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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Laos	Jamaica	Laos
1960	1,650,005	2,121,514	-	-
1961	1,673,261	2,169,796	1.41%	2.28%
1962	1,696,932	2,219,910	1.41%	2.31%
1963	1,721,099	2,271,061	1.42%	2.3%
1964	1,745,568	2,322,826	1.42%	2.28%
1965	1,769,192	2,376,200	1.35%	2.3%
1966	1,791,475	2,431,084	1.26%	2.31%
1967	1,812,865	2,487,715	1.19%	2.33%
1968	1,833,765	2,546,377	1.15%	2.36%
1969	1,855,127	2,606,959	1.16%	2.38%
1970	1,878,196	2,669,702	1.24%	2.41%
1971	1,903,728	2,734,628	1.36%	2.43%
1972	1,931,542	2,801,660	1.46%	2.45%
1973	1,961,219	2,870,573	1.54%	2.46%
1974	1,990,906	2,939,761	1.51%	2.41%
1975	2,018,981	3,005,521	1.41%	2.24%
1976	2,045,578	3,064,876	1.32%	1.97%
1977	2,070,657	3,118,923	1.23%	1.76%
1978	2,094,836	3,171,740	1.17%	1.69%
1979	2,119,486	3,228,202	1.18%	1.78%
1980	2,145,658	3,292,573	1.23%	1.99%
1981	2,173,818	3,366,631	1.31%	2.25%
1982	2,203,889	3,450,026	1.38%	2.48%
1983	2,234,832	3,541,001	1.4%	2.64%
1984	2,264,562	3,637,843	1.33%	2.73%
1985	2,290,656	3,739,985	1.15%	2.81%
1986	2,312,125	3,846,715	0.94%	2.85%
1987	2,329,813	3,957,612	0.77%	2.88%
1988	2,345,777	4,072,601	0.69%	2.91%
1989	2,361,916	4,190,974	0.69%	2.91%
1990	2,379,877	4,311,955	0.76%	2.89%
1991	2,400,869	4,435,118	0.88%	2.86%
1992	2,424,701	4,559,646	0.99%	2.81%
1993	2,449,916	4,685,060	1.04%	2.75%
1994	2,475,220	4,809,220	1.03%	2.65%
1995	2,500,151	4,929,409	1.01%	2.5%
1996	2,524,463	5,045,678	0.97%	2.36%
1997	2,547,848	5,152,011	0.93%	2.11%
1998	2,569,736	5,248,266	0.86%	1.87%
1999	2,589,795	5,340,784	0.78%	1.76%
2000	2,607,826	5,431,212	0.7%	1.69%
2001	2,624,403	5,521,482	0.64%	1.66%
2002	2,640,572	5,610,889	0.62%	1.62%
2003	2,656,623	5,697,945	0.61%	1.55%
2004	2,672,225	5,781,626	0.59%	1.47%
2005	2,687,066	5,869,523	0.56%	1.52%
2006	2,700,968	5,963,200	0.52%	1.6%
2007	2,713,800	6,056,236	0.48%	1.56%
2008	2,725,635	6,148,969	0.44%	1.53%
2009	2,736,995	6,241,642	0.42%	1.51%
2010	2,748,568	6,334,194	0.42%	1.48%
2011	2,760,494	6,426,590	0.43%	1.46%
2012	2,772,430	6,518,978	0.43%	1.44%
2013	2,783,687	6,611,385	0.41%	1.42%
2014	2,793,749	6,703,172	0.36%	1.39%
2015	2,802,534	6,801,645	0.31%	1.47%
2016	2,809,915	6,908,802	0.26%	1.58%
2017	2,815,764	7,018,147	0.21%	1.58%
2018	2,820,097	7,128,045	0.15%	1.57%
2019	2,823,271	7,237,636	0.11%	1.54%
2020	2,830,739	7,346,533	0.26%	1.5%
2021	2,837,682	7,453,194	0.25%	1.45%
2022	2,839,144	7,559,007	0.05%	1.42%
2023	2,839,786	7,664,993	0.02%	1.4%
2024	2,839,175	7,769,819	-0.02%	1.37%
2025	2,837,071	7,873,043	-0.07%	1.33%
2026	2,833,401	7,974,020	-0.13%	1.28%
2027	2,828,530	8,072,924	-0.17%	1.24%
2028	2,822,861	8,169,794	-0.2%	1.2%
2029	2,816,391	8,264,394	-0.23%	1.16%
2030	2,808,946	8,357,024	-0.26%	1.12%
2031	2,800,607	8,447,769	-0.3%	1.09%
2032	2,791,130	8,536,450	-0.34%	1.05%
2033	2,780,468	8,622,824	-0.38%	1.01%
2034	2,768,714	8,706,826	-0.42%	0.97%
2035	2,755,929	8,788,759	-0.46%	0.94%
2036	2,742,071	8,868,880	-0.5%	0.91%
2037	2,726,892	8,947,241	-0.55%	0.88%
2038	2,710,812	9,023,864	-0.59%	0.86%
2039	2,693,901	9,097,889	-0.62%	0.82%
2040	2,676,087	9,168,998	-0.66%	0.78%
2041	2,657,558	9,238,108	-0.69%	0.75%
2042	2,638,085	9,305,405	-0.73%	0.73%
2043	2,617,576	9,370,049	-0.78%	0.69%
2044	2,596,160	9,432,310	-0.82%	0.66%
2045	2,574,074	9,492,501	-0.85%	0.64%
2046	2,551,347	9,550,341	-0.88%	0.61%
2047	2,528,004	9,605,804	-0.91%	0.58%
2048	2,504,191	9,659,037	-0.94%	0.55%
2049	2,479,744	9,709,614	-0.98%	0.52%
2050	2,454,935	9,757,279	-1%	0.49%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Laos gained 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Laos was ranked 105th in 2006 and ranked 103rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Jamaica's population will shrink by 13.4% to 2,454,935 people with a rank change from 139th to 144th. The population of Laos will increase by 22.3% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.