Population:
72,660 (July 2009 est.)

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) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 29.8 years
male: 29.4 years
female: 30.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.208% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
15.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
8.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
-5.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

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: 1.05 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 (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.55 years
male: 72.61 years
female: 78.64 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
2.09 children born/woman (2009 est.)

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: 13 years
female: 14 years (2005)

Education expenditures:
5% of GDP (1999)