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Jamaica Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Jamaica with its 14 first-level divisions, the capital Kingston and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Jamaica

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 14 units

Jamaica is divided into 14 first-level administrative divisions:

ClarendonHanoverKingstonManchesterPortlandSaint AndrewSaint AnnSaint CatherineSaint ElizabethSaint JamesSaint MarySaint ThomasTrelawnyWestmoreland

Largest cities in Jamaica

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1KingstonCapital937,700
2Spanish Town432,704
3May Pen135,142
4Montego Bay126,008
5Half Way Tree96,494
6Mandeville47,115
7Savanna-la-Mar30,000
8Port Antonio14,400
9Saint Ann's Bay13,671
10Port Morant11,536

Kingston is the largest urban area in Jamaica with about 937,700 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Jamaica: ≈ 2,248 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

No major named rivers or lakes are mapped for Jamaica at this map scale.

Ethnic groups in Jamaica

CIA World Factbook · 2011
Black
92.1%mixed
6.1%East Indian
0.8%other
0.4%unspecified
0.7%

Black 92.1%, mixed 6.1%, East Indian 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.7% (2011 est.)

Regionally, Black is the most common ethnic group across most of the 14 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2011 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Jamaica

CIA World Factbook · 2011
Protestant
64.8%Roman Catholic
2.2%Jehovah's Witness
1.9%Rastafarian
1.1%other
6.5%none
21.3%unspecified
2.3%

Protestant 64.8% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%, Other Church of God 9.2%, New Testament Church of God 7.2%, Baptist 6.7%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.5%, Anglican 2.8%, United Church 2.1%, Methodist 1.6%, Revived 1.4%, Brethren 0.9%, and Moravian 0.7%), Roman Catholic 2.2%, Jehovah's Witness

Regionally, Protestant is the most common religious group across most of the 14 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2011 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Jamaica

CIA World Factbook

English, Jamaican patois

Regionally, English is the most common language group across most of the 14 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.