Fertility & birth rates in Jamaica and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Jamaica vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jamaica was 1.36 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Jamaica vs the Marshall Islands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Marshall Islands
1960	5.54	8.08
1961	5.6	8.12
1962	5.64	8.12
1963	5.73	8.12
1964	5.79	8.14
1965	5.72	8.16
1966	5.69	8.2
1967	5.67	8.17
1968	5.58	8.14
1969	5.47	8.11
1970	5.35	8.07
1971	5.21	8.04
1972	5.06	8
1973	5	7.95
1974	4.67	7.9
1975	4.44	7.83
1976	4.21	7.76
1977	4	7.67
1978	3.84	7.58
1979	3.72	7.47
1980	3.59	7.37
1981	3.51	7.27
1982	3.46	7.18
1983	3.41	7.08
1984	3.32	6.99
1985	3.21	6.87
1986	3.11	6.73
1987	3.02	6.57
1988	2.98	6.38
1989	2.93	6.18
1990	2.96	5.97
1991	3	5.76
1992	3.03	5.55
1993	2.99	5.38
1994	2.93	5.23
1995	2.85	5.09
1996	2.77	5.02
1997	2.68	4.96
1998	2.57	4.87
1999	2.47	4.78
2000	2.35	4.7
2001	2.3	4.58
2002	2.27	4.49
2003	2.24	4.42
2004	2.2	4.34
2005	2.15	4.28
2006	2.09	4.2
2007	2.02	4.09
2008	1.95	3.97
2009	1.88	3.83
2010	1.8	3.67
2011	1.72	3.53
2012	1.65	3.38
2013	1.59	3.25
2014	1.54	3.18
2015	1.51	3.13
2016	1.46	3.09
2017	1.43	3.06
2018	1.4	3.04
2019	1.39	3.01
2020	1.38	2.99
2021	1.38	2.96
2022	1.37	2.94
2023	1.36	2.92
2024	1.35	2.86
2025	1.34	2.82
2026	1.33	2.77
2027	1.33	2.73
2028	1.33	2.69
2029	1.33	2.65
2030	1.33	2.6
2031	1.33	2.57
2032	1.34	2.53
2033	1.34	2.5
2034	1.34	2.47
2035	1.35	2.44
2036	1.35	2.41
2037	1.36	2.38
2038	1.36	2.36
2039	1.37	2.34
2040	1.37	2.31
2041	1.37	2.29
2042	1.37	2.26
2043	1.38	2.24
2044	1.38	2.23
2045	1.39	2.21
2046	1.39	2.19
2047	1.39	2.17
2048	1.4	2.15
2049	1.4	2.13
2050	1.41	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jamaica	Marshall Islands
1960	41.2%	46.1%
1961	41.7%	46.7%
1962	42.2%	47.1%
1963	42.7%	47.4%
1964	43.3%	47.5%
1965	43.9%	47.5%
1966	44.3%	47.2%
1967	44.6%	46.7%
1968	44.9%	46.1%
1969	45%	45.3%
1970	45%	45%
1971	44.8%	45.6%
1972	44.4%	46.6%
1973	44%	47.3%
1974	43.5%	47.8%
1975	42.9%	48.2%
1976	42.3%	48.5%
1977	41.7%	49%
1978	41%	49.4%
1979	40.4%	49.8%
1980	39.8%	50.1%
1981	39.2%	50.3%
1982	38.7%	50.3%
1983	38.2%	50.4%
1984	37.9%	50.4%
1985	37.5%	50.6%
1986	37.2%	50.7%
1987	36.8%	50.8%
1988	36.5%	50.8%
1989	36.1%	50.6%
1990	35.8%	50.2%
1991	35.5%	49.7%
1992	35.4%	49.1%
1993	35.3%	48.4%
1994	35.2%	47.5%
1995	35.1%	46.6%
1996	34.9%	45.6%
1997	34.6%	44.7%
1998	34.2%	43.7%
1999	33.8%	42.8%
2000	33.2%	42%
2001	32.7%	41.3%
2002	32.2%	40.6%
2003	31.7%	39.9%
2004	31.2%	39.4%
2005	30.6%	39.1%
2006	30%	38.9%
2007	29.3%	39%
2008	28.5%	39.2%
2009	27.7%	39.4%
2010	26.9%	39.7%
2011	26.2%	39.7%
2012	25.4%	39.4%
2013	24.7%	38.8%
2014	24%	38.2%
2015	23.4%	37.5%
2016	22.8%	36.8%
2017	22.3%	36.2%
2018	21.7%	35.7%
2019	21.1%	35.1%
2020	20.6%	34.5%
2021	20%	34.4%
2022	19.6%	34.6%
2023	19.1%	34.7%
2024	18.7%	34.5%
2025	18.3%	33.9%
2026	17.9%	33.2%
2027	17.6%	32.6%
2028	17.2%	32%
2029	16.9%	31.4%
2030	16.7%	30.9%
2031	16.4%	30.3%
2032	16.2%	29.7%
2033	15.9%	29.2%
2034	15.7%	28.6%
2035	15.5%	28.1%
2036	15.3%	27.6%
2037	15.1%	27.3%
2038	14.8%	27.3%
2039	14.6%	27.4%
2040	14.4%	27.7%
2041	14.2%	28%
2042	14%	28.3%
2043	13.8%	28.6%
2044	13.6%	28.8%
2045	13.4%	29%
2046	13.2%	29.1%
2047	13%	29.1%
2048	12.8%	29%
2049	12.6%	28.8%
2050	12.5%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Jamaica and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 35.8% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jamaica and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Jamaica vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.49% in Jamaica and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Jamaica	Marshall Islands
1960	51,944	452
1961	51,931	469
1962	51,758	488
1963	52,277	509
1964	52,501	536
1965	51,423	566
1966	50,808	603
1967	50,187	636
1968	49,189	685
1969	48,258	747
1970	47,547	819
1971	47,206	877
1972	46,676	913
1973	47,438	954
1974	45,526	1,000
1975	44,736	1,055
1976	43,878	1,109
1977	42,999	1,160
1978	42,475	1,207
1979	42,449	1,250
1980	42,316	1,287
1981	42,898	1,328
1982	43,816	1,375
1983	45,095	1,422
1984	45,644	1,470
1985	45,122	1,511
1986	44,520	1,544
1987	44,155	1,566
1988	43,978	1,575
1989	43,591	1,574
1990	44,465	1,556
1991	45,617	1,540
1992	46,494	1,525
1993	46,090	1,524
1994	45,210	1,524
1995	43,705	1,522
1996	42,297	1,542
1997	40,521	1,564
1998	38,628	1,576
1999	36,649	1,590
2000	34,452	1,592
2001	33,666	1,596
2002	33,572	1,594
2003	33,340	1,600
2004	32,500	1,595
2005	31,506	1,586
2006	30,213	1,556
2007	28,886	1,507
2008	27,553	1,443
2009	26,311	1,365
2010	25,031	1,273
2011	23,627	1,185
2012	22,320	1,097
2013	21,037	1,014
2014	19,751	959
2015	18,489	912
2016	16,944	866
2017	15,419	826
2018	13,929	785
2019	13,094	746
2020	12,170	689
2021	6,382	653
2022	11,215	606
2023	10,072	550

Maternal mortality chart: Jamaica vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 130 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jamaica, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jamaica	Marshall Islands
1985	45	254
1986	45	274
1987	46	282
1988	48	276
1989	50	299
1990	54	311
1991	58	297
1992	62	322
1993	67	320
1994	71	303
1995	74	303
1996	77	292
1997	79	274
1998	80	259
1999	81	250
2000	82	251
2001	82	231
2002	81	223
2003	79	221
2004	77	238
2005	81	234
2006	89	233
2007	89	229
2008	91	226
2009	93	224
2010	94	212
2011	89	209
2012	89	207
2013	94	201
2014	100	199
2015	100	184
2016	102	183
2017	106	179
2018	112	167
2019	120	168
2020	126	178
2021	186	206
2022	138	174
2023	130	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.93% in Jamaica and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Jamaica	Marshall Islands
1960	8.17%	12.2%
1961	7.79%	11.6%
1962	7.45%	11%
1963	7.17%	10.5%
1964	6.91%	10.1%
1965	6.69%	9.64%
1966	6.49%	9.25%
1967	6.28%	8.88%
1968	6.08%	8.53%
1969	5.87%	8.19%
1970	5.64%	7.87%
1971	5.41%	7.58%
1972	5.18%	7.33%
1973	4.95%	7.13%
1974	4.74%	6.97%
1975	4.55%	6.86%
1976	4.37%	6.77%
1977	4.21%	6.69%
1978	4.06%	6.61%
1979	3.92%	6.52%
1980	3.78%	6.42%
1981	3.66%	6.29%
1982	3.54%	6.15%
1983	3.43%	6%
1984	3.32%	5.83%
1985	3.22%	5.66%
1986	3.13%	5.49%
1987	3.04%	5.31%
1988	2.96%	5.13%
1989	2.88%	4.95%
1990	2.8%	4.76%
1991	2.73%	4.59%
1992	2.66%	4.43%
1993	2.58%	4.29%
1994	2.51%	4.2%
1995	2.43%	4.15%
1996	2.35%	4.14%
1997	2.27%	4.15%
1998	2.19%	4.19%
1999	2.12%	4.23%
2000	2.06%	4.25%
2001	2%	4.25%
2002	1.97%	4.24%
2003	1.94%	4.21%
2004	1.92%	4.18%
2005	1.92%	4.14%
2006	1.91%	4.1%
2007	1.92%	4.06%
2008	1.92%	4.02%
2009	1.91%	3.97%
2010	1.91%	3.94%
2011	1.9%	3.89%
2012	1.89%	3.82%
2013	1.88%	3.75%
2014	1.87%	3.66%
2015	1.87%	3.57%
2016	1.86%	3.48%
2017	1.86%	3.38%
2018	1.87%	3.29%
2019	1.88%	3.19%
2020	1.9%	3.1%
2021	1.91%	3%
2022	1.93%	2.91%
2023	1.93%	2.82%