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Jamaica People 1996

Population:

2,574,291 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

33% (female 412,565; male 431,043)

15-64 years:

60% (female 786,700; male 770,681)

65 years and over:

7% (female 96,348; male 76,954) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.78% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

22.03 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

5.62 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-8.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

16.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

74.65 years

male:

72.39 years

female:

77.01 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.42 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Jamaican(s)

adjective:

Jamaican

Ethnic divisions:

African 76.3%, Afro-European 15.1%, East Indian and Afro-East Indian 3%, white 3.2%, Chinese and Afro-Chinese 1.2%, other 1.2%

Religions:

Protestant 55.9% (Church of God 18.4%, Baptist 10%, Anglican 7.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.9%, Pentecostal 5.2%, Methodist 3.1%, United Church 2.7%, other 2.5%), Roman Catholic 5%, other, including some spiritual cults 39.1% (1982)

Languages:

English, Creole

Literacy:

age 15 and over has ever attended school (1987)

total population:

82%

male:

77%

female:

86%

Labor force:

1,062,100

by occupation:

services 41%, agriculture 22.5%, industry 19%, unemployed 17.5% (1989)

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