Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
President: Donald Ramotar
Population
2,889,187
741,908
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
67.390 years
Capital City
Kingston
Georgetown
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Georgetown (population: 235,017)
Human Development Index
0.771
0.725
GDP per capita
$9,100 US
$7,600 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
98.8%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
29%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
11.000%
Death Penalty
Legal
Legal
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
republic
Independence date
6 August 1962 (from UK)
26 May 1966 (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)
Hindu 28.4%, Pentecostal 16.9%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%, Jehovah Witness 1.1%, other Christian 17.7%, Muslim 7.2%, other 4.3%, none 4.3% (2002 census)
Languages
English, English patois
English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu
