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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Lesotho	Jamaica	Lesotho
1960	1,650,005	736,500	-	-
1961	1,673,261	758,824	1.41%	3.03%
1962	1,696,932	781,814	1.41%	3.03%
1963	1,721,099	805,373	1.42%	3.01%
1964	1,745,568	829,437	1.42%	2.99%
1965	1,769,192	854,090	1.35%	2.97%
1966	1,791,475	881,870	1.26%	3.25%
1967	1,812,865	913,982	1.19%	3.64%
1968	1,833,765	948,105	1.15%	3.73%
1969	1,855,127	983,202	1.16%	3.7%
1970	1,878,196	1,019,273	1.24%	3.67%
1971	1,903,728	1,056,246	1.36%	3.63%
1972	1,931,542	1,094,063	1.46%	3.58%
1973	1,961,219	1,132,697	1.54%	3.53%
1974	1,990,906	1,172,420	1.51%	3.51%
1975	2,018,981	1,213,643	1.41%	3.52%
1976	2,045,578	1,253,214	1.32%	3.26%
1977	2,070,657	1,289,967	1.23%	2.93%
1978	2,094,836	1,327,240	1.17%	2.89%
1979	2,119,486	1,366,169	1.18%	2.93%
1980	2,145,658	1,406,521	1.23%	2.95%
1981	2,173,818	1,448,069	1.31%	2.95%
1982	2,203,889	1,490,732	1.38%	2.95%
1983	2,234,832	1,534,413	1.4%	2.93%
1984	2,264,562	1,578,986	1.33%	2.9%
1985	2,290,656	1,624,379	1.15%	2.87%
1986	2,312,125	1,666,138	0.94%	2.57%
1987	2,329,813	1,703,390	0.77%	2.24%
1988	2,345,777	1,739,841	0.69%	2.14%
1989	2,361,916	1,775,436	0.69%	2.05%
1990	2,379,877	1,809,696	0.76%	1.93%
1991	2,400,869	1,842,379	0.88%	1.81%
1992	2,424,701	1,873,274	0.99%	1.68%
1993	2,449,916	1,901,793	1.04%	1.52%
1994	2,475,220	1,927,707	1.03%	1.36%
1995	2,500,151	1,951,437	1.01%	1.23%
1996	2,524,463	1,972,418	0.97%	1.08%
1997	2,547,848	1,988,130	0.93%	0.8%
1998	2,569,736	1,998,049	0.86%	0.5%
1999	2,589,795	2,003,234	0.78%	0.26%
2000	2,607,826	2,003,913	0.7%	0.03%
2001	2,624,403	2,000,853	0.64%	-0.15%
2002	2,640,572	1,994,679	0.62%	-0.31%
2003	2,656,623	1,985,059	0.61%	-0.48%
2004	2,672,225	1,971,129	0.59%	-0.7%
2005	2,687,066	1,953,076	0.56%	-0.92%
2006	2,700,968	1,945,063	0.52%	-0.41%
2007	2,713,800	1,953,268	0.48%	0.42%
2008	2,725,635	1,966,541	0.44%	0.68%
2009	2,736,995	1,980,883	0.42%	0.73%
2010	2,748,568	1,996,251	0.42%	0.78%
2011	2,760,494	2,014,009	0.43%	0.89%
2012	2,772,430	2,034,354	0.43%	1.01%
2013	2,783,687	2,056,504	0.41%	1.09%
2014	2,793,749	2,080,089	0.36%	1.15%
2015	2,802,534	2,104,611	0.31%	1.18%
2016	2,809,915	2,130,422	0.26%	1.23%
2017	2,815,764	2,157,110	0.21%	1.25%
2018	2,820,097	2,183,603	0.15%	1.23%
2019	2,823,271	2,209,405	0.11%	1.18%
2020	2,830,739	2,235,727	0.26%	1.19%
2021	2,837,682	2,261,542	0.25%	1.15%
2022	2,839,144	2,286,110	0.05%	1.09%
2023	2,839,786	2,311,472	0.02%	1.11%
2024	2,839,175	2,337,423	-0.02%	1.12%
2025	2,837,071	2,363,324	-0.07%	1.11%
2026	2,833,401	2,389,334	-0.13%	1.1%
2027	2,828,530	2,415,365	-0.17%	1.09%
2028	2,822,861	2,441,435	-0.2%	1.08%
2029	2,816,391	2,467,677	-0.23%	1.07%
2030	2,808,946	2,493,816	-0.26%	1.06%
2031	2,800,607	2,520,014	-0.3%	1.05%
2032	2,791,130	2,546,489	-0.34%	1.05%
2033	2,780,468	2,573,106	-0.38%	1.05%
2034	2,768,714	2,599,777	-0.42%	1.04%
2035	2,755,929	2,626,560	-0.46%	1.03%
2036	2,742,071	2,653,503	-0.5%	1.03%
2037	2,726,892	2,680,081	-0.55%	1%
2038	2,710,812	2,706,197	-0.59%	0.97%
2039	2,693,901	2,732,138	-0.62%	0.96%
2040	2,676,087	2,757,868	-0.66%	0.94%
2041	2,657,558	2,783,361	-0.69%	0.92%
2042	2,638,085	2,808,538	-0.73%	0.9%
2043	2,617,576	2,833,257	-0.78%	0.88%
2044	2,596,160	2,857,499	-0.82%	0.86%
2045	2,574,074	2,881,333	-0.85%	0.83%
2046	2,551,347	2,904,780	-0.88%	0.81%
2047	2,528,004	2,927,859	-0.91%	0.79%
2048	2,504,191	2,950,411	-0.94%	0.77%
2049	2,479,744	2,972,156	-0.98%	0.74%
2050	2,454,935	2,993,080	-1%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.