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Population: |
2,731,832 (July 2005 est.)
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 27.5% (male 385,099/female 367,398)
15-64 years: 65.6% (male 897,953/female 893,509)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male 83,632/female 104,241) (2005 est.)
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Median age: |
total: 27.25 years
male: 26.55 years
female: 27.97 years (2005 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
0.71% (2005 est.)
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Birth rate: |
16.56 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate: |
5.37 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Net migration rate: |
-4.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 12.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 76.29 years
male: 74.23 years
female: 78.45 years (2005 est.)
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Total fertility rate: |
1.95 children born/woman (2005 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
1.2% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - 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 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1%
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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%
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Languages: |
English, patois English
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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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