Dominica People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
74,629 (2022 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.)
Dependency ratios
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.)
Population growth rate
0.05% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
13.91 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
8.11 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-5.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 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: 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
15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 11.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 78.21 years
male: 75.25 years
female: 81.31 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.02 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 95.7% of population
unimproved: urban: 4.3% of population
Current health expenditure
5.5% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
1.1 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density
3.8 beds/1,000 population
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.6% (2018 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
27.9% (2016)
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.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
5.5% of GDP (2021 est.)
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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Dominica 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Dominica 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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