POPULATION

CIA Facts Book (except for Haiti)

1.   Cuba:  11,264,000

2.   DOM. REP.:   8,716,000

3.   Haiti:   8,000,000

4.   Puerto Rico:   3,886,000

5.   Jamaica:   2,696,000

6.   Trinidad & T:   1,105,000

7.   Guyana:   702,000

8.   Guadeloupe:   440,200

9.   Martinique:   426,000

10.   Bahamas:   298,000

11.   Barbados:   278,000

12.   Belize:   266,440

13.   St. Lucia:   162,200

14.   Grenada:   89,300

15.   Dominica:   69,655

GDP PER CAPITA    ( 2002 Growth)

CIA Facts Book

(Sovereign Free Market States Only)

1.   Bahamas:   $ 15,300    (  0.1%)

2.   Barbados:   $ 15,000    ( -2.8%)

3.   Trinidad & T:   $ 10,000    ( 3.2%)

4.   Dom. Rep.:   $  6,300    ( 4.1%)

5.   St. Lucia:   $  5,450    ( 3.3%)

6.   Dominica:   $  5,400    (  1.2%)

7.   Grenada:   $  5,000    (  2.5%)

8.   Belize:   $  4,900    (  3.7%)

9.   Guyana:   $  3,850    (  1.1%)

10.   Jamaica:   $  3,800    (  1.1%)

11.   Haiti:   $  1,400    ( - 0.9%)

LANGUAGES MOST SPOKEN

Kreyolbro estimations

(Caribbean Islands Only)

1.   SPANISH:  23 to 24 Million

2.   KREYOL:     8.5 to 9.5 Milliom

3.   ENGLISH:    4.7 to 5.5 Million

4.   FRENCH:    1 to 2 Million

Kreyolbro@aol.com

WOW  the languages part is an eye opener.  never really thought about it.

It's funny, without Haiti,  Jamaica would be the poorest country in the Caribbean.  I gotta share that with my Jamaican friends...lol

Many Jamaicans realize that their country's economy is going downhill fast.  I found this out from another Jamaican.  The difference is their country is attempting to make some type of improvements.