Jamaica vs Nigeria statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 159th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Jamaica and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Nigeria
1960	$699,064,380	$4,196,174,502
1961	$748,043,501	$4,467,287,893
1962	$777,727,689	$4,909,399,176
1963	$826,706,669	$5,165,590,254
1964	$897,949,001	$5,552,931,319
1965	$972,159,611	$5,874,537,650
1966	$1,096,759,561	$6,366,917,453
1967	$1,148,014,311	$5,203,237,919
1968	$1,083,839,133	$5,200,997,920
1969	$1,191,239,047	$6,634,317,346
1970	$1,404,720,442	$12,546,094,982
1971	$1,539,861,816	$9,181,769,912
1972	$1,875,146,587	$12,274,416,018
1973	$1,905,917,553	$15,162,871,287
1974	$2,375,122,375	$24,846,641,318
1975	$2,860,442,750	$27,778,934,625
1976	$2,966,042,856	$36,308,883,249
1977	$3,249,733,140	$36,035,407,725
1978	$2,644,527,822	$36,527,862,209
1979	$2,425,064,229	$47,259,911,894
1980	$2,679,379,372	$64,201,788,123
1981	$2,979,027,966	$164,475,209,516
1982	$3,293,496,312	$142,769,363,314
1983	$3,619,262,277	$97,094,911,792
1984	$2,373,564,549	$73,484,359,521
1985	$2,100,239,019	$73,745,821,158
1986	$2,754,549,582	$54,805,852,581
1987	$3,287,007,322	$52,676,041,931
1988	$3,828,342,820	$49,648,470,440
1989	$4,404,937,853	$44,003,061,108
1990	$4,592,208,087	$54,035,795,388
1991	$4,106,207,649	$59,526,833,412
1992	$3,535,460,090	$52,058,181,854
1993	$5,440,075,676	$56,721,051,402
1994	$5,452,558,947	$80,399,613,064
1995	$6,577,520,643	$140,919,776,986
1996	$7,393,891,921	$185,730,236,700
1997	$8,400,041,724	$200,850,397,618
1998	$8,787,195,622	$218,416,200,673
1999	$8,887,057,997	$59,145,077,039
2000	$9,005,064,475	$69,171,451,627
2001	$9,194,727,831	$73,557,840,064
2002	$9,719,009,495	$95,054,059,303
2003	$9,430,234,811	$104,738,954,264
2004	$10,174,664,854	$135,764,731,646
2005	$11,243,865,778	$175,670,569,969
2006	$11,930,179,090	$238,454,997,161
2007	$12,799,600,047	$278,260,846,800
2008	$13,709,401,520	$339,476,276,258
2009	$12,120,458,115	$295,008,835,381
2010	$13,220,549,908	$366,990,417,129
2011	$14,444,661,522	$414,466,676,831
2012	$14,807,086,556	$463,971,018,239
2013	$14,264,205,153	$520,117,180,314
2014	$13,899,217,680	$574,183,763,412
2015	$14,188,936,918	$493,026,682,801
2016	$14,077,096,677	$404,649,125,252
2017	$14,808,985,133	$375,745,731,053
2018	$15,730,792,876	$421,739,251,509
2019	$15,830,766,531	$474,517,490,844
2020	$13,812,421,836	$432,198,898,468
2021	$14,657,586,159	$440,833,635,874
2022	$17,097,760,687	$477,403,400,101
2023	$19,423,355,367	$363,846,332,835
2024	$19,930,288,337	$187,759,703,100

Jamaica and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Nigeria
1960	$424	$93.1
1961	$447	$97.1
1962	$458	$104.5
1963	$480	$107.7
1964	$514	$113.3
1965	$549	$117.3
1966	$612	$124.4
1967	$633	$99.5
1968	$591	$97.3
1969	$642	$121.4
1970	$748	$224.5
1971	$809	$160.5
1972	$971	$209.5
1973	$972	$252.4
1974	$1,193	$403
1975	$1,417	$438
1976	$1,450	$556
1977	$1,569	$536
1978	$1,262	$527
1979	$1,144	$661
1980	$1,249	$870
1981	$1,370	$2,162
1982	$1,494	$1,822
1983	$1,619	$1,207
1984	$1,048	$890
1985	$917	$869
1986	$1,191	$628
1987	$1,411	$588
1988	$1,632	$540
1989	$1,865	$465
1990	$1,930	$556
1991	$1,710	$597
1992	$1,458	$509
1993	$2,221	$540
1994	$2,203	$745
1995	$2,631	$1,272
1996	$2,929	$1,633
1997	$3,297	$1,720
1998	$3,419	$1,822
1999	$3,432	$481
2000	$3,453	$547
2001	$3,504	$566
2002	$3,681	$712
2003	$3,550	$763
2004	$3,808	$962
2005	$4,184	$1,211
2006	$4,417	$1,600
2007	$4,716	$1,816
2008	$5,030	$2,154
2009	$4,428	$1,820
2010	$4,810	$2,202
2011	$5,233	$2,418
2012	$5,341	$2,633
2013	$5,124	$2,873
2014	$4,975	$3,089
2015	$5,063	$2,586
2016	$5,010	$2,070
2017	$5,259	$1,876
2018	$5,578	$2,058
2019	$5,607	$2,265
2020	$4,879	$2,020
2021	$5,165	$2,017
2022	$6,022	$2,139
2023	$6,840	$1,597
2024	$7,020	$807

Jamaica vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Nigeria
1950	56.6	35.5
1951	57.1	35.7
1952	58.1	35.9
1953	58.9	36
1954	59.6	36.2
1955	60.4	36.3
1956	61.2	36.5
1957	61.9	36.6
1958	62.6	36.8
1959	63.2	37
1960	63.8	37.2
1961	64.3	37.4
1962	64.6	37.6
1963	65	37.8
1964	65.3	38
1965	65.7	38.2
1966	65.9	38.4
1967	66.1	37.5
1968	66.3	38.6
1969	66.5	38.9
1970	66.7	40
1971	67	40.6
1972	67.3	41.3
1973	67.6	41.8
1974	67.9	42.5
1975	68.2	43.1
1976	68.4	44.2
1977	68.6	44.8
1978	68.7	45.3
1979	68.8	45.7
1980	69	46
1981	69.1	46.3
1982	69.3	46.4
1983	69.5	46.4
1984	69.8	46.3
1985	70.1	46.2
1986	70.4	46
1987	70.9	45.9
1988	71.2	45.8
1989	71.5	45.8
1990	71.7	45.7
1991	71.8	45.5
1992	71.8	45.6
1993	71.8	45.8
1994	71.6	45.7
1995	71.5	45.9
1996	71.3	45.8
1997	71.2	46
1998	71.2	46.1
1999	71.2	46.6
2000	71.3	47.1
2001	71.3	47.5
2002	71.5	48
2003	71.6	48.6
2004	71.5	49.1
2005	71.5	49.5
2006	71.4	49.9
2007	71.4	50.4
2008	71.5	50.7
2009	71.7	51.1
2010	72	51.3
2011	72.2	51.5
2012	72.4	51.7
2013	72.4	51.8
2014	72.4	51.9
2015	72.2	51.9
2016	72.1	52.2
2017	71.9	52.4
2018	71.6	52.7
2019	71.5	53
2020	71.5	53.1
2021	69.1	53.5
2022	71.5	54.1
2023	71.5	54.5
2024	71.6	54.6
2025	71.7	54.8

Jamaica and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Nigeria
1960	1,650,005	45,053,782
1961	1,673,261	45,989,310
1962	1,696,932	46,965,292
1963	1,721,099	47,973,575
1964	1,745,568	49,012,016
1965	1,769,192	50,086,764
1966	1,791,475	51,188,234
1967	1,812,865	52,293,065
1968	1,833,765	53,432,783
1969	1,855,127	54,631,914
1970	1,878,196	55,893,838
1971	1,903,728	57,214,684
1972	1,931,542	58,601,748
1973	1,961,219	60,082,139
1974	1,990,906	61,679,144
1975	2,018,981	63,410,815
1976	2,045,578	65,258,009
1977	2,070,657	67,234,590
1978	2,094,836	69,326,532
1979	2,119,486	71,498,242
1980	2,145,658	73,764,641
1981	2,173,818	76,068,103
1982	2,203,889	78,378,701
1983	2,234,832	80,438,260
1984	2,264,562	82,526,443
1985	2,290,656	84,897,973
1986	2,312,125	87,235,953
1987	2,329,813	89,591,716
1988	2,345,777	92,020,090
1989	2,361,916	94,531,014
1990	2,379,877	97,120,925
1991	2,400,869	99,720,162
1992	2,424,701	102,372,770
1993	2,449,916	105,122,069
1994	2,475,220	107,935,714
1995	2,500,151	110,819,428
1996	2,524,463	113,754,779
1997	2,547,848	116,754,792
1998	2,569,736	119,846,254
1999	2,589,795	123,047,320
2000	2,607,826	126,382,494
2001	2,624,403	129,862,595
2002	2,640,572	133,471,989
2003	2,656,623	137,202,644
2004	2,672,225	141,057,045
2005	2,687,066	145,017,253
2006	2,700,968	149,077,334
2007	2,713,800	153,267,261
2008	2,725,635	157,595,014
2009	2,736,995	162,049,464
2010	2,748,568	166,642,886
2011	2,760,494	171,379,598
2012	2,772,430	176,200,625
2013	2,783,687	181,049,443
2014	2,793,749	185,896,915
2015	2,802,534	190,671,878
2016	2,809,915	195,443,700
2017	2,815,764	200,254,579
2018	2,820,097	204,938,755
2019	2,823,271	209,485,641
2020	2,830,739	213,996,181
2021	2,837,682	218,529,286
2022	2,839,144	223,150,896
2023	2,839,786	227,882,945
2024	2,839,175	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Nigeria
1960	5.54	6.36
1961	5.6	6.35
1962	5.64	6.36
1963	5.73	6.35
1964	5.79	6.36
1965	5.72	6.37
1966	5.69	6.39
1967	5.67	6.4
1968	5.58	6.42
1969	5.47	6.44
1970	5.35	6.47
1971	5.21	6.53
1972	5.06	6.58
1973	5	6.63
1974	4.67	6.7
1975	4.44	6.77
1976	4.21	6.81
1977	4	6.86
1978	3.84	6.92
1979	3.72	6.89
1980	3.59	6.85
1981	3.51	6.82
1982	3.46	6.8
1983	3.41	6.78
1984	3.32	6.7
1985	3.21	6.62
1986	3.11	6.56
1987	3.02	6.5
1988	2.98	6.5
1989	2.93	6.49
1990	2.96	6.46
1991	3	6.43
1992	3.03	6.39
1993	2.99	6.35
1994	2.93	6.32
1995	2.85	6.27
1996	2.77	6.22
1997	2.68	6.14
1998	2.57	6.07
1999	2.47	6.08
2000	2.35	6.12
2001	2.3	6.13
2002	2.27	6.12
2003	2.24	6.1
2004	2.2	6.09
2005	2.15	6.06
2006	2.09	6.05
2007	2.02	6.03
2008	1.95	6.02
2009	1.88	5.99
2010	1.8	5.95
2011	1.72	5.89
2012	1.65	5.8
2013	1.59	5.69
2014	1.54	5.62
2015	1.51	5.5
2016	1.46	5.34
2017	1.43	5.18
2018	1.4	5.02
2019	1.39	4.86
2020	1.38	4.7
2021	1.38	4.64
2022	1.37	4.55
2023	1.36	4.48

Jamaica and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Nigeria
1960	19.8	19.3
1961	19.5	19.3
1962	19.3	19.3
1963	19	19.3
1964	18.8	19.3
1965	18.5	19.3
1966	18.3	19.3
1967	18.1	19.2
1968	17.9	19.2
1969	17.8	19.1
1970	17.7	18.9
1971	17.7	18.8
1972	17.8	18.7
1973	17.9	18.6
1974	18	18.5
1975	18.2	18.4
1976	18.4	18.3
1977	18.6	18.2
1978	18.9	18
1979	19.1	17.9
1980	19.4	17.8
1981	19.6	17.7
1982	19.9	17.6
1983	20.1	17.5
1984	20.4	17.4
1985	20.6	17.3
1986	20.8	17.3
1987	21.1	17.3
1988	21.3	17.3
1989	21.6	17.3
1990	21.8	17.3
1991	22	17.3
1992	22.2	17.4
1993	22.3	17.4
1994	22.4	17.5
1995	22.5	17.6
1996	22.6	17.6
1997	22.7	17.7
1998	22.9	17.8
1999	23.1	17.9
2000	23.3	17.9
2001	23.6	17.9
2002	23.8	17.9
2003	24.1	17.9
2004	24.4	17.9
2005	24.6	17.9
2006	24.9	17.9
2007	25.3	17.9
2008	25.7	17.8
2009	26.1	17.8
2010	26.5	17.8
2011	27	17.7
2012	27.4	17.7
2013	27.9	17.7
2014	28.3	17.7
2015	28.8	17.8
2016	29.3	17.8
2017	29.8	17.9
2018	30.3	18
2019	30.8	18.2
2020	31.3	18.3
2021	31.7	18.5
2022	32.2	18.7
2023	32.8	18.8
2024	33.3	19

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