| Population | 73,126 (July 2012 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 22.6% (male 8,433/female 8,077)
15-24 years: 17.6% (male 6,608/female 6,228)
25-54 years: 40.9% (male 15,208/female 14,669)
55-64 years: 8.7% (male 3,361/female 2,995)
65 years and over: 10.3% (male 3,282/female 4,265) (2012 est.) |
| Median age | total: 31.3 years
male: 30.8 years
female: 31.7 years (2012 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.216% (2012 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -5.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 67% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major cities - population | ROSEAU (capital) 14,000 (2009) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 12.38 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.18 years
male: 73.23 years
female: 79.29 years (2012 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.06 children born/woman (2012 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Sanitation facility access | improved:
urban: 80% of population
rural: 84% of population
total: 81% of population
unimproved:
urban: 20% of population
rural: 16% of population
total: 19% of population |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009) |
| Nationality | noun: Dominican(s)
adjective: Dominican |
| Ethnic groups | black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7% (2001 census) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 61.4%, Protestant 20.6% (Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%), Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census) |
| Languages | English (official), French patois |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 94%
male: 94%
female: 94% (2003 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2008) |
| Education expenditures | 4.7% of GDP (2008) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 150 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 3.4% (2007) |
| Health expenditures | 5.9% of GDP (2009) |
| Physicians density | 0.5 physicians/1,000 population (1997) |
| Hospital bed density | 3.8 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
