| People | Jamaica |
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Population:
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2,868,380 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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265 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 52% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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KINGSTON (capital) 580,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 30.1% (male 438,888/female 424,383)
15-64 years: 62.3% (male 882,548/female 904,242)
65 years and over: 7.6% (male 97,717/female 120,602) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 24.2 years
male: 23.7 years
female: 24.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.733% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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19.2 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-5.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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89 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 14.6 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 73.45 years
male: 71.79 years
female: 75.19 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.17 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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8.3% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.85 physicians/1,000 population (2003) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.7 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 89% of population
total: 94% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 11% of population
total: 6% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 82% of population
rural: 84% of population
total: 83% of population
unimproved:
urban: 18% of population
rural: 16% of population
total: 17% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.7% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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32,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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1,200 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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2.2% (2007) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican |
Ethnic groups:
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black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census) |
Religions:
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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:
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English, English patois |
Literacy:
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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):
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total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.8% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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void |
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