Population growth in Dominica

The population of Dominica changed by -0.51% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Dominica, 2025 -0.51% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.05percentage points 2024: -0.46%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 199th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Dominica over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period DominicaWorld
2025 -0.51% 0.91%
2024 -0.46% 0.96%
2023 -0.47% 0.93%
2022 -0.56% 0.87%
2021 -0.55% 0.83%
2020 -0.45% 0.98%
2019 -0.43% 1.05%
2018 -0.47% 1.08%
2017 -1.61% 1.13%
2016 -1.15% 1.16%
2015 0.05% 1.18%
2014 0.94% 1.21%
2013 0.86% 1.23%
2012 0.09% 1.26%
2011 0.28% 1.22%
2010 -0.01% 1.22%
2009 0.01% 1.25%
2008 0.01% 1.27%
2007 0.06% 1.26%
2006 0.10% 1.27%
2005 0.12% 1.27%
2004 0.17% 1.29%
2003 0.24% 1.29%
2002 0.12% 1.31%
2001 -0.33% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.05 percentage points from -0.46% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.05%, the figure has changed by −0.56 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Dominica has the 199th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Dominica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects