Dominican Republic
República Dominicana
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 8.2%
- people aged 65 or older
- 943.3K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 15%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 23.1 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 20.3%
- women 19.3%, men 21.5%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.2%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022; UN, 2010 census
Languages
4 languages, 0 of them endangered
- Dominican Sign Language
- English
- Haitian Creole
- Spanish
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Traditional knowledge and practices for the making and consumption of cassava bread2024
- Music and dance of Dominican Bachata2019
- Music and dance of the merengue in the Dominican Republic2016
- Cultural space of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Congos of Villa Mella2008
- Cocolo dance drama tradition2008
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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