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POPULATION, RATE OF INCREASE, BIRTH AND DEATH RATES, 2003 - 2007
Year	End of Year Population	Mean Population	Annual Percentage Rate of Growth	Crude Rate of Natural Increase	Crude Birth Rate	Crude Death Rate	Net Migration Rate
Year	End of Year Population	Mean Population	Annual Percentage Rate of Growth	Per 1,000 Mean Population
2003	2,632,000	2,625,700	0.48	11.6	17.94	6.36	-6.77
2004	2,644,100	2,638,100	0.46	11.5	17.86	6.41	-6.85
2005	2,656,700	2,650,400	0.48	11.2	17.82	6.62	-7.76
2006	2,669,500	2,663,100	0.48	11.2	17.37	6.13	-6.42
2007	2,682,100	2,675,800	0.47	10.7	17.03	6.37	-5.98

Source: Demographic Statistics 2007, STATIN
Notes: Figures rounded to the nearest hundred. Estimates for 2003-20046 has been revised since publication in previous reports. All estimates are still provisional and therefore subject to change.


EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS, BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS, 2004 - 2007
Major Industry Group	Average First Three Quarters
	2004	2005	2006	2007
Mining	3,848	3,951	4,011	4,060
Manufacturing	40,178	40,747	41,257	41,039
Electricity, gas and Water	3,855	3,796	4,106	4,189
Construction	6,424	6,560	6,847	7,166
Trade, Hotels & Restaurants	54,523	55,149	55,057	55,413
Transport, Storage & Communications	16,108	15,935	16,399	16,605
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate & Business Services	31,243	31,943	32,422	33,248
Community, Social & Personal Services	13,530	13,541	13,542	14,216
All Sectors	169,708	171,621	173,641	175,936


MAIN LABOUR FORCE INDICATORS, 2007- 2008
Item	2007				2008
Item	January	April	July	October	January	April	July	October
B o t h S e x e s
TOTAL POPULATION	2,669,100	2,672,400	2,675,600	2,678,900	2,682,100	2,685,400	2,688,600	2,691,900
Population 14 years and over	1,961,600	1,965,900	1,970,100	1,974,300	1,978,500	1,981,000	1,983,400	1,985,800
Labour Force	1,270,000	1,274,200	1,273,800	1,289,600	1,299,200	1,287,100	1,295,800	1,302,400
Employed Labour Force	1,133,900	1,154,200	1,152,000	1,170,200	1,167,500	1,136,300	1,163,800	1,167,800
Unemployed Labour Force	136,000	119000	120,800	119,400	131,700	150,700	132,000	134,600
Outside the Labour Force	691,600	691,700	697,300	684,800	679,300	694,000	687,600	683,400
Employment Rate	89.3	90.6	90.4	90.7	89.9	88.3	89.8	89.7
Unemployment Rate	10.7	9.4	9.6	9.3	10.1	11.7	10.2	10.3
Job Seeking Rate	5.3	6.0	6.0	5.9	6.4	7.3	6.1	6.8
Percentage of Population under 14 years	26.5	26.4	26.4	26.3	26.2	26.2	26.2	26.2
Percentage of Population 14 years & over	73.5	73.6	73.6	73.7	73.8	73.8	73.8	73.8
Percentage of Population 14 +Outside Labour Force	35.3	35.2	35.4	34.7	34.3	35.0	34.7	34.4
Labour Force as a Percentage of Total Population	47.6	47.7	47.6	48.1	48.4	47.9	48.2	48.4
Labour Force as a Percentage of Population 14 years and over	64.7	64.8	64.7	65.3	65.7	65.0	65.3	65.6
M a l e s
TOTAL POPULATION	1,315,200	1,316,800	1,318,400	1,320,100	1,321,600	1,323,300	1,324,800	1,326,500
Population 14 years and over	960,800	961,100	961,500	961,800	962,100	963,400	964,500	965,700
Labour Force	707,900	708,000	703,100	708,200	714,500	708,500	710,800	711,100
Employed Labour Force	658,600	664,400	663,000	670,400	669,100	646,700	663,000	658,300
Unemployed Labour Force	49,200	43,600	40,100	37,800	45,400	61,800	47,800	52,800
Outside the Labour Force	252,900	253,100	258,400	253,600	247,600	254,900	253,700	254,600
Employment Rate	93.0	93.8	94.3	94.7	93.6	91.3	93.3	92.6
Unemployment Rate	7.0	6.2	5.7	5.3	6.4	8.7	6.7	7.4
Job Seeking Rate	4.1	4.3	4.0	3.5	4.5	5.7	4.2	5.2
Percentage of Population under 14 years	26.9	27.0	27.1	27.1	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2
Percentage of Population 14 years & over	73.1	73.0	72.9	72.9	72.8	72.8	72.8	72.8
Percentage of Population 14 +Outside Labour Force	26.3	26.3	26.9	26.4	25.7	26.5	26.3	26.4
Labour Force as a Percentage of Total Population	53.8	53.8	53.3	53.6	54.1	53.5	53.7	53.6
Labour Force as a Percentage of Population 14 years and over	73.7	73.7	73.1	73.6	74.3	73.5	73.7	73.6
F e m a l e s
TOTAL POPULATION	1,353,900	1,355,600	1,357,200	1,358,800	1,360,500	1,362,100	1,363,800	1,365,400
Population 14 years and over	1,000,800	1,004,800	1,008,600	1,012,500	1,016,400	1,017,600	1,018,900	1,020,100
Labour Force	562,100	566,200	570,700	581,400	584,700	578,600	585,000	591,300
Employed Labour Force	475,300	489,800	489,000	499,800	498,400	489,600	500,800	509,500
Unemployed Labour Force	86,800	75,400	80,700	81,600	86,300	88,900	84,200	81,800
Outside the Labour Force	438,700	438,600	438,900	431,200	431,700	439,100	433,900	428,800
Employment Rate	84.6	86.5	85.7	86.0	85.2	84.6	85.6	86.2
Unemployment Rate	15.4	13.5	14.3	14.0	14.8	15.4	14.4	13.8
Job Seeking Rate	6.9	8.2	8.7	9.0	9.1	9.2	8.6	8.7
Percentage of Population under 14 years	26.1	25.9	25.7	25.5	25.3	25.3	25.3	25.3
Percentage of Population 14 years & over	73.9	74.1	74.3	74.5	74.7	74.7	74.7	74.7
Percentage of Population 14 +Outside Labour Force	43.8	43.7	43.5	42.6	42.5	43.2	42.6	42.0
Labour Force as a Percentage of Total Population	41.5	41.8	42.0	42.8	43.0	42.5	42.9	43.3
Labour Force as a Percentage of Population 14 years and over	56.2	56.3	56.6	57.4	57.5	56.9	57.4	58.0

Note: Data for October 2007 are PRELIMINARY

Note: Data for January 2008 are PRELIMINARY
Data for 2007 Revised

IMPORTS AND TOTAL EXPORTS BY SECTIONS 2005 - 2009
S.I.T.C. Sections	January - December 2005		January - December 2006		January - December 2007		January-February 2009
			(Preliminary)		(Preliminary)		(Preliminary)
	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports	Imports	Exports
	(US$’000)	(US$’000)	(US$’000)	(US$’000)	(US$’000)	(US$’000)	(US$’000)	(US$’000)
All Sections	5,650,427	1,983,498	6,459,269	2,169,052	8,548,527	2,703,284	845,985	220,235
Food	616,796	236,487	730,660	241,714	886,313	263,727	150,659	49,614
Beverages and Tobacco	68,383	90,235	93,163	96,821	93,485	93,645	12,537	13,899
Crude Materials, (excl. Fuels)	82,446	1,259,545	67,564	1,383,775	73,429	1,389,814	7,630	98,902
Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and rel. Materials	1,758,460	267,614	2,013,027	326,606	3,374,801	435,410	202,691	37,304
Animal and Vegetable Oils and Fats	25,200	40	31,634	87	53,945	56	5,138	39
Chemicals	680,422	73,992	831,204	51,777	1,118,523	449,184	134,910	5,984
Manufactured Goods	696,072	14,111	753,363	18,031	883,556	14,633	89,448	2,014
Machinery and Transport Equipment	1,130,058	22,179	1,252,368	33,543	1,264,254	36,629	160,295	10,527
Misc. Manufactured Articles	510,821	19,296	591,206	16,698	681,969	20,186	66,326	1,953
Other	81,768	0	95,080	0	118,251	0	16,350	0

MAIN AGGREGATES AND PER CAPITA INDICATORS 2005-2008
ITEM	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	ITEMS

Main Aggregates (J$'Million)											Main Aggregates (J$'Million)
Gross Domestic Product in basic values at constant prices	441,587.6	446,214.2	450,135.1	456,189.2	460,616.0	476,745.8	483,385.8	488,362.9	501,599.2	508,765.8	Gross Domestic Product in basic values at constant prices
Gross Domestic Product in basic values at current prices	285,452.1	307,127.1	342,711.9	372,654.7	416,470.6	476,745.8	541,808.4	608,397.0	689,884.9	777,061.1	Gross Domestic Product in basic values at current prices
Gross Domestic Product at market prices	319,525.7	344,794.0	384,677.5	418,771.3	468,516.5	542,703.4	620,233.1	694,537.4	788,178.8	889,026.8	Gross Domestic Product at market prices
Gross National Income at current prices	308,472.3	332,066.7	369,884.4	398,705.5	438,602.0	510,354.4	584,591.0	652,424.2	747,772.9	829,925.1	Gross National Income at current prices
National Income at current prices	284,623.9	303,623.1	339,294.2	366,338.2	403,381.5	468,963.4	537,964.1	599,581.8	687,419.3	761,214.0	National Income at current prices
National Disposable Income at current prices	307,771.4	328,800.8	374,458.5	408,331.9	455,952.0	536,284.5	626,426.9	697,897.9	802,259.5	897,377.3	National Disposable Income at current prices
Compensation of Employees at current prices	145,566.3	157,616.0	176,925.9	189,651.6	211,012.4	248,234.4	280,155.7	309,865.7	354,520.0	399,962.4	Compensation of Employees at current prices
Private Final Consumption Expenditure at current prices	223,959.8	245,193.2	285,473.1	309,119.4	349,504.5	406,285.1	467,078.4	537,645.3	611,693.4	725,282.5	Private Final Consumption Expenditure at current prices
Government Final Consumption Expenditure at current prices	47,441.2	47,370.1	54,963.9	58,136.2	67,180.7	74,758.5	77,009.0	96,133.1	109,512.0	124,521.2	Government Final Consumption Expenditure at current prices
Net National Savings at current prices	36,370.5	36,237.6	34,021.5	41,076.3	39,266.7	55,240.9	82,339.6	64,119.5	81,054.1	47,573.6	Net National Savings at current prices

MEAN POPULATION ('000)	2556.8	2574.3	2589.4	2604.7	2615.2	2625.7	2,638.1	2650.4	2663.1	2675.8	Mean Population ('000)

Per Capita Indicators (J$)											Per Capita Indicators (J$)

Gross Domestic Product in basic values at constant prices	172,711	173,334	173,838	175,141	176,130	181,569	183,233	184,260	188,352	190,136	Gross Domestic Product in basic values at constant Prices
Gross Domestic Product in basic values at current prices	111,644	119,305	132,352	143,070	159,250	181,569	205,378	229,549	259,053	290,403	Gross Domestic Product in basic values at current Prices
Gross Domestic Product at market prices Prices	124,971	133,937	148,559	160,775	179,151	206,689	235,106	262,050	295,963	332,247	Gross Domestic Product at market prices Prices
Gross National Income at current prices	120,648	128,993	142,846	153,072	167,713	194,369	221,595	246,161	280,790	310,160	Gross National Income at current prices
National Income at current prices	111,320	117,944	131,032	140,645	154,245	178,605	203,921	226,223	258,127	284,481	National Income at current prices
National Disposable Income at current prices	120,374	127,724	144,612	156,767	174,347	204,244	237,454	263,318	301,250	335,368	National Disposable Income at current prices
Compensation of Employees at current prices	56,933	61,227	68,327	72,811	80,687	94,540	106,196	116,913	133,123	149,474	Compensation of Employees at current prices
Private Final Consumption Expenditure at current prices	87,594	95,247	110,247	118,678	133,644	154,734	177,051	202,854	229,692	271,053	Private Final Consumption Expenditure at current prices
Government Final Consumption Expenditure at current prices	18,555	18,401	21,226	22,320	25,689	28,472	29,191	36,271	41,122	46,536	Government Final Consumption Expenditure at current prices
Net National Savings at current prices	14,225	14,077	13,139	15,770	15,015	21,039	31,212	24,192	30,436	17,779	Net National Savings at current prices

PRODUCTION OF SELECTED MANUFACTURED ITEMS: 2003 - 2007
Item	Unit	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
FOOD AND BEVERAGES
Sugar	metric tonnes	153,542	181,042	127,001	143,806	162,039
Molasses	metric tonnes	72,631	78,884	60,927	73,426	77,905
Rum	'000 litres	25,522	24,777	24,674	24,468	23,902
Alcohol (incl. Gin)	'000 litres	440	300	276	233	288
Beer and Stout	'000 litres	75,189	76,522	83,241	86,955	86,948

ANIMAL FEEDS	'000 kgs.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a	n.a

CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
Paints	'000 litres	10,637	11,059	9,668	10,760	9,173
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Fuel Oil	'000 litres	511,900	674,747	257,301	625,211	680,873
Gasoline	'000 litres	130,229	109,109	107,292	178,736	170,369
Kerosene/Turbo/Jet Fuel	'000 litres	81,902	72,055	52,042	81,762	67,452
Auto Diesel Oil	'000 litres	172,340	144,782	100,103	257,422	236,822

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Cement	'000 tonnes	607,682	807,869	848,365	762,912	773,570
Concrete	cu. metres	176,815	194,375	212,900	250,835	164,155
MINING
Bauxite	'000 tonnes	13,443	13,351	14,117	14,851	14,588
Alumina	'000 tonnes	3,844	4,024	4,086	4,099	3,940
Gypsum	'000 tonnes	249	283	302	375	235
# Revised * Estimated Source: Production Statistics 2003


CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR 2000 – 2008
Months	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	52.8	55.8	60.9	64.8	74.6	84.1	94.7	101.0	119.4
February	53.0	56.5	60.9	64.4	75.0	84.5	94.8	101.3	121.5
March	53.3	56.6	61.0	64.7	75.4	85.3	94.9	102.5	122.9
April	53.8	57.0	61.3	65.7	75.7	86.9	96.0	102.9	124.8
May	54.1	57.4	61.5	66.8	76.2	88.7	96.3	104.3	127.8
June	54.5	58.3	62.0	68.5	76.8	90.0	97.6	105.1	130.3
July	55.0	58.9	62.9	69.5	77.6	91.4	98.9	106.1	134
August	55.5	59.4	63.1	70.4	78.6	91.5	99.2	107.2	135.6
September	56.1	59.9	63.4	71.5	79.0	93.8	99.9	108.9	136.5
October	56.1	60.4	63.9	72.7	81.6	94.3	99.8	110.4	136.9
November	56.2	60.4	64.6	73.4	83.6	94.6	99.6	114.0	136.4
December	55.8	60.6	65.0	73.9	84.1	94.6	100.0	116.8	136.5
Annual Average	54.7	58.4	62.5	68.9	78.2	90.0	97.6	106.7	130.2
Annual Inflation Rate		8.5	7.2	13.8	13.7	12.6	5.7	16.8	16.8

Note: The index numbers listed in the table: Consumer Price Index for 2000 - 2008, are based on the revised calculations using the new series that have been linked to the 2004/2005 HES. These index numbers provide an historical series of the CPI on a monthly basis. The monthly indexes are averaged over the 12 calendar months of the year to arrive at an annual average index. Changes calculated from these averages represent average annual changes for the calendar year.