| Country (long form) |
none |
| Capital |
Kingston |
| Total Area |
4,243.26 sq mi
10,990.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Connecticut) |
| Population |
2,652,689 (July 2000 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
3,505,286 |
| Languages |
English, Creole |
| Literacy |
85.0% total, 80.8% male, 89.1% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
Protestant 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% |
| Life Expectancy |
73.26 male, 77.26 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
constitutional parliamentary democracy |
| Currency |
1 Jamaican dollar (J$) = 100 cents |
| GDP (per capita) |
$3,350 (1999 est.) |
| Industry |
tourism, bauxite, textiles, food processing, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products |
| Agriculture |
sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, potatoes, vegetables; poultry, goats, milk |
| Arable Land |
14% |
| Natural Resources |
bauxite, gypsum, limestone |
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