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href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/350px-Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/525px-Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/700px-Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 2x" data-file-width="2212" data-file-height="1777" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Population_pyramid" title="Population pyramid">Population pyramid</a> of Jamaica in 2020</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">2,818,596 (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Growth rate</th><td class="infobox-data">0.08% (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth rate</th><td class="infobox-data">11.4 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Death rate</th><td class="infobox-data">7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Life expectancy</th><td class="infobox-data">75.75 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • male</th><td class="infobox-data">73.98 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • female</th><td class="infobox-data">77.6 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fertility rate</th><td class="infobox-data">1.40 children</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Infant mortality rate</th><td class="infobox-data">11.17 deaths/1,000 live births</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Net migration rate</th><td class="infobox-data">−7.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddddff">Age structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">0–14 years</th><td class="infobox-data">21.11%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">15–64 years</th><td class="infobox-data">69.31%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">65 and over</th><td class="infobox-data">9.58%</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddddff">Nationality</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Jamaican</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major ethnic</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Afro-Jamaicans" title="Afro-Jamaicans">Afro-Jamaicans</a> (76.3%) (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minor ethnic</th><td class="infobox-data">15.1% Afro-European[or Browning Class], 3.4% East Indian and Afro-East Indian, 3.2% Caucasian, 1.2% Chinese and 0.8% Other<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddddff">Language</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken</th><td class="infobox-data">English, <a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Patois" title="Jamaican Patois">Jamaican Patois</a>, Bhojpuri, Cantonese</td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 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style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1844</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">377,433</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1861</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">441,264</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+16.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1871</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">506,154</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+14.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1881</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">580,804</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+14.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1891</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">639,491</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+10.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">831,383</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+30.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">858,118</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1943</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,237,063</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+44.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1960</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,609,814</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+30.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,848,512</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+14.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1982</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,190,357</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+18.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,380,666</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,607,632</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,697,983</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> is an <a href="/wiki/Island_country" title="Island country">island country</a> in the Caribbean. The country had a population of 2,825,352 in 2023, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Caribbean_countries_by_population" title="List of Caribbean countries by population">fourth largest in the region</a>. </p><p>Jamaica's annual population growth rate stood at 0.08% in 2022. As of 2023, 68.9% of Jamaicans were Christians in 2011, predominantly <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a>. </p><p>A more precise study conducted by the local University of the West Indies - Jamaica's population is more accurately 76.3% African descent or Black, 15.1% <a href="/wiki/Afro-Jamaicans#Afro-European_or_Browning_Class" title="Afro-Jamaicans">Afro-European</a> ( or locally called the Brown Man or Browning Class) , 3.4% East Indian and Afro-East Indian, 3.2% Caucasian, 1.2% Chinese and 0.8% Other.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wealth or Economic Power in Jamaica is disproportionately held by the White Jamaicans, Chinese[East Asians] Jamaicans and the Afro-European (or locally called the Brown Man or Browning Class) - i.e. despite being a minority group(s) (less than 25% of the country's population) controls most of the country's wealth.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects<sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UN_WPP_2022_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN_WPP_2022-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the total population was 2,827,695 in 2021, compared to only 1,403,000 in 1950. 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There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-WPP_2012_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPP_2012-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Total population<br /> (x 1000) </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Proportion<br />aged 0–14<br />(%) </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Proportion<br />aged 15–64<br />(%) </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Proportion<br />aged 65+<br />(%) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950 </td> <td>1 403</td> <td>36.0</td> <td>60.1</td> <td>3.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td>1 542</td> <td>37.1</td> <td>58.8</td> <td>4.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td>1 629</td> <td>41.8</td> <td>53.9</td> <td>4.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td>1 760</td> <td>43.5</td> <td>51.1</td> <td>5.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td>1 869</td> <td>47.0</td> <td>47.4</td> <td>5.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td>2 012</td> <td>45.3</td> <td>48.9</td> <td>5.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td>2 132</td> <td>40.3</td> <td>53.0</td> <td>6.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td>2 297</td> <td>37.3</td> <td>55.7</td> <td>7.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>2 365</td> <td>35.1</td> <td>57.5</td> <td>7.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>2 462</td> <td>33.8</td> <td>58.7</td> <td>7.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>2 582</td> <td>32.5</td> <td>59.6</td> <td>7.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td>2 682</td> <td>30.4</td> <td>61.5</td> <td>8.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>2 741</td> <td>27.1</td> <td>64.5</td> <td>8.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td>2 793</td> <td>23.6</td> <td>67.3</td> <td>9.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2 734</td> <td>20.8</td> <td>69.5</td> <td>9.7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure_of_the_population">Structure of the population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure of the population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#EEBC35;">Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 04.IV.2011): <sup id="cite_ref-auto_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:80pt;">Age Group </th> <th style="width:80pt;">Male </th> <th style="width:80pt;">Female </th> <th style="width:80pt;">Total </th> <th style="width:80pt;">% </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>Total </td> <td>1 334 533 </td> <td>1 363 450 </td> <td>2 697 983 </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>0–4 </td> <td>106 107 </td> <td>103 764 </td> <td>209 871 </td> <td>7.78 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>5–9 </td> <td>114 792 </td> <td>111 586 </td> <td>226 378 </td> <td>8.39 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>10–14 </td> <td>136 183 </td> <td>130 403 </td> <td>266 586 </td> <td>9.88 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>15–19 </td> <td>139 777 </td> <td>134 881 </td> <td>274 658 </td> <td>10.18 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>20–24 </td> <td>125 243 </td> <td>125 468 </td> <td>250 711 </td> <td>9.29 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>25–29 </td> <td>109 919 </td> <td>116 201 </td> <td>226 120 </td> <td>8.38 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>30–34 </td> <td>87 810 </td> <td>97 685 </td> <td>185 495 </td> <td>6.88 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>35–39 </td> <td>86 647 </td> <td>97 109 </td> <td>183 756 </td> <td>6.81 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>40–44 </td> <td>85 656 </td> <td>88 268 </td> <td>173 924 </td> <td>6.45 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>45–49 </td> <td>79 201 </td> <td>76 188 </td> <td>155 389 </td> <td>5.76 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>50–54 </td> <td>67 297 </td> <td>70 598 </td> <td>137 895 </td> <td>5.11 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>55–59 </td> <td>50 717 </td> <td>50 081 </td> <td>100 798 </td> <td>3.74 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>60–64 </td> <td>44 407 </td> <td>43 650 </td> <td>88 057 </td> <td>3.26 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>65–69 </td> <td>32 543 </td> <td>32 621 </td> <td>65 164 </td> <td>2.42 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>70–74 </td> <td>24 627 </td> <td>26 649 </td> <td>51 276 </td> <td>1.90 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>75–79 </td> <td>19 847 </td> <td>22 915 </td> <td>42 762 </td> <td>1.58 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>80–84 </td> <td>13 258 </td> <td>17 480 </td> <td>30 738 </td> <td>1.14 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>85–89 </td> <td>7 267 </td> <td>11 190 </td> <td>18 457 </td> <td>0.68 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>90–94 </td> <td>2 303 </td> <td>4 618 </td> <td>6 921 </td> <td>0.26 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>95–99 </td> <td>808 </td> <td>1 695 </td> <td>2 503 </td> <td>0.09 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>100+ </td> <td>124 </td> <td>400 </td> <td>524 </td> <td>0.02 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:50px;">Age group </th> <th style="width:80pt;">Male </th> <th style="width:80px;">Female </th> <th style="width:80px;">Total </th> <th style="width:50px;">Percent </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>0–14 </td> <td>357 082 </td> <td>345 753 </td> <td>702 835 </td> <td>26.05 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>15–64 </td> <td>876 674 </td> <td>900 129 </td> <td>1 776 803 </td> <td>65.86 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td>65+ </td> <td>100 777 </td> <td>117 568 </td> <td>218 345 </td> <td>8.09 </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#EEBC35;">Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2019): <sup id="cite_ref-auto_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80pt">Age Group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80pt">Female </th> <th width="80pt">Total </th> <th width="80pt">% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Total </td> <td align="right">1 351 515 </td> <td align="right">1 381 024 </td> <td align="right">2 732 539 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0–4 </td> <td align="right">88 769 </td> <td align="right">85 290 </td> <td align="right">174 059 </td> <td align="right">6.37 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">5–9 </td> <td align="right">97 299 </td> <td align="right">93 948 </td> <td align="right">191 247 </td> <td align="right">7.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">10–14 </td> <td align="right">106 720 </td> <td align="right">104 712 </td> <td align="right">211 432 </td> <td align="right">7.74 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15–19 </td> <td align="right">118 895 </td> <td align="right">113 888 </td> <td align="right">232 783 </td> <td align="right">8.52 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">20–24 </td> <td align="right">130 614 </td> <td align="right">127 184 </td> <td align="right">257 798 </td> <td align="right">9.43 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">25–29 </td> <td align="right">126 322 </td> <td align="right">123 540 </td> <td align="right">249 862 </td> <td align="right">9.14 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">30–34 </td> <td align="right">109 010 </td> <td align="right">112 958 </td> <td align="right">221 968 </td> <td align="right">8.12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">35–39 </td> <td align="right">95 108 </td> <td align="right">103 970 </td> <td align="right">199 078 </td> <td align="right">7.29 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">40–44 </td> <td align="right">77 021 </td> <td align="right">89 154 </td> <td align="right">166 175 </td> <td align="right">6.08 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">45–49 </td> <td align="right">78 742 </td> <td align="right">87 344 </td> <td align="right">166 086 </td> <td align="right">6.08 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">50–54 </td> <td align="right">75 767 </td> <td align="right">77 096 </td> <td align="right">152 863 </td> <td align="right">5.59 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">55–59 </td> <td align="right">69 089 </td> <td align="right">67 139 </td> <td align="right">136 228 </td> <td align="right">4.99 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">60–64 </td> <td align="right">54 822 </td> <td align="right">56 388 </td> <td align="right">111 210 </td> <td align="right">4.07 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65-69 </td> <td align="right">41 595 </td> <td align="right">41 171 </td> <td align="right">82 766 </td> <td align="right">3.03 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">70-74 </td> <td align="right">32 319 </td> <td align="right">33 155 </td> <td align="right">65 474 </td> <td align="right">2.40 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">75-79 </td> <td align="right">21 380 </td> <td align="right">23 690 </td> <td align="right">45 070 </td> <td align="right">1.65 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">80+ </td> <td align="right">28 043 </td> <td align="right">40 397 </td> <td align="right">68 440 </td> <td align="right">2.50 </td></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80">Female </th> <th width="80">Total </th> <th width="50">Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0–14 </td> <td align="right">292 788 </td> <td align="right">283 950 </td> <td align="right">576 738 </td> <td align="right">21.11 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15–64 </td> <td align="right">935 390 </td> <td align="right">958 661 </td> <td align="right">1 894 051 </td> <td align="right">69.31 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65+ </td> <td align="right">123 337 </td> <td align="right">138 413 </td> <td align="right">261 750 </td> <td align="right">9.58 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vital_statistics">Vital statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Vital statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Average population </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Live births </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Deaths </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Natural change </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Crude birth rate (per 1000) </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Crude death rate (per 1000) </th> <th style="width:70pt;">Natural change (per 1000) </th> <th style="width:70pt;">TFR </th></tr> <tr> <td>1900 </td> <td>750,000 </td> <td style="color: red">26,800 </td> <td>16,200</td> <td>10,600 </td> <td>35.7</td> <td>21.6</td> <td>14.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1901 </td> <td>756,000 </td> <td>32,100</td> <td>17,200</td> <td>14,900 </td> <td style="color:blue;">42.5</td> <td>22.8</td> <td>19.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1902 </td> <td>760,000 </td> <td>29,900</td> <td>15,000</td> <td>14,900 </td> <td>39.3</td> <td>19.8</td> <td>19.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1903 </td> <td>770,000 </td> <td>30,900</td> <td>19,100</td> <td>11,800 </td> <td>40.1</td> <td>24.8</td> <td>15.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1904 </td> <td>780,000 </td> <td>28,500</td> <td>19,400</td> <td>9,100 </td> <td>36.5</td> <td>24.9</td> <td>11.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1905 </td> <td>790,000 </td> <td>31,100</td> <td>17,500</td> <td>13,600 </td> <td>39.4</td> <td>22.2</td> <td>17.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1906 </td> <td>790,000 </td> <td>30,700</td> <td>21,200</td> <td>9,500 </td> <td>38.9</td> <td>26.8</td> <td>12.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1907 </td> <td>800,000 </td> <td>28,800</td> <td>23,400</td> <td>5,400 </td> <td>36.0</td> <td>29.2</td> <td>6.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1908 </td> <td>810,000 </td> <td>31,300</td> <td>18,700</td> <td>12,600 </td> <td>38.7</td> <td>23.1</td> <td>15.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1909 </td> <td>820,000 </td> <td>32,300</td> <td>18,600</td> <td>13,700 </td> <td>39.4</td> <td>22.7</td> <td>16.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1910 </td> <td>820,000 </td> <td>31,600</td> <td>18,900</td> <td>12,700 </td> <td>38.5</td> <td>23.1</td> <td>15.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1911 </td> <td>831,000 </td> <td>32,500</td> <td>18,500</td> <td>14,000 </td> <td>39.1</td> <td>22.3</td> <td>16.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1912 </td> <td>830,000 </td> <td>32,500</td> <td>21,100</td> <td>11,400 </td> <td>39.2</td> <td>25.4</td> <td>13.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1913 </td> <td>840,000 </td> <td>30,200</td> <td>18,600</td> <td>11,600 </td> <td>36.0</td> <td>22.1</td> <td>13.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1914 </td> <td>840,000 </td> <td>33,400</td> <td>18,400</td> <td>15,000 </td> <td>39.8</td> <td>21.9</td> <td>17.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1915 </td> <td>840,000 </td> <td>29,800</td> <td>18,600</td> <td>11,200 </td> <td>35.5</td> <td>22.1</td> <td>13.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1916 </td> <td>840,000 </td> <td>28,700</td> <td>19,400</td> <td>9,300 </td> <td>34.2</td> <td>23.1</td> <td>11.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1917 </td> <td>850,000 </td> <td>29,900</td> <td>23,600</td> <td>6,300 </td> <td>35.2</td> <td>27.8</td> <td>7.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1918 </td> <td>850,000 </td> <td>30,100 </td> <td style="color: red">29,100 </td> <td style="color:red;">1,000 </td> <td>35.4</td> <td style="color:red;">34.2</td> <td style="color:red;">1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1919 </td> <td>850,000 </td> <td>29,700 </td> <td>19,500</td> <td>10,200 </td> <td>34.9</td> <td>22.9</td> <td>12.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1920 </td> <td>860,000 </td> <td>36,200</td> <td>22,500</td> <td>13,700 </td> <td>42.1</td> <td>26.2</td> <td>15.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1921 </td> <td>858,000 </td> <td>29,900</td> <td>24,300</td> <td>5,600 </td> <td>34.9</td> <td>28.3</td> <td>6.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1922 </td> <td>870,000 </td> <td>32,500</td> <td>20,000</td> <td>12,500 </td> <td>37.4</td> <td>23.0</td> <td>14.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1923 </td> <td>890,000 </td> <td>34,400</td> <td>20,500</td> <td>13,900 </td> <td>38.7</td> <td>23.0</td> <td>15.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1924 </td> <td>910,000 </td> <td>33,700</td> <td>19,900</td> <td>13,800 </td> <td>37.0</td> <td>21.9</td> <td>15.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1925 </td> <td>930,000 </td> <td>32,500</td> <td>20,100</td> <td>12,400 </td> <td>34.9</td> <td>21.6</td> <td>13.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1926 </td> <td>950,000 </td> <td>36,500</td> <td>19,500</td> <td>17,000 </td> <td>38.4</td> <td>20.5</td> <td>17.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1927 </td> <td>960,000 </td> <td>33,300</td> <td>20,300</td> <td>13,000 </td> <td>34.7</td> <td>21.1</td> <td>13.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1928 </td> <td>980,000 </td> <td>35,100</td> <td>19,300</td> <td>15,800 </td> <td>35.8</td> <td>19.7</td> <td>16.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1929 </td> <td>1,000,000 </td> <td>34,200</td> <td>18,400</td> <td>15,800 </td> <td>34.2</td> <td>18.4</td> <td>15.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1930 </td> <td>1,020,000 </td> <td>38,300</td> <td>17,600</td> <td>20,700 </td> <td>37.5</td> <td>17.3</td> <td>20.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931 </td> <td>1,030,000 </td> <td>36,400</td> <td>19,500</td> <td>16,900 </td> <td>35.3</td> <td>18.9</td> <td>16.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1932 </td> <td>1,047,000 </td> <td>34,200</td> <td>18,200</td> <td>16,000 </td> <td>32.7</td> <td>17.4</td> <td>15.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1933 </td> <td>1,067,000 </td> <td>35,600</td> <td>21,000</td> <td>14,600 </td> <td>33.4</td> <td>19.7</td> <td>13.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1934 </td> <td>1,081,000 </td> <td>34,247</td> <td>18,731</td> <td>15,516 </td> <td>31.7</td> <td>17.3</td> <td>14.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1935 </td> <td>1,096,000 </td> <td>37,379</td> <td>19,706</td> <td>17,673 </td> <td>34.1</td> <td>18.0</td> <td>16.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936 </td> <td>1,111,000 </td> <td>36,561</td> <td>19,629</td> <td>16,932 </td> <td>32.9</td> <td>17.7</td> <td>15.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1937 </td> <td>1,123,000 </td> <td>35,352</td> <td>17,481</td> <td>17,871 </td> <td>31.5</td> <td>15.6</td> <td>15.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938 </td> <td>1,142,000 </td> <td>37,970</td> <td>19,124</td> <td>18,846 </td> <td>33.3</td> <td>16.8</td> <td>16.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939 </td> <td>1,162,000 </td> <td>37,474</td> <td>17,536</td> <td>19,938 </td> <td>32.3</td> <td>15.1</td> <td>17.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940 </td> <td>1,183,000 </td> <td>36,462</td> <td>18,243</td> <td>18,219 </td> <td>30.8</td> <td>15.4</td> <td>15.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1941 </td> <td>1,205,000 </td> <td>37,829</td> <td>17,317</td> <td>20,512 </td> <td>31.4</td> <td>14.4</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1942 </td> <td>1,227,000 </td> <td>40,165</td> <td>17,545</td> <td>22,620 </td> <td>32.7</td> <td>14.3</td> <td>18.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1943 </td> <td>1,248,000 </td> <td>39,371</td> <td>17,558</td> <td>21,813 </td> <td>31.5</td> <td>14.1</td> <td>17.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1944 </td> <td>1,260,000 </td> <td>41,772</td> <td>18,976</td> <td>22,796 </td> <td>33.2</td> <td>15.1</td> <td>18.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1945 </td> <td>1,266,000 </td> <td>37,954</td> <td>18,874</td> <td>19,080 </td> <td>30.0</td> <td>14.9</td> <td>15.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946 </td> <td>1,292,000 </td> <td>39,918</td> <td>17,272</td> <td>22,646 </td> <td>30.9</td> <td>13.4</td> <td>17.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1947 </td> <td>1,321,000 </td> <td>43,267</td> <td>18,770</td> <td>24,497 </td> <td>32.8</td> <td>14.2</td> <td>18.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948 </td> <td>1,345,000 </td> <td>41,463</td> <td>17,869</td> <td>23,594 </td> <td>30.8</td> <td>13.3</td> <td>17.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949 </td> <td>1,365,000 </td> <td>44,377</td> <td>16,859</td> <td>27,518 </td> <td>32.5</td> <td>12.4</td> <td>20.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1950 </td> <td>1,403,000 </td> <td>46,459</td> <td>16,677</td> <td>29,782 </td> <td>33.1</td> <td>11.9</td> <td>21.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951 </td> <td>1,437,000 </td> <td>48,561</td> <td>17,250</td> <td>31,311 </td> <td>34.0</td> <td>12.1</td> <td>21.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952 </td> <td>1,468,000 </td> <td>48,902</td> <td>16,695</td> <td>32,207 </td> <td>33.6</td> <td>11.5</td> <td>22.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td>1,496,000 </td> <td>51,131</td> <td>15,442</td> <td>35,689 </td> <td>34.4</td> <td>10.4</td> <td>24.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td>1,521,000 </td> <td>53,630</td> <td>16,302</td> <td>37,328 </td> <td>36.5</td> <td>11.1</td> <td>25.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td>1,542,000 </td> <td>55,767</td> <td>15,328</td> <td>40,439 </td> <td>37.5</td> <td>10.3</td> <td>27.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td>1,560,000 </td> <td>58,177</td> <td>14,670</td> <td>43,507 </td> <td>38.5</td> <td>9.7</td> <td>28.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td>1,576,000 </td> <td>60,445</td> <td>14,129</td> <td>46,316 </td> <td>39.4</td> <td>9.2</td> <td>30.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td>1,592,000 </td> <td>63,517</td> <td>14,813</td> <td>48,704 </td> <td>40.6</td> <td>9.5</td> <td>31.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td>1,609,000 </td> <td>63,874</td> <td>16,549</td> <td>47,325 </td> <td>39.9</td> <td>10.3</td> <td>29.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td>1,629,000 </td> <td>68,413</td> <td>14,321</td> <td>54,092 </td> <td>42.5</td> <td>8.9</td> <td style="color:blue;">33.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td>1,652,000 </td> <td>66,128</td> <td>14,193</td> <td>51,935 </td> <td>40.5</td> <td>8.7</td> <td>31.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td>1,679,000 </td> <td>64,913</td> <td>14,167</td> <td>50,746 </td> <td>39.1</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>30.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td>1,707,000 </td> <td>66,189</td> <td>15,159</td> <td>51,030 </td> <td>39.0</td> <td>8.9</td> <td>30.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td>1,735,000 </td> <td>68,359</td> <td>13,267</td> <td>55,092 </td> <td>39.3</td> <td>7.6</td> <td>31.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td>1,760,000 </td> <td>69,768</td> <td>14,084</td> <td>55,684 </td> <td>39.6</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>31.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td>1,783,000 </td> <td style="color: blue">71,364 </td> <td>14,288</td> <td style="color:blue;">57,076 </td> <td>40.0</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>32.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td>1,804,000 </td> <td>67,438</td> <td>13,295</td> <td>54,143 </td> <td>37.4</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>30.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td>1,824,000 </td> <td>65,402</td> <td>14,557</td> <td>50,845 </td> <td>35.9</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>27.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td>1,845,000 </td> <td>64,668</td> <td>14,094</td> <td>50,574 </td> <td>35.1</td> <td>7.6</td> <td>27.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td>1,869,000 </td> <td>64,375</td> <td>14,352</td> <td>50,023 </td> <td>34.4</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>26.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td>1,896,000 </td> <td>66,277</td> <td>14,078</td> <td>52,199 </td> <td>34.9</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>27.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td>1,925,000 </td> <td>66,219</td> <td>13,970</td> <td>52,249 </td> <td>34.3</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>27.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td>1,955,000 </td> <td>61,857</td> <td>14,157</td> <td>47,700 </td> <td>31.6</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>24.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td>1,984,000 </td> <td>61,506</td> <td>14,374</td> <td>47,132 </td> <td>30.9</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>23.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td>2,012,000 </td> <td>61,462</td> <td>14,004</td> <td>47,458 </td> <td>30.3</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>23.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td>2,037,000 </td> <td>60,658</td> <td>14,671</td> <td>45,987 </td> <td>29.6</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>22.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td>2,059,000 </td> <td>60,423</td> <td>14,245</td> <td>46,178 </td> <td>29.1</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>22.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td>2,081,000 </td> <td>58,189 </td> <td style="color: blue">12,148 </td> <td>46,041 </td> <td>27.9</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>22.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td>2,105,000 </td> <td>59,126</td> <td>13,297</td> <td>45,829 </td> <td>28.0</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>21.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td>2,132,000 </td> <td>58,589</td> <td>12,706</td> <td>45,883 </td> <td>27.5</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>21.5 </td> <td style="color: blue">3.56 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td>2,165,000 </td> <td>59,435</td> <td>13,315</td> <td>46,120 </td> <td>27.5</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>21.3 </td> <td style="color: blue">3.50 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td>2,200,000 </td> <td>61,477</td> <td>12,698</td> <td>48,779 </td> <td>27.9</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>22.2 </td> <td style="color: blue">3.40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td>2,237,000 </td> <td>61,417</td> <td>12,588</td> <td>48,829 </td> <td>27.4</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>21.8 </td> <td style="color: blue">3.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td>2,270,000 </td> <td>57,533</td> <td>13,405</td> <td>44,128 </td> <td>25.2</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>19.4 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.73 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td>2,297,000 </td> <td>56,210</td> <td>13,918</td> <td>42,292 </td> <td>24.3</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>18.3 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.56 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>2,317,000 </td> <td>54,067</td> <td>13,341</td> <td>40,726 </td> <td>23.1</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>17.4 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td>2,332,000 </td> <td>52,270</td> <td>12,352</td> <td>39,918 </td> <td>22.2</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>17.0 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.27 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td>2,342,000 </td> <td>53,623</td> <td>12,167</td> <td>41,456 </td> <td>22.7</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>17.6 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.31 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td>2,353,000 </td> <td>59,104</td> <td>14,315</td> <td>44,789 </td> <td>24.7</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>18.7 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.43 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>2,365,000 </td> <td>59,606</td> <td>12,174</td> <td>47,432 </td> <td>25.2</td> <td style="color:blue;">5.1</td> <td>20.1 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.45 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td>2,381,000 </td> <td>59,879</td> <td>13,319</td> <td>46,560 </td> <td>25.2</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>19.6 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.44 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td>2,399,000 </td> <td>56,276</td> <td>13,225</td> <td>43,051 </td> <td>23.5</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>17.9 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.34 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td>2,419,000 </td> <td>58,627</td> <td>13,927</td> <td>44,700 </td> <td>24.2</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>18.5 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.44 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td>2,440,000 </td> <td>57,404</td> <td>13,503</td> <td>43,901 </td> <td>23.5</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>18.0 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.38 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>2,462,000 </td> <td>57,607</td> <td>12,776</td> <td>44,831 </td> <td>23.4</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>18.2 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.37 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>2,485,000 </td> <td>57,370</td> <td>14,854</td> <td>42,516 </td> <td>23.1</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>17.1 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.33 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>2,509,000 </td> <td>59,385</td> <td>15,967</td> <td>43,418 </td> <td>23.7</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>17.3 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td>2,534,000 </td> <td>56,937</td> <td>16,150</td> <td>40,787 </td> <td>22.5</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>16.1 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>2,559,000 </td> <td>56,911</td> <td>17,550</td> <td>39,361 </td> <td>22.2</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>15.4 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>2,582,000 </td> <td>54,035</td> <td>16,400</td> <td>37,635 </td> <td>20.9</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>14.6 </td> <td style="color: blue">2.13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td>2,605,000 </td> <td>49,291</td> <td>16,615</td> <td>32,676 </td> <td>18.9</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>12.5 </td> <td>1.92 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td>2,620,000 </td> <td>47,464</td> <td>16,728</td> <td>30,736 </td> <td>18.2</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>11.8 </td> <td>1.84 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td>2,629,000 </td> <td>45,559</td> <td>17,267</td> <td>28,292 </td> <td>17.4</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>10.8 </td> <td>1.77 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td>2,639,000 </td> <td>44,843</td> <td>16,332</td> <td>28,511 </td> <td>17.0</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>10.8 </td> <td>1.73 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td>2,644,000 </td> <td>46,370</td> <td>17,413</td> <td>28,957 </td> <td>17.5</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>11.0 </td> <td>1.81 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>2,653,000 </td> <td>43,243</td> <td>18,960</td> <td>24,283 </td> <td>16.3</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>9.2 </td> <td>1.70 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td>2,662,000 </td> <td>43,385</td> <td>20,550</td> <td>22,835 </td> <td>16.3</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>8.6 </td> <td>1.71 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td>2,672,000 </td> <td>43,112</td> <td>19,966</td> <td>23,146 </td> <td>16.1</td> <td>7.5</td> <td>8.7</td> <td>1.70 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td>2,681,000 </td> <td>42,782</td> <td>18,555</td> <td>24,227 </td> <td>16.0</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>8.9 </td> <td>1.68 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>2,691,000 </td> <td>40,508</td> <td>21,503</td> <td>19,005 </td> <td>15.1</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>7.1 </td> <td>1.57 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td>2,700,000 </td> <td>39,673</td> <td>16,926</td> <td>22,747 </td> <td>14.7</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>8.4 </td> <td>1.54 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td>2,708,000 </td> <td>39,553</td> <td>16,998</td> <td>22,555 </td> <td>14.5</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>8.3 </td> <td>1.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>2,715,000 </td> <td>36,746</td> <td>15,427</td> <td>21,319 </td> <td>13.5</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>7.8 </td> <td>1.52 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td>2,721,000 </td> <td>36,996</td> <td>18,320</td> <td>18,676 </td> <td>13.6</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>6.9 </td> <td>1.51 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td>2,723,000 </td> <td>37,900</td> <td>19,249</td> <td>18,651 </td> <td>13.9</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>6.8 </td> <td>1.53 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td>2,727,000 </td> <td>36,160 </td> <td>19,761 </td> <td>16,399 </td> <td>13.3 </td> <td>7.2 </td> <td>6.1 </td> <td>1.50 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td>2,728,000 </td> <td>34,423 </td> <td>19,661 </td> <td>14,762 </td> <td>12.6 </td> <td>7.2 </td> <td>5.4 </td> <td>1.46 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td>2,731,000 </td> <td>34,209 </td> <td>19,762 </td> <td>14,447 </td> <td>12.5 </td> <td>7.2 </td> <td>5.3 </td> <td style="color: red">1.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td>2,734,000 </td> <td>34,632 </td> <td>20,937 </td> <td>13,695 </td> <td>12.7 </td> <td>7.7 </td> <td>5.0 </td> <td style="color: red"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td>2,735,000 </td> <td>33,941</td> <td>20,238</td> <td>13,703 </td> <td>12.4</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>5.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td>2,737,000 </td> <td>33,126 </td> <td>26,974 </td> <td>6,152 </td> <td>12.1 </td> <td>9.8 </td> <td>2.3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td>2,738,000 </td> <td>31,276 </td> <td>21,390 </td> <td>9,886 </td> <td style="color: red">11.4 </td> <td>7.8 </td> <td>3.6 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Life_expectancy_at_birth">Life expectancy at birth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Life expectancy at birth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Period </th> <th>Life expectancy in <p>Years </p> </th> <th>Period </th> <th>Life expectancy in <p>Years </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950–1955 </td> <td>58.6 </td> <td>1985–1990 </td> <td>72.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955–1960 </td> <td>62.7 </td> <td>1990–1995 </td> <td>72.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960–1965 </td> <td>65.7 </td> <td>1995–2000 </td> <td>72.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965–1970 </td> <td>67.2 </td> <td>2000–2005 </td> <td>72.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970–1975 </td> <td>69.0 </td> <td>2005–2010 </td> <td>74.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975–1980 </td> <td>70.7 </td> <td>2010–2015 </td> <td>75.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1985 </td> <td>72.0 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Source: <i>UN World Population Prospects</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race">Race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical">Historical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Historical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Population </th> <th><a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a> </th> <th>% <p>W </p> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black</a> </th> <th>% <p>B </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1661<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>3,874 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>86.7% </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>13.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1673<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>17,272 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>45% </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>55% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1730<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>83,008 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>9.2% </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>90.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1774<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>209,617 </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>6.1% </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>93.9% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_sources_of_demographic_statistics">Other sources of demographic statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other sources of demographic statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Demographic statistics below are based on the 2022 World Population Review.<sup id="cite_ref-WPR2022_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPR2022-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>One birth every 12 minutes</li> <li>One death every 23 minutes</li> <li>One net migrant every 46 minutes</li> <li>Net gain of one person every 45 minutes</li></ul> <p>The following demographic statistics are from <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Factbook" title="The World Factbook">The World Factbook</a></i> by the <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a>, unless otherwise referenced.<sup id="cite_ref-CIATONGA_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIATONGA-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population_2">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>2,818,596 (2022 est.)</dd> <dd>2,990,561 (July 2017)</dd></dl> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/300px-Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/450px-Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/600px-Jamaica_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 2x" data-file-width="2212" data-file-height="1777" /></a><figcaption>Population Pyramid of Jamaica in 2020</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Age_structure">Age structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Age structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>0-14 years:</i> 25.2% (male 360,199/female 347,436)</dd> <dd><i>15-24 years:</i> 17.95% (male 255,102/female 248,927)</dd> <dd><i>25-54 years:</i> 38.06% (male 518,583/female 550,410)</dd> <dd><i>55-64 years:</i> 9.63% (male 133,890/female 136,442)</dd> <dd><i>65 years and over:</i> 9.17% (2020 est.) (male 121,969/female 135,612)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birth_rate">Birth rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Birth rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>11.4 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 103rd </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_rate">Death rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Death rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>7.43 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 108th</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Total_fertility_rate">Total fertility rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Total fertility rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>1.31 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 98th</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population_growth_rate">Population growth rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Population growth rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>0.08% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 189th</dd> <dd>0.68% (2017)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Net_migration_rate">Net migration rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Net migration rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>-7.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 219th</dd> <dd>-4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Median_age">Median age</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Median age"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>total: 30.5 years (2023 est.). Country comparison to the world: <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_median_age" title="List of countries by median age">131st</a></dd> <dd>male: 28.6 years</dd> <dd>female: 30.1 years (2020 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mother's_mean_age_at_first_birth"><span id="Mother.27s_mean_age_at_first_birth"></span>Mother's mean age at first birth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Mother's mean age at first birth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>21.2 years (2008 est.)</dd> <dd>note: median age at first birth among women 25–29</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urbanization">Urbanization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Urbanization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> and <a href="/wiki/Major_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Major cities">Major cities</a></div> <dl><dd>urban population: 57% of total population (2022)</dd> <dd>rate of urbanisation: 0.79% annual rate of change (2020–25 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education_expenditures">Education expenditures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Education expenditures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>5.4% of GDP (2020) Country comparison to the world: 43rd</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Life_expectancy_at_birth_2">Life expectancy at birth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Life expectancy at birth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>total population: 75.75 years. Country comparison to the world: 116th</dd> <dd>male: 73.98 years</dd> <dd>female: 77.6 years (2022 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infant_mortality_rate">Infant mortality rate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Infant mortality rate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Total: 13.37 deaths/1,000 live births</li> <li>Male: 13.93 deaths/1,000 live births</li> <li>Female: 12.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literacy">Literacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Literacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school </p> <dl><dd>total population: 88.7%</dd> <dd>male: 84%</dd> <dd>female: 93.1% (2015)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_life_expectancy_(primary_to_tertiary_education)"><span id="School_life_expectancy_.28primary_to_tertiary_education.29"></span>School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>total: 12 years</dd> <dd>male: 11 years</dd> <dd>female: 13 years (2015)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unemployment,_youth_ages_15–24"><span id="Unemployment.2C_youth_ages_15.E2.80.9324"></span>Unemployment, youth ages 15–24</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Unemployment, youth ages 15–24"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>total: 20.6%</dd> <dd>male: 16.8%</dd> <dd>female: 25.4% (2019 est.)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>English, Jamaican Patois </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Protestant 64.8% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%, Other Church of God 9.2%, New Testament Church of God 7.2%, Baptist 6.7%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.5%, Anglican 2.8%, United Church 2.1%, Methodist 1.6%, Revived 1.4%, Brethren 0.9%, and Moravian 0.7%), Roman Catholic 2.2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.9%, Rastafarian 1.1%, other 6.5%, none 21.3%, unspecified 2.3% (2011 est.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Ethnic groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Black 92.1%, mixed 6.1%, East Indian 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.7% (2011 est.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nationality">Nationality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Nationality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Noun: Jamaican(s)</li> <li>Adjective: Jamaican</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Jamaica&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaicans" title="Jamaicans">Jamaicans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Jamaican" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Jamaican">Afro-Jamaican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coromantee" title="Coromantee">Cromanty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Jamaica" title="List of 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