Jamaicans

For other uses, see Jamaican (disambiguation).

Jamaicans

Paul Bogle Usain Bolt Marcus Garvey Bob Marley Desmond Dekker Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Grace Jones Justin Masterson Michael Manley Ziggy Marley Clive Chin Yendi Phillips Claude McKay Rajiv Maragh Bunny Lee Chris Gayle Yohan Blake Portia Simpson-Miller Asafa Powell Courtney Walsh
Total population
Est. 4,800,000
Regions with significant populations
Jamaica (Nationwide) 2,847,232 England (London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham) 900,000 United States (New York, Miami) 850,000 Canada (Toronto) 256,915 Australia 2,100
Languages
English, (Jamaican English) and Patois (mainly English and Jamaican Patois is spoken)
Religion
Mainly Christianity, with also Rastafari, Judaism, Irreligion, Islam and others

Jamaicans are the citizens of Jamaica and their descendants in the Jamaican diaspora. Most Jamaicans are of African descent, with smaller minorities of Europeans, East Indians, Chinese, Mixed-Race, and others.

Diaspora

Main article: Jamaican diaspora

Many Jamaicans now live overseas and outside Jamaica, the majority have migrated to Anglophone countries, including 900,000 Jamaicans in the United Kingdom, around 850,000 in the United States and 256,915 in Canada.

Within the Caribbean, there are reportedly 30,000 Jamaicans in the Dominican Republic and an equal number residing in other CARICOM members states (mainly in the Bahamas (with 5,600), Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago). Cuba meanwhile is host to 5,000 Jamaicans. As of November 21, 2013, an estimated 16,958 Jamaicans could be residing illegally in Trinidad & Tobago, as according to the records of the Office of the Chief Immigration Officer, their entry certificates would have since expired.

Notable Jamaicans

Main article: List of Jamaicans

See also

• Demographics of Jamaica
• Jamaican British
• Jamaican American
• Jamaican Canadian
• Jamaican Australian
• Jamaicans in Ethiopia