Demographics of Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean. The country had a population of 2,825,352 in 2023, the fourth largest in the region.
| Demographics of Jamaica | |
|---|---|
Population pyramid of Jamaica in 2020 | |
| Population | 2,818,596 (2022) |
| Growth rate | 0.08% (2022 est.) |
| Birth rate | 12.0 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.8 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 75.75 years |
| • male | 73.98 years |
| • female | 77.6 years |
| Fertility rate | 1.40 children |
| Infant mortality rate | 11.17 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Net migration rate | −7.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Major ethnic | Afro-Jamaicans (92%) (2023) |
| Minor ethnic | Afro-European (6 %), East Indian and Afro-East Indian (1%), Caucasian (1%), Chinese (1%), Other (0.8%) |
| Language | |
| Official | English |
| Spoken | English, Jamaican Patois, Mandarin, Hakka, Cantonese |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1844 | 377,433 | — |
| 1861 | 441,264 | +16.9% |
| 1871 | 506,154 | +14.7% |
| 1881 | 580,804 | +14.7% |
| 1891 | 639,491 | +10.1% |
| 1911 | 831,383 | +30.0% |
| 1921 | 858,118 | +3.2% |
| 1943 | 1,237,063 | +44.2% |
| 1960 | 1,609,814 | +30.1% |
| 1970 | 1,848,512 | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 2,190,357 | +18.5% |
| 1991 | 2,380,666 | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 2,607,632 | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 2,697,983 | +3.5% |
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Jamaica's annual population growth rate stood at 0.08% in 2022. As of 2023, Jamaicans of African descent represent 92.1% of the population, followed by 6.1% Afro-European or Brown, 0.8% East Indian and Afro-East Indian, >0.8 % Caucasian, 0.4% Chinese and 0.2% other. 68.9% of Jamaicans were Christians in 2011, predominantly Protestant.
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