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Demographics of Jamaica
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Data on the Demographics of Jamaica are:
Population: 2,758,124 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 33.1% (male 464,297/female 449,181)
15-64 years: 59.6% (male 808,718/female 835,394)
65 years and over: 7.3% (male 90,100/female 110,434) (2006 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.8% (2006 est.)
Birth rate: 20.82 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate: 6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate: -6.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total population: 15.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.66 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.24 years
male: 71.54 years
female: 75.03 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.41 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican
Ethnic groups: Black 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, White 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, Mulatto 7.3%, other 0.1%
Religions: Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Baptist 8.8%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 5.5%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Brethren 1.1%, Moravians 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other 34.7% (includes the Rastafari movement, Muslims, Jews, and those who claim no religious affiliation)
Languages: English, Patois, Spanish
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87.9%
male: 84.1%
female: 91.6% (2003 est.)
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.