Dominica Demographics Profile 2008

Population

72,514 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 24.7% (male 9,175/female 8,762)
15-64 years: 65.1% (male 24,192/female 22,995)
65 years and over: 10.2% (male 3,178/female 4,212) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 29.4 years
male: 29 years
female: 29.8 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

0.196% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

15.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

8.32 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

-5.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 14.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 75.33 years
male: 72.39 years
female: 78.41 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.1 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

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 (2008)

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%, 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.)