Jamaica vs New Zealand statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 159th vs. 74th).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Jamaica and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	New Zealand
1960	$699,064,380	$5,536,098,360
1961	$748,043,501	$5,721,994,864
1962	$777,727,689	$6,133,158,532
1963	$826,706,669	$6,699,741,645
1964	$897,949,001	$7,340,766,415
1965	$972,159,611	$5,706,251,400
1966	$1,096,759,561	$5,917,437,693
1967	$1,148,014,311	$6,016,017,227
1968	$1,083,839,133	$5,228,045,415
1969	$1,191,239,047	$5,814,357,709
1970	$1,404,720,442	$6,495,605,331
1971	$1,539,861,816	$7,911,136,757
1972	$1,875,146,587	$9,567,331,065
1973	$1,905,917,553	$12,802,281,898
1974	$2,375,122,375	$13,940,981,798
1975	$2,860,442,750	$12,861,983,284
1976	$2,966,042,856	$13,604,832,424
1977	$3,249,733,140	$15,446,825,318
1978	$2,644,527,822	$18,530,518,395
1979	$2,425,064,229	$20,731,243,113
1980	$2,679,379,372	$23,244,547,385
1981	$2,979,027,966	$24,417,617,184
1982	$3,293,496,312	$24,164,603,059
1983	$3,619,262,277	$24,309,279,706
1984	$2,373,564,549	$21,665,975,319
1985	$2,100,239,019	$24,679,795,396
1986	$2,754,549,582	$30,604,668,357
1987	$3,287,007,322	$40,376,354,070
1988	$3,828,342,820	$45,176,811,594
1989	$4,404,937,853	$43,920,222,525
1990	$4,592,208,087	$45,495,129,385
1991	$4,106,207,649	$42,745,329,732
1992	$3,535,460,090	$41,649,829,860
1993	$5,440,075,676	$46,775,620,817
1994	$5,452,558,947	$55,314,732,279
1995	$6,577,520,643	$63,918,703,507
1996	$7,393,891,921	$70,140,835,299
1997	$8,400,041,724	$66,075,143,415
1998	$8,787,195,622	$56,227,169,851
1999	$8,887,057,997	$58,762,260,626
2000	$9,005,064,475	$52,623,281,957
2001	$9,194,727,831	$53,872,425,917
2002	$9,719,009,495	$66,627,729,311
2003	$9,430,234,811	$88,250,885,550
2004	$10,174,664,854	$103,905,210,084
2005	$11,243,865,778	$114,720,129,550
2006	$11,930,179,090	$111,538,810,713
2007	$12,799,600,047	$137,188,946,866
2008	$13,709,401,520	$133,437,126,590
2009	$12,120,458,115	$121,663,439,315
2010	$13,220,549,908	$146,887,902,524
2011	$14,444,661,522	$168,484,908,960
2012	$14,807,086,556	$176,560,711,239
2013	$14,264,205,153	$191,012,364,177
2014	$13,899,217,680	$201,518,402,787
2015	$14,188,936,918	$178,224,167,088
2016	$14,077,096,677	$189,100,085,275
2017	$14,808,985,133	$206,745,969,246
2018	$15,730,792,876	$211,985,631,173
2019	$15,830,766,531	$213,006,341,102
2020	$13,812,421,836	$213,029,554,654
2021	$14,657,586,159	$253,977,931,815
2022	$17,097,760,687	$249,509,991,440
2023	$19,423,355,367	$255,194,972,673
2024	$19,930,288,337	$260,235,932,559

Jamaica and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	New Zealand
1960	$424	$2,334
1961	$447	$2,365
1962	$458	$2,471
1963	$480	$2,646
1964	$514	$2,839
1965	$549	$2,171
1966	$612	$2,211
1967	$633	$2,208
1968	$591	$1,902
1969	$642	$2,097
1970	$748	$2,311
1971	$809	$2,773
1972	$971	$3,295
1973	$972	$4,323
1974	$1,193	$4,611
1975	$1,417	$4,172
1976	$1,450	$4,374
1977	$1,569	$4,951
1978	$1,262	$5,937
1979	$1,144	$6,668
1980	$1,249	$7,467
1981	$1,370	$7,814
1982	$1,494	$7,656
1983	$1,619	$7,598
1984	$1,048	$6,714
1985	$917	$7,601
1986	$1,191	$9,428
1987	$1,411	$12,331
1988	$1,632	$13,759
1989	$1,865	$13,312
1990	$1,930	$13,663
1991	$1,710	$12,230
1992	$1,458	$11,793
1993	$2,221	$13,094
1994	$2,203	$15,280
1995	$2,631	$17,400
1996	$2,929	$18,794
1997	$3,297	$17,474
1998	$3,419	$14,738
1999	$3,432	$15,322
2000	$3,453	$13,641
2001	$3,504	$13,883
2002	$3,681	$16,874
2003	$3,550	$21,914
2004	$3,808	$25,420
2005	$4,184	$27,751
2006	$4,417	$26,655
2007	$4,716	$32,480
2008	$5,030	$31,325
2009	$4,428	$28,277
2010	$4,810	$33,762
2011	$5,233	$38,432
2012	$5,341	$40,054
2013	$5,124	$43,000
2014	$4,975	$44,618
2015	$5,063	$38,665
2016	$5,010	$40,114
2017	$5,259	$42,950
2018	$5,578	$43,257
2019	$5,607	$42,779
2020	$4,879	$41,851
2021	$5,165	$49,689
2022	$6,022	$48,760
2023	$6,840	$48,655
2024	$7,020	$48,747

Jamaica vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	New Zealand
1950	56.6	69.3
1951	57.1	69.1
1952	58.1	69.4
1953	58.9	70.2
1954	59.6	70.3
1955	60.4	70.5
1956	61.2	70.7
1957	61.9	70.3
1958	62.6	70.9
1959	63.2	70.8
1960	63.8	71.2
1961	64.3	70.9
1962	64.6	71.2
1963	65	71.3
1964	65.3	71.3
1965	65.7	71.2
1966	65.9	71.1
1967	66.1	71.4
1968	66.3	71.1
1969	66.5	71.5
1970	66.7	71.2
1971	67	71.7
1972	67.3	71.8
1973	67.6	71.7
1974	67.9	71.9
1975	68.2	72.2
1976	68.4	72.4
1977	68.6	72.1
1978	68.7	73
1979	68.8	73.1
1980	69	72.9
1981	69.1	73.6
1982	69.3	73.7
1983	69.5	73.8
1984	69.8	74.4
1985	70.1	73.9
1986	70.4	74.1
1987	70.9	74.2
1988	71.2	74.5
1989	71.5	74.9
1990	71.7	75.4
1991	71.8	76.1
1992	71.8	76.2
1993	71.8	76.5
1994	71.6	76.9
1995	71.5	76.8
1996	71.3	76.8
1997	71.2	77.3
1998	71.2	78.2
1999	71.2	77.9
2000	71.3	78.7
2001	71.3	78.7
2002	71.5	78.9
2003	71.6	79.1
2004	71.5	79.4
2005	71.5	80
2006	71.4	80
2007	71.4	80.1
2008	71.5	80.2
2009	71.7	80.5
2010	72	81.1
2011	72.2	80.8
2012	72.4	81.2
2013	72.4	81.6
2014	72.4	81.4
2015	72.2	81.6
2016	72.1	82
2017	71.9	81.6
2018	71.6	81.9
2019	71.5	81.8
2020	71.5	82.7
2021	69.1	82.3
2022	71.5	81
2023	71.5	82.1
2024	71.6	82.2
2025	71.7	82.4

Jamaica and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	New Zealand
1960	1,650,005	2,371,800
1961	1,673,261	2,419,700
1962	1,696,932	2,482,000
1963	1,721,099	2,531,800
1964	1,745,568	2,585,400
1965	1,769,192	2,628,400
1966	1,791,475	2,675,900
1967	1,812,865	2,724,100
1968	1,833,765	2,748,100
1969	1,855,127	2,772,800
1970	1,878,196	2,810,700
1971	1,903,728	2,853,000
1972	1,931,542	2,903,900
1973	1,961,219	2,961,300
1974	1,990,906	3,023,700
1975	2,018,981	3,083,100
1976	2,045,578	3,110,500
1977	2,070,657	3,120,200
1978	2,094,836	3,121,200
1979	2,119,486	3,109,000
1980	2,145,658	3,112,900
1981	2,173,818	3,124,900
1982	2,203,889	3,156,100
1983	2,234,832	3,199,300
1984	2,264,562	3,227,100
1985	2,290,656	3,247,100
1986	2,312,125	3,246,300
1987	2,329,813	3,274,400
1988	2,345,777	3,283,400
1989	2,361,916	3,299,200
1990	2,379,877	3,329,800
1991	2,400,869	3,495,100
1992	2,424,701	3,531,700
1993	2,449,916	3,572,200
1994	2,475,220	3,620,000
1995	2,500,151	3,673,400
1996	2,524,463	3,732,000
1997	2,547,848	3,781,300
1998	2,569,736	3,815,000
1999	2,589,795	3,835,100
2000	2,607,826	3,857,700
2001	2,624,403	3,880,500
2002	2,640,572	3,948,500
2003	2,656,623	4,027,200
2004	2,672,225	4,087,500
2005	2,687,066	4,133,900
2006	2,700,968	4,184,600
2007	2,713,800	4,223,800
2008	2,725,635	4,259,800
2009	2,736,995	4,302,600
2010	2,748,568	4,350,700
2011	2,760,494	4,384,000
2012	2,772,430	4,408,100
2013	2,783,687	4,442,100
2014	2,793,749	4,516,500
2015	2,802,534	4,609,400
2016	2,809,915	4,714,100
2017	2,815,764	4,813,600
2018	2,820,097	4,900,600
2019	2,823,271	4,979,200
2020	2,830,739	5,090,200
2021	2,837,682	5,111,300
2022	2,839,144	5,117,100
2023	2,839,786	5,245,000
2024	2,839,175	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Jamaica and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Jamaica

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	New Zealand
1960	5.54	4.24
1961	5.6	4.31
1962	5.64	4.19
1963	5.73	4.05
1964	5.79	3.8
1965	5.72	3.54
1966	5.69	3.41
1967	5.67	3.35
1968	5.58	3.34
1969	5.47	3.28
1970	5.35	3.17
1971	5.21	3.18
1972	5.06	3
1973	5	2.76
1974	4.67	2.58
1975	4.44	2.37
1976	4.21	2.27
1977	4	2.21
1978	3.84	2.07
1979	3.72	2.12
1980	3.59	2.03
1981	3.51	2.01
1982	3.46	1.95
1983	3.41	1.92
1984	3.32	1.93
1985	3.21	1.93
1986	3.11	1.96
1987	3.02	2.03
1988	2.98	2.1
1989	2.93	2.12
1990	2.96	2.18
1991	3	2.09
1992	3.03	2.06
1993	2.99	2.04
1994	2.93	1.98
1995	2.85	1.98
1996	2.77	1.96
1997	2.68	1.96
1998	2.57	1.89
1999	2.47	1.97
2000	2.35	1.98
2001	2.3	1.97
2002	2.27	1.89
2003	2.24	1.93
2004	2.2	1.98
2005	2.15	1.97
2006	2.09	2.01
2007	2.02	2.18
2008	1.95	2.19
2009	1.88	2.13
2010	1.8	2.17
2011	1.72	2.09
2012	1.65	2.1
2013	1.59	2.01
2014	1.54	1.92
2015	1.51	1.99
2016	1.46	1.87
2017	1.43	1.81
2018	1.4	1.71
2019	1.39	1.72
2020	1.38	1.61
2021	1.38	1.64
2022	1.37	1.66
2023	1.36	1.56

Jamaica and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	New Zealand
1960	19.8	27.5
1961	19.5	27.1
1962	19.3	26.8
1963	19	26.4
1964	18.8	26.2
1965	18.5	26
1966	18.3	25.9
1967	18.1	25.8
1968	17.9	25.7
1969	17.8	25.7
1970	17.7	25.6
1971	17.7	25.7
1972	17.8	25.9
1973	17.9	26
1974	18	26.2
1975	18.2	26.3
1976	18.4	26.5
1977	18.6	26.8
1978	18.9	27.1
1979	19.1	27.5
1980	19.4	27.9
1981	19.6	28.2
1982	19.9	28.5
1983	20.1	28.8
1984	20.4	29.1
1985	20.6	29.4
1986	20.8	29.8
1987	21.1	30.1
1988	21.3	30.4
1989	21.6	30.8
1990	21.8	31.1
1991	22	31.4
1992	22.2	31.7
1993	22.3	32
1994	22.4	32.3
1995	22.5	32.6
1996	22.6	32.8
1997	22.7	33.2
1998	22.9	33.6
1999	23.1	34
2000	23.3	34.3
2001	23.6	34.6
2002	23.8	34.8
2003	24.1	35
2004	24.4	35.2
2005	24.6	35.5
2006	24.9	35.8
2007	25.3	36.1
2008	25.7	36.4
2009	26.1	36.6
2010	26.5	36.8
2011	27	37
2012	27.4	37.2
2013	27.9	37.4
2014	28.3	37.5
2015	28.8	37.4
2016	29.3	37.3
2017	29.8	37.2
2018	30.3	37.3
2019	30.8	37.3
2020	31.3	37.5
2021	31.7	37.8
2022	32.2	38.1
2023	32.8	38.3
2024	33.3	38.6

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