The latest officially reported population of Dominica was 66,205 in 2024 vs 9,034,102 people in Switzerland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Dominica's population is 65,870 people compared to 9,112,950 in Switzerland.
Population statistics:
- Switzerland's population is 138.3 times bigger than Dominica's.
- Dominica is ranked the 188th most populous country in the world, while Switzerland is the 100th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.0008% for Dominica vs 0.11% for Switzerland.
- For the last 10 years, Dominica has had an average growth rate of -0.47% per year vs +1.01% in Switzerland.
- Since 2005, the population of Dominica has decreased from 68.7K people to 65.9K (4.17% decline), while Switzerland has grown from 7.44M to 9.11M (22.5% growth).
- Switzerland is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 9.46M people, while Dominica's population already peaked in 1980 at 73.1K people and is projected to decrease to 49.1K people by 2100.
Dominica vs Switzerland: live population counter
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| Current population |
65870
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9112950
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| Population rank | 188/197 | 100/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0008% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
1.2 days
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3.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
11.9 hours
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6.57 minutes
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| One death every |
10.3 hours
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7.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.82 days
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13.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -200 | +40,099 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1 | +400 |
| Annual growth/decline | -305 | +146,009 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.46% | +1.64% |
| Population growth rate rank | 183/197 | 70/197 |
Dominica and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 59,372 | 5,327,827 | - | - |
| 1961 | 60,209 | 5,434,294 | 1.41% | 2% |
| 1962 | 60,948 | 5,573,815 | 1.23% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 61,739 | 5,694,247 | 1.3% | 2.16% |
| 1964 | 62,587 | 5,789,228 | 1.37% | 1.67% |
| 1965 | 63,505 | 5,856,472 | 1.47% | 1.16% |
| 1966 | 64,507 | 5,918,002 | 1.58% | 1.05% |
| 1967 | 65,585 | 5,991,785 | 1.67% | 1.25% |
| 1968 | 66,732 | 6,067,714 | 1.75% | 1.27% |
| 1969 | 67,934 | 6,136,387 | 1.8% | 1.13% |
| 1970 | 68,908 | 6,180,877 | 1.43% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 69,532 | 6,213,399 | 0.91% | 0.53% |
| 1972 | 70,060 | 6,260,956 | 0.76% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 70,585 | 6,307,347 | 0.75% | 0.74% |
| 1974 | 71,091 | 6,341,405 | 0.72% | 0.54% |
| 1975 | 71,570 | 6,338,632 | 0.67% | -0.04% |
| 1976 | 72,017 | 6,302,504 | 0.62% | -0.57% |
| 1977 | 72,406 | 6,281,174 | 0.54% | -0.34% |
| 1978 | 72,724 | 6,281,738 | 0.44% | 0.009% |
| 1979 | 72,959 | 6,294,365 | 0.32% | 0.2% |
| 1980 | 73,083 | 6,319,408 | 0.17% | 0.4% |
| 1981 | 72,986 | 6,354,074 | -0.13% | 0.55% |
| 1982 | 72,688 | 6,391,309 | -0.41% | 0.59% |
| 1983 | 72,365 | 6,418,773 | -0.44% | 0.43% |
| 1984 | 72,056 | 6,441,865 | -0.43% | 0.36% |
| 1985 | 71,744 | 6,470,365 | -0.43% | 0.44% |
| 1986 | 71,406 | 6,504,124 | -0.47% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 71,023 | 6,545,106 | -0.54% | 0.63% |
| 1988 | 70,608 | 6,593,386 | -0.58% | 0.74% |
| 1989 | 70,153 | 6,646,912 | -0.64% | 0.81% |
| 1990 | 69,627 | 6,715,519 | -0.75% | 1.03% |
| 1991 | 69,296 | 6,799,978 | -0.48% | 1.26% |
| 1992 | 69,325 | 6,875,364 | 0.04% | 1.11% |
| 1993 | 69,433 | 6,938,265 | 0.16% | 0.91% |
| 1994 | 69,477 | 6,993,795 | 0.06% | 0.8% |
| 1995 | 69,469 | 7,040,687 | -0.01% | 0.67% |
| 1996 | 69,410 | 7,071,850 | -0.08% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 69,299 | 7,088,906 | -0.16% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 69,124 | 7,110,001 | -0.25% | 0.3% |
| 1999 | 68,870 | 7,143,991 | -0.37% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 68,511 | 7,184,250 | -0.52% | 0.56% |
| 2001 | 68,288 | 7,229,854 | -0.33% | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 68,367 | 7,284,753 | 0.12% | 0.76% |
| 2003 | 68,531 | 7,339,001 | 0.24% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 68,649 | 7,389,625 | 0.17% | 0.69% |
| 2005 | 68,734 | 7,437,115 | 0.12% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 68,806 | 7,483,934 | 0.1% | 0.63% |
| 2007 | 68,847 | 7,551,117 | 0.06% | 0.9% |
| 2008 | 68,854 | 7,647,675 | 0.01% | 1.28% |
| 2009 | 68,864 | 7,743,831 | 0.01% | 1.26% |
| 2010 | 68,859 | 7,824,909 | -0.007% | 1.05% |
| 2011 | 69,053 | 7,912,398 | 0.28% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 69,118 | 7,996,861 | 0.09% | 1.07% |
| 2013 | 69,715 | 8,089,346 | 0.86% | 1.16% |
| 2014 | 70,373 | 8,188,649 | 0.94% | 1.23% |
| 2015 | 70,410 | 8,282,396 | 0.05% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 69,606 | 8,373,338 | -1.14% | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 68,496 | 8,451,840 | -1.59% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 68,174 | 8,514,329 | -0.47% | 0.74% |
| 2019 | 67,880 | 8,575,280 | -0.43% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | 67,573 | 8,638,167 | -0.45% | 0.73% |
| 2021 | 67,202 | 8,704,546 | -0.55% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | 66,826 | 8,777,088 | -0.56% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | 66,510 | 8,888,093 | -0.47% | 1.26% |
| 2024 | 66,205 | 9,034,102 | -0.46% | 1.64% |
| 2025 | 65,870 | 9,080,106 | -0.51% | 0.51% |
| 2026 | 65,508 | 9,120,994 | -0.55% | 0.45% |
| 2027 | 65,160 | 9,157,559 | -0.53% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 64,808 | 9,190,572 | -0.54% | 0.36% |
| 2029 | 64,475 | 9,219,373 | -0.51% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 64,169 | 9,245,030 | -0.47% | 0.28% |
| 2031 | 63,949 | 9,269,063 | -0.34% | 0.26% |
| 2032 | 63,825 | 9,289,991 | -0.19% | 0.23% |
| 2033 | 63,775 | 9,307,909 | -0.08% | 0.19% |
| 2034 | 63,756 | 9,324,938 | -0.03% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 63,764 | 9,340,145 | 0.01% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 63,757 | 9,352,822 | -0.01% | 0.14% |
| 2037 | 63,770 | 9,364,126 | 0.02% | 0.12% |
| 2038 | 63,784 | 9,373,988 | 0.02% | 0.11% |
| 2039 | 63,792 | 9,382,808 | 0.01% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 63,798 | 9,392,748 | 0.009% | 0.11% |
| 2041 | 63,804 | 9,401,829 | 0.009% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 63,778 | 9,410,286 | -0.04% | 0.09% |
| 2043 | 63,731 | 9,418,963 | -0.07% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 63,677 | 9,426,166 | -0.08% | 0.08% |
| 2045 | 63,630 | 9,432,561 | -0.07% | 0.07% |
| 2046 | 63,575 | 9,438,518 | -0.09% | 0.06% |
| 2047 | 63,501 | 9,445,091 | -0.12% | 0.07% |
| 2048 | 63,411 | 9,452,109 | -0.14% | 0.07% |
| 2049 | 63,303 | 9,457,335 | -0.17% | 0.06% |
| 2050 | 63,191 | 9,459,997 | -0.18% | 0.03% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Dominica increased by 1,676 people (a 2.44% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Dominica lost -4,540 (a 6.45% decline), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).
Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2005 and is 188th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Dominica's population will shrink by 4.07% to 63,191 people and will still be ranked 188th. The population of Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Roseau | 14.7K |
| Portsmouth | 3.63K |
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| City | Population |
| Zurich | 449K |
| Geneva | 207K |
| Basel | 176K |
| Bern | 146K |
| Lausanne | 144K |
| Winterthur | 119K |
| Biel/Bienne | 55.9K |
| Thun | 43.9K |
| Bellinzona | 43.8K |
| Koniz | 43K |
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Population differences between Dominica and Switzerland
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| Life expectancy | 71.5 years | 84.2 years |
| Average age | 38.2 years | 43.2 years |
| Median age | 37 years | 43.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.48 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 228.6 ppl/mi² | 592 ppl/mi² |
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