Jamaica vs Japan statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 159th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Jamaica and Japan: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Japan economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Japan
1960	$699,064,380	$47,419,238,274
1961	$748,043,501	$57,266,758,180
1962	$777,727,689	$64,987,857,542
1963	$826,706,669	$74,379,284,603
1964	$897,949,001	$87,490,590,818
1965	$972,159,611	$97,338,107,606
1966	$1,096,759,561	$113,046,784,179
1967	$1,148,014,311	$132,475,614,227
1968	$1,083,839,133	$156,897,496,759
1969	$1,191,239,047	$184,298,841,305
1970	$1,404,720,442	$217,223,652,719
1971	$1,539,861,816	$245,364,056,622
1972	$1,875,146,587	$324,933,841,269
1973	$1,905,917,553	$441,460,582,536
1974	$2,375,122,375	$490,035,789,970
1975	$2,860,442,750	$532,861,438,885
1976	$2,966,042,856	$598,883,902,156
1977	$3,249,733,140	$737,069,290,928
1978	$2,644,527,822	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$2,425,064,229	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$2,679,379,372	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$2,979,027,966	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$3,293,496,312	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$3,619,262,277	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$2,373,564,549	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$2,100,239,019	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$2,754,549,582	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$3,287,007,322	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$3,828,342,820	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$4,404,937,853	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$4,592,208,087	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$4,106,207,649	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$3,535,460,090	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$5,440,075,676	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$5,452,558,947	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$6,577,520,643	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$7,393,891,921	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$8,400,041,724	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$8,787,195,622	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$8,887,057,997	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$9,005,064,475	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$9,194,727,831	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$9,719,009,495	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$9,430,234,811	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$10,174,664,854	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$11,243,865,778	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$11,930,179,090	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$12,799,600,047	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$13,709,401,520	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$12,120,458,115	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$13,220,549,908	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$14,444,661,522	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$14,807,086,556	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$14,264,205,153	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$13,899,217,680	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$14,188,936,918	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$14,077,096,677	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$14,808,985,133	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$15,730,792,876	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$15,830,766,531	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$13,812,421,836	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$14,657,586,159	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$17,097,760,687	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$19,423,355,367	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$19,930,288,337	$4,026,210,821,147

Jamaica and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Japan
1960	$424	$509
1961	$447	$609
1962	$458	$685
1963	$480	$776
1964	$514	$903
1965	$549	$994
1966	$612	$1,144
1967	$633	$1,326
1968	$591	$1,553
1969	$642	$1,803
1970	$748	$2,101
1971	$809	$2,321
1972	$971	$3,031
1973	$972	$4,061
1974	$1,193	$4,448
1975	$1,417	$4,776
1976	$1,450	$5,310
1977	$1,569	$6,473
1978	$1,262	$9,012
1979	$1,144	$9,301
1980	$1,249	$9,669
1981	$1,370	$10,583
1982	$1,494	$9,780
1983	$1,619	$10,652
1984	$1,048	$11,207
1985	$917	$11,809
1986	$1,191	$17,452
1987	$1,411	$21,142
1988	$1,632	$25,500
1989	$1,865	$25,266
1990	$1,930	$25,801
1991	$1,710	$29,428
1992	$1,458	$31,993
1993	$2,221	$36,345
1994	$2,203	$39,934
1995	$2,631	$44,198
1996	$2,929	$39,150
1997	$3,297	$35,638
1998	$3,419	$32,424
1999	$3,432	$36,610
2000	$3,453	$39,169
2001	$3,504	$34,406
2002	$3,681	$32,821
2003	$3,550	$35,387
2004	$3,808	$38,299
2005	$4,184	$37,813
2006	$4,417	$35,992
2007	$4,716	$35,779
2008	$5,030	$39,876
2009	$4,428	$41,309
2010	$4,810	$44,968
2011	$5,233	$48,760
2012	$5,341	$49,145
2013	$5,124	$40,899
2014	$4,975	$38,475
2015	$5,063	$34,961
2016	$5,010	$39,375
2017	$5,259	$38,834
2018	$5,578	$39,751
2019	$5,607	$40,416
2020	$4,879	$40,029
2021	$5,165	$40,095
2022	$6,022	$34,066
2023	$6,840	$33,836
2024	$7,020	$32,476

Jamaica vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Japan
1950	56.6	59.3
1951	57.1	61
1952	58.1	63
1953	58.9	63.3
1954	59.6	64.5
1955	60.4	65.7
1956	61.2	65.6
1957	61.9	65.4
1958	62.6	67
1959	63.2	67.5
1960	63.8	67.7
1961	64.3	68.4
1962	64.6	68.7
1963	65	69.7
1964	65.3	70.2
1965	65.7	70.3
1966	65.9	71.1
1967	66.1	71.4
1968	66.3	71.7
1969	66.5	71.9
1970	66.7	72
1971	67	72.8
1972	67.3	73.3
1973	67.6	73.4
1974	67.9	73.8
1975	68.2	74.4
1976	68.4	74.8
1977	68.6	75.3
1978	68.7	75.7
1979	68.8	76.2
1980	69	76.1
1981	69.1	76.6
1982	69.3	77.1
1983	69.5	77.1
1984	69.8	77.5
1985	70.1	77.8
1986	70.4	78.2
1987	70.9	78.6
1988	71.2	78.5
1989	71.5	79
1990	71.7	79
1991	71.8	79.3
1992	71.8	79.3
1993	71.8	79.4
1994	71.6	79.8
1995	71.5	79.7
1996	71.3	80.4
1997	71.2	80.6
1998	71.2	80.6
1999	71.2	80.6
2000	71.3	81.2
2001	71.3	81.5
2002	71.5	81.8
2003	71.6	81.9
2004	71.5	82.1
2005	71.5	82
2006	71.4	82.4
2007	71.4	82.5
2008	71.5	82.6
2009	71.7	83
2010	72	82.9
2011	72.2	82.7
2012	72.4	83.2
2013	72.4	83.4
2014	72.4	83.6
2015	72.2	83.9
2016	72.1	84.1
2017	71.9	84.2
2018	71.6	84.3
2019	71.5	84.4
2020	71.5	84.7
2021	69.1	84.6
2022	71.5	84.1
2023	71.5	84.7
2024	71.6	84.9
2025	71.7	85

Jamaica and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Japan
1960	1,650,005	93,216,000
1961	1,673,261	94,055,000
1962	1,696,932	94,933,000
1963	1,721,099	95,900,000
1964	1,745,568	96,903,000
1965	1,769,192	97,952,000
1966	1,791,475	98,851,000
1967	1,812,865	99,879,000
1968	1,833,765	101,011,000
1969	1,855,127	102,219,000
1970	1,878,196	103,403,000
1971	1,903,728	105,697,000
1972	1,931,542	107,188,000
1973	1,961,219	108,707,000
1974	1,990,906	110,162,000
1975	2,018,981	111,573,000
1976	2,045,578	112,775,000
1977	2,070,657	113,872,000
1978	2,094,836	114,913,000
1979	2,119,486	115,890,000
1980	2,145,658	116,807,000
1981	2,173,818	117,661,000
1982	2,203,889	118,480,000
1983	2,234,832	119,307,000
1984	2,264,562	120,083,000
1985	2,290,656	120,837,000
1986	2,312,125	121,482,000
1987	2,329,813	122,069,000
1988	2,345,777	122,578,000
1989	2,361,916	123,069,000
1990	2,379,877	123,478,000
1991	2,400,869	123,964,000
1992	2,424,701	124,425,000
1993	2,449,916	124,829,000
1994	2,475,220	125,178,000
1995	2,500,151	125,472,000
1996	2,524,463	125,757,000
1997	2,547,848	126,057,000
1998	2,569,736	126,400,000
1999	2,589,795	126,631,000
2000	2,607,826	126,843,000
2001	2,624,403	127,149,000
2002	2,640,572	127,445,000
2003	2,656,623	127,718,000
2004	2,672,225	127,761,000
2005	2,687,066	127,773,000
2006	2,700,968	127,854,000
2007	2,713,800	128,001,000
2008	2,725,635	128,063,000
2009	2,736,995	128,047,000
2010	2,748,568	128,070,000
2011	2,760,494	127,833,000
2012	2,772,430	127,629,000
2013	2,783,687	127,445,000
2014	2,793,749	127,276,000
2015	2,802,534	127,141,000
2016	2,809,915	127,076,000
2017	2,815,764	126,972,000
2018	2,820,097	126,811,000
2019	2,823,271	126,633,000
2020	2,830,739	126,261,000
2021	2,837,682	125,681,593
2022	2,839,144	125,124,989
2023	2,839,786	124,516,650
2024	2,839,175	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Japan

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Japan
1960	5.54	2
1961	5.6	1.96
1962	5.64	1.98
1963	5.73	2
1964	5.79	2.05
1965	5.72	2.14
1966	5.69	1.58
1967	5.67	2.23
1968	5.58	2.13
1969	5.47	2.13
1970	5.35	2.13
1971	5.21	2.16
1972	5.06	2.14
1973	5	2.14
1974	4.67	2.05
1975	4.44	1.91
1976	4.21	1.85
1977	4	1.8
1978	3.84	1.79
1979	3.72	1.77
1980	3.59	1.75
1981	3.51	1.74
1982	3.46	1.77
1983	3.41	1.8
1984	3.32	1.81
1985	3.21	1.76
1986	3.11	1.72
1987	3.02	1.69
1988	2.98	1.66
1989	2.93	1.57
1990	2.96	1.54
1991	3	1.53
1992	3.03	1.5
1993	2.99	1.46
1994	2.93	1.5
1995	2.85	1.42
1996	2.77	1.43
1997	2.68	1.39
1998	2.57	1.38
1999	2.47	1.34
2000	2.35	1.36
2001	2.3	1.33
2002	2.27	1.32
2003	2.24	1.29
2004	2.2	1.29
2005	2.15	1.26
2006	2.09	1.32
2007	2.02	1.34
2008	1.95	1.37
2009	1.88	1.37
2010	1.8	1.39
2011	1.72	1.39
2012	1.65	1.41
2013	1.59	1.43
2014	1.54	1.42
2015	1.51	1.45
2016	1.46	1.44
2017	1.43	1.43
2018	1.4	1.42
2019	1.39	1.36
2020	1.38	1.33
2021	1.38	1.3
2022	1.37	1.26
2023	1.36	1.2

Jamaica and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Japan
1960	19.8	25.8
1961	19.5	26.2
1962	19.3	26.5
1963	19	26.9
1964	18.8	27.2
1965	18.5	27.6
1966	18.3	28
1967	18.1	28.4
1968	17.9	28.6
1969	17.8	28.9
1970	17.7	29.2
1971	17.7	29.6
1972	17.8	29.9
1973	17.9	30.2
1974	18	30.4
1975	18.2	30.6
1976	18.4	30.9
1977	18.6	31.5
1978	18.9	32
1979	19.1	32.4
1980	19.4	32.8
1981	19.6	33.1
1982	19.9	33.7
1983	20.1	34.3
1984	20.4	34.9
1985	20.6	35.4
1986	20.8	35.9
1987	21.1	36.3
1988	21.3	36.8
1989	21.6	37.2
1990	21.8	37.7
1991	22	38.2
1992	22.2	38.7
1993	22.3	39.2
1994	22.4	39.6
1995	22.5	40
1996	22.6	40.3
1997	22.7	40.7
1998	22.9	41
1999	23.1	41.4
2000	23.3	41.8
2001	23.6	42.1
2002	23.8	42.5
2003	24.1	42.8
2004	24.4	43.2
2005	24.6	43.6
2006	24.9	43.9
2007	25.3	44.2
2008	25.7	44.6
2009	26.1	44.9
2010	26.5	45.2
2011	27	45.5
2012	27.4	45.8
2013	27.9	46.2
2014	28.3	46.6
2015	28.8	47
2016	29.3	47.3
2017	29.8	47.6
2018	30.3	48
2019	30.8	48.3
2020	31.3	48.7
2021	31.7	49.1
2022	32.2	49.5
2023	32.8	50
2024	33.3	50.4

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