Jamaica vs Nicaragua statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 6.92M in Nicaragua (ranked 108/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 46,464 sq mi for Nicaragua (ranked 159th vs. 98th).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848).

Jamaica and Nicaragua: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Nicaragua
1960	$699,064,380	$227,223,322
1961	$748,043,501	$244,144,237
1962	$777,727,689	$269,283,804
1963	$826,706,669	$297,324,163
1964	$897,949,001	$347,119,918
1965	$972,159,611	$564,290,020
1966	$1,096,759,561	$607,140,010
1967	$1,148,014,311	$657,140,011
1968	$1,083,839,133	$692,859,985
1969	$1,191,239,047	$750,000,003
1970	$1,404,720,442	$778,569,939
1971	$1,539,861,816	$828,569,953
1972	$1,875,146,587	$878,570,045
1973	$1,905,917,553	$1,092,900,015
1974	$2,375,122,375	$1,521,400,012
1975	$2,860,442,750	$1,581,599,959
1976	$2,966,042,856	$1,836,899,999
1977	$3,249,733,140	$2,226,999,874
1978	$2,644,527,822	$2,127,699,979
1979	$2,425,064,229	$1,567,599,982
1980	$2,679,379,372	$2,144,300,006
1981	$2,979,027,966	$2,474,700,227
1982	$3,293,496,312	$2,454,499,872
1983	$3,619,262,277	$2,753,100,058
1984	$2,373,564,549	$3,117,599,872
1985	$2,100,239,019	$2,683,699,935
1986	$2,754,549,582	$2,885,799,994
1987	$3,287,007,322	$3,851,200,118
1988	$3,828,342,820	$2,630,900,096
1989	$4,404,937,853	$1,013,184,756
1990	$4,592,208,087	$1,009,455,484
1991	$4,106,207,649	$1,488,804,124
1992	$3,535,460,090	$1,792,800,000
1993	$5,440,075,676	$1,756,454,248
1994	$5,452,558,947	$3,863,185,119
1995	$6,577,520,643	$4,140,470,000
1996	$7,393,891,921	$4,308,351,903
1997	$8,400,041,724	$4,389,973,490
1998	$8,787,195,622	$4,635,347,386
1999	$8,887,057,997	$4,856,026,259
2000	$9,005,064,475	$5,109,587,050
2001	$9,194,727,831	$5,351,752,034
2002	$9,719,009,495	$5,223,727,303
2003	$9,430,234,811	$5,322,228,351
2004	$10,174,664,854	$5,792,932,838
2005	$11,243,865,778	$6,321,324,279
2006	$11,930,179,090	$6,763,672,381
2007	$12,799,600,047	$7,423,375,015
2008	$13,709,401,520	$8,496,967,597
2009	$12,120,458,115	$8,298,702,489
2010	$13,220,549,908	$8,758,602,233
2011	$14,444,661,522	$9,774,329,333
2012	$14,807,086,556	$10,532,017,232
2013	$14,264,205,153	$10,982,988,249
2014	$13,899,217,680	$11,880,438,824
2015	$14,188,936,918	$12,756,696,261
2016	$14,077,096,677	$13,286,093,388
2017	$14,808,985,133	$13,785,893,007
2018	$15,730,792,876	$13,025,221,974
2019	$15,830,766,531	$12,699,023,614
2020	$13,812,421,836	$12,726,422,432
2021	$14,657,586,159	$14,209,020,362
2022	$17,097,760,687	$15,634,572,502
2023	$19,423,355,367	$17,805,842,284
2024	$19,930,288,337	$19,693,982,968

Jamaica and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Nicaragua
1960	$424	$127.5
1961	$447	$132.9
1962	$458	$142.3
1963	$480	$152.5
1964	$514	$172.7
1965	$549	$272.3
1966	$612	$284
1967	$633	$297.9
1968	$591	$304
1969	$642	$319
1970	$748	$321
1971	$809	$331
1972	$971	$341
1973	$972	$413
1974	$1,193	$557
1975	$1,417	$561
1976	$1,450	$633
1977	$1,569	$744
1978	$1,262	$691
1979	$1,144	$495
1980	$1,249	$659
1981	$1,370	$740
1982	$1,494	$714
1983	$1,619	$780
1984	$1,048	$861
1985	$917	$724
1986	$1,191	$761
1987	$1,411	$992
1988	$1,632	$662
1989	$1,865	$249.2
1990	$1,930	$242.5
1991	$1,710	$350
1992	$1,458	$411
1993	$2,221	$394
1994	$2,203	$849
1995	$2,631	$892
1996	$2,929	$911
1997	$3,297	$913
1998	$3,419	$949
1999	$3,432	$980
2000	$3,453	$1,017
2001	$3,504	$1,052
2002	$3,681	$1,014
2003	$3,550	$1,021
2004	$3,808	$1,099
2005	$4,184	$1,183
2006	$4,417	$1,248
2007	$4,716	$1,350
2008	$5,030	$1,524
2009	$4,428	$1,467
2010	$4,810	$1,527
2011	$5,233	$1,680
2012	$5,341	$1,785
2013	$5,124	$1,835
2014	$4,975	$1,958
2015	$5,063	$2,074
2016	$5,010	$2,132
2017	$5,259	$2,183
2018	$5,578	$2,035
2019	$5,607	$1,959
2020	$4,879	$1,938
2021	$5,165	$2,138
2022	$6,022	$2,323
2023	$6,840	$2,609
2024	$7,020	$2,848

Jamaica vs. Nicaragua life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Nicaragua
1950	56.6	40.6
1951	57.1	40.8
1952	58.1	41.9
1953	58.9	42.4
1954	59.6	43.1
1955	60.4	43.7
1956	61.2	44.3
1957	61.9	44.9
1958	62.6	45.5
1959	63.2	46.1
1960	63.8	46.4
1961	64.3	47.3
1962	64.6	48
1963	65	48.8
1964	65.3	49.6
1965	65.7	50.6
1966	65.9	51.6
1967	66.1	52.3
1968	66.3	52.9
1969	66.5	53.4
1970	66.7	53.8
1971	67	54.2
1972	67.3	48
1973	67.6	55
1974	67.9	55.4
1975	68.2	55.8
1976	68.4	56.1
1977	68.6	56.1
1978	68.7	53.5
1979	68.8	50.8
1980	69	58
1981	69.1	58.3
1982	69.3	58.7
1983	69.5	56.9
1984	69.8	56.1
1985	70.1	56.4
1986	70.4	57.6
1987	70.9	57.3
1988	71.2	59.8
1989	71.5	61.9
1990	71.7	62.5
1991	71.8	63.3
1992	71.8	63.7
1993	71.8	64.1
1994	71.6	64.5
1995	71.5	64.9
1996	71.3	65.2
1997	71.2	65.5
1998	71.2	64.1
1999	71.2	65.9
2000	71.3	66.4
2001	71.3	67
2002	71.5	68
2003	71.6	68.7
2004	71.5	69.5
2005	71.5	70.4
2006	71.4	71
2007	71.4	71.2
2008	71.5	71.4
2009	71.7	71.5
2010	72	71.8
2011	72.2	72
2012	72.4	72.4
2013	72.4	72.6
2014	72.4	72.8
2015	72.2	72.9
2016	72.1	73.2
2017	71.9	73.4
2018	71.6	73.9
2019	71.5	73.8
2020	71.5	70.8
2021	69.1	70.5
2022	71.5	74.5
2023	71.5	74.9
2024	71.6	75.1
2025	71.7	75.3

Jamaica and Nicaragua population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Nicaragua
1960	1,650,005	1,782,370
1961	1,673,261	1,836,451
1962	1,696,932	1,892,320
1963	1,721,099	1,950,159
1964	1,745,568	2,010,176
1965	1,769,192	2,072,681
1966	1,791,475	2,137,820
1967	1,812,865	2,205,567
1968	1,833,765	2,275,836
1969	1,855,127	2,348,398
1970	1,878,196	2,423,065
1971	1,903,728	2,499,825
1972	1,931,542	2,573,578
1973	1,961,219	2,649,278
1974	1,990,906	2,732,075
1975	2,018,981	2,816,943
1976	2,045,578	2,903,851
1977	2,070,657	2,992,534
1978	2,094,836	3,080,314
1979	2,119,486	3,164,525
1980	2,145,658	3,252,403
1981	2,173,818	3,345,674
1982	2,203,889	3,438,745
1983	2,234,832	3,530,282
1984	2,264,562	3,619,104
1985	2,290,656	3,706,479
1986	2,312,125	3,794,157
1987	2,329,813	3,882,164
1988	2,345,777	3,972,320
1989	2,361,916	4,066,476
1990	2,379,877	4,162,559
1991	2,400,869	4,259,637
1992	2,424,701	4,357,026
1993	2,449,916	4,453,732
1994	2,475,220	4,549,316
1995	2,500,151	4,642,931
1996	2,524,463	4,729,974
1997	2,547,848	4,809,573
1998	2,569,736	4,883,655
1999	2,589,795	4,954,018
2000	2,607,826	5,022,633
2001	2,624,403	5,087,825
2002	2,640,572	5,149,909
2003	2,656,623	5,210,963
2004	2,672,225	5,272,912
2005	2,687,066	5,342,105
2006	2,700,968	5,418,855
2007	2,713,800	5,497,243
2008	2,725,635	5,576,593
2009	2,736,995	5,656,601
2010	2,748,568	5,737,450
2011	2,760,494	5,819,051
2012	2,772,430	5,901,287
2013	2,783,687	5,983,845
2014	2,793,749	6,066,492
2015	2,802,534	6,149,417
2016	2,809,915	6,232,666
2017	2,815,764	6,316,231
2018	2,820,097	6,400,080
2019	2,823,271	6,483,657
2020	2,830,739	6,565,267
2021	2,837,682	6,644,741
2022	2,839,144	6,730,654
2023	2,839,786	6,823,613
2024	2,839,175	6,916,140

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Nicaragua

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Nicaragua
1960	5.54	7.16
1961	5.6	7.11
1962	5.64	7.1
1963	5.73	7.08
1964	5.79	7.06
1965	5.72	7.03
1966	5.69	6.99
1967	5.67	6.94
1968	5.58	6.89
1969	5.47	6.83
1970	5.35	6.77
1971	5.21	6.71
1972	5.06	6.65
1973	5	6.59
1974	4.67	6.52
1975	4.44	6.45
1976	4.21	6.37
1977	4	6.28
1978	3.84	6.16
1979	3.72	6.07
1980	3.59	5.96
1981	3.51	5.84
1982	3.46	5.74
1983	3.41	5.61
1984	3.32	5.49
1985	3.21	5.36
1986	3.11	5.22
1987	3.02	5.07
1988	2.98	4.93
1989	2.93	4.76
1990	2.96	4.6
1991	3	4.43
1992	3.03	4.27
1993	2.99	4.1
1994	2.93	3.94
1995	2.85	3.78
1996	2.77	3.62
1997	2.68	3.47
1998	2.57	3.34
1999	2.47	3.22
2000	2.35	3.12
2001	2.3	3
2002	2.27	2.89
2003	2.24	2.83
2004	2.2	2.78
2005	2.15	2.77
2006	2.09	2.73
2007	2.02	2.7
2008	1.95	2.66
2009	1.88	2.63
2010	1.8	2.6
2011	1.72	2.56
2012	1.65	2.53
2013	1.59	2.49
2014	1.54	2.46
2015	1.51	2.43
2016	1.46	2.41
2017	1.43	2.38
2018	1.4	2.35
2019	1.39	2.32
2020	1.38	2.3
2021	1.38	2.27
2022	1.37	2.24
2023	1.36	2.22

Jamaica and Nicaragua demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Nicaragua
1960	19.8	16.2
1961	19.5	16.1
1962	19.3	16
1963	19	15.9
1964	18.8	15.9
1965	18.5	15.9
1966	18.3	16
1967	18.1	16
1968	17.9	16
1969	17.8	16.1
1970	17.7	16.1
1971	17.7	16.1
1972	17.8	16.2
1973	17.9	16.2
1974	18	16.2
1975	18.2	16.2
1976	18.4	16.2
1977	18.6	16.2
1978	18.9	16.2
1979	19.1	16.2
1980	19.4	16.2
1981	19.6	16.2
1982	19.9	16.2
1983	20.1	16.3
1984	20.4	16.3
1985	20.6	16.3
1986	20.8	16.3
1987	21.1	16.4
1988	21.3	16.4
1989	21.6	16.5
1990	21.8	16.7
1991	22	16.8
1992	22.2	17
1993	22.3	17.2
1994	22.4	17.4
1995	22.5	17.6
1996	22.6	17.9
1997	22.7	18.1
1998	22.9	18.4
1999	23.1	18.8
2000	23.3	19.1
2001	23.6	19.4
2002	23.8	19.7
2003	24.1	20.1
2004	24.4	20.4
2005	24.6	20.8
2006	24.9	21.1
2007	25.3	21.4
2008	25.7	21.7
2009	26.1	22
2010	26.5	22.2
2011	27	22.5
2012	27.4	22.8
2013	27.9	23.1
2014	28.3	23.4
2015	28.8	23.7
2016	29.3	24
2017	29.8	24.3
2018	30.3	24.7
2019	30.8	25
2020	31.3	25.3
2021	31.7	25.6
2022	32.2	25.9
2023	32.8	26.3
2024	33.3	26.6

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