Dominica vs South Africa Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Dominica vs South Africa

Table

Year	Median age
	Dominica	South Africa
1960	18	19
1961	17.8	19
1962	17.6	18.9
1963	17.4	18.9
1964	17.2	18.9
1965	16.9	18.8
1966	16.6	18.8
1967	16.3	18.8
1968	16	18.8
1969	15.7	18.8
1970	15.7	18.8
1971	15.9	18.8
1972	16.3	18.8
1973	16.6	18.8
1974	16.9	18.9
1975	17.2	18.9
1976	17.5	19
1977	17.8	19.1
1978	18.1	19.2
1979	18.4	19.3
1980	18.7	19.4
1981	19.1	19.6
1982	19.6	19.8
1983	20	20
1984	20.6	20.2
1985	21.1	20.4
1986	21.6	20.5
1987	22	20.7
1988	22.3	20.9
1989	22.6	21.1
1990	22.9	21.3
1991	23.2	21.5
1992	23.6	21.5
1993	24	21.9
1994	24.5	22
1995	25	21.5
1996	25.6	21.2
1997	26.1	21.2
1998	26.6	21.4
1999	27.1	21.6
2000	27.6	21.9
2001	28	22.2
2002	28.4	22.4
2003	28.8	22.8
2004	29.2	23.1
2005	29.6	23.3
2006	30	23.5
2007	30.3	23.8
2008	30.6	24
2009	31	24.3
2010	31.5	24.6
2011	31.6	25
2012	31.8	25.3
2013	31.4	25.7
2014	31.2	26
2015	31.6	26.4
2016	32.8	26.7
2017	34.1	27
2018	34.5	27.5
2019	35	27.9
2020	35.5	28.3
2021	35.9	28.6
2022	36.3	28.9
2023	36.6	29.2
2024	37	29.5
2025	37.3	29.7
2026	37.6	29.9
2027	38	30.1
2028	38.4	30.3
2029	38.8	30.4
2030	39.2	30.6
2031	39.6	30.7
2032	40	30.9
2033	40.4	31
2034	40.7	31
2035	41	31.2
2036	41.3	31.3
2037	41.5	31.5
2038	41.7	31.6
2039	41.8	31.8
2040	42	32
2041	42.1	32.2
2042	42.2	32.3
2043	42.4	32.5
2044	42.5	32.6
2045	42.6	32.8
2046	42.6	32.9
2047	42.7	33
2048	42.8	33.1
2049	43	33.2
2050	43.1	33.3

In 1960, the median age in Dominica was 18 years compared to 19 years in South Africa. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 37 years in Dominica and to 29.5 years in South Africa.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Dominica is expected to increased to around 43.1 years by 2050 compared to 33.3 years in South Africa. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Dominica		South Africa
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	2.76%	2.68%	4.65%	4.58%
5-9	2.97%	2.96%	4.19%	4.17%
10-14	3.24%	3.27%	4.16%	4.14%
15-19	3.19%	3.37%	4.21%	4.16%
20-24	3.34%	3.38%	4.04%	3.93%
25-29	3.69%	3.65%	4.34%	4.37%
30-34	4.28%	4.21%	4.42%	4.52%
35-39	3.85%	3.82%	4.2%	4.25%
40-44	3.53%	3.37%	3.64%	3.66%
45-49	2.97%	2.78%	2.77%	2.86%
50-54	3.5%	3.41%	2.18%	2.44%
55-59	3.5%	3.44%	1.76%	2.17%
60-64	3.03%	2.88%	1.51%	1.96%
65-69	2.42%	2.32%	1.14%	1.55%
70-74	1.66%	1.68%	0.74%	1.11%
75-79	1.08%	1.21%	0.36%	0.63%
80+	1%	1.58%	0.34%	0.81%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Dominica has low demographic potential with 47% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 59.9% and average potential in South Africa.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Dominica			South Africa
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	100.7%	89.8%	10.9%	83.4%	77.2%	6.22%
1961	102%	91%	11%	83.4%	77.2%	6.2%
1962	103.1%	92%	11.1%	83.4%	77.2%	6.18%
1963	104.5%	93.3%	11.2%	83.3%	77.1%	6.19%
1964	106.2%	94.8%	11.4%	83.3%	77.1%	6.22%
1965	108.3%	96.7%	11.6%	83.5%	77.2%	6.26%
1966	110.7%	98.9%	11.8%	83.8%	77.5%	6.32%
1967	113.5%	101.4%	12.1%	84%	77.7%	6.39%
1968	116.5%	104.1%	12.4%	84.3%	77.8%	6.46%
1969	119.5%	106.8%	12.7%	84.5%	77.9%	6.54%
1970	120.1%	107.2%	12.9%	84.6%	78%	6.61%
1971	117.4%	104.6%	12.8%	84.7%	78%	6.67%
1972	113.9%	101.2%	12.7%	84.6%	77.9%	6.72%
1973	110.5%	97.9%	12.6%	84.5%	77.7%	6.76%
1974	107.4%	94.8%	12.6%	84.3%	77.5%	6.79%
1975	104.4%	91.8%	12.7%	84%	77.2%	6.83%
1976	101.7%	89%	12.8%	83.7%	76.9%	6.85%
1977	99.1%	86.2%	12.9%	83.3%	76.4%	6.87%
1978	96.6%	83.6%	13%	82.6%	75.7%	6.88%
1979	94.1%	80.9%	13.2%	82%	75.1%	6.89%
1980	91.5%	78%	13.5%	80.9%	74%	6.88%
1981	88%	74.4%	13.6%	79.6%	72.7%	6.87%
1982	84%	70.3%	13.7%	78.4%	71.5%	6.88%
1983	80.3%	66.6%	13.8%	77.5%	70.6%	6.91%
1984	77.4%	63.6%	13.9%	76.7%	69.8%	6.95%
1985	75.2%	61.2%	14.1%	76%	69%	6.98%
1986	73.6%	59.3%	14.3%	75.2%	68.2%	6.98%
1987	72.4%	57.9%	14.5%	74.4%	67.4%	6.96%
1988	71.8%	57.1%	14.7%	73.5%	66.6%	6.93%
1989	71.9%	56.9%	15%	72.6%	65.7%	6.86%
1990	72.8%	57.3%	15.5%	71.5%	64.7%	6.78%
1991	73.3%	57.5%	15.8%	70.9%	64.1%	6.74%
1992	72.8%	57.1%	15.7%	71.1%	64.3%	6.82%
1993	71.9%	56.4%	15.5%	70.2%	63.4%	6.79%
1994	71.1%	55.7%	15.4%	70.2%	63.3%	6.89%
1995	70.4%	55%	15.4%	71.5%	64.3%	7.18%
1996	69.6%	54.1%	15.5%	72%	64.6%	7.46%
1997	68.8%	53.2%	15.6%	71.6%	63.9%	7.69%
1998	67.9%	52.2%	15.8%	69.8%	62%	7.79%
1999	67.1%	51%	16%	67.8%	60%	7.84%
2000	66.2%	49.8%	16.4%	65.7%	57.8%	7.87%
2001	65%	48.4%	16.6%	63.5%	55.7%	7.88%
2002	63.5%	46.9%	16.6%	61.4%	53.5%	7.88%
2003	61.9%	45.4%	16.5%	59.5%	51.6%	7.9%
2004	60.5%	44%	16.5%	57.9%	49.9%	7.93%
2005	59.1%	42.7%	16.4%	56.7%	48.7%	7.98%
2006	57.7%	41.3%	16.4%	55.7%	47.7%	8.03%
2007	56.3%	39.8%	16.5%	54.8%	46.8%	8.05%
2008	55%	38.3%	16.6%	54.2%	46.1%	8.07%
2009	53.8%	37%	16.8%	53.7%	45.6%	8.07%
2010	52.9%	35.9%	17%	53%	45%	8.03%
2011	51.5%	35%	16.6%	52.4%	44.4%	7.99%
2012	50.2%	34%	16.2%	51.9%	43.9%	7.97%
2013	48.4%	33.3%	15.1%	51.5%	43.5%	8.01%
2014	46.6%	32.6%	14%	51.1%	43.1%	8.06%
2015	45.6%	31.6%	14%	50.8%	42.7%	8.1%
2016	45.6%	30.2%	15.4%	51.1%	42.8%	8.27%
2017	46%	29%	17%	51.3%	42.8%	8.51%
2018	45.6%	28.4%	17.2%	50.7%	42%	8.7%
2019	45.3%	27.9%	17.4%	50.1%	41.2%	8.92%
2020	45%	27.3%	17.7%	49.5%	40.4%	9.13%
2021	44.8%	26.8%	18%	48.9%	39.6%	9.28%
2022	44.7%	26.5%	18.2%	48.6%	39.1%	9.45%
2023	44.6%	26.2%	18.4%	48.4%	38.7%	9.67%
2024	44.6%	25.8%	18.7%	48.3%	38.4%	9.92%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Dominica decreased from 60.5% to 44.6% between 2004 and 2024.

In South Africa, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 57.9% to 48.3% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Dominica	South Africa
1960	49.8%	54.5%
1961	49.5%	54.5%
1962	49.2%	54.5%
1963	48.9%	54.6%
1964	48.5%	54.6%
1965	48%	54.5%
1966	47.5%	54.4%
1967	46.8%	54.3%
1968	46.2%	54.3%
1969	45.6%	54.2%
1970	45.4%	54.2%
1971	46%	54.2%
1972	46.8%	54.2%
1973	47.5%	54.2%
1974	48.2%	54.3%
1975	48.9%	54.3%
1976	49.6%	54.4%
1977	50.2%	54.6%
1978	50.9%	54.8%
1979	51.5%	55%
1980	52.2%	55.3%
1981	53.2%	55.7%
1982	54.4%	56.1%
1983	55.5%	56.3%
1984	56.4%	56.6%
1985	57.1%	56.8%
1986	57.6%	57.1%
1987	58%	57.3%
1988	58.2%	57.6%
1989	58.2%	57.9%
1990	57.9%	58.3%
1991	57.7%	58.5%
1992	57.9%	58.4%
1993	58.2%	58.8%
1994	58.4%	58.8%
1995	58.7%	58.3%
1996	59%	58.1%
1997	59.2%	58.3%
1998	59.5%	58.9%
1999	59.8%	59.6%
2000	60.2%	60.3%
2001	60.6%	61.1%
2002	61.2%	62%
2003	61.8%	62.7%
2004	62.3%	63.3%
2005	62.9%	63.8%
2006	63.4%	64.2%
2007	64%	64.6%
2008	64.5%	64.9%
2009	65%	65.1%
2010	65.4%	65.3%
2011	66%	65.6%
2012	66.6%	65.8%
2013	67.4%	66%
2014	68.2%	66.2%
2015	68.7%	66.3%
2016	68.7%	66.2%
2017	68.5%	66.1%
2018	68.7%	66.4%
2019	68.8%	66.6%
2020	69%	66.9%
2021	69.1%	67.2%
2022	69.1%	67.3%
2023	69.1%	67.4%
2024	69.2%	67.4%
2025	69.2%	67.4%
2026	69.2%	67.3%
2027	69.1%	67.3%
2028	69.1%	67.2%
2029	69.1%	67.2%
2030	69%	67.1%
2031	68.8%	67%
2032	68.6%	67%
2033	68.3%	67.1%
2034	68.1%	67.2%
2035	67.9%	67.4%
2036	67.6%	67.6%
2037	67.4%	67.7%
2038	67.3%	67.9%
2039	67.2%	68%
2040	67.2%	68.1%
2041	67.3%	68.1%
2042	67.3%	68.2%
2043	67.4%	68.2%
2044	67.4%	68.1%
2045	67.4%	68%
2046	67.3%	67.9%
2047	67.2%	67.8%
2048	67%	67.6%
2049	66.7%	67.4%
2050	66.5%	67.2%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 62.3% to 69.2% in Dominica and from 63.3% to 67.4% in South Africa.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	South Africa
1960	44.7%	42.1%
1961	45%	42.1%
1962	45.3%	42.1%
1963	45.6%	42.1%
1964	46%	42.1%
1965	46.4%	42.1%
1966	46.9%	42.1%
1967	47.5%	42.2%
1968	48.1%	42.2%
1969	48.7%	42.2%
1970	48.7%	42.3%
1971	48.1%	42.2%
1972	47.3%	42.2%
1973	46.5%	42.1%
1974	45.7%	42%
1975	44.9%	41.9%
1976	44.1%	41.8%
1977	43.3%	41.7%
1978	42.5%	41.5%
1979	41.7%	41.3%
1980	40.7%	40.9%
1981	39.6%	40.5%
1982	38.2%	40.1%
1983	36.9%	39.8%
1984	35.8%	39.5%
1985	34.9%	39.2%
1986	34.2%	38.9%
1987	33.6%	38.7%
1988	33.2%	38.4%
1989	33.1%	38.1%
1990	33.1%	37.7%
1991	33.2%	37.5%
1992	33%	37.6%
1993	32.8%	37.3%
1994	32.6%	37.2%
1995	32.3%	37.5%
1996	31.9%	37.5%
1997	31.5%	37.2%
1998	31.1%	36.5%
1999	30.6%	35.7%
2000	30%	34.9%
2001	29.3%	34%
2002	28.7%	33.2%
2003	28%	32.3%
2004	27.4%	31.6%
2005	26.8%	31.1%
2006	26.2%	30.6%
2007	25.5%	30.2%
2008	24.7%	29.9%
2009	24.1%	29.7%
2010	23.5%	29.4%
2011	23.1%	29.1%
2012	22.6%	28.9%
2013	22.5%	28.7%
2014	22.3%	28.5%
2015	21.7%	28.3%
2016	20.8%	28.3%
2017	19.9%	28.3%
2018	19.5%	27.9%
2019	19.2%	27.4%
2020	18.8%	27%
2021	18.5%	26.6%
2022	18.3%	26.3%
2023	18.1%	26.1%
2024	17.9%	25.9%
2025	17.6%	25.7%
2026	17.4%	25.6%
2027	17.1%	25.4%
2028	16.8%	25.3%
2029	16.5%	25.2%
2030	16.3%	25.2%
2031	16%	25.1%
2032	15.9%	25%
2033	15.7%	24.8%
2034	15.6%	24.5%
2035	15.5%	24.3%
2036	15.4%	23.9%
2037	15.3%	23.6%
2038	15.3%	23.4%
2039	15.2%	23.1%
2040	15.2%	22.9%
2041	15.2%	22.7%
2042	15.1%	22.5%
2043	15.1%	22.4%
2044	15.1%	22.2%
2045	15.1%	22.1%
2046	15.1%	21.9%
2047	15%	21.8%
2048	15%	21.7%
2049	15%	21.6%
2050	14.9%	21.5%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 17.9% in Dominica and 25.9% in South Africa. Birth rates in Dominica compared to South Africa .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Dominica	South Africa
1960	5.45%	3.39%
1961	5.44%	3.38%
1962	5.46%	3.37%
1963	5.49%	3.38%
1964	5.53%	3.39%
1965	5.57%	3.41%
1966	5.61%	3.44%
1967	5.67%	3.47%
1968	5.73%	3.51%
1969	5.8%	3.54%
1970	5.85%	3.58%
1971	5.88%	3.61%
1972	5.93%	3.64%
1973	6%	3.66%
1974	6.09%	3.69%
1975	6.19%	3.71%
1976	6.33%	3.73%
1977	6.47%	3.75%
1978	6.63%	3.77%
1979	6.81%	3.79%
1980	7.03%	3.8%
1981	7.25%	3.83%
1982	7.45%	3.86%
1983	7.64%	3.89%
1984	7.82%	3.93%
1985	8.02%	3.97%
1986	8.22%	3.98%
1987	8.39%	3.99%
1988	8.56%	3.99%
1989	8.74%	3.98%
1990	8.97%	3.95%
1991	9.12%	3.95%
1992	9.08%	3.99%
1993	9.03%	3.99%
1994	9.01%	4.05%
1995	9.05%	4.19%
1996	9.12%	4.34%
1997	9.23%	4.48%
1998	9.38%	4.59%
1999	9.6%	4.67%
2000	9.87%	4.75%
2001	10.1%	4.82%
2002	10.2%	4.88%
2003	10.2%	4.95%
2004	10.3%	5.02%
2005	10.3%	5.1%
2006	10.4%	5.15%
2007	10.6%	5.2%
2008	10.7%	5.24%
2009	10.9%	5.25%
2010	11.1%	5.25%
2011	10.9%	5.24%
2012	10.8%	5.25%
2013	10.2%	5.29%
2014	9.55%	5.33%
2015	9.64%	5.37%
2016	10.6%	5.47%
2017	11.7%	5.63%
2018	11.8%	5.78%
2019	12%	5.95%
2020	12.2%	6.11%
2021	12.4%	6.23%
2022	12.6%	6.36%
2023	12.7%	6.52%
2024	13%	6.69%
2025	13.2%	6.89%
2026	13.5%	7.08%
2027	13.7%	7.26%
2028	14.1%	7.44%
2029	14.4%	7.61%
2030	14.8%	7.76%
2031	15.2%	7.89%
2032	15.6%	8.01%
2033	15.9%	8.14%
2034	16.3%	8.26%
2035	16.6%	8.39%
2036	17%	8.52%
2037	17.2%	8.64%
2038	17.4%	8.76%
2039	17.5%	8.88%
2040	17.6%	9.01%
2041	17.6%	9.15%
2042	17.5%	9.3%
2043	17.5%	9.48%
2044	17.5%	9.68%
2045	17.5%	9.9%
2046	17.6%	10.1%
2047	17.8%	10.4%
2048	18%	10.7%
2049	18.3%	11%
2050	18.6%	11.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 13% in Dominica and 6.69% in South Africa. Life expectancy in Dominica compared to South Africa .