| Population | 74,584 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican |
| Ethnic groups | African descent 84.5%, mixed 9%, Indigenous 3.8%, other 2.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.) |
| Languages | English (official), French patois |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 52.7%, Protestant 29.7% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 6.7%, Pentecostal 6.1%, Baptist 5.2%, Christian Union Church 3.9%, Methodist 2.6%, Gospel Mission 2.1%, other Protestant 3.1%), Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, Rastafarian 1.1%, other 4.3%, none 9.4%, unspecified 1.4% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 21.41% (male 8,135/female 7,760) 15-24 years: 13.15% (male 5,017/female 4,746) 25-54 years: 42.79% (male 16,133/female 15,637) 55-64 years: 10.53% (male 4,089/female 3,731) 65 years and over: 12.12% (male 4,128/female 4,867) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 34.9 years male: 34.4 years female: 35.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.07% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 14.16 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -5.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | population is mosly clustered along the coast, with roughly a third living in the parish of St. George, in or around the capital of Roseau; the volcanic interior is sparsely populated |
| Urbanization | urban population: 71.4% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.84% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 15,000 ROSEAU (capital) (2018) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 11.56 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.67 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 77.96 years male: 74.99 years female: 81.09 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.02 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 95.7% of population unimproved: urban: 4.3% of population |
| Health expenditures | 6.6% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 1.12 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Hospital bed density | 3.8 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.6% (2018) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | <500 (2018) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2018) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 27.9% (2016) |
| Education expenditures | 5.6% of GDP (2019) |
| People - note | 3,000-3,500 Kalinago (Carib) still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the Caribbean; only 70-100 may be "pure" Kalinago because of years of integration into the broader population |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
