Dominican Republic
Puerto Plata population
146,000people · latest figure
Puerto Plata has a population of 146,000, making it the 8th largest place we list in Dominican Republic.
Puerto Plata holds 1.3% of Dominican Republic's 11,609,500 people. Santo Domingo, the largest place we list there, is 15 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 119,897, a rise of 22%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| San Pedro de Macorís | San Pedro de Macorís | 217,899 |
| La Romana | La Romana | 208,437 |
| San Cristóbal | San Cristóbal | 154,040 |
| San Francisco de Macorís | Duarte Province | 124,763 |
| Salvaleón de Higüey | La Altagracia Province | 123,787 |
| La Vega | La Vega | 102,426 |
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Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.