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GeographyLocation: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 1,022 km
PeoplePopulation: 2,574,291 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.78% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 22.03 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.62 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -8.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 16.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.42 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: African 76.3%, Afro-European 15.1%, East Indian and Afro-East Indian3%, white 3.2%, Chinese and Afro-Chinese 1.2%, other 1.2% Religions: Protestant 55.9% (Church of God 18.4%, Baptist 10%, Anglican 7.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.9%, Pentecostal 5.2%, Methodist 3.1%, United Church 2.7%, other 2.5%), Roman Catholic 5%, other, including some spiritual cults 39.1% (1982) Languages: English, Creole
Literacy:
age 15 and over has ever attended school (1987)
Government
Names:
Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Kingston Independence: 6 August 1962 (from UK) Constitution: 6 August 1962
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $7.8 billion National product real growth rate: 2% National product per capita: $3,050 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 26.7% Unemployment rate: 15.7%
Electricity:
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