COUNTRY FACTS

 

Population: 

2,665,636 (July 2001)

 

Location:

Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba

 

Area:

10,990 sq km

 

Language:

English, Creole

 

Literacy:

85% (by definition, total population age 15 or older)

 

Compulsory Education:

No information is available

 

Currency:

Jamaican dollar (JMD)

 

Source:  UNESCO IBE Database and World Fact Book, CIA

This country profile was developed by WES with funding from the Government of Ontario.

Revised: 05/06/2004
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