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- Population.....................................................................2,847,232 (July 2010 est.)
- Population growth rate ..............................................................0.747% (2010 est.)
- Birth rate....................................................19.47 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
- Death rate..............................................6.48 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
- Net migration rate...............................-5.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
- Ethnic groups..........black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census)
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This former British colony in the Caribbean, once a destination for forced and indentured labor from across the globe, has experienced
large emigration flows of both skilled and unskilled workers and their families to the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada
over the last half century. As Alex Glennie and Laura Chappell of the Institute for Public Policy Research explain, the Jamaican government
has a number of strategies to limit brain drain and to encourage return.
