Population: |
2,695,867 (July 2003 est.) |
Age structure: |
0-14 years: 28.6% (male 395,074; female 376,870) 15-64 years: 64.5% (male 870,486; female 869,431) 65 years and over: 6.8% (male 82,022; female 101,984) (2003 est.) |
Median age: |
total: 26.5 years male: 25.8 years female: 27.2 years (2002) |
Population growth rate: |
0.61% (2003 est.) |
Birth rate: |
17.35 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
Death rate: |
5.42 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
Net migration rate: |
-5.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: |
total: 13.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.) male: 14.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 75.85 years male: 73.84 years female: 77.97 years (2003 est.) |
Total fertility rate: |
2.01 children born/woman (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
1.2% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
20,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
980 (2001 est.) |
Nationality: |
noun: Jamaican(s) adjective: Jamaican |
Ethnic groups: |
black 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1% |
Religions: |
Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other, including some spiritual cults 34.7% |
Languages: |
English, patois English |
Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 87.9% male: 84.1% female: 91.6% (2003 est.) |
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