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People
2,847,232 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
138
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) (2010 est.)
total: 23.9 years
male: 23.4 years
female: 24.5 years (2010 est.)
0.747% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
19.47 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
6.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
-5.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 203
urban population: 53% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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 (2010 est.)
total: 14.91 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 125
male: 15.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 73.48 years
country comparison to the world: 113
male: 71.8 years
female: 75.25 years (2010 est.)
2.21 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
1.6% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 40
27,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 72
1,500 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican
black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census)
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)
English, English patois
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87.9%
male: 84.1%
female: 91.6% (2003 est.)
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2008)
6.2% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 34
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