The total population of Dominica is 74,308 people. The people of Dominica speak the English language. The linguistic diversity of Dominica is nearly homogeneous according to a fractionation scale, which is 0 for Dominica. The median age is approximately 32.1 years. The life expectancy in Dominica is 75. The female fertility rate in Dominica is 2.1. About 25% of Dominica's population is obese. Ethnic diversity is nearly uniform according to a fractionation scale, which is 0.2003 for Dominica. Details of the language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of the people of Dominica can be found in the sections below, as well as the section on education in the country.

Population
In Dominica, the population density is 96 people per square kilometer (250 per square mile). Based on these statistics, this country is considered sparsely populated. The total population of Dominica is 74,308 people. Dominica has approximately 6,720 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Dominica make up 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Immigrants in Dominica make up 8.9 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. The ethnic diversity of Dominica is nearly uniform according to an ethnicity-based fractionation scale. Ethnic Fractionation (EF) deals with the number, size, socioeconomic distribution, and geographic location of diverse cultural groups, usually within a state or some other demarcated area. Specific cultural characteristics can refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. These characteristics are often used for social exclusion and power monopolization. The index of ethnic fractionation in Dominica is 0.2003. This means that the people who live in Dominica come from a narrow group of ethnic groups, all of whom are related to one another. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group proportions, which reflects the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read Dominica statistics below for average age and gender distribution in different age groups.

Age
The average age is around 32.1 years. The average age for men is 31.7 and the average age for women is 32.6.

Gender
The sex ratio, or number of males per female (estimated at birth), is 1.05. It can be further broken down into the following categories: sex ratio below 15 - 1.04; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 1.05; sex ratio over 64 - 0.76; Overall sex ratio - 1.02. The overall sex ratio differs from the sex ratio estimated at birth. This is because some newborns are included in the sex ratio estimated at birth, but die within the first few weeks of life and are not included in the overall sex ratio.

Religion
The majority religion of Dominica is Christianity, whose adherents make up 94.4% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the largest religion in the world with over 2.4 billion followers known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior of mankind, whose coming as Christ or Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. In addition to Christianity, there are some followers of folk religions in Dominica. The religious diversity of Dominica is diverse according to a fractionation scale based on the number of religions in Dominica. Index of religious fractionation in Dominica is 0.4628. This score means that within the country there is one major religion and several other minor beliefs.

General development
Dominica is considered a developing country. A nation's level of development is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality and quality of life. As a developing country, Dominica may not be able to provide consistent social services to its citizens. These social services can include things like public education, reliable health care, and law enforcement. Citizens of developing countries can have a lower life expectancy than citizens