Jamaica:
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Population	2,780,132 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 32.5% (male 459,968/female 444,963) 15-64 years: 60.1% (male 822,486/female 848,310) 65 years and over: 7.4% (male 91,856/female 112,549) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 23.2 years male: 22.6 years female: 23.7 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	0.777% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	20.44 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	6.59 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	-6.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.034 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.816 male(s)/female total population: 0.978 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 15.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 73.12 years male: 71.43 years female: 74.9 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	2.36 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	1.2% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	22,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	900 (2003 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.)