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Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: Howard F. H. Cooke (1991)
Prime Minister: Percival J. Patterson (1992)
Area: 4,411 sq. mi. (10,990 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 2,652,443 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.48%); birth rate: 20.2/1000; infant mortality rate: 13.9/1000; density per sq. mi.: 601
Capital and largest city (1991 est.): Kingston, 104,000
Monetary unit: Jamaican dollar
Languages: English, Jamaican Creole
Ethnicity/race: African 76.3%, Afro-European 15.1%, East Indian and Afro-East Indian 3%, white 3.2%, Chinese and Afro-Chinese 1.2%, other 1.2%
Religions: Protestant, 55.9%; Roman Catholic, 5%; other, 39.1%
Literacy rate: 98%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $8.8 billion; $3,300 per capita. Real growth rate: –2%. Inflation: 9.9%. Unemployment: 16.5% (1997 est.). Arable land: 14%. Agriculture: sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, potatoes, vegetables; poultry, goats, milk. Labor force: 1.14 million (1996); services, 41%; agriculture, 22.5%; industry, 19% (1989). Industry: tourism, bauxite, textiles, food processing, light manufactures. Natural resources: bauxite, gypsum, limestone. Exports: $1.7 billion (1997): alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum. Imports: $2.8 billion (1997): machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, fuel, food, chemicals. Major trading partners: U.S., EU, Canada, UK 13.4%, Norway, Caricom. Latin America.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
