World Factbook
Dominica
Commonwealth of Dominica
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
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.)
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
total population
1.02 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.91 male(s)/female
Birth rate
13.02 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
8.15 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
36.5 years
total
37.5 years (2025 est.)
female
37.6 years
Population
male
37,753
total
74,661 (2024 est.)
female
36,908
Nationality
noun
Dominican(s)
adjective
Dominican
Urbanization
urban population
72% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0.84% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
20.7% (male 7,891/female 7,530)
15-64 years
65.6% (male 25,000/female 24,009)
65 years and over
13.7% (2024 est.) (male 4,862/female 5,369)
Ethnic groups
African descent 84.5%, mixed 9%, Indigenous 3.8%, other 2.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)
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
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
52.3 (2024 est.)
youth dependency ratio
31.5 (2024 est.)
potential support ratio
4.8 (2024 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
20.9 (2024 est.)
Physician density
1.16 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
6.5% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
6.2% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-5.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
3 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.01 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
5.4% of GDP (2024 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
5.8% national budget (2025 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
14.5 deaths/1,000 live births
total
10.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
6.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
-0.04% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.98 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
population is mostly 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
Life expectancy at birth
male
75.8 years
female
81.8 years
total population
78.7 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
36 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
1.64 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
0.29 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
6.32 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
4.39 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
15,000 ROSEAU (capital) (2018)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
27.9% (2016)