Jamaicans

For other uses, see Jamaican (disambiguation).

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]
Cayman Islands21,888[7]
Trinidad and Tobago15,000
Antigua and Barbuda12,000[8]
The Bahamas5,572[9]
Germany4,000[10]
The Netherlands1,971[11]
Australia1,092[5]
Japan945[12]
Brazil704[13]
Languages
English, Jamaican Patois
Religion
Primarily Protestantism[14]
Related ethnic groups
Caribbean people

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, 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.[15] Outside of Anglophone countries, the largest Jamaican diaspora community lives in Central America, where Jamaicans make up a significant percentage of the population.[16]

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  10. ^ "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
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  12. ^ "在留外国人統計" (in Japanese). 15 December 2023. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  13. ^ Immigrants in Brazil (2024, in Portuguese)
  14. ^ "Jamaica - Religion" Archived 2023-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopædia Britannica online.
  15. ^ "Demographic Characteristics" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-07-31. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  16. ^ "THE STORY BEHIND JAMAICANS IN COSTA RICA". www.linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2022-04-18.