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NOTE: 1) The information regarding Dominica on this page is re-published from the 2018 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Dominica People 2018 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Dominica People 2018 should be addressed to the CIA.
73,897 (July 2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 202
[see also: Population country ranks ]
noun: Dominican(s)
adjective: Dominican
black 86.6%, mixed 9.1%, indigenous 2.9%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2001 est.)
English (official), French patois
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Protestant 28.6% (includes Evangelical 6.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.1%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, other 1.2%), Rastafarian 1.3%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 0.3%, none 6.1%, unspecified 1.1% (2001 est.)
0-14 years: 21.72% (male 8,210/female 7,843)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 15.14% (male 5,758/female 5,428)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 42.2% (male 15,809/female 15,372)
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55-64 years: 9.81% (male 3,860/female 3,387)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 11.14% (male 3,679/female 4,551) (2017 est.)
A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
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total: 33.5 years
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male: 33 years
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female: 34 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 90
0.18% (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
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15.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 127
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7.9 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
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-5.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 193
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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
urban population: 70.1% of total population (2017)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 0.85% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
ROSEAU (capital) 15,000 (2014)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
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0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
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25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
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55-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female
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65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
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total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
total: 10.6 deaths/1,000 live births
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male: 14 deaths/1,000 live births
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female: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 132
total population: 77.2 years
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male: 74.2 years
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female: 80.3 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 76
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
2.03 children born/woman (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
5.5% of GDP (2014)
country comparison to the world: 126
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
3.8 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 95.7% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4.3% of population (2015 est.)
improved:
urban: 79.6% of population
rural: 84.3% of population
total: 81.1% of population
unimproved:
urban: 20.4% of population
rural: 15.7% of population
total: 18.9% of population (2007 est.)
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016)
27.9% (2016)
country comparison to the world: 33
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
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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b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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