| People | Dominica |
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Population:
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72,969 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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98 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 67% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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ROSEAU (capital) 14,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 22.9% (male 8,551/female 8,188)
15-64 years: 66.8% (male 25,007/female 23,730)
65 years and over: 10.3% (male 3,246/female 4,247) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 30.8 years
male: 30.4 years
female: 31.3 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.214% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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15.62 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.06 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-5.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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void |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 12.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 17.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 75.98 years
male: 73.03 years
female: 79.08 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.07 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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5.9% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.5 physicians/1,000 population (1997) |
Hospital bed density:
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3.8 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 92% of population
total: 95% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 8% of population
total: 5% of population (2000) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 80% of population
rural: 84% of population
total: 81% of population
unimproved:
urban: 20% of population
rural: 16% of population
total: 19% of population (2000) |
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 |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
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%, Protestant 20.6% (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: 13 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.7% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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void |
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