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Population Jamaica : population per age. Total and information population Jamaica..
Informations population Jamaica. population per sex, population per age, all about population Jamaica..
Population JamaicaAll informations
| Population :
| 2,713,130 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 28,20%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 390 966.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 372 961.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 65%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 883 053.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 880 296.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 6,90%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 82 788.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 103 066.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 26.8 years .
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| Median age male :
| 26.2 years .
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| Median age female :
| 27.6 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 0.66% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 16.94 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 5.4 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| -4.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 1 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.8 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 13.82 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 11.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 76.07 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 74.04 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 78.21 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 1.98 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 1.2% (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 22,000 (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| 900 (2003 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Jamaican(s) .
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| Nationality 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 .
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| Literacy total :
| 87,90%.
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| Literacy male :
| 84,10%.
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| Literacy female :
| 91.6% (2003 est.) .
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| Government type :
| constitutional parliamentary democracy .
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| Independence :
| 6 August 1962 (from UK) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, first Monday in August (1962) .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| The Jamaican economy is heavily dependent on services, which now account for 70% of GDP. The country continues to derive most of its foreign exchange from tourism, remittances, and bauxite/alumina. The global economic slowdown, particularly after the terr.
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| Population below poverty line :
| 19.7% (2002 est.) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 21%, industry 19%, services 60% (1998) .
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| Agriculture products :
| sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, vegetables, poultry, goats, milk, crustaceans, and mollusks .
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| Industries :
| tourism, bauxite/alumina, textiles, agro processing, wearing apparel, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications .
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| Exports commodities :
| alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum, coffee, yams, beverages, chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels .
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| Exports partners :
| US 29.3%, Canada 11.7%, UK 10.8%, France 7.8%, Norway 7%, Germany 6.2%, China 5.9%, Netherlands 4.4% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, first Monday in August (1962) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, first Monday in August (1962) .
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| Internet users :
| 600,000 (2002) .
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| Hymne :
| Eternal father bless our land
Guide us with thy mighty hand
Keep us free from evil powers
Be our light through countless hours
To our leaders great defender
Grant true wisdom from above
Justice, truth be ours forever
Jamaica, land we love
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love
Teach us true respect for all
Stir response to duty's call
Strenghten us the weak to cherish
Give us vision, least we perish
Knowledge send us heavenly father
Grant true wisdom from above
Justice, truth be ours forever
Jamaica, land we love
Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love.
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