| People | Dominica |
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Population:
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72,660 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 74% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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97 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 24% (male 8,910/female 8,518)
15-64 years: 65.8% (male 24,532/female 23,301)
65 years and over: 10.2% (male 3,187/female 4,212) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 29.8 years
male: 29.4 years
female: 30.2 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.208% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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15.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-5.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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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: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 75.55 years
male: 72.61 years
female: 78.64 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.09 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Nationality:
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noun: Dominican(s)
adjective: Dominican |
Ethnic groups:
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black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7% (2001 census) |
Religions:
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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:
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English (official), French patois |
Literacy:
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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):
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total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5% of GDP (1999) |
People - note:
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void |
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