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🌆 Largest Cities in Dominican Republic

Cities of Dominican Republic with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).

📅 2026📏 people50 entries🇩🇴 See all of this country’s rankings →
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 7,521,391 (50 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank. The smallest 10 are merged into one grey tile.
1
Santo DomingoNacional
2,201,941
2
Santiago de los CaballerosSantiago Province
1,200,000
3
Santo Domingo OesteSanto Domingo Province
701,269
4
Santo Domingo EsteSanto Domingo Province
700,000
5
San Pedro de MacorísSan Pedro de Macorís
217,899
6
La RomanaLa Romana
208,437
7
Bella VistaNacional
175,683
8
San CristóbalSan Cristóbal
154,040
9
Puerto PlataPuerto Plata
146,000
10
San Francisco de MacorísDuarte Province
124,763
11
Salvaleón de HigüeyLa Altagracia Province
123,787
12
La VegaLa Vega
102,426
13
Punta CanaLa Altagracia Province
100,023
14
Santa Cruz de BarahonaBarahona Province
77,160
15
BonaoMonseñor Nouel
73,269
16
San Juan de la MaguanaSan Juan Province
72,950
17
Bajos de HainaSan Cristóbal
66,784
18
BaníPeravia
66,709
19
MocaEspaillat Province
61,834
20
AzuaAzua Province
59,139
21
Cristo ReyNacional
57,084
22
Villa FranciscaNacional
50,185
23
MaoValverde Province
48,297
24
Boca ChicaSanto Domingo Province
46,300
25
SalcedoHermanas Mirabal
45,299
26
EsperanzaValverde Province
42,169
27
CotuíSánchez Ramírez
41,641
28
Villa AltagraciaSan Cristóbal
40,027
29
GuayacanesSan Pedro de Macorís
37,889
30
Hato Mayor del ReyHato Mayor Province
35,999
31
NaguaMaría Trinidad Sánchez
33,862
32
Villa BisonóSantiago Province
33,137
33
JarabacoaLa Vega
29,983
34
ConstanzaLa Vega
29,481
35
Villa ConsueloNacional
28,621
36
Santa Cruz de El SeiboEl Seíbo
23,547
37
TamborilSantiago Province
23,304
38
Las Matas de FarfánSan Juan Province
21,802
39
San José de OcoaSan José de Ocoa
21,148
40
BayaguanaMonte Plata Province
21,055
41
Río GrandePuerto Plata
20,154
42
Monte LlanoPuerto Plata
19,029
43
Ciudad NuevaNacional
18,756
44
NeibaBaoruco Province
18,670
45
QuisqueyaSan Pedro de Macorís
17,694
46
San Fernando de Monte CristiMonte Cristi Province
17,001
47
Sabana Grande de BoyáMonte Plata Province
16,834
48
DajabónDajabón
16,398
49
San Ignacio de SabanetaSantiago Rodríguez
16,380
50
Monte PlataMonte Plata Province
15,532

Highlights

Within Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo ranks first in 2026 with 2,201,941, followed by Santiago de los Caballeros (1,200,000) and Santo Domingo Oeste (701,269).

Santo Domingo is 1.8 times higher than Santiago de los Caballeros, the runner-up.

Across 50 entries, values run from 2,201,941 (Santo Domingo) to 15,532 (Monte Plata), with a median of 43,734.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.