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Population:
2,634,678 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
32% (male 425,233; female 406,529)
15-64 years: 62% (male 806,846; female 817,145)
65 years and over: 6% (male 79,125; female 99,800)
(July 1998 est.)
Population
growth rate: 0.7% (1998 est.)
Birth rate:
20.91 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate:
5.45 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration
rate: -8.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(1998 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality
rate: 14.47 deaths/1,000 live births
(1998 est.)
Life expectancy
at birth:
total population:
75.37 years
male: 73.01 years
female: 77.84 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility
rate: 2.33 children born/woman (1998
est.)
Nationality:
noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican
Ethnic groups:
black 90.4%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%,
Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.6%
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.)
©
CIA 1998
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