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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Jamaica	Eritrea	Jamaica
1960	972,547	1,650,005	-	-
1961	995,573	1,673,261	2.37%	1.41%
1962	1,019,788	1,696,932	2.43%	1.41%
1963	1,045,092	1,721,099	2.48%	1.42%
1964	1,071,287	1,745,568	2.51%	1.42%
1965	1,098,335	1,769,192	2.52%	1.35%
1966	1,124,957	1,791,475	2.42%	1.26%
1967	1,152,339	1,812,865	2.43%	1.19%
1968	1,181,737	1,833,765	2.55%	1.15%
1969	1,212,005	1,855,127	2.56%	1.16%
1970	1,243,453	1,878,196	2.59%	1.24%
1971	1,276,154	1,903,728	2.63%	1.36%
1972	1,309,235	1,931,542	2.59%	1.46%
1973	1,342,669	1,961,219	2.55%	1.54%
1974	1,375,688	1,990,906	2.46%	1.51%
1975	1,408,210	2,018,981	2.36%	1.41%
1976	1,443,807	2,045,578	2.53%	1.32%
1977	1,482,565	2,070,657	2.68%	1.23%
1978	1,522,378	2,094,836	2.69%	1.17%
1979	1,563,332	2,119,486	2.69%	1.18%
1980	1,605,797	2,145,658	2.72%	1.23%
1981	1,649,939	2,173,818	2.75%	1.31%
1982	1,695,461	2,203,889	2.76%	1.38%
1983	1,736,160	2,234,832	2.4%	1.4%
1984	1,771,730	2,264,562	2.05%	1.33%
1985	1,807,816	2,290,656	2.04%	1.15%
1986	1,845,164	2,312,125	2.07%	0.94%
1987	1,888,669	2,329,813	2.36%	0.77%
1988	1,938,255	2,345,777	2.63%	0.69%
1989	1,987,017	2,361,916	2.52%	0.69%
1990	2,032,737	2,379,877	2.3%	0.76%
1991	1,919,571	2,400,869	-5.57%	0.88%
1992	1,798,748	2,424,701	-6.29%	0.99%
1993	1,856,006	2,449,916	3.18%	1.04%
1994	1,913,915	2,475,220	3.12%	1.03%
1995	2,025,267	2,500,151	5.82%	1.01%
1996	2,128,464	2,524,463	5.1%	0.97%
1997	2,152,135	2,547,848	1.11%	0.93%
1998	2,180,419	2,569,736	1.31%	0.86%
1999	2,212,780	2,589,795	1.48%	0.78%
2000	2,247,031	2,607,826	1.55%	0.7%
2001	2,312,079	2,624,403	2.89%	0.64%
2002	2,392,978	2,640,572	3.5%	0.62%
2003	2,493,903	2,656,623	4.22%	0.61%
2004	2,598,284	2,672,225	4.19%	0.59%
2005	2,661,215	2,687,066	2.42%	0.56%
2006	2,703,502	2,700,968	1.59%	0.52%
2007	2,743,222	2,713,800	1.47%	0.48%
2008	2,816,327	2,725,635	2.66%	0.44%
2009	2,887,885	2,736,995	2.54%	0.42%
2010	2,945,186	2,748,568	1.98%	0.42%
2011	2,998,485	2,760,494	1.81%	0.43%
2012	3,036,988	2,772,430	1.28%	0.43%
2013	3,074,360	2,783,687	1.23%	0.41%
2014	3,095,173	2,793,749	0.68%	0.36%
2015	3,105,546	2,802,534	0.34%	0.31%
2016	3,124,698	2,809,915	0.62%	0.26%
2017	3,150,347	2,815,764	0.82%	0.21%
2018	3,192,760	2,820,097	1.35%	0.15%
2019	3,240,194	2,823,271	1.49%	0.11%
2020	3,291,271	2,830,739	1.58%	0.26%
2021	3,350,183	2,837,682	1.79%	0.25%
2022	3,409,447	2,839,144	1.77%	0.05%
2023	3,470,390	2,839,786	1.79%	0.02%
2024	3,535,603	2,839,175	1.88%	-0.02%
2025	3,606,996	2,837,071	2.02%	-0.07%
2026	3,682,659	2,833,401	2.1%	-0.13%
2027	3,760,368	2,828,530	2.11%	-0.17%
2028	3,840,135	2,822,861	2.12%	-0.2%
2029	3,920,467	2,816,391	2.09%	-0.23%
2030	4,002,671	2,808,946	2.1%	-0.26%
2031	4,085,037	2,800,607	2.06%	-0.3%
2032	4,166,507	2,791,130	1.99%	-0.34%
2033	4,249,501	2,780,468	1.99%	-0.38%
2034	4,334,727	2,768,714	2.01%	-0.42%
2035	4,420,915	2,755,929	1.99%	-0.46%
2036	4,509,755	2,742,071	2.01%	-0.5%
2037	4,601,933	2,726,892	2.04%	-0.55%
2038	4,692,340	2,710,812	1.96%	-0.59%
2039	4,780,469	2,693,901	1.88%	-0.62%
2040	4,868,668	2,676,087	1.84%	-0.66%
2041	4,954,481	2,657,558	1.76%	-0.69%
2042	5,039,298	2,638,085	1.71%	-0.73%
2043	5,124,256	2,617,576	1.69%	-0.78%
2044	5,207,858	2,596,160	1.63%	-0.82%
2045	5,292,756	2,574,074	1.63%	-0.85%
2046	5,375,963	2,551,347	1.57%	-0.88%
2047	5,456,488	2,528,004	1.5%	-0.91%
2048	5,537,538	2,504,191	1.49%	-0.94%
2049	5,617,348	2,479,744	1.44%	-0.98%
2050	5,696,052	2,454,935	1.4%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 55.3% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.