Jamaica
Kingston · Caribbean
Jamaica is a country in North America. Its capital city is Kingston, the official currency is the Jamaican Dollar, and the main language is English.
With a population of roughly 2.8 million people spread over 10,991 km², Jamaica is the 138th most populous country in the world and the 160th largest by area. That works out at about 255 people per square kilometre.
Jamaica has no land borders with any other country. Its largest urban centres are Kingston, Portmore and Spanish Town. The highest point in the country is Blue Mountain Peak, at 2,256 metres.
For scale, Gambia is the closest country in the world to Jamaica in both area and population.
- Capital
- Kingston
- Region
- Caribbean
- Population
- 2,800,000
- Area
- 10,991 km²
- Currency
- Jamaican Dollar
- Main language
- English
- Highest point
- Blue Mountain Peak
2,256 m - Land borders
- 0
Jamaica: things worth knowing
- Jamaica is the birthplace of ska, rocksteady, reggae and dancehall, an unusual concentration of globally influential music for a country of under three million people.
- Blue Mountain coffee, grown at high altitude, is among the most expensive in the world.
- It has produced a remarkable number of world-record sprinters for a country of under three million people.
Jamaica in context
North America has 23 sovereign countries in total. Jamaica ranks 13th among them by population.
See the full list of North America countries, or browse all 195 countries.