| People | Jamaica |
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Population:
 | 2,825,928 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
 | urban population: 53% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
 | 261 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 0-14 years: 31.4% (male 451,310/female 436,466) 15-64 years: 61.1% (male 851,372/female 875,132) 65 years and over: 7.5% (male 94,833/female 116,815) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
 | total: 23.7 years male: 23.1 years female: 24.2 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 0.755% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 19.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 6.37 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | -5.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | at birth: 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: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 15.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 73.53 years male: 71.83 years female: 75.3 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 2.25 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | 1.6% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 27,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | 1,500 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
 | noun: Jamaican(s) adjective: Jamaican |
Ethnic groups:
 | black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census) |
Religions:
 | Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census) |
Languages:
 | English, English patois |
Literacy:
 | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 87.9% male: 84.1% female: 91.6% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
 | total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2003) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 5.3% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
 | void |
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