Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Dominica

Rural population in Dominica in 2025 — 17,136 people. Ranked 192 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 53.6%.

2025 17,136 people −2.16% vs 2024
World rank 192of 217
Period maximum 42,579 people1972
Period minimum 17,136 people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Dominica, 1960–202510,00020,00030,00040,00050,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 36,897 people1962: 37,781 people1964: 38,733 people1966: 39,864 people1968: 41,157 people1970: 42,352 people1972: 42,579 people1974: 42,279 people1976: 41,564 people1978: 40,477 people1980: 39,070 people1982: 36,991 people1984: 33,836 people1986: 30,340 people1988: 27,171 people1990: 25,018 people1992: 24,518 people1994: 24,438 people1996: 24,328 people1998: 24,147 people2000: 23,818 people2002: 23,572 people2004: 23,364 people2006: 23,019 people2008: 22,562 people2010: 22,036 people2012: 21,596 people2014: 21,470 people2016: 20,707 people2018: 19,746 people2020: 19,024 people2022: 18,255 people2024: 17,515 people2025: 17,136 people
Change over the period: −19,761 (−53.56%) Average annual rate: -1.17 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Dominica

Dominica 17,136 people
World 3.46B people
Caribbean computed 13.55M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 815M people
Rural population — Dominica, by year Dominica All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 17,136 −379 −2.16%
2024 17,515 −369 −2.06%
2023 17,884 −371 −2.03%
2022 18,255 −386 −2.07%
2021 18,641 −383 −2.01%
2020 19,024 −364 −1.88%
2019 19,388 −358 −1.81%
2018 19,746 −364 −1.81%
2017 20,110 −597 −2.88%
2016 20,707 −509 −2.4%
2015 21,216 −254 −1.18%
2014 21,470 −58 −0.27%
2013 21,528 −68 −0.31%
2012 21,596 −226 −1.04%
2011 21,822 −214 −0.97%
2010 22,036 −271 −1.21%
2009 22,307 −255 −1.13%
2008 22,562 −242 −1.06%
2007 22,804 −215 −0.93%
2006 23,019 −186 −0.8%
2005 23,205 −159 −0.68%
2004 23,364 −125 −0.53%
2003 23,489 −83 −0.35%
2002 23,572 −84 −0.36%
2001 23,656 −162 −0.68%
2000 23,818 −190 −0.79%
1999 24,008 −139 −0.58%
1998 24,147 −104 −0.43%
1997 24,251 −77 −0.32%
1996 24,328 −61 −0.25%
1995 24,389 −49 −0.2%
1994 24,438 −43 −0.18%
1993 24,481 −37 −0.15%
1992 24,518 −84 −0.34%
1991 24,602 −416 −1.66%
1990 25,018 −911 −3.51%
1989 25,929 −1,242 −4.57%
1988 27,171 −1,497 −5.22%
1987 28,668 −1,672 −5.51%
1986 30,340 −1,750 −5.45%
1985 32,090 −1,746 −5.16%
1984 33,836 −1,661 −4.68%
1983 35,497 −1,494 −4.04%
1982 36,991 −1,196 −3.13%
1981 38,187 −883 −2.26%
1980 39,070 −741 −1.86%
1979 39,811 −666 −1.65%
1978 40,477 −587 −1.43%
1977 41,064 −500 −1.2%
1976 41,564 −405 −0.96%
1975 41,969 −310 −0.73%
1974 42,279 −206 −0.48%
1973 42,485 −94 −0.22%
1972 42,579 +20 +0.05%
1971 42,559 +207 +0.49%
1970 42,352 +514 +1.23%
1969 41,838 +681 +1.65%
1968 41,157 +663 +1.64%
1967 40,494 +630 +1.58%
1966 39,864 +590 +1.5%
1965 39,274 +541 +1.4%
1964 38,733 +496 +1.3%
1963 38,237 +456 +1.21%
1962 37,781 +417 +1.12%
1961 37,364 +467 +1.27%
1960 36,897

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.