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 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2005 and still ranked 144th 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.