Demographics of Jamaica
| Demographics of Jamaica | |
|---|---|
Population pyramid of Jamaica in 2020 | |
| Population | 2,824,913 (2024 est.) |
| Growth rate | 0.08% (2022 est.) |
| Birth rate | 11.4 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2022 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.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 21.11% |
| 15–64 years | 69.31% |
| 65 and over | 9.58% |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Major ethnic | African (76.3%) |
| Minor ethnic | 15.1% Mulatto or Afro-European, 3.4% Indian or Afro-Indian, 3.2% White, 1.2% Chinese or Afro-Chinese, 0.8% Others (2024 est.) |
| Language | |
| Official | English |
| Spoken | English; Jamaican Patois |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1844 | 377,433 | — |
| 1861 | 441,264 | +0.92% |
| 1871 | 506,154 | +1.38% |
| 1881 | 580,804 | +1.39% |
| 1891 | 639,491 | +0.97% |
| 1911 | 831,383 | +1.32% |
| 1921 | 858,118 | +0.32% |
| 1943 | 1,237,063 | +1.68% |
| 1960 | 1,609,814 | +1.56% |
| 1970 | 1,848,512 | +1.39% |
| 1982 | 2,190,357 | +1.42% |
| 1991 | 2,380,666 | +0.93% |
| 2001 | 2,607,632 | +0.91% |
| 2011 | 2,697,983 | +0.34% |
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Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean. The country had a population of 2,825,352 as of 2023, having the fourth largest population in the region.
Jamaica's annual population growth rate stood at 0.08% in 2022. As of 2023, 68.9% of Jamaicans were Christians in 2011, predominantly Protestant.
The racial demographics in the island of Jamaica are as follows: 76.3% African, 15.1% Afro-European, 3.4% Indian or Afro-Indian, 3.2% White, 1.2% Chinese or Afro-Chinese and 0.8% Others (2024 est.).
Wealth or economic power in Jamaica is disproportionately held by White Jamaicans, Chinese Jamaicans, Lebanese/Syrian Jamaicans, Indian Jamaicans and mixed-race Jamaicans (or locally called the Brown Man or Browning)— despite being minority groups (less than 25% of the country's population), they control most of the country's wealth.
Roughly 10 per cent of the population, controls over 60% of Jamaica’s wealth.