Page last updated on February 5, 2013
Nationality:
noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective:
Jamaican
Ethnic groups:
black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census)
Languages:
English, English patois
Religions:
Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
Population:
2,889,187 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 139
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Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.5% (male 433,686/female 419,296)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
21.7% (male 314,513/female 312,782)
25-54 years:
35.6% (male 505,139/female 523,896)
55-64 years:
5.5% (male 77,180/female 80,865)
65 years and over:
7.7% (male 99,259/female 122,571) (2012 est.)
Median age:
total: 24.4 years
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male:
23.9 years
female:
24.9 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.714% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 139
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Birth rate:
18.89 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
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Death rate:
6.59 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 146
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Net migration rate:
-5.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 194
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Urbanization:
urban population: 52% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
KINGSTON (capital) 580,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
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under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.81 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
110 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 67
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Infant mortality rate:
total: 14.3 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 121
male:
14.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
13.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.43 years
country comparison to the world: 119
male:
71.78 years
female:
75.15 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.12 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 114
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Health expenditures:
8.3% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 49
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Physicians density:
0.85 physicians/1,000 population (2003)
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Hospital bed density:
1.7 beds/1,000 population (2009)
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Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 82% of population
rural: 84% of population
total: 83% of population
unimproved:
