Distillers Dominican Republic
A one-page guide to the Dominican Republic for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Dominican peso (DOP)
- Time zone
- UTC-4 (no DST)
- Area
- 146,839 km²
People
- Population
- 11.5 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 0.8% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 72.5%
- Aged under 15
- 26.2%
- Aged 65 and over
- 8.2%
- Life expectancy
- 73.9 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$127.4 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$11,059 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 2.12% (2025)
- Inflation
- 3.87% (2025)
Climate
Tropical; annual average about 25 C (about 28 C near sea level, 18 C at altitude). Coolest in January-February, hottest in August. Rain mainly May to November (May wettest), but November to January on the northern coast; about 1,500 mm a year.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 6.5 litres of pure alcohol (2020)
- What people drink
- Beer 51%, wine 3%, spirits 46% (2022)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Dominican Republic; World Bank Open Data API (population, area, GDP, growth, inflation); Our World in Data / WHO GHO alcohol per capita; Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Wikipedia: Brugal. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.