How many people live in Dominica right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
65,399
| Today | In 2026 | |
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| Deaths | · | · |
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2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 206 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0008%
- Median age
- 36.6 years
- Children per woman
- 1.46
- Life expectancy
- 71.6 years
- People per km²
- 87
According to UN estimates, about 65,399 people live in Dominica right now. It ranks 206th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between the Cayman Islands and Guernsey, and it is home to one in every 127,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 700 people are born there and about 820 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 240 people a year. Overall, it loses about 360 people a year.
In 1950, about 50,196 people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 30%. It peaked in 1980, at about 73,083, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 63,192 people (3% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 49,110.
Half of its people are younger than 37 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.46 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 72 years (worldwide, 74). There are 87 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Dominica in 2026?
- Dominica has about 65,399 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 65,511.
- How many people are born each day in Dominica?
- Very few: about 700 a year. About 820 people die each year.
- Is the population of Dominica growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.53% a year, or about 360 people.
- What will the population of Dominica be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 63,192.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Andorra 83,978
- US Virgin Islands 83,176
- Cayman Islands 77,617
- Guernsey 64,639
- Bermuda 64,422
- Faroe Islands 56,679
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,804
- Brazil 213,783,617
- Mexico 133,319,905
- Colombia 54,089,703
- Argentina 46,051,068
- Canada 40,567,081
- Peru 35,027,450
- Venezuela 28,673,199
- Chile 19,971,251
- Guatemala 19,055,603
- Ecuador 18,493,717
- Bolivia 12,801,731
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.