Dominica: People & Society#
| Population | 73,757 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican |
| Ethnic groups | black 86.6%, mixed 9.1%, indigenous 2.9%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2001 est.) |
| Languages | English (official), French patois |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 61.4%, Protestant 28.6% (includes Evangelical 6.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.1%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, other 1.2%), Rastafarian 1.3%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 0.3%, none 6.1%, unspecified 1.1% (2001 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 21.84% (male 8,239/female 7,871) 15-24 years: 15.7% (male 5,960/female 5,618) 25-54 years: 41.97% (male 15,693/female 15,264) 55-64 years: 9.6% (male 3,787/female 3,294) 65 years and over: 10.89% (male 3,561/female 4,470) (2016 est.) |
| Median age | total: 33 years male: 32.5 years female: 33.5 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.2% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.2 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.9 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -5.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | population is mosly 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 |
| Urbanization | urban population: 69.5% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.84% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | ROSEAU (capital) 15,000 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.15 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 10.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 77 years male: 74 years female: 80.1 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.04 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 5.5% of GDP (2014) |
| Hospital bed density | 3.8 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 95.7% of population unimproved: urban: 4.3% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 79.6% of population rural: 84.3% of population total: 81.1% of population unimproved: urban: 20.4% of population rural: 15.7% of population total: 18.9% of population (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 25.9% (2014) |