The duel
Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 146,839 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
The Dominican Republic’s coastline is 13 times as long as Bermuda’s
Bermuda: 103 km (2026 edition) · Dominican Republic: 1,288 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
The Dominican Republic’s highest peak towers 3,019 m above Bermuda’s
Bermuda: 79 m (2026 edition) · Dominican Republic: 3,098 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 51% of the Dominican Republic, versus 5.6% of Bermuda
Bermuda: 5.6% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 51.5% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
The Dominican Republic has 178 times as many people as Bermuda
Bermuda: 64,555 (2025) · Dominican Republic: 11.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bermuda is 5 times as densely populated as the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 1,195 per km² (2025) · Dominican Republic: 239 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Bermuda are 5.1 cm taller than in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 179.7 cm (2019) · Dominican Republic: 174.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Bermuda are 4.9 cm taller than in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 166.1 cm (2019) · Dominican Republic: 161.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Bermuda is 17 years older than in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 45.1 years (2023) · Dominican Republic: 27.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in the Dominican Republic have 0.8 more children on average than in Bermuda
Bermuda: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · Dominican Republic: 2.22 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
23% of people in Bermuda are 65 or older, versus 8.2% in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 22.6% (2025) · Dominican Republic: 8.2% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 0.0017 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Bermuda and the Dominican Republic are practically level
Bermuda: 1 (2026) · Dominican Republic: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
The Dominican Republic’s economy is 14 times the size of Bermuda’s
Bermuda: $9.19 billion (2024) · Dominican Republic: $127 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Bermuda produces 4.1 times as much per person as the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: Int$118,728 (2024) · Dominican Republic: Int$28,721 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 39 (2024)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 0.8% (2024)
How many people are looking for work?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 5.1% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 0.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 14.7% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Bermuda’s price level (US = 100) is 3.1× the Dominican Republic’s
Bermuda: 120% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 39% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: $489 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Bermuda live 8.6 years longer than in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 82.5 years (2024) · Dominican Republic: 73.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 27.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 0.8 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 9.3 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
35% of adults in Bermuda are obese, versus 31% in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 34.8% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 30.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 6.09 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Bermuda drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 11 litres (2023) · Dominican Republic: 5.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 61.6 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 3,313 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 2,072 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 9.4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Bermuda welcomed 3 times as many tourists per resident as the Dominican Republic (2019)
Bermuda: 2.25 (2022) · Dominican Republic: 0.75 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 1 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
The Dominican Republic has won 15 Olympic medals, Bermuda 2
Bermuda: 2 (2026 edition) · Dominican Republic: 15 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
98% of people in Bermuda are online, versus 91% in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 98% (2017) · Dominican Republic: 91% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Bermuda is 2.3 times as fast as in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 220 Mbps (2026) · Dominican Republic: 94 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Bermuda have electricity, versus 100% in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 100% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 99.5% (2024)
How many live in cities?
100% of people in Bermuda live in cities, versus 73% in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 100% (2025) · Dominican Republic: 73% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Bermuda has 97 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Dominican Republic 94
Bermuda: 97 (2024) · Dominican Republic: 94 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 496 km (2014)
How much do they fly?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 0.09 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 47% of the Dominican Republic, but only 14% of Bermuda
Bermuda: 14.4% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 46.7% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Bermuda emits 2.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in the Dominican Republic
Bermuda: 8.5 t (2024) · Dominican Republic: 2.9 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
24% of the Dominican Republic’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.6% in Bermuda
Bermuda: 1.6% (2024) · Dominican Republic: 23.8% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in the Dominican Republic carries 3.2 times as much fine dust as in Bermuda
Bermuda: 3.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Dominican Republic: 12.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 77% more likely to be murdered in the Dominican Republic than in Bermuda
Bermuda: 6.2 per 100k (2023) · Dominican Republic: 10.9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 52.7 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 24.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bermuda: no data · Dominican Republic: 1,056 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Which has more people, Bermuda or the Dominican Republic?
The Dominican Republic has 178 times as many people as Bermuda (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Bermuda or the Dominican Republic?
People in Bermuda live 8.6 years longer than in the Dominican Republic. Life expectancy at birth is 82.5 years in Bermuda and 73.9 in the Dominican Republic.
Are people taller in Bermuda or the Dominican Republic?
Men in Bermuda are 5.1 cm taller than in the Dominican Republic (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
