Territorial change of Dominican Republic

“Dominican Republic” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1846 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1846 – 1860, at ≈ 53 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1846 – 1860≈ 53 thousand km²
AD 1865 – 1915≈ 53 thousand km²
AD 1924 – 2023≈ 53 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024≈ 53 thousand km²
AD 1846AD 2024

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1846 – 1860 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1846≈ 53 thousand km²81 of 152
AD 1848≈ 53 thousand km²81 of 147
AD 1849≈ 53 thousand km²79 of 144
AD 1853≈ 53 thousand km²80 of 144
AD 1856≈ 53 thousand km²83 of 149
AD 1857≈ 53 thousand km²83 of 150
AD 1859≈ 53 thousand km²82 of 146
AD 1860≈ 53 thousand km²81 of 142
AD 1865≈ 53 thousand km²78 of 139
AD 1866≈ 53 thousand km²78 of 133
AD 1868≈ 53 thousand km²76 of 134
AD 1870≈ 53 thousand km²76 of 132
AD 1871≈ 53 thousand km²75 of 113
AD 1873≈ 53 thousand km²71 of 108
AD 1877≈ 53 thousand km²68 of 104
AD 1880≈ 53 thousand km²70 of 104
AD 1884≈ 53 thousand km²71 of 105
AD 1885≈ 53 thousand km²69 of 101
AD 1890≈ 53 thousand km²70 of 99
AD 1895≈ 53 thousand km²65 of 90
AD 1898≈ 53 thousand km²64 of 87
AD 1900≈ 53 thousand km²60 of 84
AD 1905≈ 53 thousand km²64 of 83
AD 1908≈ 53 thousand km²63 of 79
AD 1911≈ 53 thousand km²61 of 76
AD 1912≈ 53 thousand km²63 of 77
AD 1913≈ 53 thousand km²62 of 78
AD 1914≈ 53 thousand km²61 of 76
AD 1915≈ 53 thousand km²61 of 75
AD 1924≈ 53 thousand km²72 of 86
AD 1926≈ 53 thousand km²71 of 84
AD 1927≈ 53 thousand km²71 of 84
AD 1928≈ 53 thousand km²71 of 85
AD 1929≈ 53 thousand km²71 of 85
AD 1930≈ 53 thousand km²72 of 86
AD 1932≈ 53 thousand km²75 of 88
AD 1936≈ 53 thousand km²74 of 89
AD 1938≈ 53 thousand km²74 of 88
AD 1939≈ 53 thousand km²73 of 86
AD 1940≈ 53 thousand km²69 of 77
AD 1941≈ 53 thousand km²66 of 74
AD 1942≈ 53 thousand km²67 of 75
AD 1943≈ 53 thousand km²65 of 73
AD 1944≈ 53 thousand km²61 of 73
AD 1945≈ 53 thousand km²64 of 76
AD 1946≈ 53 thousand km²69 of 83
AD 1947≈ 53 thousand km²78 of 92
AD 1948≈ 53 thousand km²80 of 96
AD 1949≈ 53 thousand km²81 of 96
AD 1950≈ 53 thousand km²80 of 94
AD 1953≈ 53 thousand km²81 of 97
AD 1956≈ 53 thousand km²87 of 103
AD 1958≈ 53 thousand km²85 of 101
AD 1960≈ 53 thousand km²92 of 107
AD 1961≈ 53 thousand km²105 of 122
AD 1962≈ 53 thousand km²105 of 122
AD 1963≈ 53 thousand km²108 of 129
AD 1967≈ 53 thousand km²114 of 140
AD 1969≈ 53 thousand km²114 of 145
AD 1973≈ 53 thousand km²116 of 152
AD 1974≈ 53 thousand km²116 of 152
AD 1976≈ 53 thousand km²118 of 157
AD 1979≈ 53 thousand km²118 of 161
AD 1983≈ 53 thousand km²117 of 162
AD 1987≈ 53 thousand km²117 of 164
AD 1990≈ 53 thousand km²118 of 164
AD 1991≈ 53 thousand km²117 of 164
AD 1992≈ 53 thousand km²128 of 185
AD 1996≈ 53 thousand km²128 of 186
AD 2000≈ 53 thousand km²128 of 188
AD 2006≈ 53 thousand km²126 of 187
AD 2008≈ 53 thousand km²126 of 187
AD 2011≈ 53 thousand km²126 of 187
AD 2014≈ 53 thousand km²129 of 191
AD 2022≈ 53 thousand km²129 of 191
AD 2024≈ 53 thousand km²127 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1900: number 84 of 60.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 2 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1861lostSpanish Empire≈ 53 thousand km²
AD 1916lostUnited States≈ 53 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

The Dominican Republic is an island country on the eastern part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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