Fertility & birth rates in Jamaica and Montenegro

Fertility rate in Jamaica vs Montenegro 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 1.74 in Montenegro in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Jamaica vs Montenegro 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	Montenegro
1960	5.54	3.53
1961	5.6	3.49
1962	5.64	3.44
1963	5.73	3.38
1964	5.79	3.28
1965	5.72	3.19
1966	5.69	3.09
1967	5.67	2.91
1968	5.58	2.8
1969	5.47	2.79
1970	5.35	2.69
1971	5.21	2.67
1972	5.06	2.61
1973	5	2.51
1974	4.67	2.43
1975	4.44	2.38
1976	4.21	2.35
1977	4	2.31
1978	3.84	2.25
1979	3.72	2.2
1980	3.59	2.22
1981	3.51	2.19
1982	3.46	2.19
1983	3.41	2.17
1984	3.32	2.14
1985	3.21	2.13
1986	3.11	2.09
1987	3.02	2.07
1988	2.98	2.01
1989	2.93	1.94
1990	2.96	1.95
1991	3	2.02
1992	3.03	2.01
1993	2.99	1.96
1994	2.93	1.94
1995	2.85	1.96
1996	2.77	1.92
1997	2.68	1.89
1998	2.57	1.89
1999	2.47	1.88
2000	2.35	1.9
2001	2.3	1.86
2002	2.27	1.81
2003	2.24	1.8
2004	2.2	1.73
2005	2.15	1.69
2006	2.09	1.73
2007	2.02	1.8
2008	1.95	1.89
2009	1.88	1.98
2010	1.8	1.7
2011	1.72	1.65
2012	1.65	1.72
2013	1.59	1.73
2014	1.54	1.75
2015	1.51	1.7
2016	1.46	1.8
2017	1.43	1.8
2018	1.4	1.8
2019	1.39	1.8
2020	1.38	1.75
2021	1.38	1.75
2022	1.37	1.8
2023	1.36	1.74
2024	1.35	1.74
2025	1.34	1.73
2026	1.33	1.73
2027	1.33	1.73
2028	1.33	1.73
2029	1.33	1.72
2030	1.33	1.72
2031	1.33	1.72
2032	1.34	1.71
2033	1.34	1.71
2034	1.34	1.71
2035	1.35	1.7
2036	1.35	1.7
2037	1.36	1.7
2038	1.36	1.69
2039	1.37	1.69
2040	1.37	1.69
2041	1.37	1.69
2042	1.37	1.68
2043	1.38	1.68
2044	1.38	1.68
2045	1.39	1.68
2046	1.39	1.68
2047	1.39	1.67
2048	1.4	1.67
2049	1.4	1.67
2050	1.41	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jamaica	Montenegro
1960	41.2%	36.1%
1961	41.7%	36.3%
1962	42.2%	36.4%
1963	42.7%	36.2%
1964	43.3%	35.9%
1965	43.9%	35.5%
1966	44.3%	35.1%
1967	44.6%	34.5%
1968	44.9%	33.9%
1969	45%	33.3%
1970	45%	32.6%
1971	44.8%	32%
1972	44.4%	31.4%
1973	44%	30.9%
1974	43.5%	30.4%
1975	42.9%	29.9%
1976	42.3%	29.5%
1977	41.7%	29%
1978	41%	28.5%
1979	40.4%	28.1%
1980	39.8%	27.8%
1981	39.2%	27.5%
1982	38.7%	27.1%
1983	38.2%	26.9%
1984	37.9%	26.6%
1985	37.5%	26.4%
1986	37.2%	26.2%
1987	36.8%	26%
1988	36.5%	25.9%
1989	36.1%	25.7%
1990	35.8%	25.6%
1991	35.5%	25.4%
1992	35.4%	25.1%
1993	35.3%	24.7%
1994	35.2%	24.4%
1995	35.1%	24%
1996	34.9%	23.6%
1997	34.6%	23.2%
1998	34.2%	22.8%
1999	33.8%	22.4%
2000	33.2%	21.9%
2001	32.7%	21.5%
2002	32.2%	21.2%
2003	31.7%	20.9%
2004	31.2%	20.6%
2005	30.6%	20.4%
2006	30%	20.1%
2007	29.3%	19.9%
2008	28.5%	19.6%
2009	27.7%	19.4%
2010	26.9%	19.2%
2011	26.2%	19%
2012	25.4%	18.8%
2013	24.7%	18.7%
2014	24%	18.6%
2015	23.4%	18.6%
2016	22.8%	18.6%
2017	22.3%	18.5%
2018	21.7%	18.4%
2019	21.1%	18.4%
2020	20.6%	18.4%
2021	20%	18.5%
2022	19.6%	18.5%
2023	19.1%	18.3%
2024	18.7%	18.1%
2025	18.3%	17.9%
2026	17.9%	17.7%
2027	17.6%	17.5%
2028	17.2%	17.2%
2029	16.9%	17%
2030	16.7%	16.8%
2031	16.4%	16.6%
2032	16.2%	16.3%
2033	15.9%	16.2%
2034	15.7%	16%
2035	15.5%	15.8%
2036	15.3%	15.7%
2037	15.1%	15.5%
2038	14.8%	15.4%
2039	14.6%	15.3%
2040	14.4%	15.2%
2041	14.2%	15.1%
2042	14%	15.1%
2043	13.8%	15%
2044	13.6%	15%
2045	13.4%	15%
2046	13.2%	14.9%
2047	13%	14.9%
2048	12.8%	14.9%
2049	12.6%	14.9%
2050	12.5%	14.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Jamaica and 18.1% in Montenegro in 2024, compared to 35.8% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jamaica and Montenegro compared.

Natural population change in Jamaica vs Montenegro by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.49% in Jamaica and +0.07% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
1960	51,944	9,144
1961	51,931	9,278
1962	51,758	9,402
1963	52,277	9,449
1964	52,501	9,227
1965	51,423	9,010
1966	50,808	8,661
1967	50,187	7,961
1968	49,189	7,497
1969	48,258	7,449
1970	47,547	7,069
1971	47,206	7,168
1972	46,676	7,252
1973	47,438	7,096
1974	45,526	6,919
1975	44,736	6,878
1976	43,878	6,845
1977	42,999	6,650
1978	42,475	6,408
1979	42,449	6,139
1980	42,316	6,383
1981	42,898	6,275
1982	43,816	6,419
1983	45,095	6,482
1984	45,644	6,337
1985	45,122	6,283
1986	44,520	6,097
1987	44,155	5,958
1988	43,978	5,529
1989	43,591	5,129
1990	44,465	5,010
1991	45,617	5,191
1992	46,494	5,015
1993	46,090	4,638
1994	45,210	4,381
1995	43,705	4,527
1996	42,297	4,155
1997	40,521	3,597
1998	38,628	3,889
1999	36,649	3,454
2000	34,452	3,751
2001	33,666	3,462
2002	33,572	2,988
2003	33,340	2,632
2004	32,500	2,146
2005	31,506	1,536
2006	30,213	1,599
2007	28,886	1,848
2008	27,553	2,530
2009	26,311	2,783
2010	25,031	1,797
2011	23,627	1,365
2012	22,320	1,554
2013	21,037	1,557
2014	19,751	1,560
2015	18,489	1,062
2016	16,944	1,125
2017	15,419	939
2018	13,929	752
2019	13,094	627
2020	12,170	-188
2021	6,382	-2,062
2022	11,215	0
2023	10,072	686

Maternal mortality chart: Jamaica vs Montenegro

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 6 deaths in Montenegro.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jamaica	Montenegro
1985	45	11
1986	45	11
1987	46	10
1988	48	10
1989	50	10
1990	54	10
1991	58	11
1992	62	11
1993	67	11
1994	71	11
1995	74	11
1996	77	12
1997	79	12
1998	80	12
1999	81	12
2000	82	11
2001	82	11
2002	81	10
2003	79	10
2004	77	9
2005	81	8
2006	89	8
2007	89	8
2008	91	8
2009	93	8
2010	94	7
2011	89	7
2012	89	7
2013	94	7
2014	100	7
2015	100	7
2016	102	6
2017	106	7
2018	112	7
2019	120	6
2020	126	15
2021	186	15
2022	138	13
2023	130	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.93% in Jamaica and 0.26% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
1960	8.17%	-
1961	7.79%	-
1962	7.45%	-
1963	7.17%	-
1964	6.91%	-
1965	6.69%	-
1966	6.49%	-
1967	6.28%	-
1968	6.08%	-
1969	5.87%	-
1970	5.64%	-
1971	5.41%	-
1972	5.18%	-
1973	4.95%	-
1974	4.74%	-
1975	4.55%	-
1976	4.37%	-
1977	4.21%	-
1978	4.06%	-
1979	3.92%	-
1980	3.78%	-
1981	3.66%	-
1982	3.54%	-
1983	3.43%	-
1984	3.32%	2.72%
1985	3.22%	2.48%
1986	3.13%	2.25%
1987	3.04%	2.05%
1988	2.96%	1.89%
1989	2.88%	1.75%
1990	2.8%	1.65%
1991	2.73%	1.58%
1992	2.66%	1.54%
1993	2.58%	1.52%
1994	2.51%	1.51%
1995	2.43%	1.51%
1996	2.35%	1.51%
1997	2.27%	1.51%
1998	2.19%	1.49%
1999	2.12%	1.46%
2000	2.06%	1.42%
2001	2%	1.37%
2002	1.97%	1.3%
2003	1.94%	1.22%
2004	1.92%	1.14%
2005	1.92%	1.06%
2006	1.91%	0.97%
2007	1.92%	0.89%
2008	1.92%	0.8%
2009	1.91%	0.73%
2010	1.91%	0.66%
2011	1.9%	0.59%
2012	1.89%	0.54%
2013	1.88%	0.49%
2014	1.87%	0.45%
2015	1.87%	0.41%
2016	1.86%	0.38%
2017	1.86%	0.36%
2018	1.87%	0.33%
2019	1.88%	0.32%
2020	1.9%	0.3%
2021	1.91%	0.28%
2022	1.93%	0.27%
2023	1.93%	0.26%