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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Malawi	Jamaica	Malawi
1960	1,650,005	3,628,134	-	-
1961	1,673,261	3,715,534	1.41%	2.41%
1962	1,696,932	3,806,307	1.41%	2.44%
1963	1,721,099	3,900,506	1.42%	2.47%
1964	1,745,568	3,997,305	1.42%	2.48%
1965	1,769,192	4,096,157	1.35%	2.47%
1966	1,791,475	4,197,926	1.26%	2.48%
1967	1,812,865	4,303,012	1.19%	2.5%
1968	1,833,765	4,411,054	1.15%	2.51%
1969	1,855,127	4,521,184	1.16%	2.5%
1970	1,878,196	4,633,944	1.24%	2.49%
1971	1,903,728	4,751,434	1.36%	2.54%
1972	1,931,542	4,874,475	1.46%	2.59%
1973	1,961,219	5,003,938	1.54%	2.66%
1974	1,990,906	5,141,337	1.51%	2.75%
1975	2,018,981	5,287,367	1.41%	2.84%
1976	2,045,578	5,443,384	1.32%	2.95%
1977	2,070,657	5,614,983	1.23%	3.15%
1978	2,094,836	5,810,132	1.17%	3.48%
1979	2,119,486	6,028,749	1.18%	3.76%
1980	2,145,658	6,265,529	1.23%	3.93%
1981	2,173,818	6,516,454	1.31%	4%
1982	2,203,889	6,778,879	1.38%	4.03%
1983	2,234,832	7,051,709	1.4%	4.02%
1984	2,264,562	7,332,810	1.33%	3.99%
1985	2,290,656	7,620,508	1.15%	3.92%
1986	2,312,125	7,906,480	0.94%	3.75%
1987	2,329,813	8,293,174	0.77%	4.89%
1988	2,345,777	8,753,262	0.69%	5.55%
1989	2,361,916	9,176,220	0.69%	4.83%
1990	2,379,877	9,545,852	0.76%	4.03%
1991	2,400,869	9,844,227	0.88%	3.13%
1992	2,424,701	10,135,079	0.99%	2.95%
1993	2,449,916	10,284,024	1.04%	1.47%
1994	2,475,220	10,164,894	1.03%	-1.16%
1995	2,500,151	10,150,117	1.01%	-0.15%
1996	2,524,463	10,352,228	0.97%	1.99%
1997	2,547,848	10,562,035	0.93%	2.03%
1998	2,569,736	10,792,876	0.86%	2.19%
1999	2,589,795	11,047,804	0.78%	2.36%
2000	2,607,826	11,315,942	0.7%	2.43%
2001	2,624,403	11,593,058	0.64%	2.45%
2002	2,640,572	11,880,440	0.62%	2.48%
2003	2,656,623	12,181,574	0.61%	2.53%
2004	2,672,225	12,500,737	0.59%	2.62%
2005	2,687,066	12,840,031	0.56%	2.71%
2006	2,700,968	13,198,701	0.52%	2.79%
2007	2,713,800	13,576,343	0.48%	2.86%
2008	2,725,635	13,976,417	0.44%	2.95%
2009	2,736,995	14,395,788	0.42%	3%
2010	2,748,568	14,826,463	0.42%	2.99%
2011	2,760,494	15,265,022	0.43%	2.96%
2012	2,772,430	15,709,577	0.43%	2.91%
2013	2,783,687	16,161,816	0.41%	2.88%
2014	2,793,749	16,621,538	0.36%	2.84%
2015	2,802,534	17,085,587	0.31%	2.79%
2016	2,809,915	17,557,739	0.26%	2.76%
2017	2,815,764	18,039,715	0.21%	2.75%
2018	2,820,097	18,528,081	0.15%	2.71%
2019	2,823,271	19,025,752	0.11%	2.69%
2020	2,830,739	19,533,888	0.26%	2.67%
2021	2,837,682	20,047,258	0.25%	2.63%
2022	2,839,144	20,568,728	0.05%	2.6%
2023	2,839,786	21,104,482	0.02%	2.6%
2024	2,839,175	21,655,286	-0.02%	2.61%
2025	2,837,071	22,216,113	-0.07%	2.59%
2026	2,833,401	22,785,530	-0.13%	2.56%
2027	2,828,530	23,366,187	-0.17%	2.55%
2028	2,822,861	23,954,450	-0.2%	2.52%
2029	2,816,391	24,553,499	-0.23%	2.5%
2030	2,808,946	25,160,293	-0.26%	2.47%
2031	2,800,607	25,763,534	-0.3%	2.4%
2032	2,791,130	26,366,760	-0.34%	2.34%
2033	2,780,468	26,978,417	-0.38%	2.32%
2034	2,768,714	27,595,295	-0.42%	2.29%
2035	2,755,929	28,213,784	-0.46%	2.24%
2036	2,742,071	28,835,595	-0.5%	2.2%
2037	2,726,892	29,462,509	-0.55%	2.17%
2038	2,710,812	30,081,741	-0.59%	2.1%
2039	2,693,901	30,691,578	-0.62%	2.03%
2040	2,676,087	31,302,092	-0.66%	1.99%
2041	2,657,558	31,911,242	-0.69%	1.95%
2042	2,638,085	32,517,509	-0.73%	1.9%
2043	2,617,576	33,122,481	-0.78%	1.86%
2044	2,596,160	33,736,523	-0.82%	1.85%
2045	2,574,074	34,350,947	-0.85%	1.82%
2046	2,551,347	34,959,606	-0.88%	1.77%
2047	2,528,004	35,567,989	-0.91%	1.74%
2048	2,504,191	36,165,757	-0.94%	1.68%
2049	2,479,744	36,760,998	-0.98%	1.65%
2050	2,454,935	37,361,672	-1%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.