Demographics of Jamaica

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Population: 2,758,124 (July 2006 est.) and 2,682,100 (2007 End according to STATIN[1])

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.) There were a total of 45,600 births in 2007. (46,300 in 2006 and 47,000 in 2005 resulting in a birth rate of 17.0 per 1000 in 2007.[1]

Death rate: 6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate: -6.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio: Practic: 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 Composition: Black 91.2% Mixed 6.2% East Indian and Afro-East Indian 3% White 3.2% Chinese and Afro-Chinese 1.2% Other 1.2%.

Religions: Protestant 61.3% (including 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%, Moravian 1.1%), Rastafari movement 34.7%, Roman Catholic 4%, Islam 0.5%, Judaism 0.5%

Languages: English (official), Jamaican Patois (most common tongue)

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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  1. ^ a b Henry, Balford (March 30, 2008). An estimated 17,000 Jamaicans passed on last year but.... The Jamaica Observer. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

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