Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Dominica
Dominica: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita was 0.7399 people per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Dominica, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Dominica is 0.7399 people per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Dominica peaked at 0.7399 people per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.3785 people per person, in 1960.
That places Dominica 77th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Dominica, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.3785 people per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.3794 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1962 | 0.3801 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 0.3807 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 0.3811 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.3816 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.382 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.3826 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 0.3833 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 0.3841 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 0.3854 people per person | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.3879 people per person | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.3922 people per person | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.3981 people per person | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.4053 people per person | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.4136 people per person | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 0.4229 people per person | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4329 people per person | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 0.4434 people per person | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 0.4543 people per person | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.4654 people per person | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.4768 people per person | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.4911 people per person | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 0.5095 people per person | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 0.5304 people per person | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 0.5527 people per person | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 0.5751 people per person | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 0.5964 people per person | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 0.6152 people per person | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 0.6304 people per person | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.6407 people per person | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.645 people per person | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.6463 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.6474 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.6482 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6489 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.6495 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.6501 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.6507 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.6514 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.6524 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.6536 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.6552 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6572 people per person | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.6597 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.6624 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.6655 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.6688 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.6723 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6761 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.68 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.684 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6875 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6912 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6949 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.6987 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7025 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7064 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7104 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7144 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7185 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.7226 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.7268 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.7311 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.7355 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 0.7399 people per person | +0.6% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 0.7399 people per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6562 people per person, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 0.7399 people per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7204 people per person, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3813 people per person | 0.3785 people per person | 0.3841 people per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4136 people per person | 0.3854 people per person | 0.4543 people per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5443 people per person | 0.4654 people per person | 0.6304 people per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6478 people per person | 0.6407 people per person | 0.6514 people per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6623 people per person | 0.6524 people per person | 0.6761 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.697 people per person | 0.68 people per person | 0.7144 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7291 people per person | 0.7185 people per person | 0.7399 people per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 74 Russian Federation 0.755 people per person compare
- 75 Brunei Darussalam 0.7501 people per person compare
- 76 Finland 0.7422 people per person compare
- 78 Djibouti 0.7298 people per person compare
- 79 Dominican Republic 0.7252 people per person compare
- 80 Syrian Arab Republic 0.7208 people per person compare
More population data for Dominica
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.7694 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -4.92 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.7694 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.882 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 74.17 Persons (2050)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.2916 Percent per annum (2030)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.8169 % change on previous year (2100)
- World population growth -0.8% (2100)
- Population density 65.52 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 2,064 people (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Dominica?
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Dominica was 0.7399 people per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7399 people per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3785 people per person in 1960.
- How does Dominica rank for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Dominica ranks 77th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.