Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Pearlette Louisy Prime minister: Kenny Anthony
Population
2,889,187
162,178
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
77.040 years
Capital City
Kingston
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Bisee (population: 12,980)
Human Development Index
0.771
0.821
GDP per capita
$9,100 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
90.1%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
7.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
17.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
Death Penalty
Legal
Legal
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
6 August 1962 (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)
Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Rastafarian 2.1%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census)
