Dominica — Population
Population, Total for Dominica, 1960–2025.
Population for Dominica was 65,871 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 73,083 in 1980. The lowest was 59,372 in 1960 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.16% per year.
Dominica ranks 199 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 92%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.18 million, so Dominica sits below it. It peaked in 1980 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 6%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 37 of 42 economies; St. Kitts and Nevis (46,922) is just below it. That is 3% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 188th of 216 in 1960 → 189th of 216 in 1970 → 191st of 216 in 1980 → 193rd of 217 in 1990 → 197th of 217 in 2000 → 198th of 217 in 2010 → 199th of 217 in 2020 → 199th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65,871 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 66,205 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 66,510 | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 66,826 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 67,202 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 67,573 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 67,880 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 68,174 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 68,496 | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 69,606 | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 70,410 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 70,373 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 69,715 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 69,118 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 69,053 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 68,859 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 68,864 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 68,854 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 68,847 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 68,806 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 68,734 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 68,649 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 68,531 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 68,367 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 68,288 | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 68,511 | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 68,870 | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 69,124 | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 69,299 | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 69,410 | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 69,469 | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 69,477 | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 69,433 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 69,325 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 69,296 | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 69,627 | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 70,153 | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 70,608 | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 71,023 | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 71,406 | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 71,744 | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 72,056 | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 72,365 | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 72,688 | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 72,986 | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 73,083 | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 72,959 | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 72,724 | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 72,406 | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 72,017 | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 71,570 | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 71,091 | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 70,585 | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 70,060 | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 69,532 | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 68,908 | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 67,934 | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 66,732 | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 65,585 | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 64,507 | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 63,505 | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 62,587 | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 61,739 | +1.3% |
| 1962 | 60,948 | +1.2% |
| 1961 | 60,209 | +1.4% |
| 1960 | 59,372 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Dominica’s Population in 1961?
60,209 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Dominica’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Dominica’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +10.9% in total — about 0.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 65,871; 2024: 66,205; 2023: 66,510; 2022: 66,826; 2021: 67,202. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.