Editing Demographics of Dominica

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This is a [[demographics|demography]] of the [[population]] of [[Dominica]] including [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[Religion in Dominica|religious affiliations]] and other aspects of the population.

{{Historical populations
|type =
|footnote = Source:<ref name="2011 census">{{cite web|url=http://www.dominica.gov.dm/cms/files/2011_census_report.pdf|title=2011 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS|website=Dominica.gov.dm|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608104411/http://www.dominica.gov.dm/cms/files/2011_census_report.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|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.<ref name="2011 census"/> 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===
{| class="wiki
|- bgcolor="pink"
! Name
! Population
! Percentage of national population
! Total area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! Population density
|- align="center"
| align="left"| [[Saint Andrew Parish, Dominica|Saint Andrew]]
| align="right"|{{nts|10461}}
| 14.77%
| align="right"|{{nts|178.27}}
| 59
|- align="center"
| align="left"| [[Saint David Parish, Dominica|Saint David]]
| align="right"|{{nts|6789}}
| 9.58%
| align="right"|{{nts|131.6}}
| 52
|- align="center"
| align="left"| [[Saint George Parish, Dominica|Saint George]]
| align="right"|{{nts|20211}}
| 28.54%
| align="right"|{{nts|56.1}}
| 360
|- align="center"
| align="left"| [[Saint John Parish, Dominica|Saint John]]
| align="right"|{{nts|5897}}
| 8.33%
| align="right"|{{nts|59}}
| 100
|- align="center"
| align="left"| [[Saint Joseph Parish, Dominica|Saint Joseph]]
| align="right"|{{nts|5765}}
| 8.14%
| align="right"|{{nts|120.1}}
| 48
|- align="center"
| align="left"| [[Saint Luke Parish, Dominica|Saint Luke]]
| align="right"|{{nts|1576}}
| 2.22%
| align="right"|{{nts|7.77}}
| 203
|- align="center"
| align="left"| [[Saint Mark Parish, Dominica|Saint Mark]]
| align="right"|{{nts|1891}}
| 2.67%
| align="right"|{{nts|9.9}}
| 191
|- align="center"
| align="left"| [[Saint Patrick Parish, Dominica|Saint Patrick]]
| align="right"|{{nts|8383}}
| 11.84%
| align="right"|{{nts|84.4}}
| 99
|- align="center"
| align="left" nowrap| [[Saint Paul Parish, Dominica|Saint Paul]]
| align="right"|{{nts|8397}}
| 11.86%
| align="right"|{{nts|67.4}}
| 125
|- align="center"
| align="left"| [[Saint Peter Parish, Dominica|Saint Peter]]
| align="right"|{{nts|1452}}
| 2.05%
| align="right"|{{nts|27.7}}
| 52
|- bgcolor="pink" align="center" class="sortbottom"
|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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|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (31.XII.2006): <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| 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
|-
|}
{{Hidden end}}

{{Hidden begin 
|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 14.V.2011): <ref name="auto"/>
|titlestyle = background:#EEBC35;
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| 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==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! 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
|-
| 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
|
|
|-
| 2016
| 71,379
| 796|| 686||110
|11.2||9.6||1.6
|
|
|-
| 2017
| 67,408
| 647||686 ||style="color: red"|-39
|9.6||9.6||style="color: red"|-0.0
|
|
|-
| 2018
| 69,573
| || ||
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|}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|title=United Nations. Demographic Yearbooks|website=Unstats.un.org|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/DM.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234903/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/DM.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-30 |url-status=live|title=DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE: DOMINICA|website=Caricomstats.org|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>


==Ethnic groups==
The vast majority of Dominicans are of African descent (75% at the 2014 census).<ref name="2001 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}}</ref> 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 [[Island Caribs|Caribs]] (also known as [[Island Caribs|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 [[Island Caribs|Caribs]] remaining (2.9% of the total population). A considerable growth occurred since the 1991 census when 1,634 [[Island Caribs|Caribs]] were counted (2.4% of the total population). 
The [[Island Caribs|Caribs]] live in eight villages on the east coast of [[Dominica]]. This special [[Carib Territory]] was granted by the British Crown in 1903.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avirtualdominica.com/caribs.htm |title=The Carib Indians |publisher=Avirtualdominica.com |access-date=2010-06-27}}</ref>
The present number of [[Island Caribs|Kalinago]] is estimated at 4% more than 3,000.

==Languages==
[[English language|English]] is the official language and universally understood; however, because of historic [[French language|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 [[Christianity|Christian]], 1.6% has a non-Christian religion and 6.1% has no religion or did not state a religion (1.1%).<ref name="2001 census"/>

Roughly 58% of [[Christianity|Christians]] are [[Roman Catholics]], a reflection of early French influence on the island, and one third are [[Protestant]].<ref name=PEW10>{{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}}</ref> The [[Evangelicalism|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 [[Christianity|Christians]] include [[Methodists#Caribbean|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 [[Evangelicalism|Evangelicals]], [[Seventh-day Adventists]], [[Pentecostals]] (5.6% of the population) and [[Baptists]].<ref name="2001 census"/>

The number of non-Christians is small. These religious groups include the [[Rastafarian Movement]] (1.3% of the population), [[Hinduism in the West Indies|Hinduism]] (0.1%) and [[Muslims]] (0.2%).

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://stats.gov.dm/}} &ndash; Central Statistics Office of the Commonwealth of Dominica
* [https://caricom.org/country_profiles/dominica-2/ The Commonwealth of Dominica profile] &ndash; Caribbean Community Statistics

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