Full country name: Jamaica
Area: 11,425 sq km
Population: 2,653,000
Capital city: Kingston (population 800,000)
People: 76% African descent, 15% Afro-European descent, 4% European, 3% East Indian & Middle Eastern, 1% Afro-Chinese & Chinese
Languages: English and patois
Religion: 80% Christian, including revivalist cults such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism
Government: Independent member of the British Commonwealth
Prime Minister: PJ Patterson

GDP: US$8.8 billion
GDP per head: US$3,300
Annual growth: -2%
Inflation: 9.9%
Major industries: Tourism, bauxite, sugar, bananas
Major trading partners: USA