Population Distribution

Population distribution by place type for Dominican Republic. Dots show individual tagged places, with the maximum, minimum, and median population values highlighted.

Population distribution plot for Dominican Republic
Upgrade Candidates

Places whose population is more consistent with the next-higher type's distribution than their own. Ranked by signal strength, then percentile within current type.

# Name Type Population Own %ile %ile among next higher Signal Edit OSM
1 Bávaro town 79,367 99% 35% Strong node/2614072580
2 Verón town 75,375 99% 35% Strong node/3445866928
3 Jarabacoa town 69,855 98% 35% Strong node/1940867864
4 El Diez de Cumayasa village 20,367 95% 64% Strong node/3185174914
5 Guanito village 19,153 92% 59% Strong node/3715760362
6 Villa Montellano village 18,280 89% 56% Strong node/1954059734
7 Puerto Escondido village 17,849 86% 55% Strong node/4014685766
8 El Rubio village 17,389 84% 54% Strong node/3701167423
9 Las Clavellinas village 15,995 81% 51% Strong node/3694654799
10 Gonzalo village 15,857 78% 50% Strong node/314346927
11 Villa Sinda village 15,847 76% 49% Strong node/3130555192
12 Sabana Grande de Palenque town 437,844 100% 82% Weak node/3710926351
13 Boca de Yuma village 25,367 100% 75% Weak node/3190777501
14 Bajos de Haina town 232,557 100% 74% Weak node/250651548
15 Villa Hermosa town 59,677 98% 29% Weak node/3707235550
16 Bayaguana town 59,005 98% 29% Weak node/3631921604
17 Ramón Santana village 23,425 97% 72% Weak node/3183939663
18 Nizao town 57,687 97% 29% Weak node/941715696
19 Pedro Brand town 56,256 97% 24% Weak node/3549054084
20 Yaguate town 53,275 96% 21% Weak node/3700447390
21 Esperanza town 51,694 96% 21% Weak node/252989429
22 Sabana Grande de Boyá town 50,467 96% 21% Weak node/252996542
23 Nuevo Sabana Yegua town 46,885 95% 21% Weak node/2006046531
24 Villa Vásquez town 46,686 95% 21% Weak node/252995713
25 Las Matas de Santa Cruz town 45,835 94% 21% Weak node/348353743
26 Palenque town 45,545 94% 21% Weak node/362118496
27 Castañuelas town 45,477 94% 21% Weak node/4957793218
28 Friusa town 45,458 93% 21% Weak node/3417253972
29 Guayabo Dulce village 15,497 73% 47% Weak node/3715273451
30 La Cueva village 14,436 70% 44% Weak node/3249118631
31 Juan Gómez village 12,475 68% 40% Weak node/3737656123
32 Guayabal village 11,890 65% 40% Weak node/7047830340
33 El Vallecito village 11,797 62% 40% Weak node/3715219937
34 El Rosario village 10,586 60% 35% Weak node/3715173950
35 Rancho de La Guardia village 10,586 60% 35% Weak node/3715309433
36 Itabo village 10,488 54% 32% Weak node/3710935982
37 San Lorenzo village 10,478 51% 30% Weak node/348150872
38 Mella village 10,374 49% 23% Weak node/2554070793
39 Tierra Nueva village 10,357 46% 20% Weak node/6509568465
40 Angostura village 10,225 43% 18% Weak node/6473975302
41 Bartolomé village 10,175 40% 17% Weak node/3694616691
42 Majagual village 8,368 38% 12% Weak node/2774435017
43 Pueblo Nuevo village 8,295 35% 11% Weak node/3715165580
44 La Colonia village 5,789 32% 8% Weak node/3694616689
45 El Plan village 5,595 30% 8% Weak node/1379539038
46 Palo Verde village 5,453 27% 8% Weak node/3701369360
Downgrade Candidates

Places whose population is more consistent with the next-lower type's distribution than their own. Ranked by signal strength, then percentile within current type.

# Name Type Population Own %ile %ile among next lower Signal Edit OSM
1 Jimaní city 11,414 3% 38% Strong node/252991807
2 Piedra Blanca city 21,898 6% 71% Strong node/3070059602
3 Constanza city 25,683 9% 78% Strong node/1956051572
4 La Mina town 1,158 0% 22% Weak node/3711372109
5 Manuel diaz town 1,683 1% 24% Weak node/11762062155
6 El Mogote town 1,896 1% 24% Weak node/9900739361
7 Naranjal town 2,488 2% 24% Weak node/10274099519
8 Las Auyamas town 2,567 2% 24% Weak node/9909573483
9 Batey 2 town 2,678 2% 24% Weak node/632652266
10 El Higüero town 2,688 3% 24% Weak node/10274099520
11 Ojeda town 2,689 4% 24% Weak node/4497210639
12 San Rafael town 2,689 4% 24% Weak node/6483123092
13 Los Arroyos town 2,898 4% 24% Weak node/9900793950
14 Palo Alto town 3,135 4% 24% Weak node/3694663516
15 Las Terreras town 3,268 5% 24% Weak node/10282696011
16 El Palmar town 3,668 5% 24% Weak node/3694659413
17 Batería isabela town 3,678 6% 24% Weak node/13657434621
18 El Arroyo town 3,684 6% 24% Weak node/11762062154
19 Habanero town 3,737 6% 24% Weak node/3694669611
20 Los Tres Charcos town 3,799 7% 24% Weak node/617038403
21 Juan Esteban town 3,898 7% 24% Weak node/3284918805
22 Las Mercedes town 3,974 8% 24% Weak node/6214280880
23 Pimentel city 32,489 12% 91% Weak node/2771799707
24 Monte Plata city 37,614 15% 92% Weak node/252996432
25 Salcedo city 40,510 18% 93% Weak node/252996562
Monitor

Places that are consistent with their current type's distribution but sit at an extreme percentile within it. No reclassification signal yet, but worth revisiting as more population data is tagged.

# Name Type Population Own %ile Edit OSM
1 Hato del Yaque town 40,479 93% node/348121232
2 Doña Ana town 36,798 92% node/3700447064
3 Villa González town 35,996 92% node/357281817
4 Tamboril town 35,647 92% node/252995416
5 Cambita Garabitos town 32,689 91% node/360603175
6 Angelina town 32,377 91% node/2767172031
7 Loma de Cabrera town 31,964 90% node/2175013940
8 San Gregorio de Nigua town 31,768 90% node/10265834395
9 Jánico town 7,672 10% node/252989586
10 Pescadería town 7,339 10% node/3694658658
11 Batey 3 town 6,873 9% node/3694659412
12 Cruce de San Rafael town 5,944 9% node/3708191293
13 Mencia town 5,689 8% node/9900968273
14 Guazuma town 5,637 8% node/3733084481