Jamaica vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 159th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Jamaica and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Sri Lanka
1960	$699,064,380	$1,409,873,950
1961	$748,043,501	$1,444,327,731
1962	$777,727,689	$1,434,156,379
1963	$826,706,669	$1,240,672,269
1964	$897,949,001	$1,309,747,899
1965	$972,159,611	$1,698,319,328
1966	$1,096,759,561	$1,751,470,588
1967	$1,148,014,311	$1,859,465,021
1968	$1,083,839,133	$1,801,344,538
1969	$1,191,239,047	$1,965,546,218
1970	$1,404,720,442	$2,296,470,588
1971	$1,539,861,816	$2,369,308,600
1972	$1,875,146,587	$2,553,936,348
1973	$1,905,917,553	$2,875,625,000
1974	$2,375,122,375	$3,574,586,466
1975	$2,860,442,750	$3,791,298,146
1976	$2,966,042,856	$3,591,319,857
1977	$3,249,733,140	$4,104,509,583
1978	$2,644,527,822	$2,733,183,857
1979	$2,425,064,229	$3,364,611,432
1980	$2,679,379,372	$4,024,621,900
1981	$2,979,027,966	$4,415,844,156
1982	$3,293,496,312	$4,768,765,017
1983	$3,619,262,277	$5,167,913,302
1984	$2,373,564,549	$6,043,474,843
1985	$2,100,239,019	$5,978,460,972
1986	$2,754,549,582	$6,405,210,564
1987	$3,287,007,322	$6,682,167,120
1988	$3,828,342,820	$6,978,371,581
1989	$4,404,937,853	$6,987,267,684
1990	$4,592,208,087	$8,032,551,173
1991	$4,106,207,649	$9,000,362,582
1992	$3,535,460,090	$9,703,011,636
1993	$5,440,075,676	$10,338,679,636
1994	$5,452,558,947	$11,717,604,209
1995	$6,577,520,643	$13,029,697,561
1996	$7,393,891,921	$13,897,738,375
1997	$8,400,041,724	$15,091,913,884
1998	$8,787,195,622	$15,794,972,847
1999	$8,887,057,997	$15,656,327,860
2000	$9,005,064,475	$16,330,814,180
2001	$9,194,727,831	$15,749,753,805
2002	$9,719,009,495	$16,536,535,647
2003	$9,430,234,811	$18,881,765,437
2004	$10,174,664,854	$20,662,525,941
2005	$11,243,865,778	$24,405,791,045
2006	$11,930,179,090	$28,279,802,406
2007	$12,799,600,047	$32,350,238,760
2008	$13,709,401,520	$40,713,826,215
2009	$12,120,458,115	$42,066,224,093
2010	$13,220,549,908	$58,636,161,082
2011	$14,444,661,522	$67,753,284,044
2012	$14,807,086,556	$70,447,216,891
2013	$14,264,205,153	$77,000,578,167
2014	$13,899,217,680	$82,528,535,714
2015	$14,188,936,918	$85,090,301,052
2016	$14,077,096,677	$88,000,211,172
2017	$14,808,985,133	$94,369,350,286
2018	$15,730,792,876	$94,450,015,983
2019	$15,830,766,531	$88,998,706,297
2020	$13,812,421,836	$84,335,574,582
2021	$14,657,586,159	$88,556,698,938
2022	$17,097,760,687	$74,143,020,263
2023	$19,423,355,367	$83,716,142,582
2024	$19,930,288,337	$98,963,185,510

Jamaica and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Sri Lanka
1960	$424	$145.9
1961	$447	$145.9
1962	$458	$141.4
1963	$480	$119.4
1964	$514	$122.9
1965	$549	$155.6
1966	$612	$156.6
1967	$633	$162.3
1968	$591	$153.5
1969	$642	$163.6
1970	$748	$186.9
1971	$809	$188.8
1972	$971	$199.4
1973	$972	$220.2
1974	$1,193	$268.7
1975	$1,417	$279.8
1976	$1,450	$260.3
1977	$1,569	$292.1
1978	$1,262	$191
1979	$1,144	$230.8
1980	$1,249	$271.1
1981	$1,370	$292.5
1982	$1,494	$312
1983	$1,619	$336
1984	$1,048	$391
1985	$917	$385
1986	$1,191	$407
1987	$1,411	$420
1988	$1,632	$434
1989	$1,865	$430
1990	$1,930	$491
1991	$1,710	$546
1992	$1,458	$580
1993	$2,221	$607
1994	$2,203	$678
1995	$2,631	$742
1996	$2,929	$776
1997	$3,297	$827
1998	$3,419	$849
1999	$3,432	$826
2000	$3,453	$846
2001	$3,504	$804
2002	$3,681	$835
2003	$3,550	$946
2004	$3,808	$1,029
2005	$4,184	$1,207
2006	$4,417	$1,390
2007	$4,716	$1,579
2008	$5,030	$1,974
2009	$4,428	$2,027
2010	$4,810	$2,808
2011	$5,233	$3,225
2012	$5,341	$3,328
2013	$5,124	$3,741
2014	$4,975	$3,972
2015	$5,063	$4,058
2016	$5,010	$4,149
2017	$5,259	$4,399
2018	$5,578	$4,359
2019	$5,607	$4,082
2020	$4,879	$3,848
2021	$5,165	$3,997
2022	$6,022	$3,343
2023	$6,840	$3,799
2024	$7,020	$4,516

Jamaica vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Sri Lanka
1950	56.6	53.2
1951	57.1	54
1952	58.1	54.9
1953	58.9	55.6
1954	59.6	56.4
1955	60.4	57.2
1956	61.2	57.9
1957	61.9	58.5
1958	62.6	59.3
1959	63.2	60
1960	63.8	60.6
1961	64.3	61.2
1962	64.6	61.6
1963	65	62
1964	65.3	62.4
1965	65.7	62.8
1966	65.9	63.2
1967	66.1	63.6
1968	66.3	63.9
1969	66.5	64.1
1970	66.7	64.4
1971	67	64.2
1972	67.3	64.6
1973	67.6	64.8
1974	67.9	65
1975	68.2	65.4
1976	68.4	65.8
1977	68.6	66.4
1978	68.7	66.8
1979	68.8	67.5
1980	69	68
1981	69.1	68.4
1982	69.3	68.7
1983	69.5	68.7
1984	69.8	68.8
1985	70.1	68.9
1986	70.4	69
1987	70.9	69
1988	71.2	69
1989	71.5	67.3
1990	71.7	69.2
1991	71.8	69.1
1992	71.8	69.6
1993	71.8	70
1994	71.6	70.2
1995	71.5	69.7
1996	71.3	69.8
1997	71.2	69.9
1998	71.2	70.1
1999	71.2	70.4
2000	71.3	71.2
2001	71.3	71.8
2002	71.5	72.3
2003	71.6	72.4
2004	71.5	68
2005	71.5	73.1
2006	71.4	72.8
2007	71.4	73
2008	71.5	72.6
2009	71.7	70.3
2010	72	74.5
2011	72.2	74.7
2012	72.4	75.2
2013	72.4	75.5
2014	72.4	75.8
2015	72.2	76
2016	72.1	76.1
2017	71.9	76.2
2018	71.6	76.5
2019	71.5	76.7
2020	71.5	76.9
2021	69.1	76.3
2022	71.5	77.3
2023	71.5	77.5
2024	71.6	77.7
2025	71.7	77.9

Jamaica and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Sri Lanka
1960	1,650,005	9,661,389
1961	1,673,261	9,899,372
1962	1,696,932	10,143,754
1963	1,721,099	10,395,040
1964	1,745,568	10,653,397
1965	1,769,192	10,916,965
1966	1,791,475	11,183,928
1967	1,812,865	11,457,328
1968	1,833,765	11,736,088
1969	1,855,127	12,013,858
1970	1,878,196	12,287,110
1971	1,903,728	12,551,910
1972	1,931,542	12,809,205
1973	1,961,219	13,060,916
1974	1,990,906	13,305,693
1975	2,018,981	13,548,984
1976	2,045,578	13,796,770
1977	2,070,657	14,049,371
1978	2,094,836	14,310,128
1979	2,119,486	14,579,614
1980	2,145,658	14,847,974
1981	2,173,818	15,099,414
1982	2,203,889	15,286,567
1983	2,234,832	15,388,794
1984	2,264,562	15,441,860
1985	2,290,656	15,544,154
1986	2,312,125	15,731,256
1987	2,329,813	15,916,576
1988	2,345,777	16,078,621
1989	2,361,916	16,248,557
1990	2,379,877	16,352,458
1991	2,400,869	16,475,354
1992	2,424,701	16,739,284
1993	2,449,916	17,025,918
1994	2,475,220	17,275,773
1995	2,500,151	17,564,068
1996	2,524,463	17,905,018
1997	2,547,848	18,248,200
1998	2,569,736	18,596,003
1999	2,589,795	18,944,731
2000	2,607,826	19,293,054
2001	2,624,403	19,600,362
2002	2,640,572	19,805,752
2003	2,656,623	19,951,521
2004	2,672,225	20,087,605
2005	2,687,066	20,216,524
2006	2,700,968	20,352,411
2007	2,713,800	20,492,545
2008	2,725,635	20,629,378
2009	2,736,995	20,756,435
2010	2,748,568	20,879,089
2011	2,760,494	21,009,048
2012	2,772,430	21,169,458
2013	2,783,687	20,585,000
2014	2,793,749	20,778,000
2015	2,802,534	20,970,000
2016	2,809,915	21,209,000
2017	2,815,764	21,453,000
2018	2,820,097	21,670,000
2019	2,823,271	21,803,000
2020	2,830,739	21,919,000
2021	2,837,682	22,156,000
2022	2,839,144	22,181,000
2023	2,839,786	22,037,000
2024	2,839,175	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Sri Lanka
1960	5.54	5.35
1961	5.6	5.24
1962	5.64	5.18
1963	5.73	5.12
1964	5.79	5.06
1965	5.72	4.93
1966	5.69	4.83
1967	5.67	4.79
1968	5.58	4.66
1969	5.47	4.5
1970	5.35	4.39
1971	5.21	4.27
1972	5.06	4.16
1973	5	4
1974	4.67	3.86
1975	4.44	3.82
1976	4.21	3.78
1977	4	3.74
1978	3.84	3.81
1979	3.72	3.82
1980	3.59	3.73
1981	3.51	3.65
1982	3.46	3.32
1983	3.41	3.11
1984	3.32	3.01
1985	3.21	2.9
1986	3.11	2.74
1987	3.02	2.64
1988	2.98	2.57
1989	2.93	2.58
1990	2.96	2.54
1991	3	2.51
1992	3.03	2.49
1993	2.99	2.44
1994	2.93	2.4
1995	2.85	2.35
1996	2.77	2.29
1997	2.68	2.22
1998	2.57	2.14
1999	2.47	2.14
2000	2.35	2.21
2001	2.3	2.28
2002	2.27	2.31
2003	2.24	2.3
2004	2.2	2.27
2005	2.15	2.26
2006	2.09	2.29
2007	2.02	2.3
2008	1.95	2.23
2009	1.88	2.18
2010	1.8	2.13
2011	1.72	2.14
2012	1.65	2.17
2013	1.59	2.18
2014	1.54	2.13
2015	1.51	2.09
2016	1.46	2.06
2017	1.43	2.04
2018	1.4	2.03
2019	1.39	2.02
2020	1.38	2.01
2021	1.38	2
2022	1.37	1.98
2023	1.36	1.97

Jamaica and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Sri Lanka
1960	19.8	19.5
1961	19.5	19.5
1962	19.3	19.5
1963	19	19.5
1964	18.8	19.5
1965	18.5	19.5
1966	18.3	19.6
1967	18.1	19.7
1968	17.9	19.8
1969	17.8	19.9
1970	17.7	20
1971	17.7	20.1
1972	17.8	20.2
1973	17.9	20.4
1974	18	20.6
1975	18.2	20.7
1976	18.4	20.9
1977	18.6	21
1978	18.9	21.2
1979	19.1	21.3
1980	19.4	21.5
1981	19.6	21.6
1982	19.9	21.7
1983	20.1	21.9
1984	20.4	22
1985	20.6	22.2
1986	20.8	22.5
1987	21.1	22.8
1988	21.3	23.1
1989	21.6	23.4
1990	21.8	23.6
1991	22	23.9
1992	22.2	24.3
1993	22.3	24.6
1994	22.4	24.9
1995	22.5	25.3
1996	22.6	25.8
1997	22.7	26.2
1998	22.9	26.5
1999	23.1	26.9
2000	23.3	27.2
2001	23.6	27.6
2002	23.8	27.9
2003	24.1	28.2
2004	24.4	28.5
2005	24.6	28.8
2006	24.9	29
2007	25.3	29.3
2008	25.7	29.6
2009	26.1	29.9
2010	26.5	30.2
2011	27	30.5
2012	27.4	30.8
2013	27.9	31.1
2014	28.3	31.4
2015	28.8	31.7
2016	29.3	32
2017	29.8	32.3
2018	30.3	32.5
2019	30.8	32.8
2020	31.3	33.1
2021	31.7	33.3
2022	32.2	33.6
2023	32.8	33.8
2024	33.3	34.1

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