Dominica People - 2024

Population

74,656 (2023 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: 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)

2023 population pyramid:

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: 36.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 36 years

female: 37.1 years

Population growth rate

0.02% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

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

Death rate

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

Net migration rate

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

15-64 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 (2023 est.)

male: 14.9 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 78.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 75.5 years

female: 81.5 years

Total fertility rate

2.01 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.98 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

N/A

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 95.7% of population

unimproved: urban: 4.3% of population

Current health expenditure

5.7% 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)

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

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

40.3% (2023 est.)

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