GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $14.7 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $24.58 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $9,000 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Kingston
Population (Estimated July 2012): 2,889,187
Area: 10,991 km2 or 4,244 mi2
Currency: Jamaican Dollar (J$)
Official Language: English
Political Information: Parliamentary Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 62.5% of the population are Protestants, 2.6% are Roman Catholics, 14.2% have other or unspecified religious beliefs and 20.9% have no religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Blue Mountain Peak at 2,256 m or 7,402ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): -5:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 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
Leaders: H.M. Queen Elizabeth II with Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen and Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller
Additional: Gained Independence from the UK on the 6th of August 1962.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
