| Population | 2,780,132 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 32.5% (male 459,968/female 444,963)
15-64 years: 60.1% (male 822,486/female 848,310)
65 years and over: 7.4% (male 91,856/female 112,549) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 23.2 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 23.7 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 0.777% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 20.44 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 6.59 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | -6.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.034 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.816 male(s)/female
total population: 0.978 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 15.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 73.12 years
male: 71.43 years
female: 74.9 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 2.36 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 22,000 (2003 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 900 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican |
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| Ethnic groups | black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census) |
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| 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) |
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| Languages | English, English patois |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87.9%
male: 84.1%
female: 91.6% (2003 est.) |
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