Nationality:
noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective:
Jamaican
Ethnic groups:
black 92.1%, mixed 6.1%, East Indian 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.7% (2011 est.)
Languages:
English, English patois
Religions:
Protestant 64.8% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%, Other Church of God 9.2%, New Testament Church of God 7.2%, Baptist 6.7%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.5%, Anglican 2.8%, United Church 2.1%, Methodist 1.6%, Revived 1.4%, Brethren .9%, and Moravian .7%), Roman Catholic 2.2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.9%, Rastafarian 1.1%, other 6.5%, none 21.3%, unspecified 2.3% (2011 est.)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
2,930,050 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
28.4% (male 423,855/female 409,651)
15-24 years:
21.7% (male 319,291/female 316,773)
25-54 years:
36.4% (male 525,288/female 542,015)
55-64 years:
5.6% (male 79,875/female 84,562)
65 years and over:
7.7% (male 102,377/female 126,363) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:
total dependency ratio:
52.6 %
youth dependency ratio:
40.5 %
elderly dependency ratio:
12.2 %
potential support ratio:
8.2 (2014 est.)
total:
24.9 years
male:
24.4 years
female:
25.4 years (2014 est.)
0.69% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 146
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
18.41 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
6.67 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 142
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-4.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 193
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
52% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
0.51% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
KINGSTON (capital) 571,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.97 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.81 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
21.2
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
110 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 65
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
13.69 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 114
male:
14.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
13.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
73.48 years
country comparison to the world: 121
male:
71.87 years
female:
75.17 years (2014 est.)
2.05 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
69% (2002/03)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
5.2% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 139
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.41 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.8 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 97.1% of population
rural: 88.8% of population
total: 93.1% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2.9% of population
rural: 11.2% of population
total: 6.9% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 78.4% of population
rural: 82.2% of population
total: 80.2% of population
unimproved:
urban: 21.6% of population
rural: 17.8% of population
total: 19.8% of population (2012 est.)
1.7% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 29
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
28,400 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
1,300 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
24.1% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 67
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
3.2% (2010)
country comparison to the world: 112
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
6.1% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 40
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population:
87%
male:
82.1%
female:
91.8% (2011 est.)
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
12 years (2002)
total number:
38,516
percentage:
6 % (2005 est.)
total:
34%
country comparison to the world: 20
male:
27.1%
female:
42.6% (2012)