Demographics of Dominica
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 23 Aug 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Dominica is projected at 72.2 thousand, up by 0.25% compared with 72 thousand in 2020. Dominica is ranked 204th in terms of population and 181st in terms of population growth rate.
53.83 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 71.4% of Dominica population. Dominica is ranked 95th in terms of urbanization.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
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1950 | 51,099 | - |
1955 | 54,557 | 1.63 |
1960 | 60,020 | 1.87 |
1965 | 65,044 | 1.76 |
1970 | 71,084 | 1.24 |
1975 | 72,088 | 0.38 |
1980 | 75,318 | 0.48 |
1985 | 73,207 | -0.87 |
1990 | 70,422 | -0.42 |
1995 | 71,105 | 0.09 |
2000 | 69,650 | -0.25 |
2005 | 70,580 | 0.27 |
2010 | 70,877 | 0.04 |
2015 | 71,175 | 0.12 |
2016 | 71,307 | 0.19 |
2017 | 71,460 | 0.21 |
2018 | 71,626 | 0.23 |
2019 | 71,808 | 0.25 |
2020 | 71,991 | 0.25 |
2021 | 72,172 | 0.25 |
- Population
- Growth
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Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
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Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 17,730 | 33,370 | - | 34.697 |
1955 | 19,798 | 34,762 | 2.53 | 36.286 |
1960 | 22,711 | 37,300 | 2.57 | 37.846 |
1965 | 24,831 | 40,207 | 1.92 | 38.180 |
1970 | 27,493 | 43,580 | 1.84 | 38.683 |
1975 | 30,763 | 41,331 | 2.34 | 42.671 |
1980 | 35,216 | 40,098 | 2.32 | 46.759 |
1985 | 40,290 | 33,353 | 2.45 | 54.710 |
1990 | 44,739 | 26,187 | 2.20 | 63.079 |
1995 | 46,268 | 25,100 | 0.13 | 64.831 |
2000 | 45,474 | 24,202 | -0.19 | 65.265 |
2005 | 47,038 | 23,589 | 0.81 | 66.601 |
2010 | 48,647 | 22,793 | 0.74 | 68.094 |
2015 | 50,906 | 22,256 | 0.96 | 69.579 |
2020 | 53,355 | 21,697 | 0.93 | 71.090 |
2021 | 53,833 | 21,568 | 0.90 | 71.395 |
- Population
- Urbanization