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Community
Area 751 square kilometres (land area 751 square kilometres)������
Population,� Population fell in the 1980s due to emigration.
7,500 (1763)
14,000 (1780)
22,469 (1850)
26,841 (1890)
28,894 (1901)
34,000 (1913)
54,505 (1944)
51,400 (1950)
60,250 (1960) +17.2%
70,750 (1970) +17.4%
75,300 (1980) +6.4%
70,900 (1990) -5.8%
69,700 (2000) -1.7%
70,900 (2010) +1.7%
72,000 (2020) +1.5%
Ethnicity
|
|
Afro- Caribbean |
Carib |
European |
Mixed Race |
|
1763 |
75.0 |
|
25.0 |
|
|
1780 |
92.0 |
|
8.0 |
|
|
1970 |
89.0 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
7.3 |
|
2001 |
86.6 |
2.9 |
0.8 |
9.1 |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian Baptist |
Christian J W |
Christian Methodist |
Christian Pentecostal |
Christian R C |
Christian 7th Day |
None |
|
1900 |
|
|
|
|
94.0 |
|
|
|
1970 |
|
|
|
|
89.8 |
|
|
|
1980 |
|
|
|
|
80,0 |
|
|
|
2001 |
4.1 |
1.2 |
3.1 |
5.6 |
64.1 |
6.0 |
6.1 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1952 |
|
39.0 (+22.0) |
130.0 |
17.0 |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
|
43.0 (+31.0) |
73.0 |
12.0 |
|
|
38.0 |
|
1972 |
|
|
36.5 |
|
|
|
40.3 |
|
1980 |
3.6 |
25.0 (+19.7) |
15.0 |
5.3 |
49.1 |
|
46.8 |
|
1990 |
2.5 |
23.0 (+14.4) |
14.0 |
8.6 |
37.6 |
4.6 |
63.1 |
|
2000 |
1.9 |
16.8 (+9.8) |
13.4 |
7.0 |
27.8 |
7.9 |
65.3 |
|
2010 |
2.1 |
15.6 (+7.4) |
19.1 |
8.2 |
22.9 |
10.3 |
68.1 |
|
2014 |
2.1 |
15.5 (+7.3 |
28.7 |
8.2 |
22.1 |
10.5 |
69.3 |
|
2015 |
|
|
29.4 |
|
|
|
69.6 |
|
2018 |
|
|
32.9 |
|
|
|
70.5 |
Life expectancy,
58.1 (1960); 57.0 (M), 59.2 (F)
70.0 (1980); 69.0 (M), 71.4 (F)
74.5 (1990); 72.8 (M), 76.5 (F)
73.0 (2000); 71.0 (M), 75.0 (F)
75.5 (2010); 72.0 (M), 79.0 (F)
76.6 (2014); 73.6 (M), 79.7 (F)
Population of principal cities
ROSEAU,
6,000 (1901)
9,600 (1944)
10,417 (1960)
14,000 (1970)
16,000 (1990)
14,847 (2001)
14,000 (2009)
14,725 (2011)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1966 |
|
|
230 |
5.55 |
|
1970 |
10 |
0.00 |
204 |
3.89 |
|
1975 |
30 |
0.00 |
459 |
5.87 |
|
1980 |
60 |
0.00 |
784 |
6.22 |
|
1985 |
100 |
0.00 |
1,396 |
7.64 |
|
1990 |
170 |
0.00 |
2,320 |
9.68 |
|
1995 |
218 |
0.00 |
3,057 |
10.17 |
|
2000 |
335 |
0.00 |
4,820 |
13.22 |
|
2005 |
370 |
0.00 |
5,244 |
11.84 |
|
2010 |
493 |
0.00 |
6,910 |
14.28 |
|
2015 |
517 |
0.00 |
7,070 |
12.58 |
|
2016 |
525 |
0.00 |
7,144 |
12.43 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1982 |
30.2 |
39.4 |
5.6 |
7.9 |
|
|
|
1990 |
|
25.0 |
15.0 |
|
|
28.0 |
|
2000 |
19.0 |
26.0 |
20.0 |
|
60.4 |
|
|
2005 |
17.6 |
40.0 |
24.0 |
32.0 |
58.0 |
28.0 |
|
2016 |
14.7 |
|
13.4 |
|
71.9 |
|
Communications
Language, Official, English.�
French-Creole, 90.0% (2000)
Literacy
59.0% (1946)
80.0% (1975)
80.0% (1988)
90.0% (1994); 90.0% (M), 90.0% (F)
94.0% (2000)
Physical communications � roads and railways
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
|
1976 |
|
|
3,574 |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
5,717 |
|
|
|
|
1988 |
750 |
310 |
6,933 |
|
|
454 |
|
1994 |
|
|
|
7,000 |
2,800 |
|
|
1996 |
780 |
393 |
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
10,300 |
3,500 |
0 |
|
2010 |
1,512 |
762 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
2014 |
|
|
24,620 |
|
|
|
Electronic communications, �TV broadcasts began 1975
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1975 |
2,180 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1978 |
|
|
9,500 |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
13,405 |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
11,632 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1993 |
|
|
|
5,200 |
|
|
|
1996 |
|
461 |
45,000 |
6,000 |
|
|
|
1999 |
|
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
2000 |
22,700 |
1,200 |
|
15,700 |
5,200 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
12,500 |
|
2004 |
21,000 |
41,838 |
|
|
13,000 |
20,500 |
|
2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
2012 |
14,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
13,328 |
78,444 |
|
|
|
49,500 |
Tourism: Visitors to Dominica,
10,000 (1970)
17,560 (1973)
24,005(1976)
23,826 (1984)
41,200 (1987)
45,000 (1990)
60,000 (1995)
70,000 (2000)
79,257 (2005)
77,000 (2010)
75,000 (2015)