Dominican Republic vs Jamaica Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
the Dominican Republic vs Jamaica

Table

Year	Median age
	Dominican Republic	Jamaica
1960	15.7	19.8
1961	15.6	19.5
1962	15.5	19.3
1963	15.4	19
1964	15.3	18.8
1965	15.3	18.5
1966	15.3	18.3
1967	15.4	18.1
1968	15.5	17.9
1969	15.6	17.8
1970	15.8	17.7
1971	16	17.7
1972	16.2	17.8
1973	16.4	17.9
1974	16.5	18
1975	16.8	18.2
1976	17	18.4
1977	17.2	18.6
1978	17.4	18.9
1979	17.6	19.1
1980	17.8	19.4
1981	18	19.6
1982	18.3	19.9
1983	18.5	20.1
1984	18.7	20.4
1985	18.9	20.6
1986	19.1	20.8
1987	19.3	21.1
1988	19.5	21.3
1989	19.7	21.6
1990	19.9	21.8
1991	20.1	22
1992	20.3	22.2
1993	20.5	22.3
1994	20.7	22.4
1995	20.9	22.5
1996	21.1	22.6
1997	21.4	22.7
1998	21.6	22.9
1999	21.9	23.1
2000	22.1	23.3
2001	22.4	23.6
2002	22.6	23.8
2003	22.9	24.1
2004	23.1	24.4
2005	23.4	24.6
2006	23.7	24.9
2007	24	25.3
2008	24.2	25.7
2009	24.5	26.1
2010	24.7	26.5
2011	25	27
2012	25.3	27.4
2013	25.6	27.9
2014	25.9	28.3
2015	26.2	28.8
2016	26.5	29.3
2017	26.8	29.8
2018	27.1	30.3
2019	27.4	30.8
2020	27.7	31.3
2021	28	31.7
2022	28.3	32.2
2023	28.7	32.8
2024	29	33.3
2025	29.3	33.8
2026	29.7	34.3
2027	30	34.9
2028	30.3	35.4
2029	30.7	36
2030	31	36.6
2031	31.3	37.1
2032	31.7	37.7
2033	32	38.3
2034	32.4	38.8
2035	32.7	39.4
2036	33	40
2037	33.3	40.5
2038	33.6	41.1
2039	33.9	41.6
2040	34.2	42.2
2041	34.5	42.7
2042	34.8	43.2
2043	35	43.7
2044	35.3	44.2
2045	35.6	44.7
2046	36	45.2
2047	36.3	45.7
2048	36.6	46.1
2049	36.9	46.6
2050	37.2	47

In 1960, the median age in the Dominican Republic was 15.7 years compared to 19.8 years in Jamaica. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 29 years in the Dominican Republic and to 33.3 years in Jamaica.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in the Dominican Republic is expected to increased to around 37.2 years by 2050 compared to 47 years in Jamaica. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Dominican Republic		Jamaica
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	4.43%	4.26%	2.93%	2.83%
5-9	4.54%	4.37%	3.1%	2.99%
10-14	4.58%	4.4%	3.49%	3.37%
15-19	4.35%	4.17%	3.99%	3.85%
20-24	4.31%	4.16%	4.19%	4.06%
25-29	4.09%	3.98%	4.64%	4.49%
30-34	3.93%	3.87%	4.69%	4.55%
35-39	3.5%	3.49%	4.22%	4.11%
40-44	3.17%	3.18%	3.84%	3.76%
45-49	2.85%	2.91%	3.27%	3.29%
50-54	2.5%	2.62%	2.88%	3.08%
55-59	2.18%	2.35%	2.51%	2.9%
60-64	1.87%	2.08%	2.15%	2.62%
65-69	1.45%	1.68%	1.53%	1.94%
70-74	0.96%	1.17%	0.92%	1.2%
75-79	0.55%	0.73%	0.61%	0.8%
80+	0.47%	0.88%	0.49%	0.72%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. The Dominican Republic has average demographic potential with 59.4% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 53.2% and low potential in Jamaica.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Dominican Republic			Jamaica
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	104.9%	99.5%	5.33%	83.2%	75.4%	7.77%
1961	106.2%	100.8%	5.37%	85.5%	77.3%	8.17%
1962	107.1%	101.7%	5.41%	87.7%	79.2%	8.53%
1963	107.8%	102.3%	5.45%	90.1%	81.2%	8.89%
1964	108.2%	102.7%	5.49%	92.8%	83.5%	9.3%
1965	108.5%	103%	5.53%	95.5%	85.8%	9.77%
1966	108.3%	102.8%	5.55%	97.9%	87.6%	10.3%
1967	107.7%	102.1%	5.57%	100.1%	89.2%	10.9%
1968	106.7%	101.1%	5.59%	102.1%	90.6%	11.4%
1969	105.4%	99.8%	5.59%	103.4%	91.5%	11.9%
1970	103.8%	98.2%	5.6%	104%	91.8%	12.3%
1971	102.1%	96.5%	5.59%	103.9%	91.3%	12.6%
1972	100.3%	94.7%	5.59%	103.2%	90.3%	12.9%
1973	98.4%	92.8%	5.59%	101.9%	88.8%	13.1%
1974	96.6%	91%	5.59%	100.4%	87.2%	13.2%
1975	94.7%	89.1%	5.59%	98.7%	85.3%	13.4%
1976	92.8%	87.3%	5.6%	96.9%	83.3%	13.6%
1977	91%	85.4%	5.6%	95.2%	81.4%	13.8%
1978	89.3%	83.7%	5.61%	93.4%	79.4%	14%
1979	87.6%	82%	5.62%	91.5%	77.3%	14.1%
1980	86%	80.3%	5.63%	89.5%	75.4%	14.1%
1981	84.4%	78.8%	5.65%	87.6%	73.5%	14%
1982	83%	77.3%	5.68%	85.7%	71.8%	13.9%
1983	81.7%	76%	5.71%	84%	70.4%	13.7%
1984	80.5%	74.8%	5.75%	82.6%	69.2%	13.4%
1985	79.4%	73.6%	5.8%	81.4%	68.1%	13.3%
1986	78.2%	72.4%	5.85%	80.2%	67%	13.2%
1987	77.1%	71.2%	5.91%	79%	66%	13.1%
1988	76%	70%	5.98%	77.9%	64.8%	13%
1989	75%	69%	6.05%	76.7%	63.7%	12.9%
1990	74.1%	68%	6.12%	75.6%	62.8%	12.8%
1991	73.3%	67.1%	6.21%	74.6%	62%	12.6%
1992	72.5%	66.2%	6.29%	73.9%	61.5%	12.4%
1993	71.7%	65.3%	6.38%	73.2%	61.2%	12%
1994	70.9%	64.4%	6.48%	72.4%	60.8%	11.7%
1995	70.1%	63.5%	6.58%	71.6%	60.2%	11.3%
1996	69.2%	62.5%	6.68%	70.6%	59.5%	11%
1997	68.4%	61.6%	6.78%	69.4%	58.6%	10.8%
1998	67.4%	60.5%	6.89%	68%	57.5%	10.5%
1999	66.4%	59.4%	6.99%	66.4%	56.2%	10.3%
2000	65.6%	58.5%	7.1%	64.7%	54.8%	9.98%
2001	64.8%	57.6%	7.21%	63.1%	53.3%	9.72%
2002	64.1%	56.7%	7.33%	61.5%	52%	9.47%
2003	63.2%	55.8%	7.45%	59.9%	50.7%	9.25%
2004	62.2%	54.7%	7.54%	58.4%	49.4%	9.08%
2005	61.1%	53.5%	7.61%	57%	48%	8.96%
2006	60%	52.3%	7.67%	55.5%	46.6%	8.89%
2007	58.8%	51.1%	7.72%	53.8%	45%	8.85%
2008	57.8%	50%	7.76%	52.2%	43.4%	8.84%
2009	56.9%	49.1%	7.82%	50.6%	41.8%	8.87%
2010	56.1%	48.2%	7.9%	49.1%	40.2%	8.92%
2011	55.4%	47.4%	8.02%	47.6%	38.6%	8.98%
2012	54.9%	46.7%	8.19%	46.2%	37.2%	9.04%
2013	54.5%	46.1%	8.39%	44.9%	35.8%	9.09%
2014	54.1%	45.5%	8.6%	43.6%	34.5%	9.1%
2015	53.7%	44.9%	8.83%	42.5%	33.3%	9.12%
2016	53.3%	44.2%	9.09%	41.5%	32.3%	9.22%
2017	53%	43.6%	9.38%	40.7%	31.3%	9.34%
2018	52.8%	43.1%	9.71%	39.8%	30.3%	9.48%
2019	52.7%	42.7%	10.1%	39%	29.4%	9.66%
2020	52.7%	42.3%	10.4%	38.3%	28.4%	9.88%
2021	52.6%	41.9%	10.7%	37.7%	27.6%	10.1%
2022	52.6%	41.5%	11.1%	37.2%	26.9%	10.3%
2023	52.7%	41.1%	11.6%	37%	26.2%	10.8%
2024	52.6%	40.6%	12%	36.8%	25.6%	11.2%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in the Dominican Republic decreased from 62.2% to 52.6% between 2004 and 2024.

In Jamaica, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 58.4% to 36.8% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Dominican Republic	Jamaica
1960	48.8%	54.6%
1961	48.5%	53.9%
1962	48.3%	53.3%
1963	48.1%	52.6%
1964	48%	51.9%
1965	48%	51.1%
1966	48%	50.5%
1967	48.1%	50%
1968	48.4%	49.5%
1969	48.7%	49.2%
1970	49.1%	49%
1971	49.5%	49%
1972	49.9%	49.2%
1973	50.4%	49.5%
1974	50.9%	49.9%
1975	51.4%	50.3%
1976	51.9%	50.8%
1977	52.3%	51.2%
1978	52.8%	51.7%
1979	53.3%	52.2%
1980	53.8%	52.8%
1981	54.2%	53.3%
1982	54.6%	53.9%
1983	55%	54.3%
1984	55.4%	54.8%
1985	55.8%	55.1%
1986	56.1%	55.5%
1987	56.5%	55.9%
1988	56.8%	56.2%
1989	57.1%	56.6%
1990	57.4%	56.9%
1991	57.7%	57.3%
1992	58%	57.5%
1993	58.2%	57.7%
1994	58.5%	58%
1995	58.8%	58.3%
1996	59.1%	58.6%
1997	59.4%	59%
1998	59.7%	59.5%
1999	60.1%	60.1%
2000	60.4%	60.7%
2001	60.7%	61.3%
2002	60.9%	61.9%
2003	61.3%	62.5%
2004	61.6%	63.1%
2005	62.1%	63.7%
2006	62.5%	64.3%
2007	63%	65%
2008	63.4%	65.7%
2009	63.7%	66.4%
2010	64.1%	67.1%
2011	64.3%	67.7%
2012	64.6%	68.4%
2013	64.7%	69%
2014	64.9%	69.6%
2015	65.1%	70.2%
2016	65.2%	70.6%
2017	65.4%	71.1%
2018	65.4%	71.5%
2019	65.5%	71.9%
2020	65.5%	72.3%
2021	65.5%	72.6%
2022	65.5%	72.9%
2023	65.5%	73%
2024	65.5%	73.1%
2025	65.6%	73.1%
2026	65.7%	73.1%
2027	65.8%	73.1%
2028	65.8%	73%
2029	65.9%	72.9%
2030	66%	72.8%
2031	66%	72.6%
2032	66.1%	72.5%
2033	66.2%	72.3%
2034	66.3%	72.2%
2035	66.3%	72.1%
2036	66.4%	71.9%
2037	66.4%	71.8%
2038	66.4%	71.6%
2039	66.4%	71.4%
2040	66.3%	71.2%
2041	66.3%	71%
2042	66.2%	70.8%
2043	66.2%	70.6%
2044	66.1%	70.4%
2045	66%	70.1%
2046	65.9%	69.8%
2047	65.8%	69.5%
2048	65.7%	69.1%
2049	65.6%	68.6%
2050	65.5%	68.1%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 61.6% to 65.5% in the Dominican Republic and from 63.1% to 73.1% in Jamaica.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Jamaica
1960	48.6%	41.2%
1961	48.9%	41.7%
1962	49.1%	42.2%
1963	49.2%	42.7%
1964	49.3%	43.3%
1965	49.4%	43.9%
1966	49.3%	44.3%
1967	49.2%	44.6%
1968	48.9%	44.9%
1969	48.6%	45%
1970	48.2%	45%
1971	47.7%	44.8%
1972	47.3%	44.4%
1973	46.8%	44%
1974	46.3%	43.5%
1975	45.8%	42.9%
1976	45.2%	42.3%
1977	44.7%	41.7%
1978	44.2%	41%
1979	43.7%	40.4%
1980	43.2%	39.8%
1981	42.7%	39.2%
1982	42.3%	38.7%
1983	41.8%	38.2%
1984	41.4%	37.9%
1985	41%	37.5%
1986	40.6%	37.2%
1987	40.2%	36.8%
1988	39.8%	36.5%
1989	39.4%	36.1%
1990	39.1%	35.8%
1991	38.7%	35.5%
1992	38.4%	35.4%
1993	38%	35.3%
1994	37.7%	35.2%
1995	37.3%	35.1%
1996	37%	34.9%
1997	36.6%	34.6%
1998	36.1%	34.2%
1999	35.7%	33.8%
2000	35.3%	33.2%
2001	35%	32.7%
2002	34.6%	32.2%
2003	34.2%	31.7%
2004	33.7%	31.2%
2005	33.2%	30.6%
2006	32.7%	30%
2007	32.2%	29.3%
2008	31.7%	28.5%
2009	31.3%	27.7%
2010	30.9%	26.9%
2011	30.5%	26.2%
2012	30.1%	25.4%
2013	29.8%	24.7%
2014	29.5%	24%
2015	29.2%	23.4%
2016	28.8%	22.8%
2017	28.5%	22.3%
2018	28.2%	21.7%
2019	27.9%	21.1%
2020	27.7%	20.6%
2021	27.4%	20%
2022	27.2%	19.6%
2023	26.9%	19.1%
2024	26.6%	18.7%
2025	26.2%	18.3%
2026	25.8%	17.9%
2027	25.4%	17.6%
2028	25.1%	17.2%
2029	24.7%	16.9%
2030	24.3%	16.7%
2031	24%	16.4%
2032	23.6%	16.2%
2033	23.3%	15.9%
2034	22.9%	15.7%
2035	22.6%	15.5%
2036	22.3%	15.3%
2037	22%	15.1%
2038	21.7%	14.8%
2039	21.5%	14.6%
2040	21.3%	14.4%
2041	21%	14.2%
2042	20.8%	14%
2043	20.6%	13.8%
2044	20.4%	13.6%
2045	20.3%	13.4%
2046	20.1%	13.2%
2047	19.9%	13%
2048	19.8%	12.8%
2049	19.6%	12.6%
2050	19.5%	12.5%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 26.6% in The Dominican Republic and 18.7% in Jamaica. Birth rates in The Dominican Republic compared to Jamaica .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Dominican Republic	Jamaica
1960	2.6%	4.24%
1961	2.61%	4.4%
1962	2.61%	4.54%
1963	2.62%	4.67%
1964	2.64%	4.82%
1965	2.65%	5%
1966	2.67%	5.2%
1967	2.68%	5.43%
1968	2.7%	5.65%
1969	2.72%	5.86%
1970	2.75%	6.01%
1971	2.77%	6.18%
1972	2.79%	6.35%
1973	2.82%	6.48%
1974	2.84%	6.6%
1975	2.87%	6.74%
1976	2.9%	6.9%
1977	2.93%	7.07%
1978	2.96%	7.24%
1979	3%	7.38%
1980	3.03%	7.46%
1981	3.06%	7.49%
1982	3.1%	7.48%
1983	3.14%	7.43%
1984	3.19%	7.36%
1985	3.23%	7.32%
1986	3.28%	7.3%
1987	3.34%	7.31%
1988	3.4%	7.32%
1989	3.45%	7.32%
1990	3.52%	7.3%
1991	3.58%	7.24%
1992	3.65%	7.12%
1993	3.72%	6.93%
1994	3.79%	6.77%
1995	3.87%	6.61%
1996	3.95%	6.48%
1997	4.03%	6.36%
1998	4.11%	6.26%
1999	4.2%	6.16%
2000	4.29%	6.06%
2001	4.38%	5.96%
2002	4.47%	5.86%
2003	4.56%	5.78%
2004	4.65%	5.73%
2005	4.73%	5.71%
2006	4.79%	5.72%
2007	4.86%	5.75%
2008	4.92%	5.81%
2009	4.98%	5.89%
2010	5.06%	5.98%
2011	5.16%	6.09%
2012	5.29%	6.19%
2013	5.43%	6.28%
2014	5.58%	6.34%
2015	5.74%	6.4%
2016	5.93%	6.52%
2017	6.13%	6.64%
2018	6.35%	6.78%
2019	6.58%	6.95%
2020	6.81%	7.14%
2021	7.03%	7.31%
2022	7.29%	7.54%
2023	7.58%	7.86%
2024	7.88%	8.21%
2025	8.19%	8.58%
2026	8.5%	8.97%
2027	8.81%	9.36%
2028	9.11%	9.75%
2029	9.41%	10.2%
2030	9.71%	10.6%
2031	10%	11%
2032	10.3%	11.3%
2033	10.6%	11.7%
2034	10.8%	12.1%
2035	11.1%	12.4%
2036	11.3%	12.8%
2037	11.6%	13.2%
2038	11.9%	13.6%
2039	12.2%	14%
2040	12.4%	14.4%
2041	12.7%	14.8%
2042	12.9%	15.2%
2043	13.2%	15.6%
2044	13.5%	16%
2045	13.7%	16.5%
2046	14%	17%
2047	14.2%	17.5%
2048	14.5%	18.1%
2049	14.8%	18.7%
2050	15%	19.4%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 7.88% in the Dominican Republic and 8.21% in Jamaica. Life expectancy in the Dominican Republic compared to Jamaica .