Jamaica vs Somalia statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 159th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Jamaica and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Somalia
1960	$699,064,380	$180,459,937
1961	$748,043,501	$191,659,914
1962	$777,727,689	$203,531,928
1963	$826,706,669	$216,145,936
1964	$897,949,001	$229,529,913
1965	$972,159,611	$243,725,898
1966	$1,096,759,561	$257,375,897
1967	$1,148,014,311	$271,781,887
1968	$1,083,839,133	$286,719,885
1969	$1,191,239,047	$306,357,285
1970	$1,404,720,442	$347,985,394
1971	$1,539,861,816	$347,039,446
1972	$1,875,146,587	$447,883,941
1973	$1,905,917,553	$483,699,611
1974	$2,375,122,375	$572,504,036
1975	$2,860,442,750	$757,015,879
1976	$2,966,042,856	$871,344,245
1977	$3,249,733,140	$498,550,725
1978	$2,644,527,822	$564,571,823
1979	$2,425,064,229	$589,566,929
1980	$2,679,379,372	$602,515,548
1981	$2,979,027,966	$699,302,473
1982	$3,293,496,312	$774,578,932
1983	$3,619,262,277	$735,408,642
1984	$2,373,564,549	$787,434,542
1985	$2,100,239,019	$875,702,247
1986	$2,754,549,582	$916,590,786
1987	$3,287,007,322	$1,018,972,664
1988	$3,828,342,820	$1,051,596,967
1989	$4,404,937,853	$1,181,360,844
1990	$4,592,208,087	$1,031,282,081
1991	$4,106,207,649	$717,974,930
1992	$3,535,460,090	$709,297,579
1993	$5,440,075,676	$1,260,132,956
1994	$5,452,558,947	$1,481,205,098
1995	$6,577,520,643	$1,534,756,135
1996	$7,393,891,921	$1,792,234,297
1997	$8,400,041,724	$2,191,749,014
1998	$8,787,195,622	$2,962,047,564
1999	$8,887,057,997	$3,045,751,528
2000	$9,005,064,475	$3,412,797,450
2001	$9,194,727,831	$2,252,847,465
2002	$9,719,009,495	$2,192,684,135
2003	$9,430,234,811	$2,836,724,352
2004	$10,174,664,854	$3,859,592,813
2005	$11,243,865,778	$4,683,246,454
2006	$11,930,179,090	$5,026,743,282
2007	$12,799,600,047	$5,430,713,729
2008	$13,709,401,520	$5,913,620,293
2009	$12,120,458,115	$2,948,594,552
2010	$13,220,549,908	$2,687,807,004
2011	$14,444,661,522	$2,906,000,097
2012	$14,807,086,556	$4,364,670,160
2013	$14,264,205,153	$5,062,881,600
2014	$13,899,217,680	$5,728,399,720
2015	$14,188,936,918	$6,152,149,100
2016	$14,077,096,677	$6,613,743,070
2017	$14,808,985,133	$7,621,501,710
2018	$15,730,792,876	$7,873,440,830
2019	$15,830,766,531	$8,655,023,960
2020	$13,812,421,836	$8,628,393,720
2021	$14,657,586,159	$9,483,997,390
2022	$17,097,760,687	$10,202,767,270
2023	$19,423,355,367	$10,968,517,090
2024	$19,930,288,337	$12,108,515,110

Jamaica and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Somalia
1960	$424	$62.7
1961	$447	$64.9
1962	$458	$67.2
1963	$480	$69.5
1964	$514	$71.9
1965	$549	$74.4
1966	$612	$76.5
1967	$633	$78.7
1968	$591	$80.8
1969	$642	$84.1
1970	$748	$93.1
1971	$809	$90.4
1972	$971	$113.7
1973	$972	$119.6
1974	$1,193	$137.9
1975	$1,417	$177.8
1976	$1,450	$199.6
1977	$1,569	$111.2
1978	$1,262	$117.3
1979	$1,144	$108.2
1980	$1,249	$101.5
1981	$1,370	$116.9
1982	$1,494	$129
1983	$1,619	$118.6
1984	$1,048	$122.5
1985	$917	$130.8
1986	$1,191	$131.4
1987	$1,411	$141
1988	$1,632	$145.3
1989	$1,865	$166
1990	$1,930	$145.6
1991	$1,710	$105.4
1992	$1,458	$109.2
1993	$2,221	$188.6
1994	$2,203	$210.8
1995	$2,631	$210.7
1996	$2,929	$237.2
1997	$3,297	$280.1
1998	$3,419	$363
1999	$3,432	$359
2000	$3,453	$386
2001	$3,504	$244.9
2002	$3,681	$229.6
2003	$3,550	$286.3
2004	$3,808	$375
2005	$4,184	$440
2006	$4,417	$458
2007	$4,716	$480
2008	$5,030	$507
2009	$4,428	$246.5
2010	$4,810	$219.2
2011	$5,233	$235.3
2012	$5,341	$350
2013	$5,124	$393
2014	$4,975	$429
2015	$5,063	$446
2016	$5,010	$461
2017	$5,259	$511
2018	$5,578	$510
2019	$5,607	$540
2020	$4,879	$518
2021	$5,165	$549
2022	$6,022	$573
2023	$6,840	$597
2024	$7,020	$637

Jamaica vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Somalia
1950	56.6	41.5
1951	57.1	41.7
1952	58.1	41.9
1953	58.9	42.1
1954	59.6	42.3
1955	60.4	42.5
1956	61.2	42.7
1957	61.9	42.9
1958	62.6	43.1
1959	63.2	43.3
1960	63.8	43.5
1961	64.3	43.7
1962	64.6	44
1963	65	44.2
1964	65.3	44.4
1965	65.7	44.6
1966	65.9	44.8
1967	66.1	45.1
1968	66.3	45.3
1969	66.5	45.5
1970	66.7	45.6
1971	67	45.8
1972	67.3	46
1973	67.6	46.2
1974	67.9	44.3
1975	68.2	44.5
1976	68.4	44.7
1977	68.6	47
1978	68.7	47
1979	68.8	47.4
1980	69	47.6
1981	69.1	47.8
1982	69.3	48
1983	69.5	48.2
1984	69.8	48.4
1985	70.1	48.3
1986	70.4	48.4
1987	70.9	49
1988	71.2	43.9
1989	71.5	46.6
1990	71.7	46.9
1991	71.8	25.4
1992	71.8	25
1993	71.8	50.6
1994	71.6	50.3
1995	71.5	50.6
1996	71.3	50.5
1997	71.2	50.3
1998	71.2	50.8
1999	71.2	50.6
2000	71.3	50.7
2001	71.3	50.8
2002	71.5	50.8
2003	71.6	50.7
2004	71.5	50.7
2005	71.5	50.9
2006	71.4	50.9
2007	71.4	50.9
2008	71.5	51.5
2009	71.7	52.1
2010	72	48.9
2011	72.2	32.5
2012	72.4	49.1
2013	72.4	54
2014	72.4	54.4
2015	72.2	55.1
2016	72.1	55.3
2017	71.9	52.2
2018	71.6	54.8
2019	71.5	57.2
2020	71.5	57.1
2021	69.1	55.7
2022	71.5	53.9
2023	71.5	58.8
2024	71.6	59
2025	71.7	59.1

Jamaica and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Somalia
1960	1,650,005	2,876,331
1961	1,673,261	2,952,054
1962	1,696,932	3,030,091
1963	1,721,099	3,110,361
1964	1,745,568	3,192,796
1965	1,769,192	3,277,874
1966	1,791,475	3,365,106
1967	1,812,865	3,454,537
1968	1,833,765	3,546,590
1969	1,855,127	3,641,015
1970	1,878,196	3,738,448
1971	1,903,728	3,837,691
1972	1,931,542	3,939,436
1973	1,961,219	4,045,592
1974	1,990,906	4,151,842
1975	2,018,981	4,257,535
1976	2,045,578	4,365,812
1977	2,070,657	4,484,050
1978	2,094,836	4,814,892
1979	2,119,486	5,449,117
1980	2,145,658	5,936,154
1981	2,173,818	5,982,849
1982	2,203,889	6,003,840
1983	2,234,832	6,198,430
1984	2,264,562	6,428,389
1985	2,290,656	6,693,289
1986	2,312,125	6,974,788
1987	2,329,813	7,228,302
1988	2,345,777	7,235,360
1989	2,361,916	7,114,817
1990	2,379,877	7,082,811
1991	2,400,869	6,813,760
1992	2,424,701	6,495,107
1993	2,449,916	6,681,399
1994	2,475,220	7,026,797
1995	2,500,151	7,285,007
1996	2,524,463	7,554,474
1997	2,547,848	7,824,525
1998	2,569,736	8,155,417
1999	2,589,795	8,492,059
2000	2,607,826	8,838,713
2001	2,624,403	9,198,493
2002	2,640,572	9,550,063
2003	2,656,623	9,909,157
2004	2,672,225	10,280,998
2005	2,687,066	10,644,228
2006	2,700,968	10,975,502
2007	2,713,800	11,322,582
2008	2,725,635	11,663,084
2009	2,736,995	11,961,201
2010	2,748,568	12,261,756
2011	2,760,494	12,348,830
2012	2,772,430	12,461,160
2013	2,783,687	12,869,594
2014	2,793,749	13,339,491
2015	2,802,534	13,806,963
2016	2,809,915	14,348,740
2017	2,815,764	14,916,629
2018	2,820,097	15,452,487
2019	2,823,271	16,030,971
2020	2,830,739	16,651,191
2021	2,837,682	17,271,431
2022	2,839,144	17,801,897
2023	2,839,786	18,358,615
2024	2,839,175	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Somalia

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Somalia
1960	5.54	7.25
1961	5.6	7.25
1962	5.64	7.26
1963	5.73	7.26
1964	5.79	7.26
1965	5.72	7.26
1966	5.69	7.26
1967	5.67	7.25
1968	5.58	7.23
1969	5.47	7.21
1970	5.35	7.18
1971	5.21	7.15
1972	5.06	7.12
1973	5	7.09
1974	4.67	7.06
1975	4.44	7.03
1976	4.21	7.02
1977	4	7
1978	3.84	7.13
1979	3.72	7.16
1980	3.59	7.18
1981	3.51	7.23
1982	3.46	7.25
1983	3.41	7.28
1984	3.32	7.3
1985	3.21	7.33
1986	3.11	7.35
1987	3.02	7.37
1988	2.98	7.4
1989	2.93	7.42
1990	2.96	7.44
1991	3	7.47
1992	3.03	7.5
1993	2.99	7.53
1994	2.93	7.54
1995	2.85	7.58
1996	2.77	7.62
1997	2.68	7.66
1998	2.57	7.66
1999	2.47	7.66
2000	2.35	7.65
2001	2.3	7.64
2002	2.27	7.63
2003	2.24	7.6
2004	2.2	7.57
2005	2.15	7.53
2006	2.09	7.49
2007	2.02	7.46
2008	1.95	7.42
2009	1.88	7.38
2010	1.8	7.32
2011	1.72	7.27
2012	1.65	7.21
2013	1.59	7.14
2014	1.54	7.06
2015	1.51	6.98
2016	1.46	6.88
2017	1.43	6.77
2018	1.4	6.66
2019	1.39	6.56
2020	1.38	6.45
2021	1.38	6.35
2022	1.37	6.26
2023	1.36	6.13

Jamaica and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Somalia
1960	19.8	18.1
1961	19.5	17.9
1962	19.3	17.8
1963	19	17.7
1964	18.8	17.6
1965	18.5	17.5
1966	18.3	17.5
1967	18.1	17.5
1968	17.9	17.5
1969	17.8	17.5
1970	17.7	17.5
1971	17.7	17.6
1972	17.8	17.6
1973	17.9	17.6
1974	18	17.7
1975	18.2	17.7
1976	18.4	17.7
1977	18.6	17.7
1978	18.9	17.7
1979	19.1	17.6
1980	19.4	17.6
1981	19.6	17.5
1982	19.9	17.4
1983	20.1	17.4
1984	20.4	17.3
1985	20.6	17.2
1986	20.8	17.1
1987	21.1	17
1988	21.3	16.8
1989	21.6	16.7
1990	21.8	16.5
1991	22	16.5
1992	22.2	16.7
1993	22.3	16.8
1994	22.4	16.7
1995	22.5	16.6
1996	22.6	16.5
1997	22.7	16.4
1998	22.9	16.4
1999	23.1	16.3
2000	23.3	16.3
2001	23.6	16.2
2002	23.8	16.2
2003	24.1	16.1
2004	24.4	16
2005	24.6	15.9
2006	24.9	15.7
2007	25.3	15.6
2008	25.7	15.6
2009	26.1	15.6
2010	26.5	15.7
2011	27	15.8
2012	27.4	16
2013	27.9	16
2014	28.3	16
2015	28.8	16.1
2016	29.3	16.1
2017	29.8	16.2
2018	30.3	16.2
2019	30.8	16.3
2020	31.3	16.3
2021	31.7	16.4
2022	32.2	16.5
2023	32.8	16.5
2024	33.3	16.6

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