Key demographics
- Population
- 74.7K
- Density
- 99.4/km²
- HDI
- 0.761 (High)
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 71.3 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 1.48
- Urban population (2025)
- 74.0%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 44.5%
- Profile
- Mature
- Urban population (2025)
- 74.0%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 11.0 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 12.6 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 1.48
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 33.3 /1000
- Tourism (2020)
- 140.0K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 94.4% |
| Folk religions | 3.0% |
| Other | 1.7% |
| None | 0.9% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| African | 75.0% |
| Multiracial | 19.0% |
| Kalinago | 4.0% |
| European | 0.8% |
| Unspecified | 0.2% |
- Demonym (male)
- Dominican
- Demonym (female)
- Dominican
- National anthem
- Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 71.3 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 5.0% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 33.3/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 75/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 4.0/1000
- Physicians (2018)
- 1.16/1000
- Nurses (2018)
- 6.76/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $492
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 29.3%
Education and technology
- Education spending (2024)
- 5.4% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 404
- Internet users (2024)
- 82.1%
- Mobile subscriptions (2022)
- 85.2/100
- Broadband (2022)
- 20.9/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 62,865/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2022)
- 20.9
Geography and practical
- Area
- 751 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- Caribbean
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Left
- Timezones
- UTC-04:00
- Calling codes
- +1
- TLD
- .dm
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Dominica has a green field with a large centered tricolor cross. The vertical and horizontal parts of the cross each comprise three bands of yellow, black and white. A red circle, bearing a hoist-side facing purple Sisserou parrot standing on a twig and encircled by ten five-pointed yellow-edged green stars, is superimposed at the center of the cross.
- National anthem
- Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour