Jamaica Demographics Profile 2006

Population

2,758,124 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 33.1% (male 464,297/female 449,181)
15-64 years: 59.6% (male 808,718/female 835,394)
65 years and over: 7.3% (male 90,100/female 110,434) (2006 est.)

Median age

total: 23 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 23.5 years (2006 est.)

Population growth rate

0.8% (2006 est.)

Birth rate

20.82 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate

6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate

-6.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 15.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.66 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 73.24 years
male: 71.54 years
female: 75.03 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.41 children born/woman (2006 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 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%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Baptist 8.8%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 5.5%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Brethren 1.1%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other including some spiritual cults 34.7%

Languages

English, patois English

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87.9%
male: 84.1%
female: 91.6% (2003 est.)