what is the population of dominica?

Question

also what language do they speak and what interesting thing about it.

Answer 1

The first answer is about Dominican Republic and I think you are asking about (British) Dominica, so here's my answer:
It's an English speaking island of the Caribbean, situated between Guadeloupe (French) and Martinique (French). In the past it had been both English and French alternatively.
Now it's an island, famous for its living Amerindian tribes. Actually they have disappeared from all the other islands (either killed or mixed to other ethnic groups).
In Dominica, they have their own lands where you can see their ancestral crafts and arts.
It's also a very natural and interesting place. It's quite poor though.
I hope it helps.
I would advise you to try and go,it's a nice place to visit.

Answer 2

here i found this hope it helps




Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti.

Geographic coordinates: 19 00 N, 70 40 W

Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

Area:
Total: 48,730 sq km
Land: 48,380 sq km
Water: 350 sq km

Click here to view a list of Provinces

Area--comparative: slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire

Land boundaries:
Total: 275 km

Border countries: Haiti 275 km

Coastline: 1,288 km

Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 6 nm

Climate: tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall

Terrain: rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed.

Elevation extremes:
Lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
Highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m

Natural resources: nickel, bauxite, gold, silver

Land use:
Arable Land: 21%
Permanent crops: 9%
Permanent pastures: 43%
Forests and woodland: 12%
Other: 15% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 2,300 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards: occasional hurricanes (July to October)

Environment--current issues: water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation

Environment--international agreements:
Party to: Biodiversity, Desertification, Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer

Protection signed, but not ratified: Climate Change, Law of the Sea

Geography - note: shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti (eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic, western one-third is Haiti)


People

Population: 7,998,766 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 35% (male 1,435,698; female 1,382,377)
15-64 years: 60% (male 2,452,310; female 2,379,991)
65 years and over: 5% (male 165,602; female 182,788) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.63% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 26.42 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 5.73 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: -4.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:
At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 44.26 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

Total population: 69.73 years
Male: 67.53 years
Female: 72.04 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.06 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:
Noun: Dominican(s)
Adjective: Dominican

Ethnic groups: white 16%, black 11%, mixed 73%

Religions: Roman Catholic 95%

Languages: Spanish

Literacy:
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 82.1%
Male: 82%
Female: 82.2% (1995 est.)


Government

Country name:
Conventional long form: Dominican Republic
Conventional short form: none

Local long form: República Dominicana
Local short form: none

Data code: DR

Government type: republic

National capital: Santo Domingo

Administrative divisions:
29 provinces (provincias, singular--provincia) and 1 district* (distrito);
Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajabón, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, Elías Piña, El Seibo, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, María Trinidad Sánchez, Monseñor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samaná, Sánchez Ramírez, San Cristobal, San Juan, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez, Valverde.

Independence: 27 February 1844 (from Haiti)

National holiday: Independence Day, 27 February (1844)

Constitution: 28 November 1966

Legal system: based on French civil codes

Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age.
Note: members of the armed forces and police cannot vote

Executive branch:
Chief of state: President Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna (since 16 August 1996); Vice President Jaime David FERNANDEZ Mirabal (since 16 August 1996); note--the president is both the chief of state and head of government

Head of government: President Hipólito MEJÍA (since 16 August 2000);
Vice President: Milagros ORTIZ BOSCH (since 16 August 2000);
Note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government

Cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the president

Elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year term; last held election: 16 May 2000; no runoff election held in the year 2000

Election results: President MEJÍA elected to his first term; percent of vote - Hipólito MEJÍA (PRD) %, Danilo MEDINA (PLD) % Joaquín BALAGUER

Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate or Senado (30 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives

or Camara de Diputados (120 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)

Elections: Senate--last held 30 May 1998 (next to be held NA May 2002); Chamber of Deputies--last held 16 May 1998 (next to be held May 2002)

Election results: Senate--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party--PRSC NA, PLD NA, PRD NA; Chamber of Deputies--percent of vote by party--NA; seats by party - PLD NA, PRSC NA, PRD NA

Judicial Branch: Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), judges are elected by a Council made up of legislative and executive members with the president presiding.

Political parties and leaders:

Major parties: Social Christian Reformist Party or PRSC [Joaquin BALAGUER Ricardo]; Dominican Liberation Party or PLD [ ]; Dominican Revolutionary Party or PRD [Hatuey DE CAMPS]; Independent Revolutionary Party or PRI

Minor parties: National Veterans and Civilian Party or PNVC [NA ]; Liberal Party of the Dominican Republic or PLRD [Andres Van Der HORST]; Democratic Quisqueyan Party or PQD [Elias WESSIN Chavez]; National Progressive Force or FNP [Pelegrin CASTILLO]; Popular Christian Party or PPC [NA ];

Dominican Communist Party or PCD [Narciso ISA Conde]; Dominican Workers' Party or PTD [Ivan RODRIGUEZ]; Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union or UPA [Ignacio RODRIGUEZ Chiappini]; Alliance for Democracy Party or APD [Maximilano Rabelais PUIG Miller, Nelsida MARMOLEJOS, Vicente BENGOA]; Democratic Union or UD [Fernando ALVAREZ Bogaert]

Note: in 1983 several leftist parties, including the PCD, joined to form the Dominican Leftist Front or FID; however, they still retain individual party structures.

Political pressure groups and leaders: Collective of Popular Organizations or COP

International organization participation:
ACP, CARICOM, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), NAM (guest), OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
Chief of mission: Ambassador
Chancery:
1715 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Telephone: [1] [phone], 6281
Fax: [1] [phone]

Consulate(s) general:
Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mayaguez (Puerto Rico), Miami, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico)

Consulate(s):
Charlotte Amalie (Virgin Islands), Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, Mobile, and Ponce (Puerto Rico)



Diplomatic representation from the US:
Chief of mission: Ambassador (Charles Manat)
Embassy: corner of Calle Cesar Nicolas Penson and Calle Leopoldo Navarro, Santo Domingo
Mailing address:
Unit 5500, APO AA 34041
Telephone: [1] [phone], 221-8100
FAX: [1] [phone]

Flag description: a centered white cross that extends to the edges, divides the flag into four rectangles--the top ones are blue (hoist side) and red, the bottom ones are red (hoist side) and blue; a small coat of arms is at the center of the cross.


Economy

Economy--overview: Economic reforms launched in late 1994 contributed to exchange rate stabilization, reduced inflation, and strong GDP growth in 1995-96. In 1996, there was increased mineral and petroleum exploration, and a new investment law that allows for repatriation of capital dividends has drawn more investment to the island. former President Fernandez nevertheless, who had inherited a trouble-ridden economy hampered by a pressured peso, a large external debt, nearly bankrupt state-owned enterprises, and a manufacturing sector hindered by daily power outages, presented in December, a bold economic reform package--including such reforms as the devaluation of the peso, income tax cuts, a 50% increase in sales taxes, reduced import tariffs, and increased gasoline prices--in an attempt to create a market-oriented economy that could compete internationally. Even though reforms moved ahead at a slow pace, the economy grew vigorously in 1997, with tourism and telecommunications leading the advance. The government also labored to increase electric generating capacity, a key to continued economic growth.

GDP: purchasing power parity--$38.3 billion (1997 est.)
GDP--real growth rate: 7% (1997 est.)
GDP--per capita: purchasing power parity--$4,700 (1997 est.)
GDP--composition by sector:
Agriculture: 15%
Industry: 22%
Services: 63% (1995)

Inflation rate--consumer price index: 10.9% (1997 est.)

Labor force: 2.3 million to 2.6 million

By occupation: agriculture 50%, services and government 32%, industry 18% (1991 est.)

Unemployment rate: 30% (1996 est.)

Budget:
Revenues: $2 billion

Expenditures: $2 billion, including capital expenditures of $994 million (1996 est.)

Industries: tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco

Industrial production growth rate: 6.3% (1995 est.)

Electricity - capacity: 1.447 million kW (1995)
Electricity - production: 6.5 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity - consumption per capita: 865 kWh (1995)

Agriculture--products: sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, meat, eggs.

Exports:
Total value: $815 million (f.o.b., 1996)
Commodities: ferronickel, sugar, gold, coffee, cocoa
Partners: US 45%, EU 34%, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico (1995)

Imports:
Total value: $3.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
Commodities: foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and
Pharmaceuticals
Partners: US 44%, EU 16%, Venezuela 11%, Netherlands Antilles, Mexico, Japan (1995)

Debt - external: $3.6 billion (1997)

Economic aid:
Recipient: ODA, $21 million (1993)

Currency: 1 Dominican peso (RD$) = 100 centavos

Exchange rates: Dominican pesos (RD$) per US$1--16.700 (February 2001), 14.332 (December 1997), 14.265 (1997), 13.775 (1996), 13.597 (1995), 13.160 (1994), 12.676 (1993)

Fiscal year: calendar year


Communications

Telephones: 190,000 (1987 est.)

Telephone system:
Domestic: relatively efficient system based on islandwide microwave radio relay network
International: 1 coaxial submarine cable;

Satellite earth station - 1

Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 120, FM 0, shortwave 6

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 18 (1987 est.)

Televisions: 728,000 (1993 est.)


Transportation

Railways:
Total: 757 km
Standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge (Central Romana Railroad)
Arrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (Dominica Government Railway); 240 km operated by sugar companies in various gauges (0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges) (1995)

Highways:
Total: 12,600 km
Paved: 6,224 km
Unpaved: 6,376 km (1996 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 96 km; petroleum products 8 km

Ports and harbors: Barahona, La Romana, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo

Merchant marine:
Total: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT (1997 est.)

Airports: 36 (1997 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:

Total: 14
Over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3
Under 914 m: 2 (1997 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
Total: 22
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 6
Under 914 m: 15 (1997 est.)


Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
Males age 15-49: 2,119,278 (1998 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
Males: 1,332,971 (1998 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
Males: 80,784 (1998 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $116 million (1994)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.4% (1994)


Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: none

Elicit drugs: transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US through Puerto Rico.