The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      arable land: 6.67%

      permanent crops: 21.33%

      other: 72% (2005)

      Irrigated land:

NA

      Total renewable water resources:

      NA

      Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

      total: 0.02 cu km/yr

      per capita: 213 cu m/yr (1996)

      Natural hazards:

      flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months

      Environment - current issues:

      NA

      Environment - international agreements:

      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental

       Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer

       Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling

      signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

      known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean" due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which are protected by an extensive natural park system; the most mountainous of the Lesser Antilles, its volcanic peaks are cones of lava craters and include Boiling Lake, the second-largest, thermally active lake in the world

      People ::Dominica

      Population:

      72,813 (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 200

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 24% (male 8,910/female 8,518)

      15–64 years: 65.8% (male 24,532/female 23,301)

      65 years and over: 10.2% (male 3,187/female 4,212) (2010 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 30.3 years

      male: 29.8 years

      female: 30.8 years (2010 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      0.213% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 182

      Birth rate:

      15.68 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 131

      Death rate:

      8.12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 103

      Net migration rate:

      −5.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 202

      Urbanization:

      urban population: 74% of total population (2008)

      rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2005–10 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

      under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

      15–64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

      65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female

      total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 13.2 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 132 male: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births

      female: 8.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 75.77 years country comparison to the world: 76 male: 72.82 years

      female: 78.87 years (2010 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      2.08 children born/woman (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 123

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      NA

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      NA

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      NA

      Nationality:

      noun: Dominican(s)

      adjective: Dominican

      Ethnic groups:

      black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7% (2001 census)

      Religions:

      Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%,

       Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's

       Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or

       unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)

      Languages:

      English (official), French patois

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school

      total population: 94%

      male: 94%

      female: 94% (2003 est.)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 13 years

      male: 12 years

      female: 13 years (2008)

      Education expenditures:

      4.8% of GDP (2008) country comparison to the world: 79

      Government ::Dominica

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Commonwealth of Dominica

      conventional short form: Dominica

      Government type:

      parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

      name: Roseau

      geographic coordinates: 15 18 N, 61 24 W

      time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      Administrative divisions:

      10 parishes; Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Patrick, Saint Paul, Saint Peter

      Independence:

      3 November 1978 (from the UK)

      National holiday:

      Independence Day, 3 November (1978)

      Constitution:

      3 November 1978

      Legal system:

      based on English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President Nicholas J. O. LIVERPOOL (since October 2003)

      head of government: Prime Minister Roosevelt SKERRIT (since 8 January 2004)

      cabinet: