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Jamaican People

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Population: 2,825,928 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 31.4% (male 451,310/female 436,466) 15-64 years: 61.1% (male 851,372/female 875,132) 65 years and over: 7.5% (male 94,833/female 116,815) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 23.7 years male: 23.1 years female: 24.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.755% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 6.37 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -5.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 15.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.53 years male: 71.83 years female: 75.3 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.25 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.6% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 27,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,500 (2007 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.)