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 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Laos was ranked 103rd in 2005 and still ranked 103rd 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 Laos will increase by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.