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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Malta	Jamaica	Malta
1960	1,650,005	326,550	-	-
1961	1,673,261	325,250	1.41%	-0.4%
1962	1,696,932	323,900	1.41%	-0.42%
1963	1,721,099	322,550	1.42%	-0.42%
1964	1,745,568	321,250	1.42%	-0.4%
1965	1,769,192	318,800	1.35%	-0.76%
1966	1,791,475	315,200	1.26%	-1.13%
1967	1,812,865	311,550	1.19%	-1.16%
1968	1,833,765	307,900	1.15%	-1.17%
1969	1,855,127	304,300	1.16%	-1.17%
1970	1,878,196	302,650	1.24%	-0.54%
1971	1,903,728	302,700	1.36%	0.02%
1972	1,931,542	302,450	1.46%	-0.08%
1973	1,961,219	302,200	1.54%	-0.08%
1974	1,990,906	301,996	1.51%	-0.07%
1975	2,018,981	304,222	1.41%	0.74%
1976	2,045,578	305,774	1.32%	0.51%
1977	2,070,657	306,970	1.23%	0.39%
1978	2,094,836	310,182	1.17%	1.05%
1979	2,119,486	313,342	1.18%	1.02%
1980	2,145,658	316,645	1.23%	1.05%
1981	2,173,818	318,982	1.31%	0.74%
1982	2,203,889	325,898	1.38%	2.17%
1983	2,234,832	330,524	1.4%	1.42%
1984	2,264,562	330,593	1.33%	0.02%
1985	2,290,656	336,452	1.15%	1.77%
1986	2,312,125	342,121	0.94%	1.68%
1987	2,329,813	344,485	0.77%	0.69%
1988	2,345,777	347,325	0.69%	0.82%
1989	2,361,916	350,722	0.69%	0.98%
1990	2,379,877	354,170	0.76%	0.98%
1991	2,400,869	363,845	0.88%	2.73%
1992	2,424,701	367,618	0.99%	1.04%
1993	2,449,916	371,308	1.04%	1%
1994	2,475,220	374,797	1.03%	0.94%
1995	2,500,151	377,419	1.01%	0.7%
1996	2,524,463	379,905	0.97%	0.66%
1997	2,547,848	382,791	0.93%	0.76%
1998	2,569,736	385,287	0.86%	0.65%
1999	2,589,795	387,578	0.78%	0.59%
2000	2,607,826	390,087	0.7%	0.65%
2001	2,624,403	393,028	0.64%	0.75%
2002	2,640,572	395,969	0.62%	0.75%
2003	2,656,623	398,582	0.61%	0.66%
2004	2,672,225	401,268	0.59%	0.67%
2005	2,687,066	403,834	0.56%	0.64%
2006	2,700,968	405,308	0.52%	0.37%
2007	2,713,800	406,724	0.48%	0.35%
2008	2,725,635	409,379	0.44%	0.65%
2009	2,736,995	412,477	0.42%	0.76%
2010	2,748,568	414,508	0.42%	0.49%
2011	2,760,494	416,268	0.43%	0.42%
2012	2,772,430	420,028	0.43%	0.9%
2013	2,783,687	424,810	0.41%	1.14%
2014	2,793,749	433,481	0.36%	2.04%
2015	2,802,534	444,220	0.31%	2.48%
2016	2,809,915	454,505	0.26%	2.32%
2017	2,815,764	467,106	0.21%	2.77%
2018	2,820,097	483,903	0.15%	3.6%
2019	2,823,271	503,912	0.11%	4.13%
2020	2,830,739	515,490	0.26%	2.3%
2021	2,837,682	518,150	0.25%	0.52%
2022	2,839,144	531,113	0.05%	2.5%
2023	2,839,786	552,747	0.02%	4.07%
2024	2,839,175	574,346	-0.02%	3.91%
2025	2,837,071	580,514	-0.07%	1.07%
2026	2,833,401	584,351	-0.13%	0.66%
2027	2,828,530	586,444	-0.17%	0.36%
2028	2,822,861	588,290	-0.2%	0.31%
2029	2,816,391	589,776	-0.23%	0.25%
2030	2,808,946	590,973	-0.26%	0.2%
2031	2,800,607	591,921	-0.3%	0.16%
2032	2,791,130	592,622	-0.34%	0.12%
2033	2,780,468	592,974	-0.38%	0.06%
2034	2,768,714	592,827	-0.42%	-0.02%
2035	2,755,929	592,332	-0.46%	-0.08%
2036	2,742,071	591,668	-0.5%	-0.11%
2037	2,726,892	590,830	-0.55%	-0.14%
2038	2,710,812	589,771	-0.59%	-0.18%
2039	2,693,901	588,528	-0.62%	-0.21%
2040	2,676,087	587,256	-0.66%	-0.22%
2041	2,657,558	585,895	-0.69%	-0.23%
2042	2,638,085	584,467	-0.73%	-0.24%
2043	2,617,576	582,966	-0.78%	-0.26%
2044	2,596,160	581,355	-0.82%	-0.28%
2045	2,574,074	579,693	-0.85%	-0.29%
2046	2,551,347	577,954	-0.88%	-0.3%
2047	2,528,004	576,050	-0.91%	-0.33%
2048	2,504,191	574,050	-0.94%	-0.35%
2049	2,479,744	572,187	-0.98%	-0.32%
2050	2,454,935	570,210	-1%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.