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Jamaicaat a Glance

LocationCaribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba

Population2,731,832

Population Growth Rate0.71%

ReligionsProtestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Baptist 8.8%, Anglican 5.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Brethren 1.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other including some spiritual cults 34.7%

LanguagesEnglish, patois English

Literacy
definition:  age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population:  87.9%
male: 84.1%
female:  91.6% (2003 est.)

Related Resources
CIA Factbook-Jamaica