Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Dominica

Urban population share in Dominica in 2025 — 74%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 36.1 pp.

2025 74% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 77of 217
Period maximum 74%2025
Period minimum 37.9%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Dominica, 1960–202530405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 37.9%1962: 38%1964: 38.1%1966: 38.2%1968: 38.3%1970: 38.5%1972: 39.2%1974: 40.5%1976: 42.3%1978: 44.3%1980: 46.5%1982: 49.1%1984: 53%1986: 57.5%1988: 61.5%1990: 64.1%1992: 64.6%1994: 64.8%1996: 65%1998: 65.1%2000: 65.2%2002: 65.5%2004: 66%2006: 66.5%2008: 67.2%2010: 68%2012: 68.8%2014: 69.5%2016: 70.3%2018: 71%2020: 71.8%2022: 72.7%2024: 73.5%2025: 74%
Change over the period: +36.1 pp Annual average: 0.56 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Dominica 74%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
Urban population share — Dominica, by year Dominica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 74 +0.4 pp
2024 73.5 +0.4 pp
2023 73.1 +0.4 pp
2022 72.7 +0.4 pp
2021 72.3 +0.4 pp
2020 71.8 +0.4 pp
2019 71.4 +0.4 pp
2018 71 +0.4 pp
2017 70.6 +0.4 pp
2016 70.3 +0.4 pp
2015 69.9 +0.4 pp
2014 69.5 +0.4 pp
2013 69.1 +0.4 pp
2012 68.8 +0.4 pp
2011 68.4 +0.4 pp
2010 68 +0.4 pp
2009 67.6 +0.4 pp
2008 67.2 +0.4 pp
2007 66.9 +0.3 pp
2006 66.5 +0.3 pp
2005 66.2 +0.3 pp
2004 66 +0.2 pp
2003 65.7 +0.2 pp
2002 65.5 +0.2 pp
2001 65.4 +0.1 pp
2000 65.2 +0.1 pp
1999 65.1 +0.1 pp
1998 65.1 +0.1 pp
1997 65 +0.1 pp
1996 65 +0.1 pp
1995 64.9 +0.1 pp
1994 64.8 +0.1 pp
1993 64.7 +0.1 pp
1992 64.6 +0.1 pp
1991 64.5 +0.4 pp
1990 64.1 +1 pp
1989 63 +1.5 pp
1988 61.5 +1.9 pp
1987 59.6 +2.1 pp
1986 57.5 +2.2 pp
1985 55.3 +2.2 pp
1984 53 +2.1 pp
1983 50.9 +1.8 pp
1982 49.1 +1.4 pp
1981 47.7 +1.1 pp
1980 46.5 +1.1 pp
1979 45.4 +1.1 pp
1978 44.3 +1.1 pp
1977 43.3 +1 pp
1976 42.3 +0.9 pp
1975 41.4 +0.8 pp
1974 40.5 +0.7 pp
1973 39.8 +0.6 pp
1972 39.2 +0.4 pp
1971 38.8 +0.3 pp
1970 38.5 +0.1 pp
1969 38.4 +0.1 pp
1968 38.3 +0.1 pp
1967 38.3 +0.1 pp
1966 38.2 +0 pp
1965 38.2 +0 pp
1964 38.1 +0 pp
1963 38.1 +0.1 pp
1962 38 +0.1 pp
1961 37.9 +0.1 pp
1960 37.9

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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