Dominican Republic vs Mexico
Dominican Republic vs Mexico: Life expectancy
Life expectancy in 2023: 73.7 years in Dominican Republic and 75.1 years in Mexico, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Mexico, by 1.3 years, or 1.02 times that in Dominican Republic.
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What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Dominican Republic.
- In 2023, Dominican Republic ranked 125 and Mexico ranked 114 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Dominican Republic at 83.5 years and Mexico at 86.8 years in 2100.
- The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.
Every year
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| Year | Dominican Republic | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 73.7 | 75.1 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 74.2 | 74 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 71.8 | 69.8 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 72.6 | 70.5 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 73.1 | 74.5 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 73.6 | 74.3 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 73.4 | 74.3 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 72.9 | 74.4 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 73 | 74.4 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 73.1 | 74.4 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 73 | 74.3 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 72.8 | 74.1 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 72.5 | 73.9 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 72 | 73.7 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 71.6 | 73.6 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 71.3 | 73.7 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 71.1 | 73.8 | 69 |
| 2006 | 71.1 | 73.8 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 71 | 73.6 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 70.7 | 73.4 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 70.9 | 73.3 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 70.7 | 73.1 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 70.6 | 72.9 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 70.4 | 72.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 70.2 | 72.2 | 66 |
| 1998 | 69.9 | 71.8 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 69.8 | 71.5 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 69.6 | 71.1 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 69.4 | 70.7 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 69.2 | 70.3 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 68.9 | 70 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 68.5 | 69.7 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 68.2 | 69.4 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 67.8 | 69 | 64 |
| 1989 | 67.3 | 68.6 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 66.9 | 68.3 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 66.5 | 67.9 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 66.1 | 67.4 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 65.6 | 66.8 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 65.1 | 66.2 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 64.6 | 65.8 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 64.2 | 65.3 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 63.8 | 64.7 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 63.4 | 64.3 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 62.4 | 63.9 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 62.6 | 63.4 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 62.2 | 63 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 61.7 | 62.5 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 61.3 | 61.9 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 60.8 | 61.2 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 60.2 | 60.5 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 59.7 | 60.1 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 59.1 | 59.4 | 56 |
| 1970 | 58.5 | 58.9 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 57.9 | 58.4 | 56 |
| 1968 | 57.3 | 58.2 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 56.7 | 58 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 56 | 57.4 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 52.8 | 56.7 | 54 |
| 1964 | 54.7 | 55.9 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 53.8 | 55.5 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 53.2 | 55.1 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 52.5 | 54.4 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 51.7 | 53.6 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 51 | 52.7 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 50.2 | 51.8 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 49.5 | 51.1 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 48.7 | 50.4 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 47.9 | 49.6 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 47.1 | 48.3 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 46.4 | 47 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 45.6 | 45.7 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 44.8 | 44.8 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 44.1 | 43.8 | 46.4 |
| 1949 | – | 45.8 | – |
| 1948 | – | 48.3 | – |
| 1947 | – | 46.3 | – |
| 1946 | – | 44.8 | – |
| 1945 | – | 44.2 | – |
| 1944 | – | 43.2 | – |
| 1943 | – | 42.8 | – |
| 1942 | – | 39.8 | – |
| 1941 | – | 42.6 | – |
| 1940 | 34 | 39 | – |
| 1939 | – | 45.5 | – |
| 1938 | – | 39.4 | – |
| 1937 | – | 36.8 | – |
| 1936 | – | 38.3 | – |
| 1935 | 29.9 | 40.4 | – |
| 1934 | – | 38.2 | – |
| 1933 | – | 37.3 | – |
| 1932 | – | 38.4 | – |
| 1931 | – | 37.7 | – |
| 1930 | 26 | 34 | – |
| 1929 | – | 35.4 | – |
| 1928 | – | 34.5 | – |
| 1927 | – | 40.3 | – |
| 1926 | – | 34.2 | – |
| 1925 | – | 32.1 | – |
| 1924 | – | 32.8 | – |
| 1923 | – | 33.5 | – |
| 1922 | – | 32.6 | – |
| 1920 | – | 34 | – |
| 1910 | – | 28 | – |
| 1909 | – | 29.2 | – |
| 1908 | – | 28.7 | – |
| 1907 | – | 28 | – |
| 1906 | – | 27.9 | – |
| 1905 | – | 26.8 | – |
| 1904 | – | 29.1 | – |
| 1903 | – | 28.7 | – |
| 1902 | – | 28.4 | – |
| 1901 | – | 26.7 | – |
| 1900 | – | 25 | – |
| 1899 | – | 25 | – |
| 1898 | – | 27 | – |
| 1897 | – | 26.2 | – |
| 1896 | – | 28.8 | – |
| 1895 | – | 29.5 | – |
| 1894 | – | 26.6 | – |
| 1893 | – | 23.3 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Dominican Republic | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.972.6–75 | 75.374.1–76.4 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 7472.3–75.7 | 75.573.9–77 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 74.171.9–76.1 | 75.673.7–77.6 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 74.372–76.6 | 75.873.5–78 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 74.471.7–77 | 7673.5–78.4 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 74.571.6–77.4 | 76.273.4–78.7 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 74.671.4–77.7 | 76.473.4–79.1 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 74.871.4–78.1 | 76.673.5–79.4 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 74.971.2–78.3 | 76.773.4–79.8 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 7571.1–78.7 | 76.973.3–80 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 75.270.8–78.9 | 77.173.3–80.4 | 75 |
| 2035 | 75.370.6–79.1 | 77.273.2–80.7 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 75.470.5–79.3 | 77.473.4–80.8 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 75.570.6–79.7 | 77.673.5–81.1 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 75.770.3–79.8 | 77.873.5–81.6 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 75.870.4–80.2 | 7873.6–81.9 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 75.970.4–80.3 | 78.173.6–82.3 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 76.170.2–80.6 | 78.373.5–82.4 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 76.270.1–80.9 | 78.573.6–82.6 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 76.370.2–81 | 78.773.6–82.9 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 76.570.2–81.4 | 78.873.6–83.1 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 76.670.4–81.7 | 7973.6–83.3 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 76.770.3–81.9 | 79.273.7–83.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 76.970.4–82.2 | 79.373.7–83.8 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 7770.3–82.4 | 79.573.8–84 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 77.170.4–82.5 | 79.773.9–84.3 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 77.370.4–82.8 | 79.874.1–84.6 | 77 |
| 2051 | 77.470.6–83.2 | 8074–84.9 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 77.570.6–83.4 | 80.274.3–85.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 77.670.2–83.4 | 80.374.3–85.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 77.870.2–83.8 | 80.574.3–85.3 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 77.970.3–84 | 80.774.5–85.7 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 7870.4–84 | 80.874.3–85.9 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 78.270.5–84.2 | 8174.6–86 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 78.370.3–84.3 | 81.174.5–86.4 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 78.470.3–84.5 | 81.374.5–86.3 | 78 |
| 2060 | 78.570.2–84.8 | 81.574.5–86.8 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 78.770.2–85 | 81.674.5–86.7 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 78.870.4–85 | 81.874.7–87.1 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 78.970.3–85.1 | 81.974.9–87.3 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 79.170.6–85.5 | 82.174.8–87.4 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 79.270.5–85.6 | 82.275–87.5 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 79.370.5–85.8 | 82.475.1–87.7 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 79.470.4–85.8 | 82.575.3–87.9 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 79.670.4–86.1 | 82.775.4–88 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 79.770.7–86.3 | 82.875.4–88.1 | 79 |
| 2070 | 79.870.5–86.6 | 82.975.4–88.5 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 8070.5–86.7 | 83.175.5–88.6 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 80.170.7–86.9 | 83.275.4–88.8 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 80.270.7–87.1 | 83.475.3–88.9 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 80.370.7–87.3 | 83.575.6–89 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 80.570.8–87.3 | 83.675.5–89.2 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 80.670.8–87.6 | 83.875.6–89.4 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 80.770.9–87.8 | 83.976–89.8 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 80.971–87.9 | 84.176.2–90 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 8171.2–88 | 84.276.1–90.1 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 81.171.2–88.1 | 84.375.9–90.3 | 80 |
| 2081 | 81.271–88.3 | 84.576.4–90.6 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 81.471–88.5 | 84.676.5–90.6 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 81.571.2–88.5 | 84.776.6–90.9 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 81.671.4–88.6 | 84.976.8–91.1 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 81.771.3–88.8 | 8576.8–91.4 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 81.871.3–89 | 85.177–91.4 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 81.971.3–89 | 85.277.1–91.7 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 82.171.4–89.1 | 85.477.2–91.8 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 82.271.5–89.4 | 85.577.3–92 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 82.371.5–89.5 | 85.677.5–92.3 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 82.471.5–89.7 | 85.777.7–92.4 | 81 |
| 2092 | 82.571.5–89.8 | 85.877.7–92.5 | 81 |
| 2093 | 82.771.2–89.9 | 8677.7–92.8 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 82.871.5–90.1 | 86.177.7–92.8 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 82.971.5–90.2 | 86.277.7–93.1 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 8371.5–90.5 | 86.377.9–93.3 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 83.171.4–90.5 | 86.478.2–93.5 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 83.271.8–90.5 | 86.678.2–93.7 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 83.371.6–90.6 | 86.778.6–94 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 83.571.8–90.8 | 86.878.7–94.1 | 81.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Dominican Republic vs Mexico
Health
- Child mortalityDominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterDominican Republic: 44.9% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionDominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateDominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthDominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageDominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateDominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personDominican Republic: $9,287 in 2025Mexico: $10,260 in 2025
- GDP growthDominican Republic: 2.1% a year in 2025Mexico: 0.5% a year in 2025
- InflationDominican Republic: 3.9% a year in 2025Mexico: 3.8% a year in 2025
- Government debtDominican Republic: 59% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 61.7% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsDominican Republic: $1.04B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personDominican Republic: $90 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingDominican Republic: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelDominican Republic: 71,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerDominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsDominican Republic: 0 TIV in 2022Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019