| People | Jamaica |
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Population:
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2,825,928 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 53% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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261 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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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:
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total: 23.7 years
male: 23.1 years
female: 24.2 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.755% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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19.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.37 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-5.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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 (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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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:
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total population: 73.53 years
male: 71.83 years
female: 75.3 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.25 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.6% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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27,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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1,500 (2007 est.) |
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: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.3% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
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void |
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