Short facts about people of Jamaica

Population:

2,665,636 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  29.7% (male 405,189; female 386,555) 15-64 years:  63.52% (male 845,226; female 847,944) 65 years and over:  6.78% (male 80,667; female 100,055) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.51% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

18.12 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

5.48 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

-7.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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:  0.81 male(s)/female total population:  1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

14.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  75.42 years male:  73.45 years female:  77.49 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.08 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.71% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

9,900 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

650 (1999 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, Creole

Literacy:

definition:  age 15 and over has ever attended school total population:  85% male:  80.8% female:  89.1% (1995 est.)

Source: World Factbook