Dominica People - 2023

Population

74,656 (2023 est.)

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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: 20.82% (male 7,954/female 7,592)

15-64 years: 65.82% (male 25,085/female 24,053)

65 years and over: 13.36% (2023 est.) (male 4,712/female 5,260)

total dependency ratio: 41.2

youth dependency ratio: 28

elderly dependency ratio: 13.2

potential support ratio: 7.6 (2021)

Median age

total: 34.9 years

male: 34.4 years

female: 35.5 years (2020 est.)

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Population growth rate

0.02% (2023 est.)

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Birth rate

13.64 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

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Death rate

8.12 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

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Net migration rate

-5.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

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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: 72% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.84% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas - population

15,000 ROSEAU (capital) (2018)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female

total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 11 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 14.89 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 6.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

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Life expectancy at birth

total population: 78.45 years

male: 75.51 years

female: 81.53 years (2023 est.)

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Total fertility rate

2.01 children born/woman (2023 est.)

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Gross reproduction rate

0.98 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

NA

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 95.7% of population

unimproved: urban: 4.3% of population

Current health expenditure

5.7% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density

1.1 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Hospital bed density

3.8 beds/1,000 population

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

27.9% (2016)

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Alcohol consumption per capita

total: 6.32 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

beer: 1.64 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

wine: 0.29 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

spirits: 4.39 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

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Children under the age of 5 years underweight

NA

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

40.3% (2023 est.)

Education expenditures

5.5% of GDP (2021 est.)

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Literacy

total population: NA

male: NA

female: NA

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

NOTE: The information regarding Dominica on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Dominica 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Dominica 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.