The population, its demographic makeup, and the labor force are critical elements of the Jamaica Investment Climate.
Population:2,804,332 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 32% (male 455,871/female 440,928) 15-64 years: 60.6% (male 837,241/female 861,906) 65 years and over: 7.4% (male 93,415/female 114,971) (2008 est.)
Median age:total: 23.4 years male: 22.9 years female: 24 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate:0.779% (2008 est.)
Birth rate:20.04 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate:6.37 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate:-5.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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.)
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