The latest officially reported population of Colombia was 52,886,363 in 2024 vs 2,839,175 people in Jamaica in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Colombia's population is 53,941,545 people compared to 2,833,401 in Jamaica.
Population statistics:
- Colombia's population is 19 times bigger than Jamaica's.
- Colombia is ranked the 28th most populous country in the world, while Jamaica is the 139th.
- The countries together account for 0.69% of the world: 0.65% for Colombia vs 0.03% for Jamaica.
- For the last 10 years, Colombia has had an average growth rate of +1.25% per year vs +0.18% in Jamaica.
- Since 2006, the population of Colombia has increased from 42.7M people to 53.9M (26.4% growth), while Jamaica has grown from 2.7M to 2.83M (4.9% growth).
- Colombia is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 59.4M people, while Jamaica's population already peaked in 2023 at 2.84M people and is projected to decrease to 1.07M people by 2100.
Colombia vs Jamaica: live population counter
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| Current population |
53941545
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2833401
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| Population rank | 28/197 | 139/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.65% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
55.8 seconds
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14.3 hours
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| One birth every |
44.7 seconds
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15.9 minutes
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| One death every |
1.86 minutes
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22.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.71 minutes
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50 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +141,643 | -10,506 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,549 | -2 |
| Annual growth/decline | +565,211 | -611 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.08% | -0.02% |
| Population growth rate rank | 97/197 | 167/197 |
Colombia and Jamaica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 15,606,209 | 1,650,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 16,095,203 | 1,673,261 | 3.13% | 1.41% |
| 1962 | 16,599,029 | 1,696,932 | 3.13% | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 17,113,823 | 1,721,099 | 3.1% | 1.42% |
| 1964 | 17,637,411 | 1,745,568 | 3.06% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 18,169,050 | 1,769,192 | 3.01% | 1.35% |
| 1966 | 18,702,688 | 1,791,475 | 2.94% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 19,235,618 | 1,812,865 | 2.85% | 1.19% |
| 1968 | 19,766,796 | 1,833,765 | 2.76% | 1.15% |
| 1969 | 20,291,942 | 1,855,127 | 2.66% | 1.16% |
| 1970 | 20,811,782 | 1,878,196 | 2.56% | 1.24% |
| 1971 | 21,319,096 | 1,903,728 | 2.44% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 21,819,563 | 1,931,542 | 2.35% | 1.46% |
| 1973 | 22,325,374 | 1,961,219 | 2.32% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 22,833,469 | 1,990,906 | 2.28% | 1.51% |
| 1975 | 23,344,644 | 2,018,981 | 2.24% | 1.41% |
| 1976 | 23,858,810 | 2,045,578 | 2.2% | 1.32% |
| 1977 | 24,393,494 | 2,070,657 | 2.24% | 1.23% |
| 1978 | 24,950,337 | 2,094,836 | 2.28% | 1.17% |
| 1979 | 25,515,626 | 2,119,486 | 2.27% | 1.18% |
| 1980 | 26,104,498 | 2,145,658 | 2.31% | 1.23% |
| 1981 | 26,713,267 | 2,173,818 | 2.33% | 1.31% |
| 1982 | 27,338,331 | 2,203,889 | 2.34% | 1.38% |
| 1983 | 27,988,173 | 2,234,832 | 2.38% | 1.4% |
| 1984 | 28,642,690 | 2,264,562 | 2.34% | 1.33% |
| 1985 | 29,268,470 | 2,290,656 | 2.18% | 1.15% |
| 1986 | 29,879,112 | 2,312,125 | 2.09% | 0.94% |
| 1987 | 30,499,467 | 2,329,813 | 2.08% | 0.77% |
| 1988 | 31,130,524 | 2,345,777 | 2.07% | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 31,776,279 | 2,361,916 | 2.07% | 0.69% |
| 1990 | 32,440,069 | 2,379,877 | 2.09% | 0.76% |
| 1991 | 33,098,372 | 2,400,869 | 2.03% | 0.88% |
| 1992 | 33,760,571 | 2,424,701 | 2% | 0.99% |
| 1993 | 34,441,473 | 2,449,916 | 2.02% | 1.04% |
| 1994 | 35,127,410 | 2,475,220 | 1.99% | 1.03% |
| 1995 | 35,804,662 | 2,500,151 | 1.93% | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 36,462,745 | 2,524,463 | 1.84% | 0.97% |
| 1997 | 37,121,149 | 2,547,848 | 1.81% | 0.93% |
| 1998 | 37,792,165 | 2,569,736 | 1.81% | 0.86% |
| 1999 | 38,454,863 | 2,589,795 | 1.75% | 0.78% |
| 2000 | 39,089,934 | 2,607,826 | 1.65% | 0.7% |
| 2001 | 39,709,262 | 2,624,403 | 1.58% | 0.64% |
| 2002 | 40,324,680 | 2,640,572 | 1.55% | 0.62% |
| 2003 | 40,937,429 | 2,656,623 | 1.52% | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 41,543,171 | 2,672,225 | 1.48% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 42,128,977 | 2,687,066 | 1.41% | 0.56% |
| 2006 | 42,691,084 | 2,700,968 | 1.33% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 43,235,374 | 2,713,800 | 1.27% | 0.48% |
| 2008 | 43,758,808 | 2,725,635 | 1.21% | 0.44% |
| 2009 | 44,271,541 | 2,736,995 | 1.17% | 0.42% |
| 2010 | 44,777,319 | 2,748,568 | 1.14% | 0.42% |
| 2011 | 45,259,614 | 2,760,494 | 1.08% | 0.43% |
| 2012 | 45,715,810 | 2,772,430 | 1.01% | 0.43% |
| 2013 | 46,151,584 | 2,783,687 | 0.95% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 46,565,429 | 2,793,749 | 0.9% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 46,969,940 | 2,802,534 | 0.87% | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 47,437,512 | 2,809,915 | 1% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 48,131,078 | 2,815,764 | 1.46% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 49,024,465 | 2,820,097 | 1.86% | 0.15% |
| 2019 | 49,907,985 | 2,823,271 | 1.8% | 0.11% |
| 2020 | 50,629,997 | 2,830,739 | 1.45% | 0.26% |
| 2021 | 51,188,173 | 2,837,682 | 1.1% | 0.25% |
| 2022 | 51,737,944 | 2,839,144 | 1.07% | 0.05% |
| 2023 | 52,321,152 | 2,839,786 | 1.13% | 0.02% |
| 2024 | 52,886,363 | 2,839,175 | 1.08% | -0.02% |
| 2025 | 53,425,632 | 2,837,071 | 1.02% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 53,936,234 | 2,833,401 | 0.96% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 54,422,275 | 2,828,530 | 0.9% | -0.17% |
| 2028 | 54,885,123 | 2,822,861 | 0.85% | -0.2% |
| 2029 | 55,322,627 | 2,816,391 | 0.8% | -0.23% |
| 2030 | 55,736,477 | 2,808,946 | 0.75% | -0.26% |
| 2031 | 56,125,966 | 2,800,607 | 0.7% | -0.3% |
| 2032 | 56,490,496 | 2,791,130 | 0.65% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 56,832,264 | 2,780,468 | 0.61% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 57,151,619 | 2,768,714 | 0.56% | -0.42% |
| 2035 | 57,445,755 | 2,755,929 | 0.51% | -0.46% |
| 2036 | 57,716,869 | 2,742,071 | 0.47% | -0.5% |
| 2037 | 57,965,300 | 2,726,892 | 0.43% | -0.55% |
| 2038 | 58,190,082 | 2,710,812 | 0.39% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 58,394,310 | 2,693,901 | 0.35% | -0.62% |
| 2040 | 58,576,452 | 2,676,087 | 0.31% | -0.66% |
| 2041 | 58,736,886 | 2,657,558 | 0.27% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 58,878,126 | 2,638,085 | 0.24% | -0.73% |
| 2043 | 59,000,362 | 2,617,576 | 0.21% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 59,104,592 | 2,596,160 | 0.18% | -0.82% |
| 2045 | 59,190,826 | 2,574,074 | 0.15% | -0.85% |
| 2046 | 59,259,758 | 2,551,347 | 0.12% | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 59,313,132 | 2,528,004 | 0.09% | -0.91% |
| 2048 | 59,351,262 | 2,504,191 | 0.06% | -0.94% |
| 2049 | 59,375,012 | 2,479,744 | 0.04% | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 59,385,355 | 2,454,935 | 0.02% | -1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Colombia increased by 4,746,428 people (a 11.1% growth), while Jamaica gained 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Colombia gained 6,504,033 (a 13.7% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 23,486 (a 0.84% growth).
Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2006 and is 28th in 2026. Jamaica was ranked 136th in 2006 and ranked 139th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Colombia's population will grow by 10.1% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.4% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 139th to 144th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bogota | 8.03M |
| Medellin | 2.53M |
| Cali | 2.47M |
| Barranquilla | 1.33M |
| Cartagena | 915K |
| Cucuta | 806K |
| Soacha | 783K |
| Soledad | 676K |
| Villavicencio | 664K |
| Bucaramanga | 615K |
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| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
| Mandeville | 48.3K |
| Old Harbour | 28.7K |
| Linstead | 22.8K |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22.6K |
| Port Antonio | 14.8K |
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Population differences between Colombia and Jamaica
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| Life expectancy | 78.3 years | 71.9 years |
| Average age | 35 years | 34.9 years |
| Median age | 33.1 years | 33.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.65 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 123.5 ppl/mi² | 679 ppl/mi² |
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