People of Jamaica
| Population: | 2,780,132 (July 2007 est.) |
| 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.) |
| Median age: | total: 23.2 years male: 22.6 years female: 23.7 years (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 0.777% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 20.44 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: | 6.59 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: | -6.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| 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.) |
| 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.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 73.12 years male: 71.43 years female: 74.9 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 2.36 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 1.2% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 22,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 900 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality: | noun: Jamaican(s) adjective: Jamaican |
| Ethnic groups: | black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census) |
| 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) |
| Languages: | English, English patois |
| Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 87.9% male: 84.1% female: 91.6% (2003 est.) |