72,830	1.62%	14	5,202	8,539	79,869	93,288
14	Azua	68,144	1.34%	12	5,679	9,096	70,597	79,812
15	Mao	64,338	0.09%	10	6,434	9,622	64,092	61,694
16	Esperanza	52,702	0.09%	9	5,856	11,676	52,500	50,528
17	Ramón Matías Mella	50,773	–	7	7,253	12,026	53,482	71,554

Largest Cities by Population in the Dominican Republic (2025)

See also