Jamaica Population: 2 634 678 (July 1998 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 32% (male 425 233; female 406 529) 15-64 years: 62% (male 806 846; female 817 145) 65 years and over: 6% (male 79 125; female 99 800) (July 1998 est.) Population growth rate: 0.7% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 20.91 births/1 000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 5.45 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: -8.45 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 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: 0.79 male(s)/female (1998 est.) Infant mortality rate: 14.47 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.37 years male: 73.01 years female: 77.84 years (1998 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.33 children born/woman (1998 est.) Nationality: noun: Jamaican(s) adjective: Jamaican Ethnic groups: black 90.4% East Indian 1.3% white 0.2% Chinese 0.2% mixed 7.3% other 0.6% 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% Languages: English Creole Literacy: definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 85% male: 80.8% female: 89.1% (1995 est.)
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