Bahamas vs Jamaica statistics compared

The Bahamas has a population of 401K (ranked 173/197), compared with 2.84M in Jamaica (ranked 139/197). The Bahamas' land area is 3,865 sq mi versus 4,181 sq mi for Jamaica (ranked 162nd vs. 159th).

By GDP, The Bahamas ranks 140/197 ($15.8B) and Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B). By GDP per capita, The Bahamas ranks 30/197 ($39,455), while Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020).

Bahamas and Jamaica: Comparison Charts

Bahamas and Jamaica economies compared

GDP

Bahamas

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP
	Bahamas	Jamaica
1960	$169,736,027	$699,064,380
1961	$190,022,030	$748,043,501
1962	$212,170,034	$777,727,689
1963	$237,650,038	$826,706,669
1964	$266,560,043	$897,949,001
1965	$300,272,048	$972,159,611
1966	$346,800,000	$1,096,759,561
1967	$398,000,000	$1,148,014,311
1968	$453,800,000	$1,083,839,133
1969	$538,700,000	$1,191,239,047
1970	$539,500,000	$1,404,720,442
1971	$573,400,000	$1,539,861,816
1972	$590,900,000	$1,875,146,587
1973	$670,900,000	$1,905,917,553
1974	$632,400,000	$2,375,122,375
1975	$596,200,000	$2,860,442,750
1976	$642,100,000	$2,966,042,856
1977	$713,000,000	$3,249,733,140
1978	$832,400,000	$2,644,527,822
1979	$1,139,800,100	$2,425,064,229
1980	$1,335,300,000	$2,679,379,372
1981	$1,426,500,000	$2,979,027,966
1982	$1,578,300,000	$3,293,496,312
1983	$1,732,800,000	$3,619,262,277
1984	$2,041,100,000	$2,373,564,549
1985	$2,320,699,900	$2,100,239,019
1986	$2,472,500,000	$2,754,549,582
1987	$2,713,999,900	$3,287,007,322
1988	$2,817,900,000	$3,828,342,820
1989	$3,062,000,000	$4,404,937,853
1990	$3,166,000,000	$4,592,208,087
1991	$3,111,160,000	$4,106,207,649
1992	$3,109,000,000	$3,535,460,090
1993	$3,092,000,000	$5,440,075,676
1994	$3,259,000,000	$5,452,558,947
1995	$3,429,000,000	$6,577,520,643
1996	$3,609,000,000	$7,393,891,921
1997	$6,332,360,000	$8,400,041,724
1998	$6,833,220,000	$8,787,195,622
1999	$7,683,870,000	$8,887,057,997
2000	$8,076,470,000	$9,005,064,475
2001	$8,317,830,000	$9,194,727,831
2002	$8,881,160,000	$9,719,009,495
2003	$8,870,090,000	$9,430,234,811
2004	$9,055,290,000	$10,174,664,854
2005	$9,836,200,000	$11,243,865,778
2006	$10,167,250,000	$11,930,179,090
2007	$10,618,340,000	$12,799,600,047
2008	$10,526,000,000	$13,709,401,520
2009	$9,981,960,000	$12,120,458,115
2010	$10,095,760,000	$13,220,549,908
2011	$10,070,450,000	$14,444,661,522
2012	$10,720,400,000	$14,807,086,556
2013	$10,475,300,000	$14,264,205,153
2014	$11,139,100,000	$13,899,217,680
2015	$11,837,600,000	$14,188,936,918
2016	$11,880,900,000	$14,077,096,677
2017	$12,446,900,000	$14,808,985,133
2018	$12,819,200,000	$15,730,792,876
2019	$13,277,000,000	$15,830,766,531
2020	$10,363,200,000	$13,812,421,836
2021	$12,037,000,000	$14,657,586,159
2022	$13,896,800,000	$17,097,760,687
2023	$15,271,300,000	$19,423,355,367
2024	$15,832,800,000	$19,930,288,337

Bahamas and Jamaica economies compared

GDP per capita

Bahamas

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bahamas	Jamaica
1960	$1,459	$424
1961	$1,555	$447
1962	$1,651	$458
1963	$1,759	$480
1964	$1,883	$514
1965	$2,030	$549
1966	$2,239	$612
1967	$2,453	$633
1968	$2,668	$591
1969	$3,027	$642
1970	$2,916	$748
1971	$3,004	$809
1972	$3,014	$971
1973	$3,341	$972
1974	$3,080	$1,193
1975	$2,841	$1,417
1976	$2,993	$1,450
1977	$3,253	$1,569
1978	$3,720	$1,262
1979	$4,994	$1,144
1980	$5,743	$1,249
1981	$6,029	$1,370
1982	$6,559	$1,494
1983	$7,081	$1,619
1984	$8,202	$1,048
1985	$9,167	$917
1986	$9,601	$1,191
1987	$10,361	$1,411
1988	$10,576	$1,632
1989	$11,291	$1,865
1990	$11,473	$1,930
1991	$11,082	$1,710
1992	$10,873	$1,458
1993	$10,613	$2,221
1994	$10,991	$2,203
1995	$11,375	$2,631
1996	$11,784	$2,929
1997	$20,368	$3,297
1998	$21,667	$3,419
1999	$24,041	$3,432
2000	$24,940	$3,453
2001	$25,372	$3,504
2002	$26,782	$3,681
2003	$26,429	$3,550
2004	$26,650	$3,808
2005	$28,602	$4,184
2006	$29,185	$4,417
2007	$30,052	$4,716
2008	$29,392	$5,030
2009	$27,513	$4,428
2010	$27,473	$4,810
2011	$27,091	$5,233
2012	$28,552	$5,341
2013	$27,643	$5,124
2014	$29,137	$4,975
2015	$30,719	$5,063
2016	$30,617	$5,010
2017	$31,875	$5,259
2018	$32,642	$5,578
2019	$33,640	$5,607
2020	$26,179	$4,879
2021	$30,368	$5,165
2022	$34,957	$6,022
2023	$38,232	$6,840
2024	$39,455	$7,020

Bahamas vs. Jamaica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bahamas

Jamaica

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bahamas	Jamaica
1950	58.9	56.6
1951	59.2	57.1
1952	59.6	58.1
1953	60	58.9
1954	60.3	59.6
1955	60.7	60.4
1956	61	61.2
1957	61.4	61.9
1958	61.7	62.6
1959	62.1	63.2
1960	62.5	63.8
1961	62.8	64.3
1962	63.2	64.6
1963	63.5	65
1964	63.9	65.3
1965	64.3	65.7
1966	64.6	65.9
1967	65	66.1
1968	65.4	66.3
1969	65.8	66.5
1970	66.2	66.7
1971	66.5	67
1972	66.8	67.3
1973	67.1	67.6
1974	67.6	67.9
1975	68.1	68.2
1976	68.5	68.4
1977	68.8	68.6
1978	68.9	68.7
1979	69	68.8
1980	69.1	69
1981	69.4	69.1
1982	69.7	69.3
1983	70	69.5
1984	70.2	69.8
1985	70.3	70.1
1986	70.3	70.4
1987	70.4	70.9
1988	70.5	71.2
1989	70.7	71.5
1990	70.9	71.7
1991	71.2	71.8
1992	71.3	71.8
1993	71.4	71.8
1994	71.4	71.6
1995	71.4	71.5
1996	71.5	71.3
1997	71.6	71.2
1998	71.8	71.2
1999	72.1	71.2
2000	72.5	71.3
2001	72.8	71.3
2002	73	71.5
2003	73.2	71.6
2004	73.2	71.5
2005	73.4	71.5
2006	73.5	71.4
2007	73.5	71.4
2008	73.4	71.5
2009	73.5	71.7
2010	73.4	72
2011	73.6	72.2
2012	73.7	72.4
2013	73.9	72.4
2014	74	72.4
2015	73.8	72.2
2016	74	72.1
2017	74	71.9
2018	74.1	71.6
2019	71.4	71.5
2020	73	71.5
2021	70.8	69.1
2022	74.5	71.5
2023	74.6	71.5
2024	74.7	71.6
2025	74.9	71.7

Bahamas and Jamaica population clocks and comparison

Population

Bahamas

Jamaica

Table

Year	Population
	Bahamas	Jamaica
1960	116,317	1,650,005
1961	122,197	1,673,261
1962	128,493	1,696,932
1963	135,087	1,721,099
1964	141,528	1,745,568
1965	147,952	1,769,192
1966	154,874	1,791,475
1967	162,267	1,812,865
1968	170,089	1,833,765
1969	177,981	1,855,127
1970	184,982	1,878,196
1971	190,857	1,903,728
1972	196,055	1,931,542
1973	200,791	1,961,219
1974	205,342	1,990,906
1975	209,886	2,018,981
1976	214,501	2,045,578
1977	219,157	2,070,657
1978	223,761	2,094,836
1979	228,230	2,119,486
1980	232,526	2,145,658
1981	236,614	2,173,818
1982	240,614	2,203,889
1983	244,698	2,234,832
1984	248,863	2,264,562
1985	253,154	2,290,656
1986	257,536	2,312,125
1987	261,935	2,329,813
1988	266,448	2,345,777
1989	271,178	2,361,916
1990	275,945	2,379,877
1991	280,731	2,400,869
1992	285,927	2,424,701
1993	291,339	2,449,916
1994	296,509	2,475,220
1995	301,461	2,500,151
1996	306,268	2,524,463
1997	310,904	2,547,848
1998	315,368	2,569,736
1999	319,614	2,589,795
2000	323,835	2,607,826
2001	327,836	2,624,403
2002	331,614	2,640,572
2003	335,618	2,656,623
2004	339,782	2,672,225
2005	343,894	2,687,066
2006	348,375	2,700,968
2007	353,334	2,713,800
2008	358,120	2,725,635
2009	362,810	2,736,995
2010	367,478	2,748,568
2011	371,729	2,760,494
2012	375,469	2,772,430
2013	378,953	2,783,687
2014	382,298	2,793,749
2015	385,346	2,802,534
2016	388,055	2,809,915
2017	390,485	2,815,764
2018	392,717	2,820,097
2019	394,675	2,823,271
2020	395,863	2,830,739
2021	396,373	2,837,682
2022	397,538	2,839,144
2023	399,440	2,839,786
2024	401,283	2,839,175

Fertility rates in Bahamas and Jamaica

Fertility rate

Bahamas

Jamaica

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	Jamaica
1960	5.09	5.54
1961	5.16	5.6
1962	5.13	5.64
1963	5.06	5.73
1964	4.97	5.79
1965	4.88	5.72
1966	4.79	5.69
1967	4.69	5.67
1968	4.56	5.58
1969	4.38	5.47
1970	4.21	5.35
1971	4.06	5.21
1972	3.89	5.06
1973	3.73	5
1974	3.57	4.67
1975	3.42	4.44
1976	3.3	4.21
1977	3.17	4
1978	3.05	3.84
1979	2.94	3.72
1980	2.84	3.59
1981	2.77	3.51
1982	2.71	3.46
1983	2.65	3.41
1984	2.59	3.32
1985	2.55	3.21
1986	2.53	3.11
1987	2.52	3.02
1988	2.52	2.98
1989	2.52	2.93
1990	2.52	2.96
1991	2.51	3
1992	2.71	3.03
1993	2.61	2.99
1994	2.47	2.93
1995	2.42	2.85
1996	2.35	2.77
1997	2.29	2.68
1998	2.23	2.57
1999	2.13	2.47
2000	2.06	2.35
2001	2.02	2.3
2002	1.98	2.27
2003	1.97	2.24
2004	1.98	2.2
2005	2.01	2.15
2006	2.02	2.09
2007	2.04	2.02
2008	2	1.95
2009	2.01	1.88
2010	1.84	1.8
2011	1.79	1.72
2012	1.76	1.65
2013	1.74	1.59
2014	1.69	1.54
2015	1.57	1.51
2016	1.5	1.46
2017	1.42	1.43
2018	1.4	1.4
2019	1.4	1.39
2020	1.39	1.38
2021	1.38	1.38
2022	1.38	1.37
2023	1.37	1.36

Bahamas and Jamaica demographics compared

Median age

Bahamas

Jamaica

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bahamas	Jamaica
1960	19.5	19.8
1961	19.6	19.5
1962	19.6	19.3
1963	19.7	19
1964	19.8	18.8
1965	19.9	18.5
1966	20.1	18.3
1967	20.2	18.1
1968	20.3	17.9
1969	20.5	17.8
1970	20.6	17.7
1971	20.6	17.7
1972	20.7	17.8
1973	20.7	17.9
1974	20.8	18
1975	20.9	18.2
1976	21.1	18.4
1977	21.3	18.6
1978	21.6	18.9
1979	21.8	19.1
1980	22.1	19.4
1981	22.4	19.6
1982	22.7	19.9
1983	23	20.1
1984	23.4	20.4
1985	23.7	20.6
1986	24	20.8
1987	24.3	21.1
1988	24.7	21.3
1989	25	21.6
1990	25.4	21.8
1991	25.7	22
1992	26	22.2
1993	26.3	22.3
1994	26.6	22.4
1995	26.9	22.5
1996	27.2	22.6
1997	27.5	22.7
1998	27.9	22.9
1999	28.2	23.1
2000	28.5	23.3
2001	28.9	23.6
2002	29.3	23.8
2003	29.6	24.1
2004	30	24.4
2005	30.3	24.6
2006	30.6	24.9
2007	30.8	25.3
2008	31	25.7
2009	31.3	26.1
2010	31.5	26.5
2011	31.8	27
2012	32.1	27.4
2013	32.4	27.9
2014	32.6	28.3
2015	33	28.8
2016	33.3	29.3
2017	33.6	29.8
2018	33.9	30.3
2019	34.3	30.8
2020	34.6	31.3
2021	34.9	31.7
2022	35.2	32.2
2023	35.6	32.8
2024	36	33.3

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