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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Grenada	Jamaica	Grenada	Jamaica
1960	94,058	1,650,005	-	-
1961	95,335	1,673,261	1.36%	1.41%
1962	96,375	1,696,932	1.09%	1.41%
1963	97,195	1,721,099	0.85%	1.42%
1964	97,760	1,745,568	0.58%	1.42%
1965	98,067	1,769,192	0.31%	1.35%
1966	98,121	1,791,475	0.06%	1.26%
1967	98,066	1,812,865	-0.06%	1.19%
1968	98,078	1,833,765	0.01%	1.15%
1969	98,204	1,855,127	0.13%	1.16%
1970	98,414	1,878,196	0.21%	1.24%
1971	98,648	1,903,728	0.24%	1.36%
1972	98,777	1,931,542	0.13%	1.46%
1973	98,709	1,961,219	-0.07%	1.54%
1974	98,486	1,990,906	-0.23%	1.51%
1975	98,126	2,018,981	-0.37%	1.41%
1976	97,632	2,045,578	-0.5%	1.32%
1977	97,017	2,070,657	-0.63%	1.23%
1978	96,305	2,094,836	-0.73%	1.17%
1979	95,490	2,119,486	-0.85%	1.18%
1980	94,538	2,145,658	-1%	1.23%
1981	94,052	2,173,818	-0.51%	1.31%
1982	94,383	2,203,889	0.35%	1.38%
1983	94,948	2,234,832	0.6%	1.4%
1984	95,498	2,264,562	0.58%	1.33%
1985	96,111	2,290,656	0.64%	1.15%
1986	96,790	2,312,125	0.71%	0.94%
1987	97,526	2,329,813	0.76%	0.77%
1988	98,308	2,345,777	0.8%	0.69%
1989	99,121	2,361,916	0.83%	0.69%
1990	99,957	2,379,877	0.84%	0.76%
1991	100,793	2,400,869	0.84%	0.88%
1992	101,602	2,424,701	0.8%	0.99%
1993	102,382	2,449,916	0.77%	1.04%
1994	103,138	2,475,220	0.74%	1.03%
1995	103,869	2,500,151	0.71%	1.01%
1996	104,584	2,524,463	0.69%	0.97%
1997	105,293	2,547,848	0.68%	0.93%
1998	106,009	2,569,736	0.68%	0.86%
1999	106,727	2,589,795	0.68%	0.78%
2000	107,451	2,607,826	0.68%	0.7%
2001	107,987	2,624,403	0.5%	0.64%
2002	108,404	2,640,572	0.39%	0.62%
2003	108,884	2,656,623	0.44%	0.61%
2004	109,323	2,672,225	0.4%	0.59%
2005	109,734	2,687,066	0.38%	0.56%
2006	110,135	2,700,968	0.37%	0.52%
2007	110,522	2,713,800	0.35%	0.48%
2008	110,896	2,725,635	0.34%	0.44%
2009	111,254	2,736,995	0.32%	0.42%
2010	111,586	2,748,568	0.3%	0.42%
2011	112,079	2,760,494	0.44%	0.43%
2012	112,775	2,772,430	0.62%	0.43%
2013	113,487	2,783,687	0.63%	0.41%
2014	114,132	2,793,749	0.57%	0.36%
2015	114,676	2,802,534	0.48%	0.31%
2016	115,130	2,809,915	0.4%	0.26%
2017	115,438	2,815,764	0.27%	0.21%
2018	115,691	2,820,097	0.22%	0.15%
2019	115,981	2,823,271	0.25%	0.11%
2020	116,341	2,830,739	0.31%	0.26%
2021	116,688	2,837,682	0.3%	0.25%
2022	116,913	2,839,144	0.19%	0.05%
2023	117,081	2,839,786	0.14%	0.02%
2024	117,207	2,839,175	0.11%	-0.02%
2025	117,304	2,837,071	0.08%	-0.07%
2026	117,361	2,833,401	0.05%	-0.13%
2027	117,400	2,828,530	0.03%	-0.17%
2028	117,430	2,822,861	0.03%	-0.2%
2029	117,446	2,816,391	0.01%	-0.23%
2030	117,465	2,808,946	0.02%	-0.26%
2031	117,475	2,800,607	0.009%	-0.3%
2032	117,456	2,791,130	-0.02%	-0.34%
2033	117,406	2,780,468	-0.04%	-0.38%
2034	117,334	2,768,714	-0.06%	-0.42%
2035	117,245	2,755,929	-0.08%	-0.46%
2036	117,141	2,742,071	-0.09%	-0.5%
2037	117,001	2,726,892	-0.12%	-0.55%
2038	116,869	2,710,812	-0.11%	-0.59%
2039	116,702	2,693,901	-0.14%	-0.62%
2040	116,496	2,676,087	-0.18%	-0.66%
2041	116,265	2,657,558	-0.2%	-0.69%
2042	116,015	2,638,085	-0.22%	-0.73%
2043	115,730	2,617,576	-0.25%	-0.78%
2044	115,443	2,596,160	-0.25%	-0.82%
2045	115,122	2,574,074	-0.28%	-0.85%
2046	114,771	2,551,347	-0.3%	-0.88%
2047	114,407	2,528,004	-0.32%	-0.91%
2048	114,032	2,504,191	-0.33%	-0.94%
2049	113,654	2,479,744	-0.33%	-0.98%
2050	113,245	2,454,935	-0.36%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Grenada increased by 4,995 people (a 4.54% growth), while Jamaica gained 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Grenada gained 2,231 (a 1.94% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 23,486 (a 0.84% growth).

Grenada was ranked 181st most populous country in 2006 and is 182nd 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) Grenada's population will shrink by 3.51% to 113,245 people and will still be ranked 182nd. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.4% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 139th to 144th.