Jamaicans
National Flag of Jamaica
Total population
c. 4.4 million
2,683,707 (2011 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Jamaica   2,827,695[2][3]
United States1,100,000+[4]
United Kingdom800,000+[5]
Canada309,485[6]
Costa Rica64,000+[7]
Cayman Islands21,888[8]
Trinidad and Tobago15,000
Antigua and Barbuda12,000[9]
The Bahamas5,572[10]
Germany4,000[11]
The Netherlands1,971[12]
Australia1,092[5]
Ethiopia1000+
Languages
English, Jamaican English, Jamaican Patois
Religion
Primarily Protestantism[13]

Jamaicans are the citizens of Jamaica and their descendants in the Jamaican diaspora. The vast majority of Jamaicans are of Sub-Saharan African descent, with minorities of Europeans, East Indians, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and others of mixed ancestry. The bulk of the Jamaican diaspora resides in other Anglophone countries, namely Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Jamaican populations are also prominent in other Caribbean countries, territories and Commonwealth realms, where in the Cayman Islands, born Jamaicans, as well as Caymanians of Jamaican origin, make up 26.8% of the population.[14] Outside of Anglophone countries, the largest Jamaican diaspora community lives in Costa Rica, where Jamaicans make up a significant percentage of the population.[7]

History

Census

According to the official Jamaica Population Census of 1970, ethnic origins categories in Jamaica include: Black (Mixed); Chinese; East Indian; White; and 'Other' (e.g.: Syrian or Lebanese).[1] Jamaicans of African descent made up 92% of the working population. Those of non-African descent or mixed race made up the remaining 8% of the population.[15]

Self-identified ethnic origin

Responses of the 2011 official census.[1]

Ethnic origin Population Males Females Percentage
Black2,471,9461,226,0261,245,92092.1
Chinese5,2282,8802,3480.2
Mixed162,71873,29389,4256.0
East Indian20,06610,4919,5750.7
White4,3652,1922,1730.2
Other1,8989709280.1
Not Reported17,4868,6388,8480.6
Total2,683,7071,324,4901,359,217100.0%
source[1]

Religion

Denomination2011 census[1]
NumberPercentage
Christian
    Anglicanism74,891
    Baptists180,640
    Brethren23,647
    Baptists20,872-
    Brethren9,7581.0
    Church of God in Jamaica129,544-
    Church of God of Prophecy121,400-
    New Testament Church of God192,086-
    Other Church of God246,838-
    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (2021)[16] 6,718 -
    Jehovah's Witnesses50,8492.0
    Methodist43,3362.0
    Moravian18,351
    Pentecostal295,195
    Rastafari29,026
    Revivalist36,296
    Roman Catholic57,946
    Seventh-day Adventist322,228-
    United Church56,360
Baháʼí269
Hinduism1,836-
Islam1,513-
Judaism506
Other Religion/Denomination169,014-
Totals, specified religions 100.00
No Religion/Denomination572,008-
Not reported60,326-
Totals, Jamaica2,683,105100.00

Diaspora

Many Jamaicans now live overseas and outside Jamaica, while many have migrated to Anglophone countries, including over 400,000 Jamaicans in the United Kingdom, over 300,000 in Canada and 1,100,000 in the United States.[17]

There are about 30,500 Jamaicans residing in other CARICOM member including the Bahamas, Cuba, Antigua & Barbuda (12,000),[9] Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago.[18] There are also communities of Jamaican descendants in Central America, particularly Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Most of Costa Rica's Afro-Costa Rican and Mulatto population, which combined represents about 7% of the total population, is of Jamaican descent.[19][20]

Notable Jamaicans

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "2011 Census of Population by Sex and Religious Affiliation/Denomination by Parish (P. 80)". issuu.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  3. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2013 census". United States Census. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  5. 1 2 "World Migration". iom.int. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census – Canada". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  7. 1 2 "The Story Behind Jamaicans in Costa Rica".
  8. ↑ "Labour Force Survey Spring 2022" (PDF).
  9. 1 2 "PM Golding Calls on Jamaicans in Antigua & Barbuda to Co-Operate with Government & People There". Jamaica Information Service. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  10. ↑ "The Nassau Guardian Home - The Nassau Guardian". The Nassau Guardian.
  11. ↑ "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  12. ↑ Bevolking; herkomstgroepering, generatie, geslacht en leeftijd, 1 januari, CBS, geraadpleegd op 5 juli 2014, 20 oktober 2018 en 9 februari 2020, 24 mei 2020.
  13. ↑ "Jamaica - Religion", Encyclopædia Britannica online.
  14. ↑ "Demographic Characteristics" (PDF).
  15. ↑ Jamaica Population Census 1970.
  16. ↑ "Statistics and Church Facts | Total Church Membership". newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  17. ↑ "Jamaica: From Diverse Beginning to Diaspora in the Developed World".
  18. ↑ "30,000 Jamaicans residing in other CARICOM member states". caricomnews.net. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  19. ↑ Schulman, Bob. "'Little Jamaica' Rocks on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica". Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  20. ↑ Koch, Charles W. (1977). "Jamaican Blacks and Their Descendants in Costa Rica". Social and Economic Studies. Jamaica: Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies. 26 (3): 339–361. JSTOR 27861669.
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