Dominica People 2021, CIA World Factbook

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.)

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.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

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

15-24 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

Current Health Expenditure

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

HIV/AIDS - deaths

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

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Dominica People - 2021

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