San Pedro de Macorís — UN urban centre
San Pedro de Macorís: 244,148 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,391 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1736; territory: Dominican Republic (DOM). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 18.4617, -69.2997. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 66,011 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 73,646 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 84,255 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 99,698 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 122,743 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 140,256 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 168,393 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 194,822 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 215,082 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 229,682 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 244,148 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 255,113 | Projection |
| 2035 | 264,192 | Projection |
| 2040 | 273,472 | Projection |
| 2045 | 279,965 | Projection |
| 2050 | 285,226 | Projection |
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