Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor Prime minister: Perry Christie
Population
2,889,187
316,182
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
71.440 years
Capital City
Kingston
Nassau
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Nassau (population: 227,940)
Human Development Index
0.771
NA
GDP per capita
$9,100 US
$31,400 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
95.6%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
NA
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
14.200%
Death Penalty
Legal
NA
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
constitutional parliamentary democracy
Independence date
6 August 1962 (from UK)
10 July 1973 (from UK)
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)
Baptist 35.4%, Anglican 15.1%, Roman Catholic 13.5%, Pentecostal 8.1%, Church of God 4.8%, Methodist 4.2%, other Christian 15.2%, none or unspecified 2.9%, other 0.8% (2000 census)
Languages
English, English patois
English (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
