Ireland vs Jamaica statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 2.84M in Jamaica (ranked 139/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 4,181 sq mi for Jamaica (ranked 119th vs. 159th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020).

Ireland and Jamaica: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Jamaica economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Jamaica
1960	$1,998,550,222	$699,064,380
1961	$2,151,772,980	$748,043,501
1962	$2,329,372,972	$777,727,689
1963	$2,505,073,358	$826,706,669
1964	$2,851,091,646	$897,949,001
1965	$3,035,655,794	$972,159,611
1966	$3,198,820,904	$1,096,759,561
1967	$3,445,739,915	$1,148,014,311
1968	$3,378,701,147	$1,083,839,133
1969	$3,902,721,632	$1,191,239,047
1970	$4,395,995,086	$1,404,720,442
1971	$5,098,250,287	$1,539,861,816
1972	$6,318,060,582	$1,875,146,587
1973	$7,481,173,066	$1,905,917,553
1974	$7,896,860,615	$2,375,122,375
1975	$9,483,808,362	$2,860,442,750
1976	$9,453,756,015	$2,966,042,856
1977	$11,248,340,431	$3,249,733,140
1978	$14,647,996,074	$2,644,527,822
1979	$18,319,334,300	$2,425,064,229
1980	$21,747,855,640	$2,679,379,372
1981	$20,670,190,138	$2,979,027,966
1982	$21,474,754,080	$3,293,496,312
1983	$20,766,047,764	$3,619,262,277
1984	$20,106,648,455	$2,373,564,549
1985	$21,270,013,326	$2,100,239,019
1986	$28,714,571,852	$2,754,549,582
1987	$33,920,518,493	$3,287,007,322
1988	$37,772,897,421	$3,828,342,820
1989	$39,238,392,678	$4,404,937,853
1990	$49,305,632,408	$4,592,208,087
1991	$49,787,502,852	$4,106,207,649
1992	$55,918,538,121	$3,535,460,090
1993	$52,417,477,614	$5,440,075,676
1994	$57,097,656,066	$5,452,558,947
1995	$69,139,823,232	$6,577,520,643
1996	$75,790,785,030	$7,393,891,921
1997	$82,856,648,758	$8,400,041,724
1998	$90,199,410,116	$8,787,195,622
1999	$98,893,958,263	$8,887,057,997
2000	$100,207,610,430	$9,005,064,475
2001	$109,346,669,230	$9,194,727,831
2002	$128,596,035,288	$9,719,009,495
2003	$164,670,771,260	$9,430,234,811
2004	$194,372,115,041	$10,174,664,854
2005	$211,876,989,656	$11,243,865,778
2006	$232,180,617,162	$11,930,179,090
2007	$270,079,279,420	$12,799,600,047
2008	$275,447,471,451	$13,709,401,520
2009	$236,443,117,248	$12,120,458,115
2010	$221,985,621,538	$13,220,549,908
2011	$241,337,364,610	$14,444,661,522
2012	$227,270,922,957	$14,807,086,556
2013	$243,301,556,085	$14,264,205,153
2014	$266,787,238,499	$13,899,217,680
2015	$302,391,428,540	$14,188,936,918
2016	$305,733,136,181	$14,077,096,677
2017	$348,532,394,024	$14,808,985,133
2018	$395,461,216,460	$15,730,792,876
2019	$407,124,824,065	$15,830,766,531
2020	$436,555,518,400	$13,812,421,836
2021	$531,306,516,908	$14,657,586,159
2022	$548,570,250,342	$17,097,760,687
2023	$551,394,889,340	$19,423,355,367
2024	$577,389,475,010	$19,930,288,337

Ireland and Jamaica economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Jamaica
1960	$707	$424
1961	$762	$447
1962	$821	$458
1963	$878	$480
1964	$995	$514
1965	$1,055	$549
1966	$1,107	$612
1967	$1,187	$633
1968	$1,159	$591
1969	$1,331	$642
1970	$1,487	$748
1971	$1,704	$809
1972	$2,080	$971
1973	$2,424	$972
1974	$2,517	$1,193
1975	$2,973	$1,417
1976	$2,920	$1,450
1977	$3,427	$1,569
1978	$4,400	$1,262
1979	$5,430	$1,144
1980	$6,372	$1,249
1981	$5,986	$1,370
1982	$6,161	$1,494
1983	$5,915	$1,619
1984	$5,692	$1,048
1985	$6,012	$917
1986	$8,112	$1,191
1987	$9,582	$1,411
1988	$10,716	$1,632
1989	$11,176	$1,865
1990	$14,031	$1,930
1991	$14,087	$1,710
1992	$15,714	$1,458
1993	$14,657	$2,221
1994	$15,903	$2,203
1995	$19,158	$2,631
1996	$20,836	$2,929
1997	$22,551	$3,297
1998	$24,295	$3,419
1999	$26,338	$3,432
2000	$26,335	$3,453
2001	$28,282	$3,504
2002	$32,705	$3,681
2003	$41,204	$3,550
2004	$47,754	$3,808
2005	$50,933	$4,184
2006	$54,329	$4,417
2007	$61,396	$4,716
2008	$61,353	$5,030
2009	$52,133	$4,428
2010	$48,679	$4,810
2011	$52,693	$5,233
2012	$49,412	$5,341
2013	$52,619	$5,124
2014	$57,278	$4,975
2015	$64,312	$5,063
2016	$64,193	$5,010
2017	$72,198	$5,259
2018	$80,739	$5,578
2019	$81,810	$5,607
2020	$86,623	$4,879
2021	$103,962	$5,165
2022	$105,235	$6,022
2023	$103,888	$6,840
2024	$107,316	$7,020

Ireland vs. Jamaica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Jamaica

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Jamaica
1950	65.6	56.6
1951	64.8	57.1
1952	67.2	58.1
1953	67.9	58.9
1954	68	59.6
1955	68	60.4
1956	69	61.2
1957	69	61.9
1958	69.3	62.6
1959	69.4	63.2
1960	70.2	63.8
1961	69.6	64.3
1962	69.9	64.6
1963	70.2	65
1964	70.4	65.3
1965	70.6	65.7
1966	70.2	65.9
1967	71.2	66.1
1968	70.9	66.3
1969	70.8	66.5
1970	70.8	66.7
1971	71.6	67
1972	71	67.3
1973	71.2	67.6
1974	71.1	67.9
1975	71.7	68.2
1976	71.8	68.4
1977	71.9	68.6
1978	71.9	68.7
1979	72.2	68.8
1980	72.5	69
1981	72.9	69.1
1982	73.2	69.3
1983	73.2	69.5
1984	73.6	69.8
1985	73.6	70.1
1986	73.6	70.4
1987	74.4	70.9
1988	74.4	71.2
1989	74.5	71.5
1990	74.8	71.7
1991	75	71.8
1992	75.4	71.8
1993	75.3	71.8
1994	75.8	71.6
1995	75.5	71.5
1996	75.8	71.3
1997	76	71.2
1998	76.2	71.2
1999	76.1	71.2
2000	76.5	71.3
2001	77.1	71.3
2002	77.6	71.5
2003	78.1	71.6
2004	78.5	71.5
2005	78.9	71.5
2006	79.2	71.4
2007	79.6	71.4
2008	79.8	71.5
2009	80.1	71.7
2010	80.6	72
2011	80.7	72.2
2012	80.9	72.4
2013	81.1	72.4
2014	81.4	72.4
2015	81.5	72.2
2016	81.7	72.1
2017	82.1	71.9
2018	82.1	71.6
2019	82.4	71.5
2020	82.4	71.5
2021	81.9	69.1
2022	82.1	71.5
2023	82.4	71.5
2024	82.6	71.6
2025	82.7	71.7

Ireland and Jamaica population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Jamaica

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Jamaica
1960	2,828,600	1,650,005
1961	2,824,400	1,673,261
1962	2,836,050	1,696,932
1963	2,852,650	1,721,099
1964	2,866,550	1,745,568
1965	2,877,300	1,769,192
1966	2,888,800	1,791,475
1967	2,902,450	1,812,865
1968	2,915,550	1,833,765
1969	2,932,650	1,855,127
1970	2,957,250	1,878,196
1971	2,992,050	1,903,728
1972	3,036,850	1,931,542
1973	3,085,950	1,961,219
1974	3,137,500	1,990,906
1975	3,189,550	2,018,981
1976	3,238,050	2,045,578
1977	3,282,200	2,070,657
1978	3,329,100	2,094,836
1979	3,373,750	2,119,486
1980	3,412,800	2,145,658
1981	3,453,000	2,173,818
1982	3,485,800	2,203,889
1983	3,510,600	2,234,832
1984	3,532,423	2,264,562
1985	3,538,082	2,290,656
1986	3,539,690	2,312,125
1987	3,540,057	2,329,813
1988	3,524,949	2,345,777
1989	3,511,009	2,361,916
1990	3,513,974	2,379,877
1991	3,534,235	2,400,869
1992	3,558,430	2,424,701
1993	3,576,261	2,449,916
1994	3,590,386	2,475,220
1995	3,608,841	2,500,151
1996	3,637,510	2,524,463
1997	3,674,171	2,547,848
1998	3,712,696	2,569,736
1999	3,754,786	2,589,795
2000	3,805,174	2,607,826
2001	3,866,243	2,624,403
2002	3,931,947	2,640,572
2003	3,996,521	2,656,623
2004	4,070,262	2,672,225
2005	4,159,914	2,687,066
2006	4,273,591	2,700,968
2007	4,398,942	2,713,800
2008	4,489,544	2,725,635
2009	4,535,375	2,736,995
2010	4,560,155	2,748,568
2011	4,580,084	2,760,494
2012	4,599,533	2,772,430
2013	4,623,816	2,783,687
2014	4,657,740	2,793,749
2015	4,701,957	2,802,534
2016	4,762,722	2,809,915
2017	4,827,445	2,815,764
2018	4,898,022	2,820,097
2019	4,976,456	2,823,271
2020	5,039,747	2,830,739
2021	5,110,585	2,837,682
2022	5,212,836	2,839,144
2023	5,307,600	2,839,786
2024	5,380,257	2,839,175

Fertility rates in Ireland and Jamaica

Fertility rate

Ireland

Jamaica

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Jamaica
1960	3.78	5.54
1961	3.78	5.6
1962	3.92	5.64
1963	4.01	5.73
1964	4.07	5.79
1965	4.04	5.72
1966	3.94	5.69
1967	3.84	5.67
1968	3.77	5.58
1969	3.83	5.47
1970	3.85	5.35
1971	3.93	5.21
1972	3.84	5.06
1973	3.71	5
1974	3.59	4.67
1975	3.37	4.44
1976	3.29	4.21
1977	3.24	4
1978	3.21	3.84
1979	3.21	3.72
1980	3.21	3.59
1981	3.05	3.51
1982	2.94	3.46
1983	2.74	3.41
1984	2.58	3.32
1985	2.48	3.21
1986	2.44	3.11
1987	2.32	3.02
1988	2.17	2.98
1989	2.08	2.93
1990	2.11	2.96
1991	2.08	3
1992	1.99	3.03
1993	1.9	2.99
1994	1.85	2.93
1995	1.84	2.85
1996	1.88	2.77
1997	1.93	2.68
1998	1.94	2.57
1999	1.9	2.47
2000	1.89	2.35
2001	1.94	2.3
2002	1.97	2.27
2003	1.96	2.24
2004	1.93	2.2
2005	1.86	2.15
2006	1.91	2.09
2007	2.01	2.02
2008	2.06	1.95
2009	2.06	1.88
2010	2.05	1.8
2011	2.03	1.72
2012	1.98	1.65
2013	1.93	1.59
2014	1.89	1.54
2015	1.85	1.51
2016	1.81	1.46
2017	1.77	1.43
2018	1.75	1.4
2019	1.71	1.39
2020	1.63	1.38
2021	1.78	1.38
2022	1.54	1.37
2023	1.5	1.36

Ireland and Jamaica demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Jamaica

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Jamaica
1960	30.1	19.8
1961	29.8	19.5
1962	29.5	19.3
1963	29.2	19
1964	28.9	18.8
1965	28.6	18.5
1966	28.2	18.3
1967	28	18.1
1968	27.8	17.9
1969	27.6	17.8
1970	27.4	17.7
1971	27.1	17.7
1972	26.9	17.8
1973	26.7	17.9
1974	26.5	18
1975	26.5	18.2
1976	26.4	18.4
1977	26.5	18.6
1978	26.5	18.9
1979	26.5	19.1
1980	26.5	19.4
1981	26.6	19.6
1982	26.7	19.9
1983	26.9	20.1
1984	27.1	20.4
1985	27.3	20.6
1986	27.6	20.8
1987	27.9	21.1
1988	28.4	21.3
1989	28.8	21.6
1990	29.2	21.8
1991	29.6	22
1992	29.9	22.2
1993	30.2	22.3
1994	30.6	22.4
1995	30.9	22.5
1996	31.3	22.6
1997	31.6	22.7
1998	31.9	22.9
1999	32.2	23.1
2000	32.5	23.3
2001	32.7	23.6
2002	33	23.8
2003	33.2	24.1
2004	33.4	24.4
2005	33.4	24.6
2006	33.4	24.9
2007	33.4	25.3
2008	33.5	25.7
2009	33.9	26.1
2010	34.3	26.5
2011	34.8	27
2012	35.2	27.4
2013	35.6	27.9
2014	36	28.3
2015	36.4	28.8
2016	36.8	29.3
2017	37.1	29.8
2018	37.4	30.3
2019	37.8	30.8
2020	38.2	31.3
2021	38.6	31.7
2022	38.9	32.2
2023	39.4	32.8
2024	39.7	33.3

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