Jamaica, Caribbean
This post was last updated by José of onez on Tuesday, 20 May 2025.
Image of Kingston, capital city of Jamaica
Jamaica is a Caribbean nation with influential music culture, rising business-process outsourcing services, and new wind and solar power investments.
Jamaica in one word would be “Reggae,” meaning island rhythm.
Jamaica Flag
Jamaica armorial
Jamaica is a country on the Latin America and the Caribbean, North America located in the Caribbean sub‑region of the Americas continent, member of CARICOM.
Jamaica administrative divisions
14 parishes
- Clarendon,
- Hanover,
- Kingston,
- Manchester,
- Portland,
- Saint Andrew,
- Saint Ann,
- Saint Catherine,
- Saint Elizabeth,
- Saint James,
- Saint Mary,
- Saint Thomas,
- Trelawny,
- Westmoreland
note - for local government purposes, Kingston and Saint Andrew were amalgamated in 1923 into the present single corporate body known as the Kingston and Saint Andrew Corporation
Easy learning about Jamaica |
The capital city of Jamaica is Kingston.
| Jamaica is located in | Latin America and the Caribbean, North America Caribbean Americas Continent Inhabitants of Jamaica are called Jamaicans |
| Member of | CARICOM since 1973 |
| Jamaica has a population of | 2,839,786 inhabitants within a total area of 10,991 Km2 (6,829 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Jamaica’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 91 (world rank position) GPI scale of 2.12 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Jamaica HDI ranks in position nº 117 worldwide HDI of 0.720 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Jamaica’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 89 countries Jamaica passport ranks 54th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Jamaica GDP per capita is | $7,778 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Jamaica ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are illegal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 18° 15' N, 77° 30' W Open in Google Maps |
| Jamaica Climate | tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior |
| Most predominant religion | Protestant (includes Seventh Day Adventist, Pentecostal, Other Church of God, New Testament Church of God, Baptist, Church of God in Jamaica, Church of God of Prophecy, Anglican, United Church, Methodist, Revived, Brethren, and Moravian), |
| Second most predominant religion | Roman Catholic, |
| Currency name & code | Dollar (JMD) |
| Internet ccTLD | .jm |
| Jamaica calling code | +-875 |
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