Jamaica vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 159th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Jamaica and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	United Kingdom
1960	$699,064,380	$73,233,967,692
1961	$748,043,501	$77,741,965,703
1962	$777,727,689	$81,247,564,157
1963	$826,706,669	$86,561,961,812
1964	$897,949,001	$94,407,558,351
1965	$972,159,611	$101,824,755,079
1966	$1,096,759,561	$108,572,752,102
1967	$1,148,014,311	$113,116,888,211
1968	$1,083,839,133	$107,759,910,068
1969	$1,191,239,047	$116,464,702,803
1970	$1,404,720,442	$130,671,946,244
1971	$1,539,861,816	$148,113,896,325
1972	$1,875,146,587	$169,965,034,965
1973	$1,905,917,553	$192,537,971,583
1974	$2,375,122,375	$206,131,369,799
1975	$2,860,442,750	$241,756,637,168
1976	$2,966,042,856	$232,614,555,256
1977	$3,249,733,140	$263,066,457,352
1978	$2,644,527,822	$335,883,029,722
1979	$2,425,064,229	$438,994,070,309
1980	$2,679,379,372	$564,947,710,899
1981	$2,979,027,966	$540,765,675,241
1982	$3,293,496,312	$515,048,916,841
1983	$3,619,262,277	$489,618,008,186
1984	$2,373,564,549	$461,487,097,632
1985	$2,100,239,019	$489,285,164,271
1986	$2,754,549,582	$601,452,653,181
1987	$3,287,007,322	$745,162,608,269
1988	$3,828,342,820	$910,122,732,124
1989	$4,404,937,853	$926,884,816,754
1990	$4,592,208,087	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$4,106,207,649	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$3,535,460,090	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$5,440,075,676	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$5,452,558,947	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$6,577,520,643	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$7,393,891,921	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$8,400,041,724	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$8,787,195,622	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$8,887,057,997	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$9,005,064,475	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$9,194,727,831	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$9,719,009,495	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$9,430,234,811	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$10,174,664,854	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$11,243,865,778	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$11,930,179,090	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$12,799,600,047	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$13,709,401,520	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$12,120,458,115	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$13,220,549,908	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$14,444,661,522	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$14,807,086,556	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$14,264,205,153	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$13,899,217,680	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$14,188,936,918	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$14,077,096,677	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$14,808,985,133	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$15,730,792,876	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$15,830,766,531	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$13,812,421,836	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$14,657,586,159	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$17,097,760,687	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$19,423,355,367	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$19,930,288,337	$3,643,834,188,783

Jamaica and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	United Kingdom
1960	$424	$1,398
1961	$447	$1,472
1962	$458	$1,526
1963	$480	$1,613
1964	$514	$1,748
1965	$549	$1,874
1966	$612	$1,987
1967	$633	$2,059
1968	$591	$1,952
1969	$642	$2,101
1970	$748	$2,348
1971	$809	$2,650
1972	$971	$3,030
1973	$972	$3,426
1974	$1,193	$3,666
1975	$1,417	$4,300
1976	$1,450	$4,138
1977	$1,569	$4,681
1978	$1,262	$5,977
1979	$1,144	$7,805
1980	$1,249	$10,032
1981	$1,370	$9,599
1982	$1,494	$9,146
1983	$1,619	$8,692
1984	$1,048	$8,179
1985	$917	$8,652
1986	$1,191	$10,611
1987	$1,411	$13,119
1988	$1,632	$15,987
1989	$1,865	$16,239
1990	$1,930	$19,095
1991	$1,710	$19,901
1992	$1,458	$20,487
1993	$2,221	$18,389
1994	$2,203	$19,709
1995	$2,631	$23,169
1996	$2,929	$24,406
1997	$3,297	$26,766
1998	$3,419	$28,275
1999	$3,432	$28,762
2000	$3,453	$28,281
2001	$3,504	$27,907
2002	$3,681	$30,078
2003	$3,550	$34,443
2004	$3,808	$40,367
2005	$4,184	$42,105
2006	$4,417	$44,512
2007	$4,716	$50,398
2008	$5,030	$47,396
2009	$4,428	$38,744
2010	$4,810	$39,599
2011	$5,233	$42,110
2012	$5,341	$42,490
2013	$5,124	$43,419
2014	$4,975	$47,427
2015	$5,063	$44,984
2016	$5,010	$40,988
2017	$5,259	$40,629
2018	$5,578	$43,315
2019	$5,607	$42,794
2020	$4,879	$40,405
2021	$5,165	$46,926
2022	$6,022	$46,063
2023	$6,840	$49,201
2024	$7,020	$52,637

Jamaica vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	United Kingdom
1950	56.6	68.6
1951	57.1	68.2
1952	58.1	69.5
1953	58.9	69.8
1954	59.6	70.2
1955	60.4	70.1
1956	61.2	70.4
1957	61.9	70.5
1958	62.6	70.7
1959	63.2	70.8
1960	63.8	71
1961	64.3	70.8
1962	64.6	70.9
1963	65	70.8
1964	65.3	71.5
1965	65.7	71.5
1966	65.9	71.4
1967	66.1	72.1
1968	66.3	71.7
1969	66.5	71.7
1970	66.7	71.9
1971	67	72.2
1972	67.3	72
1973	67.6	72.2
1974	67.9	72.4
1975	68.2	72.7
1976	68.4	72.6
1977	68.6	73.1
1978	68.7	73
1979	68.8	73.2
1980	69	73.6
1981	69.1	73.9
1982	69.3	74
1983	69.5	74.3
1984	69.8	74.7
1985	70.1	74.5
1986	70.4	74.8
1987	70.9	75.1
1988	71.2	75.3
1989	71.5	75.4
1990	71.7	75.7
1991	71.8	75.9
1992	71.8	76.3
1993	71.8	76.2
1994	71.6	76.7
1995	71.5	76.6
1996	71.3	76.9
1997	71.2	77.1
1998	71.2	77.3
1999	71.2	77.4
2000	71.3	77.8
2001	71.3	78.1
2002	71.5	78.2
2003	71.6	78.3
2004	71.5	78.9
2005	71.5	79.1
2006	71.4	79.3
2007	71.4	79.5
2008	71.5	79.7
2009	71.7	80.2
2010	72	80.4
2011	72.2	80.8
2012	72.4	80.9
2013	72.4	80.9
2014	72.4	81.2
2015	72.2	80.9
2016	72.1	81.1
2017	71.9	81.2
2018	71.6	81.1
2019	71.5	81.4
2020	71.5	80.4
2021	69.1	80.7
2022	71.5	81.1
2023	71.5	81.3
2024	71.6	81.4
2025	71.7	81.6

Jamaica and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	United Kingdom
1960	1,650,005	52,400,000
1961	1,673,261	52,800,000
1962	1,696,932	53,250,000
1963	1,721,099	53,650,000
1964	1,745,568	54,000,000
1965	1,769,192	54,348,050
1966	1,791,475	54,648,500
1967	1,812,865	54,943,600
1968	1,833,765	55,211,700
1969	1,855,127	55,441,750
1970	1,878,196	55,663,250
1971	1,903,728	55,896,223
1972	1,931,542	56,086,065
1973	1,961,219	56,194,527
1974	1,990,906	56,229,974
1975	2,018,981	56,225,800
1976	2,045,578	56,211,968
1977	2,070,657	56,193,492
1978	2,094,836	56,196,504
1979	2,119,486	56,246,951
1980	2,145,658	56,314,216
1981	2,173,818	56,333,829
1982	2,203,889	56,313,641
1983	2,234,832	56,332,848
1984	2,264,562	56,422,072
1985	2,290,656	56,550,268
1986	2,312,125	56,681,396
1987	2,329,813	56,802,050
1988	2,345,777	56,928,327
1989	2,361,916	57,076,711
1990	2,379,877	57,247,586
1991	2,400,869	57,424,897
1992	2,424,701	57,580,402
1993	2,449,916	57,718,614
1994	2,475,220	57,865,745
1995	2,500,151	58,019,030
1996	2,524,463	58,166,950
1997	2,547,848	58,316,954
1998	2,569,736	58,487,141
1999	2,589,795	58,682,466
2000	2,607,826	58,892,514
2001	2,624,403	59,119,673
2002	2,640,572	59,370,479
2003	2,656,623	59,647,577
2004	2,672,225	59,987,905
2005	2,687,066	60,401,206
2006	2,700,968	60,846,820
2007	2,713,800	61,322,463
2008	2,725,635	61,806,995
2009	2,736,995	62,276,270
2010	2,748,568	62,766,365
2011	2,760,494	63,258,810
2012	2,772,430	63,711,000
2013	2,783,687	64,139,000
2014	2,793,749	64,620,000
2015	2,802,534	65,088,000
2016	2,809,915	65,607,000
2017	2,815,764	65,966,000
2018	2,820,097	66,289,000
2019	2,823,271	66,631,000
2020	2,830,739	66,744,000
2021	2,837,682	66,984,000
2022	2,839,144	67,604,000
2023	2,839,786	68,492,000
2024	2,839,175	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Jamaica and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Jamaica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	United Kingdom
1960	5.54	2.69
1961	5.6	2.78
1962	5.64	2.86
1963	5.73	2.88
1964	5.79	2.93
1965	5.72	2.86
1966	5.69	2.78
1967	5.67	2.68
1968	5.58	2.6
1969	5.47	2.51
1970	5.35	2.44
1971	5.21	2.41
1972	5.06	2.2
1973	5	2.04
1974	4.67	1.92
1975	4.44	1.81
1976	4.21	1.74
1977	4	1.69
1978	3.84	1.75
1979	3.72	1.86
1980	3.59	1.9
1981	3.51	1.82
1982	3.46	1.78
1983	3.41	1.77
1984	3.32	1.77
1985	3.21	1.79
1986	3.11	1.78
1987	3.02	1.81
1988	2.98	1.82
1989	2.93	1.79
1990	2.96	1.83
1991	3	1.82
1992	3.03	1.79
1993	2.99	1.76
1994	2.93	1.74
1995	2.85	1.71
1996	2.77	1.73
1997	2.68	1.72
1998	2.57	1.71
1999	2.47	1.68
2000	2.35	1.64
2001	2.3	1.63
2002	2.27	1.63
2003	2.24	1.7
2004	2.2	1.75
2005	2.15	1.76
2006	2.09	1.82
2007	2.02	1.86
2008	1.95	1.91
2009	1.88	1.89
2010	1.8	1.92
2011	1.72	1.91
2012	1.65	1.92
2013	1.59	1.83
2014	1.54	1.81
2015	1.51	1.8
2016	1.46	1.79
2017	1.43	1.74
2018	1.4	1.68
2019	1.39	1.63
2020	1.38	1.57
2021	1.38	1.58
2022	1.37	1.56
2023	1.36	1.56

Jamaica and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	United Kingdom
1960	19.8	35.5
1961	19.5	35.4
1962	19.3	35.3
1963	19	35.3
1964	18.8	35.2
1965	18.5	35.1
1966	18.3	34.9
1967	18.1	34.8
1968	17.9	34.6
1969	17.8	34.4
1970	17.7	34.2
1971	17.7	34.1
1972	17.8	34
1973	17.9	34
1974	18	34
1975	18.2	34
1976	18.4	34
1977	18.6	34.1
1978	18.9	34.2
1979	19.1	34.3
1980	19.4	34.4
1981	19.6	34.5
1982	19.9	34.8
1983	20.1	35
1984	20.4	35.2
1985	20.6	35.3
1986	20.8	35.4
1987	21.1	35.4
1988	21.3	35.7
1989	21.6	35.9
1990	21.8	36
1991	22	36.1
1992	22.2	36.2
1993	22.3	36.3
1994	22.4	36.5
1995	22.5	36.6
1996	22.6	36.8
1997	22.7	37
1998	22.9	37.2
1999	23.1	37.4
2000	23.3	37.7
2001	23.6	37.9
2002	23.8	38.1
2003	24.1	38.2
2004	24.4	38.4
2005	24.6	38.5
2006	24.9	38.6
2007	25.3	38.8
2008	25.7	38.9
2009	26.1	39
2010	26.5	39.2
2011	27	39.3
2012	27.4	39.5
2013	27.9	39.6
2014	28.3	39.7
2015	28.8	39.8
2016	29.3	39.8
2017	29.8	39.9
2018	30.3	40
2019	30.8	40.1
2020	31.3	40.2
2021	31.7	40.3
2022	32.2	40.5
2023	32.8	40.8
2024	33.3	41

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