2007-02-11 17:55:37 · 4 answers · asked by paff 2 in Travel ➔ Caribbean ➔ Jamaica
Research shows that 65.3% of Jamaica's population is Christian. The majority being Protestant, which is primarily due to the influence of British colonialism, and the later influence of denominations from the U.S. Today, the five largest denominations in Jamaica are: Church of God, Seventh-day Adventist, Baptist, Pentecostal and Anglican.
Non-Christian religions are numerous, the largest being the Rastafari movement which was founded on the island and reveres the late Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. The second largest non-Christian religion is Hinduism, due to the vast amount of immigrants from India. Obeah is a belief system with roots in the West African Yoruba Orisha traditions and has similarities to Vodon, Santeria, Candomble and other imports to the Americas which arrived with enslaved West Africans, and individuals from the People's Republic of China. Islam, Buddhism and Judaism are less than half a percent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica
2007-02-12 08:47:12 · answer #1 · answered by jamaican babe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many websites offering just such statistical info about Jamaica. Theres a good one that includes the words jamaicanpeople, if memory serves me. You will find more diversity in Jamaica than you might expect.
2007-02-12 10:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CIA World Book link:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/jm.html#People
2007-02-12 10:37:52 · answer #3 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica and look up the demographics section...i think u'll get estimates
2007-02-12 03:25:00 · answer #4 · answered by yin yang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋