Dominica

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PROFILE
  • Area: 751 sq. km (290 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 73,757 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.2% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 77 years (2016)
  • Languages: English (official), French patois
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 61.4%, Protestant 28.6% (includes Evangelical 6.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.1%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%), Rastafarian 1.3%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other 0.3%, none 6.1%, unspecified 1.1%
  • Formal name: Commonwealth of Dominica
  • Alternate names: Colony of Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica, Presidency of Dominica, State of Dominica
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Charles A. SAVARIN; head of government: Prime Minister Roosevelt SKERRIT
  • Capital: Roseau
  • Administrative divisions: 10 parishes
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $10,700 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges
  • Imports: manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals
  • Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
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