| Population: |
2,665,636 (July 2001 est.)
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| 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.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.51% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
18.12 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
5.48 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
-7.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| 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.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
14.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
75.42 years
male:
73.45 years
female:
77.49 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
2.08 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.71% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
9,900 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
650 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Jamaican(s)
adjective:
Jamaican
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| Ethnic groups: |
black 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1%
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| 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%
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| Languages: |
English, Creole
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population:
85%
male:
80.8%
female:
89.1% (1995 est.)
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