Demographics of Jamaica

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise referenced.

[edit] Population

2,682,100 (2007 est.^[1]), 2,804,334 (July 2008 est.)

[edit] Age structure

0–14 years: 12.5 % (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.)

[edit] Population growth rate

0.8% (2006 est.)

[edit] Birth rate

20.82 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) There were a total of 45,600 births in 2007. (46,300 in 2006 and 47,000 in 2005 resulting in a birth rate of 17.0 per 1000 in 2007.^[1]

[edit] Death rate

6.55 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)[Note: Birth-Death+Net mig=Pop increase --> 20.82-X-6.27=8 --> X=6.55]

[edit] Net migration rate

-6.27 migrant(s)/1,000 populations (2006 est.)

[edit] 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.)

[edit] 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.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

total population: 73.24 years
male: 71.54 years
female: 75.03 years (2006 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

• 2.21 children born/woman (2010 est.)
• 2.41 children born/woman (2006 est.)

[edit] Nationality

noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican

[edit] Ethnic groups

This topic is somewhat contentious with several respected sources giving different figures. In alphabetic order these are:

• CIA Fact Book: black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census).^[2]
• University of the West Indies: 76.3% African descent, 15.1% Afro-European, 3.4% East Indian and Afro-East Indian, 3.2% Caucasian, 1.2% Chinese and 0.8% Other.^[3]

[edit] Religions

Protestant 62.5% (including Church of God 23.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Baptist 7.2%, Anglican 3.6%) Roman Catholic 2.6%, Other or unspecified 14.2% None 20.9%

[edit] Languages

English (official), Jamaican Creole (most widely spoken language)

[edit] Literacy

definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87.9%
male: 84.1%
female: 91.6% (2003 est.)