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People And SocietyNationality
Noun Dominican(s)
Adjective Dominican Ethnic groups
Black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7% (2001 census) Languages
English (official), French patois Religions
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Protestant 20.6% (Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%), Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census) Population World Ranking: 200
73,126 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
22.9% (male 8,551/female 8,188) 15-64 years 66.8% (male 25,007/female 23,730) 65 years and over 10.3% (male 3,246/female 4,247) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 31.3 years
Male 30.8 years Female 31.7 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 174
0.216% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 130
15.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 100
8.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 194
-5.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 67% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 0.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
ROSEAU (capital) 14,000 (2009)
Sex ratio
At birth 1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15 years 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over 0.77 male(s)/female Total population 1.02 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 131
Total 12.38 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 16.54 deaths/1,000 live births Female 8.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 78
Total population 76.18 years
Male 73.23 years Female 79.29 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 121
2.06 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 111
5.9% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
0.5 physicians/1,000 population (1997) Hospital bed density
3.8 beds/1,000 population (2009) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate
NA
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids
NA
Hiv/aids - deaths
NA
Education expenditures World Ranking: 74
4.7% of GDP (2008)
Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over has ever attended school Total population 94%Male 94% Female 94% (2003 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 13 years
Male 13 years Female 13 years (2008) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 World Ranking: 24
Total 26%
Male 26.2% Female 25.4% (2001)
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Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.