Jamaica vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 159th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Jamaica and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Sierra Leone
1960	$699,064,380	$322,151,961
1961	$748,043,501	$327,978,758
1962	$777,727,689	$342,872,549
1963	$826,706,669	$348,700,980
1964	$897,949,001	$372,011,438
1965	$972,159,611	$359,523,810
1966	$1,096,759,561	$375,630,252
1967	$1,148,014,311	$348,895,028
1968	$1,083,839,133	$329,991,597
1969	$1,191,239,047	$408,853,541
1970	$1,404,720,442	$434,584,634
1971	$1,539,861,816	$419,495,788
1972	$1,875,146,587	$465,254,682
1973	$1,905,917,553	$575,471,814
1974	$2,375,122,375	$648,940,351
1975	$2,860,442,750	$679,352,876
1976	$2,966,042,856	$594,810,422
1977	$3,249,733,140	$692,079,407
1978	$2,644,527,822	$960,765,043
1979	$2,425,064,229	$1,109,343,425
1980	$2,679,379,372	$1,100,476,190
1981	$2,979,027,966	$1,114,926,661
1982	$3,293,496,312	$1,294,995,964
1983	$3,619,262,277	$995,278,515
1984	$2,373,564,549	$1,087,450,199
1985	$2,100,239,019	$856,890,459
1986	$2,754,549,582	$490,181,457
1987	$3,287,007,322	$660,106,336
1988	$3,828,342,820	$1,055,083,933
1989	$4,404,937,853	$932,974,420
1990	$4,592,208,087	$649,644,098
1991	$4,106,207,649	$779,981,987
1992	$3,535,460,090	$679,940,814
1993	$5,440,075,676	$768,867,883
1994	$5,452,558,947	$911,853,802
1995	$6,577,520,643	$870,740,292
1996	$7,393,891,921	$941,709,423
1997	$8,400,041,724	$850,232,760
1998	$8,787,195,622	$672,368,187
1999	$8,887,057,997	$669,386,624
2000	$9,005,064,475	$635,866,404
2001	$9,194,727,831	$1,681,473,894
2002	$9,719,009,495	$1,933,863,911
2003	$9,430,234,811	$2,142,618,046
2004	$10,174,664,854	$2,237,350,687
2005	$11,243,865,778	$2,545,275,313
2006	$11,930,179,090	$3,263,697,467
2007	$12,799,600,047	$3,632,957,611
2008	$13,709,401,520	$4,157,895,298
2009	$12,120,458,115	$3,953,403,098
2010	$13,220,549,908	$4,262,805,967
2011	$14,444,661,522	$4,861,632,885
2012	$14,807,086,556	$6,141,666,509
2013	$14,264,205,153	$7,502,762,863
2014	$13,899,217,680	$7,686,138,791
2015	$14,188,936,918	$6,788,352,975
2016	$14,077,096,677	$6,084,297,211
2017	$14,808,985,133	$5,749,846,528
2018	$15,730,792,876	$6,390,514,689
2019	$15,830,766,531	$6,526,183,564
2020	$13,812,421,836	$6,693,888,876
2021	$14,657,586,159	$7,173,379,137
2022	$17,097,760,687	$7,124,465,160
2023	$19,423,355,367	$6,411,787,856
2024	$19,930,288,337	$7,547,843,281

Jamaica and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Sierra Leone
1960	$424	$142
1961	$447	$142.3
1962	$458	$146.4
1963	$480	$146.4
1964	$514	$153.4
1965	$549	$145.6
1966	$612	$149.4
1967	$633	$136.2
1968	$591	$126.4
1969	$642	$153.6
1970	$748	$160.2
1971	$809	$151.8
1972	$971	$165.3
1973	$972	$200.7
1974	$1,193	$222.2
1975	$1,417	$228.4
1976	$1,450	$196.4
1977	$1,569	$224.3
1978	$1,262	$305
1979	$1,144	$346
1980	$1,249	$336
1981	$1,370	$334
1982	$1,494	$380
1983	$1,619	$285.9
1984	$1,048	$306
1985	$917	$235.5
1986	$1,191	$131.5
1987	$1,411	$172.4
1988	$1,632	$268.2
1989	$1,865	$231.3
1990	$1,930	$154.8
1991	$1,710	$183.7
1992	$1,458	$163.2
1993	$2,221	$185
1994	$2,203	$218.5
1995	$2,631	$208.4
1996	$2,929	$224.3
1997	$3,297	$199.9
1998	$3,419	$156.5
1999	$3,432	$155
2000	$3,453	$143.7
2001	$3,504	$358
2002	$3,681	$389
2003	$3,550	$414
2004	$3,808	$418
2005	$4,184	$463
2006	$4,417	$580
2007	$4,716	$632
2008	$5,030	$705
2009	$4,428	$653
2010	$4,810	$685
2011	$5,233	$761
2012	$5,341	$938
2013	$5,124	$1,117
2014	$4,975	$1,118
2015	$5,063	$965
2016	$5,010	$844
2017	$5,259	$779
2018	$5,578	$846
2019	$5,607	$844
2020	$4,879	$846
2021	$5,165	$886
2022	$6,022	$861
2023	$6,840	$758
2024	$7,020	$873

Jamaica vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Sierra Leone
1950	56.6	28.9
1951	57.1	29.3
1952	58.1	29.7
1953	58.9	30.1
1954	59.6	30.5
1955	60.4	30.9
1956	61.2	31.3
1957	61.9	31.8
1958	62.6	32.1
1959	63.2	32.6
1960	63.8	33.1
1961	64.3	33.6
1962	64.6	34.2
1963	65	34.7
1964	65.3	35.3
1965	65.7	35.9
1966	65.9	36.6
1967	66.1	37.3
1968	66.3	37.8
1969	66.5	38.2
1970	66.7	38.6
1971	67	39.1
1972	67.3	39.5
1973	67.6	40
1974	67.9	40.4
1975	68.2	41
1976	68.4	41.4
1977	68.6	41.8
1978	68.7	42.2
1979	68.8	42.5
1980	69	42.8
1981	69.1	43.1
1982	69.3	43.3
1983	69.5	43.5
1984	69.8	43.6
1985	70.1	43.6
1986	70.4	43.5
1987	70.9	43.7
1988	71.2	43.8
1989	71.5	43.7
1990	71.7	43.7
1991	71.8	43.3
1992	71.8	43.5
1993	71.8	43.4
1994	71.6	42.8
1995	71.5	42.6
1996	71.3	43.5
1997	71.2	43.6
1998	71.2	42.7
1999	71.2	42
2000	71.3	44.8
2001	71.3	45.4
2002	71.5	46.2
2003	71.6	46.8
2004	71.5	47.5
2005	71.5	48.3
2006	71.4	49.5
2007	71.4	50
2008	71.5	50.7
2009	71.7	51.3
2010	72	51.9
2011	72.2	52.6
2012	72.4	53.2
2013	72.4	54.1
2014	72.4	54.3
2015	72.2	55.5
2016	72.1	56.9
2017	71.9	57.8
2018	71.6	59.1
2019	71.5	59.6
2020	71.5	59.7
2021	69.1	60.3
2022	71.5	61.3
2023	71.5	61.8
2024	71.6	62
2025	71.7	62.2

Jamaica and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Sierra Leone
1960	1,650,005	2,268,356
1961	1,673,261	2,304,227
1962	1,696,932	2,342,242
1963	1,721,099	2,382,258
1964	1,745,568	2,424,390
1965	1,769,192	2,468,666
1966	1,791,475	2,514,638
1967	1,812,865	2,562,384
1968	1,833,765	2,611,532
1969	1,855,127	2,661,365
1970	1,878,196	2,712,286
1971	1,903,728	2,763,222
1972	1,931,542	2,814,388
1973	1,961,219	2,866,955
1974	1,990,906	2,920,459
1975	2,018,981	2,974,657
1976	2,045,578	3,028,820
1977	2,070,657	3,085,354
1978	2,094,836	3,145,517
1979	2,119,486	3,207,499
1980	2,145,658	3,272,089
1981	2,173,818	3,338,940
1982	2,203,889	3,408,183
1983	2,234,832	3,481,646
1984	2,264,562	3,558,758
1985	2,290,656	3,638,438
1986	2,312,125	3,728,380
1987	2,329,813	3,829,718
1988	2,345,777	3,934,517
1989	2,361,916	4,034,037
1990	2,379,877	4,196,828
1991	2,400,869	4,246,267
1992	2,424,701	4,166,366
1993	2,449,916	4,157,130
1994	2,475,220	4,173,105
1995	2,500,151	4,179,179
1996	2,524,463	4,199,210
1997	2,547,848	4,253,716
1998	2,569,736	4,295,785
1999	2,589,795	4,318,043
2000	2,607,826	4,423,611
2001	2,624,403	4,692,716
2002	2,640,572	4,971,435
2003	2,656,623	5,177,687
2004	2,672,225	5,355,717
2005	2,687,066	5,501,712
2006	2,700,968	5,624,466
2007	2,713,800	5,749,352
2008	2,725,635	5,894,722
2009	2,736,995	6,055,646
2010	2,748,568	6,222,714
2011	2,760,494	6,387,251
2012	2,772,430	6,551,080
2013	2,783,687	6,714,051
2014	2,793,749	6,876,385
2015	2,802,534	7,037,655
2016	2,809,915	7,205,328
2017	2,815,764	7,379,299
2018	2,820,097	7,554,563
2019	2,823,271	7,731,991
2020	2,830,739	7,912,558
2021	2,837,682	8,094,602
2022	2,839,144	8,276,807
2023	2,839,786	8,460,512
2024	2,839,175	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Sierra Leone
1960	5.54	6.18
1961	5.6	6.21
1962	5.64	6.22
1963	5.73	6.26
1964	5.79	6.29
1965	5.72	6.31
1966	5.69	6.35
1967	5.67	6.38
1968	5.58	6.39
1969	5.47	6.39
1970	5.35	6.41
1971	5.21	6.43
1972	5.06	6.45
1973	5	6.47
1974	4.67	6.53
1975	4.44	6.55
1976	4.21	6.55
1977	4	6.57
1978	3.84	6.59
1979	3.72	6.58
1980	3.59	6.56
1981	3.51	6.55
1982	3.46	6.56
1983	3.41	6.57
1984	3.32	6.59
1985	3.21	6.59
1986	3.11	6.6
1987	3.02	6.61
1988	2.98	6.59
1989	2.93	6.57
1990	2.96	6.57
1991	3	6.55
1992	3.03	6.56
1993	2.99	6.57
1994	2.93	6.56
1995	2.85	6.56
1996	2.77	6.55
1997	2.68	6.53
1998	2.57	6.5
1999	2.47	6.42
2000	2.35	6.36
2001	2.3	6.31
2002	2.27	6.23
2003	2.24	6.09
2004	2.2	5.92
2005	2.15	5.81
2006	2.09	5.74
2007	2.02	5.64
2008	1.95	5.56
2009	1.88	5.45
2010	1.8	5.33
2011	1.72	5.21
2012	1.65	5.06
2013	1.59	4.87
2014	1.54	4.7
2015	1.51	4.55
2016	1.46	4.47
2017	1.43	4.39
2018	1.4	4.29
2019	1.39	4.19
2020	1.38	4.08
2021	1.38	3.98
2022	1.37	3.88
2023	1.36	3.79

Jamaica and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Sierra Leone
1960	19.8	21.1
1961	19.5	21.1
1962	19.3	21.1
1963	19	21
1964	18.8	21
1965	18.5	20.9
1966	18.3	20.9
1967	18.1	20.8
1968	17.9	20.7
1969	17.8	20.6
1970	17.7	20.4
1971	17.7	20.2
1972	17.8	20.1
1973	17.9	19.9
1974	18	19.8
1975	18.2	19.6
1976	18.4	19.5
1977	18.6	19.4
1978	18.9	19.3
1979	19.1	19.2
1980	19.4	19.1
1981	19.6	19.1
1982	19.9	19
1983	20.1	18.9
1984	20.4	18.9
1985	20.6	18.8
1986	20.8	18.7
1987	21.1	18.7
1988	21.3	18.6
1989	21.6	18.6
1990	21.8	18.5
1991	22	18.5
1992	22.2	18.4
1993	22.3	18.4
1994	22.4	18.3
1995	22.5	18.2
1996	22.6	18.2
1997	22.7	18.1
1998	22.9	18.1
1999	23.1	18
2000	23.3	18
2001	23.6	18
2002	23.8	17.9
2003	24.1	17.9
2004	24.4	17.9
2005	24.6	18
2006	24.9	18
2007	25.3	18
2008	25.7	18.1
2009	26.1	18.1
2010	26.5	18.2
2011	27	18.3
2012	27.4	18.4
2013	27.9	18.5
2014	28.3	18.6
2015	28.8	18.7
2016	29.3	18.9
2017	29.8	19.1
2018	30.3	19.2
2019	30.8	19.4
2020	31.3	19.6
2021	31.7	19.8
2022	32.2	20
2023	32.8	20.3
2024	33.3	20.5

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