Population in China compared to Jamaica: Trends, Charts, Rankings

China and Jamaica: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	China	Jamaica	China	Jamaica
1960	667,070,000	1,650,005	-	-
1961	660,330,000	1,673,261	-1.01%	1.41%
1962	665,770,000	1,696,932	0.82%	1.41%
1963	682,335,000	1,721,099	2.49%	1.42%
1964	698,355,000	1,745,568	2.35%	1.42%
1965	715,185,000	1,769,192	2.41%	1.35%
1966	735,400,000	1,791,475	2.83%	1.26%
1967	754,550,000	1,812,865	2.6%	1.19%
1968	774,510,000	1,833,765	2.65%	1.15%
1969	796,025,000	1,855,127	2.78%	1.16%
1970	818,315,000	1,878,196	2.8%	1.24%
1971	841,105,000	1,903,728	2.78%	1.36%
1972	862,030,000	1,931,542	2.49%	1.46%
1973	881,940,000	1,961,219	2.31%	1.54%
1974	900,350,000	1,990,906	2.09%	1.51%
1975	916,395,000	2,018,981	1.78%	1.41%
1976	930,685,000	2,045,578	1.56%	1.32%
1977	943,455,000	2,070,657	1.37%	1.23%
1978	956,165,000	2,094,836	1.35%	1.17%
1979	969,005,000	2,119,486	1.34%	1.18%
1980	981,235,000	2,145,658	1.26%	1.23%
1981	993,885,000	2,173,818	1.29%	1.31%
1982	1,008,630,000	2,203,889	1.48%	1.38%
1983	1,023,310,000	2,234,832	1.46%	1.4%
1984	1,036,825,000	2,264,562	1.32%	1.33%
1985	1,051,040,000	2,290,656	1.37%	1.15%
1986	1,066,790,000	2,312,125	1.5%	0.94%
1987	1,084,035,000	2,329,813	1.62%	0.77%
1988	1,101,630,000	2,345,777	1.62%	0.69%
1989	1,118,650,000	2,361,916	1.54%	0.69%
1990	1,135,185,000	2,379,877	1.48%	0.76%
1991	1,150,780,000	2,400,869	1.37%	0.88%
1992	1,164,970,000	2,424,701	1.23%	0.99%
1993	1,178,440,000	2,449,916	1.16%	1.04%
1994	1,191,835,000	2,475,220	1.14%	1.03%
1995	1,204,855,000	2,500,151	1.09%	1.01%
1996	1,217,550,000	2,524,463	1.05%	0.97%
1997	1,230,075,000	2,547,848	1.03%	0.93%
1998	1,241,935,000	2,569,736	0.96%	0.86%
1999	1,252,735,000	2,589,795	0.87%	0.78%
2000	1,262,645,000	2,607,826	0.79%	0.7%
2001	1,271,850,000	2,624,403	0.73%	0.64%
2002	1,280,400,000	2,640,572	0.67%	0.62%
2003	1,288,400,000	2,656,623	0.62%	0.61%
2004	1,296,075,000	2,672,225	0.6%	0.59%
2005	1,303,720,000	2,687,066	0.59%	0.56%
2006	1,311,020,000	2,700,968	0.56%	0.52%
2007	1,317,885,000	2,713,800	0.52%	0.48%
2008	1,324,655,000	2,725,635	0.51%	0.44%
2009	1,331,260,000	2,736,995	0.5%	0.42%
2010	1,337,705,000	2,748,568	0.48%	0.42%
2011	1,345,035,000	2,760,494	0.55%	0.43%
2012	1,354,190,000	2,772,430	0.68%	0.43%
2013	1,363,240,000	2,783,687	0.67%	0.41%
2014	1,371,860,000	2,793,749	0.63%	0.36%
2015	1,379,860,000	2,802,534	0.58%	0.31%
2016	1,387,790,000	2,809,915	0.57%	0.26%
2017	1,396,215,000	2,815,764	0.61%	0.21%
2018	1,402,760,000	2,820,097	0.47%	0.15%
2019	1,407,745,000	2,823,271	0.36%	0.11%
2020	1,411,100,000	2,830,739	0.24%	0.26%
2021	1,412,360,000	2,837,682	0.09%	0.25%
2022	1,412,175,000	2,839,144	-0.01%	0.05%
2023	1,410,710,000	2,839,786	-0.1%	0.02%
2024	1,408,975,000	2,839,175	-0.12%	-0.02%
2025	1,405,773,318	2,837,071	-0.23%	-0.07%
2026	1,402,614,510	2,833,401	-0.22%	-0.13%
2027	1,399,403,406	2,828,530	-0.23%	-0.17%
2028	1,395,886,569	2,822,861	-0.25%	-0.2%
2029	1,392,060,666	2,816,391	-0.27%	-0.23%
2030	1,387,961,846	2,808,946	-0.29%	-0.26%
2031	1,383,588,794	2,800,607	-0.32%	-0.3%
2032	1,378,934,346	2,791,130	-0.34%	-0.34%
2033	1,374,007,012	2,780,468	-0.36%	-0.38%
2034	1,368,825,481	2,768,714	-0.38%	-0.42%
2035	1,363,415,793	2,755,929	-0.4%	-0.46%
2036	1,357,772,486	2,742,071	-0.41%	-0.5%
2037	1,351,902,859	2,726,892	-0.43%	-0.55%
2038	1,345,840,038	2,710,812	-0.45%	-0.59%
2039	1,339,558,174	2,693,901	-0.47%	-0.62%
2040	1,333,028,062	2,676,087	-0.49%	-0.66%
2041	1,326,251,398	2,657,558	-0.51%	-0.69%
2042	1,319,222,019	2,638,085	-0.53%	-0.73%
2043	1,311,956,934	2,617,576	-0.55%	-0.78%
2044	1,304,437,340	2,596,160	-0.57%	-0.82%
2045	1,296,592,737	2,574,074	-0.6%	-0.85%
2046	1,288,357,014	2,551,347	-0.64%	-0.88%
2047	1,279,723,262	2,528,004	-0.67%	-0.91%
2048	1,270,661,954	2,504,191	-0.71%	-0.94%
2049	1,261,120,581	2,479,744	-0.75%	-0.98%
2050	1,251,102,086	2,454,935	-0.79%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Jamaica was ranked 135th in 2005 and ranked 140th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.