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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Kiribati	Jamaica	Kiribati
1960	1,650,005	47,157	-	-
1961	1,673,261	48,323	1.41%	2.47%
1962	1,696,932	49,538	1.41%	2.51%
1963	1,721,099	50,791	1.42%	2.53%
1964	1,745,568	52,088	1.42%	2.55%
1965	1,769,192	53,439	1.35%	2.59%
1966	1,791,475	54,425	1.26%	1.85%
1967	1,812,865	54,996	1.19%	1.05%
1968	1,833,765	55,529	1.15%	0.97%
1969	1,855,127	56,360	1.16%	1.5%
1970	1,878,196	57,510	1.24%	2.04%
1971	1,903,728	58,652	1.36%	1.99%
1972	1,931,542	59,778	1.46%	1.92%
1973	1,961,219	60,824	1.54%	1.75%
1974	1,990,906	61,219	1.51%	0.65%
1975	2,018,981	60,987	1.41%	-0.38%
1976	2,045,578	60,661	1.32%	-0.53%
1977	2,070,657	60,267	1.23%	-0.65%
1978	2,094,836	59,864	1.17%	-0.67%
1979	2,119,486	60,172	1.18%	0.51%
1980	2,145,658	61,148	1.23%	1.62%
1981	2,173,818	62,121	1.31%	1.59%
1982	2,203,889	63,134	1.38%	1.63%
1983	2,234,832	64,169	1.4%	1.64%
1984	2,264,562	65,228	1.33%	1.65%
1985	2,290,656	66,496	1.15%	1.94%
1986	2,312,125	68,059	0.94%	2.35%
1987	2,329,813	69,733	0.77%	2.46%
1988	2,345,777	71,427	0.69%	2.43%
1989	2,361,916	73,147	0.69%	2.41%
1990	2,379,877	74,855	0.76%	2.34%
1991	2,400,869	76,367	0.88%	2.02%
1992	2,424,701	77,641	0.99%	1.67%
1993	2,449,916	78,841	1.04%	1.55%
1994	2,475,220	80,021	1.03%	1.5%
1995	2,500,151	81,234	1.01%	1.52%
1996	2,524,463	82,623	0.97%	1.71%
1997	2,547,848	84,147	0.93%	1.84%
1998	2,569,736	85,657	0.86%	1.79%
1999	2,589,795	87,126	0.78%	1.71%
2000	2,607,826	88,613	0.7%	1.71%
2001	2,624,403	90,335	0.64%	1.94%
2002	2,640,572	92,264	0.62%	2.14%
2003	2,656,623	94,175	0.61%	2.07%
2004	2,672,225	96,085	0.59%	2.03%
2005	2,687,066	98,035	0.56%	2.03%
2006	2,700,968	100,017	0.52%	2.02%
2007	2,713,800	102,068	0.48%	2.05%
2008	2,725,635	104,222	0.44%	2.11%
2009	2,736,995	106,467	0.42%	2.15%
2010	2,748,568	108,704	0.42%	2.1%
2011	2,760,494	110,647	0.43%	1.79%
2012	2,772,430	112,284	0.43%	1.48%
2013	2,783,687	113,838	0.41%	1.38%
2014	2,793,749	115,326	0.36%	1.31%
2015	2,802,534	116,815	0.31%	1.29%
2016	2,809,915	118,478	0.26%	1.42%
2017	2,815,764	120,275	0.21%	1.52%
2018	2,820,097	122,084	0.15%	1.5%
2019	2,823,271	123,921	0.11%	1.5%
2020	2,830,739	126,099	0.26%	1.76%
2021	2,837,682	128,377	0.25%	1.81%
2022	2,839,144	130,469	0.05%	1.63%
2023	2,839,786	132,530	0.02%	1.58%
2024	2,839,175	134,518	-0.02%	1.5%
2025	2,837,071	136,501	-0.07%	1.47%
2026	2,833,401	138,451	-0.13%	1.43%
2027	2,828,530	140,405	-0.17%	1.41%
2028	2,822,861	142,335	-0.2%	1.37%
2029	2,816,391	144,231	-0.23%	1.33%
2030	2,808,946	146,130	-0.26%	1.32%
2031	2,800,607	148,028	-0.3%	1.3%
2032	2,791,130	149,915	-0.34%	1.27%
2033	2,780,468	151,768	-0.38%	1.24%
2034	2,768,714	153,602	-0.42%	1.21%
2035	2,755,929	155,447	-0.46%	1.2%
2036	2,742,071	157,316	-0.5%	1.2%
2037	2,726,892	159,188	-0.55%	1.19%
2038	2,710,812	161,050	-0.59%	1.17%
2039	2,693,901	162,895	-0.62%	1.15%
2040	2,676,087	164,711	-0.66%	1.11%
2041	2,657,558	166,508	-0.69%	1.09%
2042	2,638,085	168,325	-0.73%	1.09%
2043	2,617,576	170,182	-0.78%	1.1%
2044	2,596,160	172,012	-0.82%	1.08%
2045	2,574,074	173,818	-0.85%	1.05%
2046	2,551,347	175,629	-0.88%	1.04%
2047	2,528,004	177,392	-0.91%	1%
2048	2,504,191	179,152	-0.94%	0.99%
2049	2,479,744	180,915	-0.98%	0.98%
2050	2,454,935	182,629	-1%	0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Jamaica's population will shrink by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people with a rank change from 140th to 144th. The population of Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.