Population 2,615,582 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years : 32% (male 428,831; female 409,959)
15-64 years: 61% (male 793,609; female 806,031)
65 years and over: 7% (male 78,453; female 98,699) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 0.75% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 21.56 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 5.5 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate -8.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 15 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 75.12 years
male : 72.8 years
female: 77.56 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.39 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun : Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican

Ethnic groups black 76.3%, Afro-European 15.1%, East Indian and Afro-East Indian 3%,white 3.2%, Chinese and Afro-Chinese 1.2%, other 1.2%

Religions Protestant 55.9% (Church of God 18.4%, Baptist 10%, Anglican 7.1%, Seventh-DayAdventist 6.9%, Pentecostal 5.2%, Methodist 3.1%, United Church 2.7%, other2.5%), Roman Catholic 5%, other, including some spiritual cults 39.1% (1982)

Languages English, Creole

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 85%
male: 80.8%
female: 89.1% (1995 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Jamaica on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jamaica People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jamaica People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.