Demographics of Jamaica
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Population: 2,758,124 (July 2006 est.)
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.)
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 groups: Black 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, White 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, Mixed Race 7.3%, other 0.1%
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%, Moravians 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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