Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Jamaica
One in every 4,129 babies in the world is born here: about 32,485 a year, 0.062 a minute.
- Population
- 2,837,077
- Births a year
- 32,485
- Life expectancy
- 71.6
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 17.8
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
74.2
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
69.1
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
16.4
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
17.8
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
130
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
1.1
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
12
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
3.1
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
15.1
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
49.4
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
1.35
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
27
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
81
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
84
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
26
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
6.2
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$11,358
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
40
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
1.4
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
3.3
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
14
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
63
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
20
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
59
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
98
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
88
World: 91
Internet users (%)
90
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
6.31
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.36
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.09
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 63.7 → 2026: 72 → 2050: 75
World
1960: 82 → 2026: 18 → 2050: 16
World
1960: 5.5 → 2026: 1.4 → 2050: 1.4
World
1960: 30 → 2026: 60 → 2050: 77
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Jamaica comes up about once in every 4,129 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.