Dominica - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Dominica was 51,178 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51,178 in 2020 and a minimum value of 22,715 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 22,715
1961 23,140
1962 23,539
1963 23,937
1964 24,362
1965 24,834
1966 25,358
1967 25,934
1968 26,496
1969 26,996
1970 27,497
1971 28,248
1972 28,882
1973 29,457
1974 30,064
1975 30,761
1976 31,596
1977 32,533
1978 33,511
1979 34,433
1980 35,218
1981 35,995
1982 37,149
1983 38,178
1984 39,131
1985 40,052
1986 40,923
1987 41,753
1988 42,583
1989 43,459
1990 44,421
1991 45,380
1992 45,551
1993 45,788
1994 45,997
1995 46,098
1996 46,048
1997 45,888
1998 45,684
1999 45,513
2000 45,457
2001 45,552
2002 45,877
2003 46,263
2004 46,666
2005 47,007
2006 47,312
2007 47,578
2008 47,811
2009 48,034
2010 48,263
2011 48,496
2012 48,735
2013 48,990
2014 49,252
2015 49,523
2016 49,829
2017 50,151
2018 50,484
2019 50,830
2020 51,178

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Dominica was 71.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 71.09 in 2020, while its lowest value was 37.85 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 37.85
1961 37.91
1962 37.98
1963 38.05
1964 38.11
1965 38.18
1966 38.25
1967 38.31
1968 38.38
1969 38.45
1970 38.68
1971 39.47
1972 40.26
1973 41.06
1974 41.86
1975 42.67
1976 43.48
1977 44.30
1978 45.12
1979 45.94
1980 46.76
1981 47.79
1982 49.52
1983 51.26
1984 52.99
1985 54.71
1986 56.42
1987 58.12
1988 59.80
1989 61.45
1990 63.08
1991 64.48
1992 64.57
1993 64.66
1994 64.74
1995 64.83
1996 64.92
1997 65.01
1998 65.09
1999 65.18
2000 65.27
2001 65.38
2002 65.69
2003 65.99
2004 66.30
2005 66.60
2006 66.90
2007 67.20
2008 67.50
2009 67.80
2010 68.09
2011 68.39
2012 68.69
2013 68.98
2014 69.28
2015 69.58
2016 69.88
2017 70.18
2018 70.48
2019 70.79
2020 71.09

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization