Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Dominica is 70% bigger than Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 440 km² (2023) · Dominica: 750 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Antigua and Barbuda’s coastline is 3% longer than Dominica’s.
Antigua and Barbuda: 153 km (2026 edition) · Dominica: 148 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Dominica’s highest peak towers 1,045 m above Antigua and Barbuda’s.
Antigua and Barbuda: 402 m (2026 edition) · Dominica: 1,447 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Antigua and Barbuda has 43% more people than Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: 94,209 (2025) · Dominica: 65,871 (2025)
How crowded is it?
Antigua and Barbuda is 2.4 times as densely populated as Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: 214 per km² (2025) · Dominica: 88 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Dominica are 1.3 cm taller than in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 178.8 cm (2019) · Dominica: 180.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Dominica are 1.2 cm taller than in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 165.7 cm (2019) · Dominica: 166.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda are practically level.
Antigua and Barbuda: 35.5 years (2023) · Dominica: 35.6 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Antigua and Barbuda have 0.1 more children on average than in Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: 1.58 children per woman (2024) · Dominica: 1.48 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
13% of people in Dominica are 65 or older, versus 12% in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 12.3% (2025) · Dominica: 13.2% (2025)
How many official languages?
Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica are practically level.
Antigua and Barbuda: 1 (2026) · Dominica: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Antigua and Barbuda’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Dominica’s.
Antigua and Barbuda: $2.34 billion (2025) · Dominica: $724 million (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Antigua and Barbuda produces 58% more per person than Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: Int$35,833 (2025) · Dominica: Int$22,713 (2025)
How expensive is it?
Antigua and Barbuda’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Dominica’s.
Antigua and Barbuda: 69% (2025) · Dominica: 48% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Antigua and Barbuda spends 71% more on health per person than Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: $841 (2023) · Dominica: $492 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Antigua and Barbuda live 6.5 years longer than in Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: 77.8 years (2024) · Dominica: 71.3 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Dominica is 4.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Dominica: 33.3 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Antigua and Barbuda has 2.5 times as many doctors per person as Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: 2.9 per 1,000 (2017) · Dominica: 1.2 per 1,000 (2018)
How common is obesity?
35% of adults in Antigua and Barbuda are obese, versus 33% in Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: 35.4% (2024) · Dominica: 32.9% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How much do people drink?
Adults in Antigua and Barbuda drink 12% more alcohol than in Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: 8.2 litres (2023) · Dominica: 7.3 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Antigua and Barbuda has 11% more meat per person than Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: 96.4 kg (2023) · Dominica: 86.4 kg (2022)
How much food is there per day?
Dominica has 734 kcal more food per person per day than Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 2,544 kcal (2023) · Dominica: 3,278 kcal (2022)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Antigua and Barbuda went to school 1.5 years longer than in Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: 11.6 years (2023) · Dominica: 10.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Antigua and Barbuda welcomed 3.9 times as many tourists per resident as Dominica (2019).
Antigua and Barbuda: 3.52 (2024) · Dominica: 0.91 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
82% of people in Dominica are online, versus 73% in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 73% (2024) · Dominica: 82% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica are practically level.
Antigua and Barbuda: 100% (2024) · Dominica: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
74% of people in Dominica live in cities, versus 24% in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 24% (2025) · Dominica: 74% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Antigua and Barbuda has 201 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Dominica 85.
Antigua and Barbuda: 201 (2022) · Dominica: 85 (2022)
How much do they fly?
Antigua and Barbuda: 0.38 (2022) · Dominica: no data
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 64% of Dominica, but only 18% of Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 18% (2023) · Dominica: 63.8% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Antigua and Barbuda emits 2.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Dominica.
Antigua and Barbuda: 7.1 t (2024) · Dominica: 2.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
13% of Dominica’s electricity is renewable, versus 8.1% in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 8.1% (2024) · Dominica: 13.3% (2023)
How clean is the air?
The air in Dominica carries 17% more fine dust than in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 7.8 µg/m³ (2024) · Dominica: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.5 times as likely to be murdered in Dominica as in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 10.7 per 100k (2023) · Dominica: 27.1 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Dominica are 47% deadlier than in Antigua and Barbuda.
Antigua and Barbuda: 7.5 per 100k (2021) · Dominica: 11 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Antigua and Barbuda: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Dominica: no data
How much rain falls?
Antigua and Barbuda: 896 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Dominica: no data
Quick answers
Is Antigua and Barbuda bigger than Dominica?
Dominica is larger. Dominica is 70% bigger than Antigua and Barbuda.
Which has more people, Antigua and Barbuda or Dominica?
Antigua and Barbuda has 43% more people than Dominica (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Antigua and Barbuda or Dominica?
People in Antigua and Barbuda live 6.5 years longer than in Dominica. Life expectancy at birth is 77.8 years in Antigua and Barbuda and 71.3 in Dominica.
Are people taller in Antigua and Barbuda or Dominica?
Men in Dominica are 1.3 cm taller than in Antigua and Barbuda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).