Demographics of Dominica

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This is a [[demographics|demography]] of the [[Population (human biology)|population]] of [[Dominica]] including [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[Religion in Dominica|religious affiliations]] and other aspects of the population.

{{Historical populations |type = |footnote = Source:<ref name="2011 census">{{cite web|url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/cms/files/2011_census_report.pdf|title=2011 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS|website=Dominica.gov.dm|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608104411/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/cms/files/2011_census_report.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |title = Census population and average annual growth rate |percentages = pagr |1871 | 27178 |1881 | 28211 |1891 | 26841 |1901 | 28894 |1911 | 33863 |1921 | 37059 |1946 | 47624 |1960 | 59916 |1970 | 69549 |1981 | 73795 |1991 | 71183 |2001 | 71242 |2011 | 71293 |{{UN_Population|Year}}{{UN_Population|ref}} |{{UN_Population|Dominica}} }}

==Population size and structure== According to the preliminary 2011 census results [[Dominica]] has a population of 71,293.<ref name="2011 census"/> The population growth rate is very low, due primarily to emigration to more prosperous Caribbean Islands, the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States]], [[Canada]], and [[Australia]]. The estimated mid-year population of {{UN_Population|Year}} is {{UN_Population|Dominica}} ({{UN_Population|source}}).

===Population by parishes=== {| class="wiki |- bgcolor="pink" ! Name ! Population ! Percentage of national population ! Total area (km<sup>2</sup>) ! Population density |- align="center" | align="left"| [[Saint Andrew Parish, Dominica|Saint Andrew]] | align="right"|{{nts|10461}} | 14.77% | align="right"|{{nts|178.27}} | 59 |- align="center" | align="left"| [[Saint David Parish, Dominica|Saint David]] | align="right"|{{nts|6789}} | 9.58% | align="right"|{{nts|131.6}} | 52 |- align="center" | align="left"| [[Saint George Parish, Dominica|Saint George]] | align="right"|{{nts|20211}} | 28.54% | align="right"|{{nts|56.1}} | 360 |- align="center" | align="left"| [[Saint John Parish, Dominica|Saint John]] | align="right"|{{nts|5897}} | 8.33% | align="right"|{{nts|59}} | 100 |- align="center" | align="left"| [[Saint Joseph Parish, Dominica|Saint Joseph]] | align="right"|{{nts|5765}} | 8.14% | align="right"|{{nts|120.1}} | 48 |- align="center" | align="left"| [[Saint Luke Parish, Dominica|Saint Luke]] | align="right"|{{nts|1576}} | 2.22% | align="right"|{{nts|7.77}} | 203 |- align="center" | align="left"| [[Saint Mark Parish, Dominica|Saint Mark]] | align="right"|{{nts|1891}} | 2.67% | align="right"|{{nts|9.9}} | 191 |- align="center" | align="left"| [[Saint Patrick Parish, Dominica|Saint Patrick]] | align="right"|{{nts|8383}} | 11.84% | align="right"|{{nts|84.4}} | 99 |- align="center" | align="left" nowrap| [[Saint Paul Parish, Dominica|Saint Paul]] | align="right"|{{nts|8397}} | 11.86% | align="right"|{{nts|67.4}} | 125 |- align="center" | align="left"| [[Saint Peter Parish, Dominica|Saint Peter]] | align="right"|{{nts|1452}} | 2.05% | align="right"|{{nts|27.7}} | 52 |- bgcolor="pink" align="center" class="sortbottom" |bgcolor="pink" align="left"| {{DMA}} |bgcolor="pink" align="right"| {{nts|70822}} |bgcolor="pink"|100% |bgcolor="pink" align="right"| {{nts|742.24}} |bgcolor="pink"| 105 |}

===Structure of the population===

{{Hidden begin |title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (31.XII.2006): <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="80pt"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 36 638 | align="right" | 34 942 | align="right" | 71 180 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0–4 | align="right" | 3 250 | align="right" | 3 067 | align="right" | 6 317 | align="right" | 8.87 |- | align="right" | 5–9 | align="right" | 3 951 | align="right" | 3 603 | align="right" | 7 554 | align="right" | 10.61 |- | align="right" | 10–14 | align="right" | 3 558 | align="right" | 3 547 | align="right" | 7 105 | align="right" | 9.98 |- | align="right" | 15–19 | align="right" | 3 452 | align="right" | 3 366 | align="right" | 6 818 | align="right" | 9.58 |- | align="right" | 20–24 | align="right" | 2 438 | align="right" | 2 140 | align="right" | 4 578 | align="right" | 6.43 |- | align="right" | 25–29 | align="right" | 2 601 | align="right" | 2 520 | align="right" | 5 121 | align="right" | 7.19 |- | align="right" | 30–34 | align="right" | 2 886 | align="right" | 2 777 | align="right" | 5 663 | align="right" | 7.96 |- | align="right" | 35–39 | align="right" | 2 841 | align="right" | 2 455 | align="right" | 5 296 | align="right" | 7.44 |- | align="right" | 40–44 | align="right" | 2 417 | align="right" | 2 059 | align="right" | 4 476 | align="right" | 6.29 |- | align="right" | 45–49 | align="right" | 1 947 | align="right" | 1 614 | align="right" | 3 561 | align="right" | 5.00 |- | align="right" | 50–54 | align="right" | 1 467 | align="right" | 1 353 | align="right" | 2 820 | align="right" | 3.96 |- | align="right" | 55–59 | align="right" | 1 209 | align="right" | 1 182 | align="right" | 2 391 | align="right" | 3.36 |- | align="right" | 60–64 | align="right" | 1 022 | align="right" | 1 233 | align="right" | 2 255 | align="right" | 3.17 |- | align="right" | 65–69 | align="right" | 1 091 | align="right" | 1 233 | align="right" | 2 324 | align="right" | 3.26 |- | align="right" | 70–74 | align="right" | 871 | align="right" | 973 | align="right" | 1 844 | align="right" | 2.59 |- | align="right" | 75–79 | align="right" | 596 | align="right" | 736 | align="right" | 1 332 | align="right" | 1.87 |- | align="right" | 80–84 | align="right" | 354 | align="right" | 547 | align="right" | 901 | align="right" | 1.27 |- | align="right" | 85+ | align="right" | 288 | align="right" | 537 | align="right" | 825 | align="right" | 1.16 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0–14 | align="right" | 10 759 | align="right" | 10 217 | align="right" | 20 976 | align="right" | 29.47 |- | align="right" | 15–64 | align="right" | 22 279 | align="right" | 20 699 | align="right" | 42 978 | align="right" | 60.38 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 3 200 | align="right" | 4 026 | align="right" | 7 226 | align="right" | 10.15 |- |} {{Hidden end}}

{{Hidden begin |title= Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 14.V.2011): <ref name="auto"/> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="80pt"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 34 973 | align="right" | 33 940 | align="right" | 68 913 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0–4 | align="right" | 3 240 | align="right" | 3 140 | align="right" | 6 380 | align="right" | 9.26 |- | align="right" | 5–9 | align="right" | 2 601 | align="right" | 2 495 | align="right" | 5 096 | align="right" | 7.39 |- | align="right" | 10–14 | align="right" | 2 946 | align="right" | 2 876 | align="right" | 5 822 | align="right" | 8.45 |- | align="right" | 15–19 | align="right" | 3 237 | align="right" | 3 060 | align="right" | 6 297 | align="right" | 9.14 |- | align="right" | 20–24 | align="right" | 2 691 | align="right" | 2 567 | align="right" | 5 258 | align="right" | 7.63 |- | align="right" | 25–29 | align="right" | 2 389 | align="right" | 2 472 | align="right" | 4 861 | align="right" | 7.05 |- | align="right" | 30–34 | align="right" | 2 118 | align="right" | 1 911 | align="right" | 4 029 | align="right" | 5.85 |- | align="right" | 35–39 | align="right" | 2 271 | align="right" | 2 236 | align="right" | 4 507 | align="right" | 6.54 |- | align="right" | 40–44 | align="right" | 2 544 | align="right" | 2 409 | align="right" | 4 953 | align="right" | 7.19 |- | align="right" | 45–49 | align="right" | 2 337 | align="right" | 2 135 | align="right" | 4 472 | align="right" | 6.49 |- | align="right" | 50–54 | align="right" | 2 162 | align="right" | 1 784 | align="right" | 3 946 | align="right" | 5.73 |- | align="right" | 55–59 | align="right" | 1 682 | align="right" | 1 411 | align="right" | 3 093 | align="right" | 4.49 |- | align="right" | 60–64 | align="right" | 1 281 | align="right" | 1 212 | align="right" | 2 493 | align="right" | 3.62 |- | align="right" | 65–69 | align="right" | 1 054 | align="right" | 1 105 | align="right" | 2 159 | align="right" | 3.13 |- | align="right" | 70–74 | align="right" | 884 | align="right" | 983 | align="right" | 1 867 | align="right" | 2.71 |- | align="right" | 75–79 | align="right" | 724 | align="right" | 863 | align="right" | 1 587 | align="right" | 2.30 |- | align="right" | 80–84 | align="right" | 467 | align="right" | 635 | align="right" | 1 102 | align="right" | 1.60 |- | align="right" | 85–89 | align="right" | 212 | align="right" | 387 | align="right" | 599 | align="right" | 0.87 |- | align="right" | 90–94 | align="right" | 101 | align="right" | 173 | align="right" | 274 | align="right" | 0.40 |- | align="right" | 95+ | align="right" | 32 | align="right" | 86 | align="right" | 118 | align="right" | 0.17 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0–14 | align="right" | 8 787 | align="right" | 8 511 | align="right" | 17 298 | align="right" | 25.10 |- | align="right" | 15–64 | align="right" | 22 712 | align="right" | 21 197 | align="right" | 43 909 | align="right" | 63.72 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 3 474 | align="right" | 4 232 | align="right" | 7 706 | align="right" | 11.18 |- |} {{Hidden end}}

==Vital statistics==

{{sticky-header}}{{sort under}}{{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable sortable sort-under sticky-header-multi" style="text-align:right;" |- ! ! width="70pt"|Average population ! width="70pt"|Live births ! width="70pt"|Deaths ! width="70pt"|Natural change ! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000) ! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000) ! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000) ! width="70pt"|Total fertility rate ! width="70pt"|Infant mortality rate |- | 1950 | 51,000 |1,848|| 948|| 900 |36.2||18.6||17.6 |- | 1951 | 52,000 |1,965|| 874||1,091 |38.0||16.9||21.1 |- | 1952 | 52,000 |2,091||1,108|| 983 |40.0||21.2||18.8 |- | 1953 | 53,000 |2,080|| 779||1,301 |39.3||14.7||24.6 |- | 1954 | 54,000 |2,345|| 759||1,586 |43.7||14.1||29.5 |- | 1955 | 55,000 |2,543|| 870||1,673 |46.6||15.9||30.7 |- | 1956 | 56,000 |2,416|| 927||1,489 |43.5||16.7||26.8 |- | 1957 | 57,000 |2,557|| 870||1,687 |45.2||15.4||29.8 |- | 1958 | 58,000 |2,724|| 929||1,795 |47.1||16.1||31.1 |- | 1959 | 59,000 |2,770|| 826||1,944 |47.0||14.0||33.0 |- | 1960 | 60,000 |2,812|| 922||1,890 |46.9||15.4||31.5 |- | 1961 | 61,000 |2,655|| 799||1,856 |43.5||13.1||30.4 |- | 1962 | 62,000 |2,566|| 658||1,908 |41.4||10.6||30.8 |- | 1963 | 63,000 |2,493|| 835||1,658 |39.6||13.3||26.4 |- | 1964 | 64,000 |2,703|| 606||2,097 |42.3||9.5||32.8 |- | 1965 | 65,000 |2,820|| 584||2,236 |43.4||9.0||34.4 |- | 1966 | 66,000 |2,639|| 556||2,083 |39.8||8.4||31.4 |- | 1967 | 68,000 |2,934|| 516||2,418 |43.3||7.6||35.7 |- | 1968 | 69,000 |2,686|| 626||2,060 |38.9||9.1||29.8 |- | 1969 | 70,000 |2,694|| 744||1,950 |38.4||10.6||27.8 |- | 1970 | 71,000 |2,503|| 583||1,920 |35.2||8.2||27.0 |- | 1971 | 72,000 |2,677|| 664||2,013 |37.4||9.3||28.1 |- | 1972 | 72,000 |2,591|| 543||2,048 |36.1||7.6||28.5 |- | 1973 | 72,000 |2,298|| 505||1,793 |32.0||7.0||25.0 |- | 1974 | 72,000 |2,062|| 511||1,551 |28.7||7.1||21.6 |- | 1975 | 72,000 |1,783|| 483||1,300 |24.7||6.7||18.0 |- | 1976 | 73,000 |1,758|| 532||1,226 |24.2||7.3||16.9 |- | 1977 | 73,000 |1,745|| 521||1,224 |23.8||7.1||16.7 |- | 1978 | 74,000 |1,735|| 417||1,318 |23.4||5.6||17.8 |- | 1979 | 75,000 |1,521|| 304||1,217 |20.3||4.1||16.2 |- | 1980 | 75,000 |1,819|| 387||1,432 |24.2||5.1||19.0 |- | 1981 | 75,000 |1,661|| 338||1,323 |22.0||4.5||17.6 |- | 1982 | 75,000 |1,753|| 412||1,341 |23.3||5.5||17.8 |- | 1983 | 75,000 |1,864|| 349||1,515 |24.9||4.7||20.3 |- | 1984 | 74,000 |1,716|| 432||1,284 |23.1||5.8||17.3 |- | 1985 | 74,000 |1,703|| 466||1,237 |23.1||6.3||16.8 |- | 1986 | 73,000 |1,721|| 488||1,233 |23.6||6.7||16.9 |- | 1987 | 72,000 |1,621|| 455||1,166 |22.4||6.3||16.1 |- | 1988 | 72,000 |1,731|| 424||1,307 |24.1||5.9||18.2 |- | 1989 | 71,000 |1,657|| 497||1,160 |23.3||7.0||16.3 |- | 1990 | 71,000 |1,604|| 512||1,092 |22.6||7.2||15.4 |- | 1991 | 71,000 |1,712|| 518||1,194 |24.2||7.3||16.9 |- | 1992 | 71,000 |1,836|| 566||1,270 |25.9||8.0||17.9 |- | 1993 | 71,000 |1,757|| 558||1,199 |24.7||7.8||16.8 |- | 1994 | 71,000 |1,605|| 530||1,075 |22.5||7.4||15.1 |- | 1995 | 71,000 |1,501|| 584|| 917 |21.0||8.2||12.8 |- | 1996 | 71,000 |1,426|| 583|| 843 |20.0||8.2||11.8 |- | 1997 | 71,000 |1,340|| 513|| 827 |18.9||7.3||11.7 |- | 1998 | 70,000 |1,236|| 595|| 641 |17.6||8.5||9.1 |- | 1999 | 70,000 |1,291|| 631|| 660 |18.5||9.0||9.4 |- | 2000 | 70,000 |1,199|| 503|| 696 |17.2||7.2||10.0 |1.75 |- | 2001 | 70,000 |1,213|| 510|| 703 |17.4||7.3||10.1 |1.77 |- | 2002 | 70,000 |1,081|| 594|| 487 |15.5||8.5||7.0 |1.74 |- | 2003 | 70,000 |1,056|| 557|| 499 |15.1||8.0||7.1 |1.69 |- | 2004 | 70,000 |1,066|| 557|| 509 |15.2||7.9||7.2 |1.67 |- | 2005 | 70,633 |1,009|| 489|| 520 |14.6||6.9||7.7 |1.64 |20.8 |- | 2006 | 70,751 |1,035|| 538|| 497 |12.8||7.6||5.2 |1.65 |12.6 |- | 2007 | 70,707 | 904|| 567|| 337 |13.6||8.0||5.6 |1.57 |19.9 |- | 2008 | 70,745 | 964|| 545|| 419 |13.4||7.7||5.7 |1.61 |10.4 |- | 2009 | 70,748 | 943|| 559|| 384 |13.4||7.9||5.5 |1.58 |22.3 |- | 2010 | 70,712 | 933|| 579|| 354 |13.2||8.2||5.0 |1.56 |13.9 |- | 2011 | 69,234 | 944|| 592|| 352 |13.3||8.4||4.9 |1.55 |29.7 |- | 2012 | 69,724 | 951|| 603|| 348 |13.4||8.5||4.9 |1.56 |16.8 |- | 2013 | 69,592 | 931||630 ||301 |13.1||8.8||4.3 |1.53 |22.6 |- | 2014 | 71,281 | 858|| 590||268 |12.0||8.2||3.8 |1.46 |19.8 |- | 2015 | 71,089 | 861|| 664||197 |12.1||9.3||2.8 | | |- | 2016 | 71,379 | 796|| 686||110 |11.2||9.6||1.6 | | |- | 2017 | 67,408 | 647||686 ||style="color: red"|-39 |9.6||9.6||style="color: red"|-0.0 | | |- | 2018 | 69,573 | || || ||||| | | |}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|title=United Nations. Demographic Yearbooks|website=Unstats.un.org|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/DM.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234903/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/DM.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-30 |url-status=live|title=DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE: DOMINICA|website=Caricomstats.org|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>

==Ethnic groups== The vast majority of Dominicans are of African descent (75% at the 2014 census).<ref name="2001 census">{{cite web|url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Dominica.pdf|title=DOMINICA NATIONAL CENSUS REPORT 2000 ROUND OF POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS SUB-PROJECT|website=Caricomstats.org|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=5 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205005456/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Publications/NCR%20Reports/Dominica.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> There is a significant mixed population (19%) at the 2014 census due to intermarriage, along with a small European origin minority (0.8%; descendants of French, British, and Irish colonists), East Indians (0.1%) groups, and there are small numbers of Lebanese/Syrians (0.1%) and Asians.

===[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Amerindians]]=== [[Dominica]] is the only Eastern Caribbean island that still has a population of pre-Columbian native [[Island Caribs|Caribs]] (also known as [[Island Caribs|Kalinago]]), who were exterminated, driven from neighbouring islands, or mixed with Africans and/or Europeans. According to the 2001 census there are only 2,001 [[Island Caribs|Caribs]] remaining (2.9% of the total population). A considerable growth occurred since the 1991 census when 1,634 [[Island Caribs|Caribs]] were counted (2.4% of the total population). The [[Island Caribs|Caribs]] live in eight villages on the east coast of [[Dominica]]. This special [[Carib Territory]] was granted by the British Crown in 1903.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avirtualdominica.com/caribs.htm |title=The Carib Indians |publisher=Avirtualdominica.com |access-date=2010-06-27}}</ref> The present number of [[Island Caribs|Kalinago]] is estimated at 4% more than 3,000.

==Languages== [[English language|English]] is the official language and universally understood; however, because of historic [[French language|French]] domination, [[Antillean Creole]], a French-lexified creole language, is also widely spoken.

==Religion== {{main|Religion in Dominica}} According to the 2001 census, 91.2% percent of the population of [[Dominica]] is considered [[Christianity|Christian]], 1.6% has a non-Christian religion and 6.1% has no religion or did not state a religion (1.1%).<ref name="2001 census"/>

Roughly 58% of [[Christianity|Christians]] are [[Roman Catholics]], a reflection of early French influence on the island, and one third are [[Protestant]].<ref name=PEW10>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/table-christian-population-as-percentages-of-total-population-by-country|title=PEW Research Center: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country 2010|date=19 December 2011|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> The [[Evangelicalism|Evangelicals]] constitute the largest Protestant group, with 6.7% of the population. [[Seventh-day Adventists]] are the second largest group (6.1%). The next largest group are [[Pentecostals]] (5.6% of the population), followed by [[Baptists]] (4.1%). Other [[Christianity|Christians]] include [[Methodists#Caribbean|Methodists]] (3.7%), Church of God (1.2%), [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] (1.2%), [[Anglicanism]] (0.6%) and [[Brethren Christian]] (0.3%). During the past decades the number of [[Roman Catholics]] and [[Anglicans]] has decreased, while the number of other Protestants has increased, especially [[Evangelicalism|Evangelicals]], [[Seventh-day Adventists]], [[Pentecostals]] (5.6% of the population) and [[Baptists]].<ref name="2001 census"/>

The number of non-Christians is small. These religious groups include the [[Rastafarian Movement]] (1.3% of the population), [[Hinduism in the West Indies|Hinduism]] (0.1%) and [[Muslims]] (0.2%).

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|https://stats.gov.dm/}} – Central Statistics Office of the Commonwealth of Dominica * [https://caricom.org/country_profiles/dominica-2/ The Commonwealth of Dominica profile] – Caribbean Community Statistics

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