Dominica 
Facts
Population:
70,786 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
28.72% (male 10,300; female 10,027)
15-64 years:
63.45% (male 23,056; female 21,855)
65 years and over:
7.83% (male 2,267; female 3,281) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.98% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
17.81 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.19 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-20.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.69 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
16.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
73.6 years
male:
70.74 years
female:
76.61 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.03 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Dominican(s)
adjective:
Dominican
Ethnic groups:
black, Carib Amerindian
Religions:
Roman Catholic 77%, Protestant 15% (Methodist 5%, Pentecostal 3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3%, Baptist 2%, other 2%), none 2%, other 6%
Languages:
English (official), French patois
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population:
94%
male:
94%
female:
94% (1970 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $290 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
0.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $4,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
21%
industry:
16%
services:
63% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
25,000
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28%
Unemployment rate:
20% (1999 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$72 million
expenditures:
$79.9 million, including capital expenditures of $11.5 million (FY97/98)
Industries:
soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes
Industrial production growth rate:
-10% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production:
62 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
48.39%
hydro:
51.61%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
57.7 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa; forest and fishery potential not exploited
Exports:
$60.7 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges
Exports - partners:
Caricom countries 47%, UK 36%, US 7% (1996 est.)
Imports:
$126 million (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals
Imports - partners:
US 41%, Caricom countries 25%, UK 13%, Netherlands, Canada (1996 est.)
Debt - external:
$108.9 million (1999)
Economic aid - recipient:
$24.4 million (1995)
Currency:
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code:
XCD
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
Chronicle, The
(Privately-owned, Weekly), Roseau
Dominica in the News
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Dominica's pursuit of an independent foreign policy and its insistence on maintaining cordial relations with Caracas might sorely test the tolerance of a putative McCain administration.
The 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award was recently awarded to Sonia Pierre.
As the largest exporter of immigrants to New York City, the Dominican Republic is represented by approximately 10 percent of the 1.1 million students within the New York City public school system.
In an unsigned editorial, the Dominican newspaper Hoy lambastes governments and aid organizations for talking a good line on Haiti, but not doing enough.
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