Population 2,634,678 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 32% (male 425,233; female 406,529)
15-64 years: 62% (male 806,846; female 817,145)
65 years and over: 6% (male 79,125; female 99,800) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 0.7% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 20.91 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 5.45 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate -8.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 14.47 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 75.37 years
male: 73.01 years
female: 77.84 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.33 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican

Ethnic groups black 90.4%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.6%

Religions Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other, including some spiritual cults 34.7%

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 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jamaica People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jamaica People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.