country statistics

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC COUNTRY STATISTICS
Borders:	Haití
Population:	9,180,000
Population growth rate:	1.47%
Economy
GDP (ppp):	$21.43billion
External debt:	$7 billion
Workforce
Agriculture:	17%
Industry:	24.3%
Services:	58.7%
Health
Life expectancy:	71.7 years
Infant mortality:	28/1,000 live births
HIV/AIDS
Prevalence:	1.7%
People living with HIV/AIDS :	88,000
Deaths:	7,900
Education
Literacy rate - total:	84.7%
Male:	84.6%
Female:	84.8%
Development ranking
Human development index country ranking:	95 out of 177
Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2005 and Economic Intelligence Unit 2006.