The current population of Jamaica is 2,837,071 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 2,839,175 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Jamaica is ranked 140/197 by population and was ranked 135th in 2005.
- The UN estimates that Jamaica's population is going to decline by -13.5% to 2.45M people by 2050.
- Jamaica's population peaked in 2023 at 2.84M people and has been in decline since.
- For the last 20 years, Jamaica has had an average growth rate of 0.28% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 2.69M people to 2.84M (5.58% growth in 20 years).
- Jamaica accounts for 0.03% of the world's population.
Jamaica population clock
Jamaica
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
2837071
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 140/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | N/A |
| One net population change |
14.3 hours
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
15.9 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
22.9 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -2 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -611 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.02% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 167/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
50 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -10,506 | N/A |
Jamaica population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,650,005 | - |
| 1961 | 1,673,261 | 1.41% |
| 1962 | 1,696,932 | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 1,721,099 | 1.42% |
| 1964 | 1,745,568 | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 1,769,192 | 1.35% |
| 1966 | 1,791,475 | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 1,812,865 | 1.19% |
| 1968 | 1,833,765 | 1.15% |
| 1969 | 1,855,127 | 1.16% |
| 1970 | 1,878,196 | 1.24% |
| 1971 | 1,903,728 | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 1,931,542 | 1.46% |
| 1973 | 1,961,219 | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 1,990,906 | 1.51% |
| 1975 | 2,018,981 | 1.41% |
| 1976 | 2,045,578 | 1.32% |
| 1977 | 2,070,657 | 1.23% |
| 1978 | 2,094,836 | 1.17% |
| 1979 | 2,119,486 | 1.18% |
| 1980 | 2,145,658 | 1.23% |
| 1981 | 2,173,818 | 1.31% |
| 1982 | 2,203,889 | 1.38% |
| 1983 | 2,234,832 | 1.4% |
| 1984 | 2,264,562 | 1.33% |
| 1985 | 2,290,656 | 1.15% |
| 1986 | 2,312,125 | 0.94% |
| 1987 | 2,329,813 | 0.77% |
| 1988 | 2,345,777 | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 2,361,916 | 0.69% |
| 1990 | 2,379,877 | 0.76% |
| 1991 | 2,400,869 | 0.88% |
| 1992 | 2,424,701 | 0.99% |
| 1993 | 2,449,916 | 1.04% |
| 1994 | 2,475,220 | 1.03% |
| 1995 | 2,500,151 | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 2,524,463 | 0.97% |
| 1997 | 2,547,848 | 0.93% |
| 1998 | 2,569,736 | 0.86% |
| 1999 | 2,589,795 | 0.78% |
| 2000 | 2,607,826 | 0.7% |
| 2001 | 2,624,403 | 0.64% |
| 2002 | 2,640,572 | 0.62% |
| 2003 | 2,656,623 | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 2,672,225 | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 2,687,066 | 0.56% |
| 2006 | 2,700,968 | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 2,713,800 | 0.48% |
| 2008 | 2,725,635 | 0.44% |
| 2009 | 2,736,995 | 0.42% |
| 2010 | 2,748,568 | 0.42% |
| 2011 | 2,760,494 | 0.43% |
| 2012 | 2,772,430 | 0.43% |
| 2013 | 2,783,687 | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 2,793,749 | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 2,802,534 | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 2,809,915 | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 2,815,764 | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 2,820,097 | 0.15% |
| 2019 | 2,823,271 | 0.11% |
| 2020 | 2,830,739 | 0.26% |
| 2021 | 2,837,682 | 0.25% |
| 2022 | 2,839,144 | 0.05% |
| 2023 | 2,839,786 | 0.02% |
| 2024 | 2,839,175 | -0.02% |
| 2025 | 2,837,071 | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 2,833,401 | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 2,828,530 | -0.17% |
| 2028 | 2,822,861 | -0.2% |
| 2029 | 2,816,391 | -0.23% |
| 2030 | 2,808,946 | -0.26% |
| 2031 | 2,800,607 | -0.3% |
| 2032 | 2,791,130 | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 2,780,468 | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 2,768,714 | -0.42% |
| 2035 | 2,755,929 | -0.46% |
| 2036 | 2,742,071 | -0.5% |
| 2037 | 2,726,892 | -0.55% |
| 2038 | 2,710,812 | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 2,693,901 | -0.62% |
| 2040 | 2,676,087 | -0.66% |
| 2041 | 2,657,558 | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 2,638,085 | -0.73% |
| 2043 | 2,617,576 | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 2,596,160 | -0.82% |
| 2045 | 2,574,074 | -0.85% |
| 2046 | 2,551,347 | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 2,528,004 | -0.91% |
| 2048 | 2,504,191 | -0.94% |
| 2049 | 2,479,744 | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 2,454,935 | -1% |
Jamaica has a population of 2.84M as of 2025, compared to 2.8M in 2015, 2.69M in 2005, and 2.5M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.12% per year. Jamaica is ranked 159th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Jamaica will have 2,574,074 people (-9.27% decline) with a rank change from 140th to 144th.
By the year 2100, Jamaica's population is projected to decline by 62.4% to 1.07M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Jamaica
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
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Jamaica population statistics
|
Jamaica
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 71.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 34.9 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 33.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 679 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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