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Dominica Quick Facts
Population: 65,777 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 27% (male 8,987; female 8,826)
15-64 years: 63% (male 21,231; female 20,464)
65 years and over: 10% (male 2,572; female 3,697) (July
1998 est.)
Population growth
rate: -1.33% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 17.35 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 6.29 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -24.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality
rate: 9.04 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy
at birth:
total population: 77.8 years
male: 74.94 years
female: 80.8 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility
rate: 1.9 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Dominican(s)
adjective: Dominican
Ethnic groups: black, Carib Amerindian
Religions: Roman
Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day
Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, unknown 1%, other
5%
Languages: English
(official), French patois
Literacy:
definition: age 15
and over has ever attended school
total population: 94%
male: 94%
female: 94% (1970 est.)
©
CIA 1999
When
dialing from outside Dominica dial 1 plus the area code (809) plus the
local 7 digit number
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