Age structure:
0-14 years:
30% (male 411,448; female 392,559)
15-64 years:
63% (male 832,314; female 837,133)
65 years and over:
7% (male 80,059; female 99,176) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.46% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 18.51 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 5.51 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -8.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 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:
0.81 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 14.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
75.21 years
male:
73.26 years
female:
77.26 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.11 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Jamaican(s)
adjective:
Jamaican
Ethnic groups: black 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1%
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 Rastafarianism 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.)