The country has an area of 4,244 square miles and a population of 2.7 million. According to the most recent census (2001), religious affiliation is: Church of God, 24 percent; Seventh-day Adventist, 11 percent; Pentecostal, 10 percent; Baptist, 7 percent; Anglican, 4 percent; Roman Catholic, 2 percent; United Church, 2 percent; Methodist, 2 percent; Jehovah's Witnesses, 2 percent; Moravian, 1 percent; Brethren, 1 percent; unstated, 3 percent; and "other," 10 percent. The category "other" includes 24,020 Rastafarians, an estimated 5,000 Muslims, 1,453 Hindus, approximately 350 Jews, and 279 Baha'is. The census reported that 21 percent claimed no religious affiliation.
Population | Population (2009 est.) 2,825,928 |
Religious Demographics | Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentacostal 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) |
Ethnic Groups | Ethnic Groups black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census) |
Languages | Languages English, English patois |
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