Dominica's population fell from 69,410 in 1996 to 65,871 in 2025.
Dominica · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Dominica's population growth fell from -0.1 % in 1996 to -0.5 % in 2025.
Dominica's population density fell from 92.6 in 1994 to 88.7 in 2023.
Dominica's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.6 % in 1996 to 50.1 % in 2025.
Dominica's urbanisation rose from 65.0 % in 1996 to 74.0 % in 2025.
Dominica's urban population rose from 45,082 in 1996 to 48,735 in 2025.
Dominica's rural population fell from 24,328 in 1996 to 17,136 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.3 %155th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.0 %140th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.1 %14th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.5 %122nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs80th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts145th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.0 pts35th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts74th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.0 pts183rd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts76th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −21.0 %96th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.4 pts69th of 216
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- Refugees hosted169th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs145th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs137th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs146th of 217