The latest officially reported population of Israel was 9,974,400 in 2024 vs 2,839,175 people in Jamaica in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Israel's population is 10,252,907 people compared to 2,833,401 in Jamaica.
Population statistics:
- Israel's population is 3.62 times bigger than Jamaica's.
- Israel is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while Jamaica is the 139th.
- The countries together account for 0.16% of the world: 0.12% for Israel vs 0.03% for Jamaica.
- For the last 10 years, Israel has had an average growth rate of +1.96% per year vs +0.18% in Jamaica.
- Since 2006, the population of Israel has increased from 7.05M people to 10.3M (45.4% growth), while Jamaica has grown from 2.7M to 2.83M (4.9% growth).
- Israel is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21M people, while Jamaica's population already peaked in 2023 at 2.84M people and is projected to decrease to 1.07M people by 2100.
Israel vs Jamaica: live population counter
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| Current population |
10252907
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2833401
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| Population rank | 95/197 | 139/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
4.19 minutes
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14.3 hours
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| One birth every |
2.87 minutes
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15.9 minutes
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| One death every |
10.3 minutes
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22.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
49.5 minutes
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50 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +10,612 | -10,506 |
| Daily growth/decline | +344 | -2 |
| Annual growth/decline | +125,400 | -611 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.27% | -0.02% |
| Population growth rate rank | 85/197 | 167/197 |
Israel and Jamaica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,114,020 | 1,650,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,185,000 | 1,673,261 | 3.36% | 1.41% |
| 1962 | 2,293,000 | 1,696,932 | 4.94% | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 2,379,000 | 1,721,099 | 3.75% | 1.42% |
| 1964 | 2,475,000 | 1,745,568 | 4.04% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 2,563,000 | 1,769,192 | 3.56% | 1.35% |
| 1966 | 2,629,000 | 1,791,475 | 2.58% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 2,745,000 | 1,812,865 | 4.41% | 1.19% |
| 1968 | 2,803,000 | 1,833,765 | 2.11% | 1.15% |
| 1969 | 2,877,000 | 1,855,127 | 2.64% | 1.16% |
| 1970 | 2,974,000 | 1,878,196 | 3.37% | 1.24% |
| 1971 | 3,069,000 | 1,903,728 | 3.19% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 3,148,000 | 1,931,542 | 2.57% | 1.46% |
| 1973 | 3,278,000 | 1,961,219 | 4.13% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 3,377,000 | 1,990,906 | 3.02% | 1.51% |
| 1975 | 3,455,000 | 2,018,981 | 2.31% | 1.41% |
| 1976 | 3,533,000 | 2,045,578 | 2.26% | 1.32% |
| 1977 | 3,613,000 | 2,070,657 | 2.26% | 1.23% |
| 1978 | 3,690,000 | 2,094,836 | 2.13% | 1.17% |
| 1979 | 3,786,000 | 2,119,486 | 2.6% | 1.18% |
| 1980 | 3,878,000 | 2,145,658 | 2.43% | 1.23% |
| 1981 | 3,956,000 | 2,173,818 | 2.01% | 1.31% |
| 1982 | 4,031,000 | 2,203,889 | 1.9% | 1.38% |
| 1983 | 4,105,000 | 2,234,832 | 1.84% | 1.4% |
| 1984 | 4,159,000 | 2,264,562 | 1.32% | 1.33% |
| 1985 | 4,233,000 | 2,290,656 | 1.78% | 1.15% |
| 1986 | 4,299,000 | 2,312,125 | 1.56% | 0.94% |
| 1987 | 4,369,000 | 2,329,813 | 1.63% | 0.77% |
| 1988 | 4,442,000 | 2,345,777 | 1.67% | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 4,518,000 | 2,361,916 | 1.71% | 0.69% |
| 1990 | 4,660,000 | 2,379,877 | 3.14% | 0.76% |
| 1991 | 4,949,000 | 2,400,869 | 6.2% | 0.88% |
| 1992 | 5,123,000 | 2,424,701 | 3.52% | 0.99% |
| 1993 | 5,261,000 | 2,449,916 | 2.69% | 1.04% |
| 1994 | 5,399,000 | 2,475,220 | 2.62% | 1.03% |
| 1995 | 5,545,000 | 2,500,151 | 2.7% | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 5,692,000 | 2,524,463 | 2.65% | 0.97% |
| 1997 | 5,836,000 | 2,547,848 | 2.53% | 0.93% |
| 1998 | 5,971,000 | 2,569,736 | 2.31% | 0.86% |
| 1999 | 6,125,000 | 2,589,795 | 2.58% | 0.78% |
| 2000 | 6,289,000 | 2,607,826 | 2.68% | 0.7% |
| 2001 | 6,439,000 | 2,624,403 | 2.39% | 0.64% |
| 2002 | 6,570,000 | 2,640,572 | 2.03% | 0.62% |
| 2003 | 6,689,700 | 2,656,623 | 1.82% | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 6,809,000 | 2,672,225 | 1.78% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 6,930,100 | 2,687,066 | 1.78% | 0.56% |
| 2006 | 7,053,700 | 2,700,968 | 1.78% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 7,180,100 | 2,713,800 | 1.79% | 0.48% |
| 2008 | 7,308,800 | 2,725,635 | 1.79% | 0.44% |
| 2009 | 7,485,600 | 2,736,995 | 2.42% | 0.42% |
| 2010 | 7,623,600 | 2,748,568 | 1.84% | 0.42% |
| 2011 | 7,765,800 | 2,760,494 | 1.87% | 0.43% |
| 2012 | 7,910,500 | 2,772,430 | 1.86% | 0.43% |
| 2013 | 8,059,500 | 2,783,687 | 1.88% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 8,215,700 | 2,793,749 | 1.94% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 8,380,100 | 2,802,534 | 2% | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 8,546,000 | 2,809,915 | 1.98% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 8,713,300 | 2,815,764 | 1.96% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 8,882,800 | 2,820,097 | 1.95% | 0.15% |
| 2019 | 9,054,000 | 2,823,271 | 1.93% | 0.11% |
| 2020 | 9,215,100 | 2,830,739 | 1.78% | 0.26% |
| 2021 | 9,371,400 | 2,837,682 | 1.7% | 0.25% |
| 2022 | 9,557,500 | 2,839,144 | 1.99% | 0.05% |
| 2023 | 9,849,000 | 2,839,786 | 3.05% | 0.02% |
| 2024 | 9,974,400 | 2,839,175 | 1.27% | -0.02% |
| 2025 | 10,112,712 | 2,837,071 | 1.39% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 10,251,384 | 2,833,401 | 1.37% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 10,390,790 | 2,828,530 | 1.36% | -0.17% |
| 2028 | 10,530,831 | 2,822,861 | 1.35% | -0.2% |
| 2029 | 10,670,808 | 2,816,391 | 1.33% | -0.23% |
| 2030 | 10,812,707 | 2,808,946 | 1.33% | -0.26% |
| 2031 | 10,958,256 | 2,800,607 | 1.35% | -0.3% |
| 2032 | 11,102,895 | 2,791,130 | 1.32% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 11,245,826 | 2,780,468 | 1.29% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 11,390,158 | 2,768,714 | 1.28% | -0.42% |
| 2035 | 11,537,556 | 2,755,929 | 1.29% | -0.46% |
| 2036 | 11,685,531 | 2,742,071 | 1.28% | -0.5% |
| 2037 | 11,835,669 | 2,726,892 | 1.28% | -0.55% |
| 2038 | 11,990,527 | 2,710,812 | 1.31% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 12,147,999 | 2,693,901 | 1.31% | -0.62% |
| 2040 | 12,306,173 | 2,676,087 | 1.3% | -0.66% |
| 2041 | 12,464,653 | 2,657,558 | 1.29% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 12,626,052 | 2,638,085 | 1.29% | -0.73% |
| 2043 | 12,788,911 | 2,617,576 | 1.29% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 12,952,526 | 2,596,160 | 1.28% | -0.82% |
| 2045 | 13,114,360 | 2,574,074 | 1.25% | -0.85% |
| 2046 | 13,274,365 | 2,551,347 | 1.22% | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 13,433,565 | 2,528,004 | 1.2% | -0.91% |
| 2048 | 13,590,900 | 2,504,191 | 1.17% | -0.94% |
| 2049 | 13,750,245 | 2,479,744 | 1.17% | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 13,911,988 | 2,454,935 | 1.18% | -1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Israel increased by 1,492,300 people (a 21.2% growth), while Jamaica gained 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Israel gained 1,706,907 (a 20% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 23,486 (a 0.84% growth).
Israel was ranked 99th most populous country in 2006 and is 95th 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) Israel's population will grow by 35.7% to 13,911,988 people with a rank change from 95th to 88th. 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 |
| Jerusalem | 936K |
| Tel Aviv | 468K |
| Haifa | 283K |
| Ashkelon | 134K |
| Rehovot | 133K |
| Bat Yam | 129K |
| Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut | 97.1K |
| Hadera | 95.7K |
| Lod | 75.7K |
| Ramla | 75.5K |
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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 Israel and Jamaica
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| Life expectancy | 82.9 years | 71.9 years |
| Average age | 33.6 years | 34.9 years |
| Median age | 30.2 years | 33.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.85 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,194 ppl/mi² | 679 ppl/mi² |
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