Islam by country · Americas
Islam in Dominican Republic: history and Muslim population data
Explore CoMPS research on the historical journey of Islam in Dominican Republic, alongside population data and an interactive timeline.
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History of Islam in Dominican Republic
It gained its independence from Spain in 1865 and has an area of 48,670 sq km. It consists of two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola which it shares with Haiti. Its map is presented in Figure 5.5.4. Estimates for the Muslim population increased from 100 or 0.00% in 1970 and 500 or 0.01% in 1993. According to ISS survey, the percentage of Muslims was 0.10% in 2005 and 0.05% in 2008.
Thus, assuming that the percentage of Muslims will continue to increase by 0.01 of a percentage point per decade; then the number of Muslims is expected to remain less than 20,000 or 0.1% throughout of this century.
Historical Muslim population dataset for Dominican Republic
The figures below are from the CoMPS historical dataset. Population values are expressed in thousands; 2100 is a modelled projection, not a present-day count.
| Year | Total population (thousands) | Muslim population (thousands) | Muslim share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 515.0 | 0.000 | 0.00% |
| 2000 | 8,476 | 2.54 | 0.03% |
| 2100 | 11,943 | 16.72 | 0.14% |
For the full time series and visualisation, use the interactive map above.