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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Malaysia	Jamaica	Malaysia
1960	1,650,005	7,956,197	-	-
1961	1,673,261	8,164,443	1.41%	2.62%
1962	1,696,932	8,380,172	1.41%	2.64%
1963	1,721,099	8,602,160	1.42%	2.65%
1964	1,745,568	8,828,406	1.42%	2.63%
1965	1,769,192	9,056,408	1.35%	2.58%
1966	1,791,475	9,284,688	1.26%	2.52%
1967	1,812,865	9,507,099	1.19%	2.4%
1968	1,833,765	9,725,281	1.15%	2.29%
1969	1,855,127	9,947,597	1.16%	2.29%
1970	1,878,196	10,178,802	1.24%	2.32%
1971	1,903,728	10,423,453	1.36%	2.4%
1972	1,931,542	10,676,835	1.46%	2.43%
1973	1,961,219	10,935,621	1.54%	2.42%
1974	1,990,906	11,200,906	1.51%	2.43%
1975	2,018,981	11,471,914	1.41%	2.42%
1976	2,045,578	11,750,097	1.32%	2.42%
1977	2,070,657	12,035,713	1.23%	2.43%
1978	2,094,836	12,328,157	1.17%	2.43%
1979	2,119,486	12,627,862	1.18%	2.43%
1980	2,145,658	12,983,363	1.23%	2.82%
1981	2,173,818	13,399,203	1.31%	3.2%
1982	2,203,889	13,832,798	1.38%	3.24%
1983	2,234,832	14,285,907	1.4%	3.28%
1984	2,264,562	14,759,009	1.33%	3.31%
1985	2,290,656	15,252,258	1.15%	3.34%
1986	2,312,125	15,760,419	0.94%	3.33%
1987	2,329,813	16,276,737	0.77%	3.28%
1988	2,345,777	16,796,605	0.69%	3.19%
1989	2,361,916	17,314,997	0.69%	3.09%
1990	2,379,877	17,833,171	0.76%	2.99%
1991	2,400,869	18,342,464	0.88%	2.86%
1992	2,424,701	18,834,572	0.99%	2.68%
1993	2,449,916	19,322,664	1.04%	2.59%
1994	2,475,220	19,820,446	1.03%	2.58%
1995	2,500,151	20,330,599	1.01%	2.57%
1996	2,524,463	20,850,087	0.97%	2.56%
1997	2,547,848	21,375,218	0.93%	2.52%
1998	2,569,736	21,906,713	0.86%	2.49%
1999	2,589,795	22,435,531	0.78%	2.41%
2000	2,607,826	22,967,816	0.7%	2.37%
2001	2,624,403	23,526,538	0.64%	2.43%
2002	2,640,572	24,102,477	0.62%	2.45%
2003	2,656,623	24,679,602	0.61%	2.39%
2004	2,672,225	25,256,772	0.59%	2.34%
2005	2,687,066	25,836,071	0.56%	2.29%
2006	2,700,968	26,417,909	0.52%	2.25%
2007	2,713,800	26,998,389	0.48%	2.2%
2008	2,725,635	27,570,059	0.44%	2.12%
2009	2,736,995	28,124,778	0.42%	2.01%
2010	2,748,568	28,655,776	0.42%	1.89%
2011	2,760,494	29,162,039	0.43%	1.77%
2012	2,772,430	29,662,831	0.43%	1.72%
2013	2,783,687	30,174,265	0.41%	1.72%
2014	2,793,749	30,696,137	0.36%	1.73%
2015	2,802,534	31,232,798	0.31%	1.75%
2016	2,809,915	31,789,685	0.26%	1.78%
2017	2,815,764	32,355,644	0.21%	1.78%
2018	2,820,097	32,910,967	0.15%	1.72%
2019	2,823,271	33,440,596	0.11%	1.61%
2020	2,830,739	33,889,558	0.26%	1.34%
2021	2,837,682	34,282,399	0.25%	1.16%
2022	2,839,144	34,695,493	0.05%	1.2%
2023	2,839,786	35,126,298	0.02%	1.24%
2024	2,839,175	35,557,673	-0.02%	1.23%
2025	2,837,071	35,977,838	-0.07%	1.18%
2026	2,833,401	36,385,119	-0.13%	1.13%
2027	2,828,530	36,785,089	-0.17%	1.1%
2028	2,822,861	37,182,773	-0.2%	1.08%
2029	2,816,391	37,574,292	-0.23%	1.05%
2030	2,808,946	37,961,722	-0.26%	1.03%
2031	2,800,607	38,347,786	-0.3%	1.02%
2032	2,791,130	38,728,383	-0.34%	0.99%
2033	2,780,468	39,097,871	-0.38%	0.95%
2034	2,768,714	39,457,849	-0.42%	0.92%
2035	2,755,929	39,814,834	-0.46%	0.9%
2036	2,742,071	40,166,904	-0.5%	0.88%
2037	2,726,892	40,512,289	-0.55%	0.86%
2038	2,710,812	40,853,318	-0.59%	0.84%
2039	2,693,901	41,185,892	-0.62%	0.81%
2040	2,676,087	41,509,646	-0.66%	0.79%
2041	2,657,558	41,828,594	-0.69%	0.77%
2042	2,638,085	42,144,474	-0.73%	0.76%
2043	2,617,576	42,455,952	-0.78%	0.74%
2044	2,596,160	42,754,140	-0.82%	0.7%
2045	2,574,074	43,038,205	-0.85%	0.66%
2046	2,551,347	43,313,754	-0.88%	0.64%
2047	2,528,004	43,580,459	-0.91%	0.62%
2048	2,504,191	43,831,577	-0.94%	0.58%
2049	2,479,744	44,065,538	-0.98%	0.53%
2050	2,454,935	44,289,765	-1%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.