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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Lebanon	Jamaica	Lebanon
1960	1,650,005	1,794,406	-	-
1961	1,673,261	1,850,084	1.41%	3.1%
1962	1,696,932	1,909,578	1.41%	3.22%
1963	1,721,099	1,970,316	1.42%	3.18%
1964	1,745,568	2,030,543	1.42%	3.06%
1965	1,769,192	2,088,831	1.35%	2.87%
1966	1,791,475	2,148,260	1.26%	2.85%
1967	1,812,865	2,206,731	1.19%	2.72%
1968	1,833,765	2,266,368	1.15%	2.7%
1969	1,855,127	2,328,159	1.16%	2.73%
1970	1,878,196	2,386,114	1.24%	2.49%
1971	1,903,728	2,446,314	1.36%	2.52%
1972	1,931,542	2,509,729	1.46%	2.59%
1973	1,961,219	2,572,935	1.54%	2.52%
1974	1,990,906	2,635,185	1.51%	2.42%
1975	2,018,981	2,693,191	1.41%	2.2%
1976	2,045,578	2,726,469	1.32%	1.24%
1977	2,070,657	2,762,155	1.23%	1.31%
1978	2,094,836	2,822,682	1.17%	2.19%
1979	2,119,486	2,882,635	1.18%	2.12%
1980	2,145,658	2,944,763	1.23%	2.16%
1981	2,173,818	3,008,981	1.31%	2.18%
1982	2,203,889	3,054,931	1.38%	1.53%
1983	2,234,832	3,094,996	1.4%	1.31%
1984	2,264,562	3,152,744	1.33%	1.87%
1985	2,290,656	3,217,376	1.15%	2.05%
1986	2,312,125	3,300,365	0.94%	2.58%
1987	2,329,813	3,385,555	0.77%	2.58%
1988	2,345,777	3,454,649	0.69%	2.04%
1989	2,361,916	3,525,285	0.69%	2.04%
1990	2,379,877	3,595,175	0.76%	1.98%
1991	2,400,869	3,668,912	0.88%	2.05%
1992	2,424,701	3,747,371	0.99%	2.14%
1993	2,449,916	3,820,647	1.04%	1.96%
1994	2,475,220	3,889,799	1.03%	1.81%
1995	2,500,151	3,960,735	1.01%	1.82%
1996	2,524,463	4,034,781	0.97%	1.87%
1997	2,547,848	4,108,405	0.93%	1.82%
1998	2,569,736	4,181,281	0.86%	1.77%
1999	2,589,795	4,255,277	0.78%	1.77%
2000	2,607,826	4,329,340	0.7%	1.74%
2001	2,624,403	4,401,918	0.64%	1.68%
2002	2,640,572	4,463,504	0.62%	1.4%
2003	2,656,623	4,525,508	0.61%	1.39%
2004	2,672,225	4,599,279	0.59%	1.63%
2005	2,687,066	4,671,102	0.56%	1.56%
2006	2,700,968	4,751,136	0.52%	1.71%
2007	2,713,800	4,844,118	0.48%	1.96%
2008	2,725,635	4,925,354	0.44%	1.68%
2009	2,736,995	4,992,287	0.42%	1.36%
2010	2,748,568	5,041,288	0.42%	0.98%
2011	2,760,494	5,096,020	0.43%	1.09%
2012	2,772,430	5,235,742	0.43%	2.74%
2013	2,783,687	5,743,436	0.41%	9.7%
2014	2,793,749	6,346,990	0.36%	10.5%
2015	2,802,534	6,472,469	0.31%	1.98%
2016	2,809,915	6,323,060	0.26%	-2.31%
2017	2,815,764	6,160,128	0.21%	-2.58%
2018	2,820,097	5,984,119	0.15%	-2.86%
2019	2,823,271	5,794,594	0.11%	-3.17%
2020	2,830,739	5,702,398	0.26%	-1.59%
2021	2,837,682	5,718,122	0.25%	0.28%
2022	2,839,144	5,744,489	0.05%	0.46%
2023	2,839,786	5,773,493	0.02%	0.5%
2024	2,839,175	5,805,962	-0.02%	0.56%
2025	2,837,071	5,849,420	-0.07%	0.75%
2026	2,833,401	5,897,459	-0.13%	0.82%
2027	2,828,530	5,947,070	-0.17%	0.84%
2028	2,822,861	5,997,844	-0.2%	0.85%
2029	2,816,391	6,050,384	-0.23%	0.88%
2030	2,808,946	6,103,809	-0.26%	0.88%
2031	2,800,607	6,158,003	-0.3%	0.89%
2032	2,791,130	6,210,753	-0.34%	0.86%
2033	2,780,468	6,259,744	-0.38%	0.79%
2034	2,768,714	6,308,826	-0.42%	0.78%
2035	2,755,929	6,357,723	-0.46%	0.78%
2036	2,742,071	6,407,678	-0.5%	0.79%
2037	2,726,892	6,461,872	-0.55%	0.85%
2038	2,710,812	6,516,253	-0.59%	0.84%
2039	2,693,901	6,569,272	-0.62%	0.81%
2040	2,676,087	6,620,323	-0.66%	0.78%
2041	2,657,558	6,669,091	-0.69%	0.74%
2042	2,638,085	6,714,435	-0.73%	0.68%
2043	2,617,576	6,754,071	-0.78%	0.59%
2044	2,596,160	6,794,014	-0.82%	0.59%
2045	2,574,074	6,834,985	-0.85%	0.6%
2046	2,551,347	6,871,777	-0.88%	0.54%
2047	2,528,004	6,909,022	-0.91%	0.54%
2048	2,504,191	6,944,194	-0.94%	0.51%
2049	2,479,744	6,972,877	-0.98%	0.41%
2050	2,454,935	6,999,259	-1%	0.38%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Lebanon gained 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Lebanon's population decreased by -584,461 (a 9.03% decline).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Lebanon was ranked 114th in 2005 and ranked 115th 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 Lebanon will increase by 18.9% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.