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Dominica

65,871

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change-3342024 to 2025
Growth since 2000-3.9%from 68.51K
Life expectancy71.3 years2024
Fertility rate1.48births per woman · 2024
Urban population74.0%2025
RegionLatin America & Caribbean Upper middle income

A country at every age

How Dominica is shaped by age.

Most people are in the working ages, with the younger and older generations shaping what comes next.

Latest shared source year: 2025
Ages 0–1417.6%Children and early teens
Ages 15–6469.2%Working-age population
Ages 65+13.2%Older population

The population pulse

How the population changes.

Births and deaths show natural change. Migration shows how movement across borders also changes the population.

Birth rate11.0births per 1,000 · 2024
Death rate12.6deaths per 1,000 · 2024
Natural balance-1.6births minus deaths per 1,000
Net migration-242net people estimate · 2025

UN medium projection

What could Dominica look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 63.19K in 2050—4.6% smaller than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 202466.21K
  2. 205063.19K
  3. 210049.11K
Median age in 205042.1years
Births in 2050585during the year
Deaths in 2050864during the year
Life expectancy75.4years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 196059.37K
  2. 197068.91K
  3. 198073.08K
  4. 199069.63K
  5. 200068.51K
  6. 201068.86K
  7. 202067.57K
  8. 202565.87K
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryReliable snapshotChecked 9/22/2026

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