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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Maldives	Jamaica	Maldives
1960	1,650,005	91,189	-	-
1961	1,673,261	93,450	1.41%	2.48%
1962	1,696,932	95,802	1.41%	2.52%
1963	1,721,099	98,222	1.42%	2.53%
1964	1,745,568	100,662	1.42%	2.48%
1965	1,769,192	104,102	1.35%	3.42%
1966	1,791,475	108,507	1.26%	4.23%
1967	1,812,865	112,528	1.19%	3.71%
1968	1,833,765	116,075	1.15%	3.15%
1969	1,855,127	119,564	1.16%	3.01%
1970	1,878,196	123,219	1.24%	3.06%
1971	1,903,728	127,035	1.36%	3.1%
1972	1,931,542	130,968	1.46%	3.1%
1973	1,961,219	134,952	1.54%	3.04%
1974	1,990,906	138,978	1.51%	2.98%
1975	2,018,981	143,158	1.41%	3.01%
1976	2,045,578	147,525	1.32%	3.05%
1977	2,070,657	151,930	1.23%	2.99%
1978	2,094,836	156,159	1.17%	2.78%
1979	2,119,486	160,360	1.18%	2.69%
1980	2,145,658	164,835	1.23%	2.79%
1981	2,173,818	169,532	1.31%	2.85%
1982	2,203,889	174,333	1.38%	2.83%
1983	2,234,832	179,128	1.4%	2.75%
1984	2,264,562	184,198	1.33%	2.83%
1985	2,290,656	190,169	1.15%	3.24%
1986	2,312,125	196,935	0.94%	3.56%
1987	2,329,813	203,944	0.77%	3.56%
1988	2,345,777	210,885	0.69%	3.4%
1989	2,361,916	217,738	0.69%	3.25%
1990	2,379,877	224,762	0.76%	3.23%
1991	2,400,869	231,802	0.88%	3.13%
1992	2,424,701	238,543	0.99%	2.91%
1993	2,449,916	244,884	1.04%	2.66%
1994	2,475,220	250,822	1.03%	2.42%
1995	2,500,151	256,649	1.01%	2.32%
1996	2,524,463	262,347	0.97%	2.22%
1997	2,547,848	267,707	0.93%	2.04%
1998	2,569,736	272,723	0.86%	1.87%
1999	2,589,795	277,412	0.78%	1.72%
2000	2,607,826	282,019	0.7%	1.66%
2001	2,624,403	286,767	0.64%	1.68%
2002	2,640,572	291,616	0.62%	1.69%
2003	2,656,623	296,491	0.61%	1.67%
2004	2,672,225	301,413	0.59%	1.66%
2005	2,687,066	306,429	0.56%	1.66%
2006	2,700,968	313,851	0.52%	2.42%
2007	2,713,800	324,479	0.48%	3.39%
2008	2,725,635	336,170	0.44%	3.6%
2009	2,736,995	348,275	0.42%	3.6%
2010	2,748,568	360,792	0.42%	3.59%
2011	2,760,494	373,674	0.43%	3.57%
2012	2,772,430	386,818	0.43%	3.52%
2013	2,783,687	400,070	0.41%	3.43%
2014	2,793,749	413,617	0.36%	3.39%
2015	2,802,534	428,154	0.31%	3.51%
2016	2,809,915	443,308	0.26%	3.54%
2017	2,815,764	458,287	0.21%	3.38%
2018	2,820,097	473,099	0.15%	3.23%
2019	2,823,271	487,731	0.11%	3.09%
2020	2,830,739	502,118	0.26%	2.95%
2021	2,837,682	516,154	0.25%	2.8%
2022	2,839,144	524,106	0.05%	1.54%
2023	2,839,786	525,994	0.02%	0.36%
2024	2,839,175	527,799	-0.02%	0.34%
2025	2,837,071	529,677	-0.07%	0.36%
2026	2,833,401	531,514	-0.13%	0.35%
2027	2,828,530	533,433	-0.17%	0.36%
2028	2,822,861	535,502	-0.2%	0.39%
2029	2,816,391	537,574	-0.23%	0.39%
2030	2,808,946	539,667	-0.26%	0.39%
2031	2,800,607	541,929	-0.3%	0.42%
2032	2,791,130	544,288	-0.34%	0.44%
2033	2,780,468	546,723	-0.38%	0.45%
2034	2,768,714	549,162	-0.42%	0.45%
2035	2,755,929	551,599	-0.46%	0.44%
2036	2,742,071	554,092	-0.5%	0.45%
2037	2,726,892	556,637	-0.55%	0.46%
2038	2,710,812	559,231	-0.59%	0.47%
2039	2,693,901	561,958	-0.62%	0.49%
2040	2,676,087	564,800	-0.66%	0.51%
2041	2,657,558	567,606	-0.69%	0.5%
2042	2,638,085	570,381	-0.73%	0.49%
2043	2,617,576	573,138	-0.78%	0.48%
2044	2,596,160	575,811	-0.82%	0.47%
2045	2,574,074	578,459	-0.85%	0.46%
2046	2,551,347	581,026	-0.88%	0.44%
2047	2,528,004	583,393	-0.91%	0.41%
2048	2,504,191	585,720	-0.94%	0.4%
2049	2,479,744	587,988	-0.98%	0.39%
2050	2,454,935	589,960	-1%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.