Population in Jamaica compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Marshall Islands	Jamaica	Marshall Islands
1960	1,650,005	14,703	-	-
1961	1,673,261	15,219	1.41%	3.51%
1962	1,696,932	15,755	1.41%	3.52%
1963	1,721,099	16,302	1.42%	3.47%
1964	1,745,568	16,852	1.42%	3.37%
1965	1,769,192	17,402	1.35%	3.26%
1966	1,791,475	17,927	1.26%	3.02%
1967	1,812,865	18,655	1.19%	4.06%
1968	1,833,765	19,862	1.15%	6.47%
1969	1,855,127	21,305	1.16%	7.27%
1970	1,878,196	22,530	1.24%	5.75%
1971	1,903,728	23,366	1.36%	3.71%
1972	1,931,542	23,992	1.46%	2.68%
1973	1,961,219	24,581	1.54%	2.45%
1974	1,990,906	25,296	1.51%	2.91%
1975	2,018,981	26,154	1.41%	3.39%
1976	2,045,578	27,021	1.32%	3.31%
1977	2,070,657	27,906	1.23%	3.28%
1978	2,094,836	28,809	1.17%	3.24%
1979	2,119,486	29,738	1.18%	3.22%
1980	2,145,658	30,774	1.23%	3.48%
1981	2,173,818	32,017	1.31%	4.04%
1982	2,203,889	33,397	1.38%	4.31%
1983	2,234,832	34,811	1.4%	4.23%
1984	2,264,562	36,264	1.33%	4.17%
1985	2,290,656	37,761	1.15%	4.13%
1986	2,312,125	39,286	0.94%	4.04%
1987	2,329,813	40,828	0.77%	3.93%
1988	2,345,777	42,321	0.69%	3.66%
1989	2,361,916	43,586	0.69%	2.99%
1990	2,379,877	44,629	0.76%	2.39%
1991	2,400,869	45,568	0.88%	2.1%
1992	2,424,701	46,388	0.99%	1.8%
1993	2,449,916	47,093	1.04%	1.52%
1994	2,475,220	47,712	1.03%	1.31%
1995	2,500,151	48,266	1.01%	1.16%
1996	2,524,463	48,775	0.97%	1.05%
1997	2,547,848	49,259	0.93%	0.99%
1998	2,569,736	49,717	0.86%	0.93%
1999	2,589,795	50,202	0.78%	0.98%
2000	2,607,826	50,706	0.7%	1%
2001	2,624,403	51,123	0.64%	0.82%
2002	2,640,572	51,425	0.62%	0.59%
2003	2,656,623	51,639	0.61%	0.42%
2004	2,672,225	51,791	0.59%	0.29%
2005	2,687,066	51,906	0.56%	0.22%
2006	2,700,968	51,992	0.52%	0.17%
2007	2,713,800	52,035	0.48%	0.08%
2008	2,725,635	52,030	0.44%	-0.01%
2009	2,736,995	52,019	0.42%	-0.02%
2010	2,748,568	52,044	0.42%	0.05%
2011	2,760,494	51,907	0.43%	-0.26%
2012	2,772,430	51,419	0.43%	-0.94%
2013	2,783,687	50,681	0.41%	-1.44%
2014	2,793,749	49,796	0.36%	-1.75%
2015	2,802,534	48,800	0.31%	-2%
2016	2,809,915	47,709	0.26%	-2.24%
2017	2,815,764	46,529	0.21%	-2.47%
2018	2,820,097	45,285	0.15%	-2.67%
2019	2,823,271	44,007	0.11%	-2.82%
2020	2,830,739	42,706	0.26%	-2.96%
2021	2,837,682	41,367	0.25%	-3.14%
2022	2,839,144	40,077	0.05%	-3.12%
2023	2,839,786	38,827	0.02%	-3.12%
2024	2,839,175	37,548	-0.02%	-3.29%
2025	2,837,071	36,281	-0.07%	-3.37%
2026	2,833,401	35,078	-0.13%	-3.32%
2027	2,828,530	33,976	-0.17%	-3.14%
2028	2,822,861	32,977	-0.2%	-2.94%
2029	2,816,391	32,054	-0.23%	-2.8%
2030	2,808,946	31,191	-0.26%	-2.69%
2031	2,800,607	30,420	-0.3%	-2.47%
2032	2,791,130	29,740	-0.34%	-2.23%
2033	2,780,468	29,142	-0.38%	-2.01%
2034	2,768,714	28,608	-0.42%	-1.83%
2035	2,755,929	28,147	-0.46%	-1.61%
2036	2,742,071	27,751	-0.5%	-1.41%
2037	2,726,892	27,405	-0.55%	-1.25%
2038	2,710,812	27,092	-0.59%	-1.14%
2039	2,693,901	26,836	-0.62%	-0.94%
2040	2,676,087	26,598	-0.66%	-0.89%
2041	2,657,558	26,396	-0.69%	-0.76%
2042	2,638,085	26,217	-0.73%	-0.68%
2043	2,617,576	26,054	-0.78%	-0.62%
2044	2,596,160	25,913	-0.82%	-0.54%
2045	2,574,074	25,777	-0.85%	-0.52%
2046	2,551,347	25,653	-0.88%	-0.48%
2047	2,528,004	25,543	-0.91%	-0.43%
2048	2,504,191	25,429	-0.94%	-0.45%
2049	2,479,744	25,311	-0.98%	-0.46%
2050	2,454,935	25,195	-1%	-0.46%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 4,283 people (a 8.24% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,631 (a 26.5% decline).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2006 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 28.2% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.