:Demographics of Dominica
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This is a demography of the population of Dominica including population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
{{Historical populations
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|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. 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=
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! Name ! Population ! Percentage of national population ! Total area (km2) ! Population density |
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| align="left"| Saint Andrew | align="right"|{{nts|10461}} | 14.77% | align="right"|{{nts|178.27}} | 59 |
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| align="left"| Saint David | align="right"|{{nts|6789}} | 9.58% | align="right"|{{nts|131.6}} | 52 |
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| align="left"| Saint George | align="right"|{{nts|20211}} | 28.54% | align="right"|{{nts|56.1}} | 360 |
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| align="left"| Saint John | align="right"|{{nts|5897}} | 8.33% | align="right"|{{nts|59}} | 100 |
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| align="left"| Saint Joseph | align="right"|{{nts|5765}} | 8.14% | align="right"|{{nts|120.1}} | 48 |
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| align="left"| Saint Luke | align="right"|{{nts|1576}} | 2.22% | align="right"|{{nts|7.77}} | 203 |
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| align="left"| Saint Mark | align="right"|{{nts|1891}} | 2.67% | align="right"|{{nts|9.9}} | 191 |
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| align="left"| Saint Patrick | align="right"|{{nts|8383}} | 11.84% | align="right"|{{nts|84.4}} | 99 |
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| align="left" nowrap| Saint Paul | align="right"|{{nts|8397}} | 11.86% | align="right"|{{nts|67.4}} | 125 |
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| align="left"| Saint Peter | align="right"|{{nts|1452}} | 2.05% | align="right"|{{nts|27.7}} | 52 |
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|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=
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| width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |
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| 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 |
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| width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |
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| 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 |
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Vital statistics
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| ! 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 | ||||
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| 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
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| 2016
| 71,379 | 796 | 686 | 110
|11.2 | 9.6 | 1.6
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| 2017
| 67,408 | 647 | 686 | style="color: red" | ||
| 39
|9.6 | 9.6 | style="color: red" | ||
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| 2018
| 69,573 | | |
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Ethnic groups
The vast majority of Dominicans are of African descent (75% at the 2014 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}} 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 Caribs (also known as 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 Caribs remaining (2.9% of the total population). A considerable growth occurred since the 1991 census when 1,634 Caribs were counted (2.4% of the total population).
The Caribs live in eight villages on the east coast of Dominica. This special Carib Territory was granted by the British Crown in 1903.{{cite web |url=http://www.avirtualdominica.com/caribs.htm |title=The Carib Indians |publisher=Avirtualdominica.com |access-date=2010-06-27}}
The present number of Kalinago is estimated at 4% more than 3,000.
Languages
English is the official language and universally understood; however, because of historic 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 Christian, 1.6% has a non-Christian religion and 6.1% has no religion or did not state a religion (1.1%).
Roughly 58% of Christians are Roman Catholics, a reflection of early French influence on the island, and one third are Protestant.{{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}} The 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 Christians include 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 Evangelicals, Seventh-day Adventists, Pentecostals (5.6% of the population) and Baptists.
The number of non-Christians is small. These religious groups include the Rastafarian Movement (1.3% of the population), Hinduism (0.1%) and Muslims (0.2%).
References
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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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