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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Mauritius	Jamaica	Mauritius
1960	1,650,005	680,331	-	-
1961	1,673,261	680,757	1.41%	0.06%
1962	1,696,932	700,349	1.41%	2.88%
1963	1,721,099	718,861	1.42%	2.64%
1964	1,745,568	736,381	1.42%	2.44%
1965	1,769,192	753,000	1.35%	2.26%
1966	1,791,475	768,813	1.26%	2.1%
1967	1,812,865	783,917	1.19%	1.96%
1968	1,833,765	798,413	1.15%	1.85%
1969	1,855,127	812,405	1.16%	1.75%
1970	1,878,196	826,000	1.24%	1.67%
1971	1,903,728	839,230	1.36%	1.6%
1972	1,931,542	852,053	1.46%	1.53%
1973	1,961,219	864,819	1.54%	1.5%
1974	1,990,906	878,042	1.51%	1.53%
1975	2,018,981	892,000	1.41%	1.59%
1976	2,045,578	906,507	1.32%	1.63%
1977	2,070,657	921,379	1.23%	1.64%
1978	2,094,836	933,499	1.17%	1.32%
1979	2,119,486	949,888	1.18%	1.76%
1980	2,145,658	966,039	1.23%	1.7%
1981	2,173,818	980,462	1.31%	1.49%
1982	2,203,889	992,521	1.38%	1.23%
1983	2,234,832	1,001,691	1.4%	0.92%
1984	2,264,562	1,012,221	1.33%	1.05%
1985	2,290,656	1,020,528	1.15%	0.82%
1986	2,312,125	1,028,360	0.94%	0.77%
1987	2,329,813	1,036,082	0.77%	0.75%
1988	2,345,777	1,043,239	0.69%	0.69%
1989	2,361,916	1,051,260	0.69%	0.77%
1990	2,379,877	1,058,775	0.76%	0.71%
1991	2,400,869	1,070,266	0.88%	1.09%
1992	2,424,701	1,084,441	0.99%	1.32%
1993	2,449,916	1,097,374	1.04%	1.19%
1994	2,475,220	1,112,846	1.03%	1.41%
1995	2,500,151	1,122,457	1.01%	0.86%
1996	2,524,463	1,133,996	0.97%	1.03%
1997	2,547,848	1,148,284	0.93%	1.26%
1998	2,569,736	1,160,421	0.86%	1.06%
1999	2,589,795	1,175,267	0.78%	1.28%
2000	2,607,826	1,186,873	0.7%	0.99%
2001	2,624,403	1,196,287	0.64%	0.79%
2002	2,640,572	1,204,621	0.62%	0.7%
2003	2,656,623	1,213,370	0.61%	0.73%
2004	2,672,225	1,221,003	0.59%	0.63%
2005	2,687,066	1,228,254	0.56%	0.59%
2006	2,700,968	1,233,996	0.52%	0.47%
2007	2,713,800	1,239,630	0.48%	0.46%
2008	2,725,635	1,244,121	0.44%	0.36%
2009	2,736,995	1,247,429	0.42%	0.27%
2010	2,748,568	1,250,400	0.42%	0.24%
2011	2,760,494	1,252,404	0.43%	0.16%
2012	2,772,430	1,255,882	0.43%	0.28%
2013	2,783,687	1,258,927	0.41%	0.24%
2014	2,793,749	1,261,208	0.36%	0.18%
2015	2,802,534	1,262,879	0.31%	0.13%
2016	2,809,915	1,263,747	0.26%	0.07%
2017	2,815,764	1,264,887	0.21%	0.09%
2018	2,820,097	1,265,577	0.15%	0.05%
2019	2,823,271	1,265,985	0.11%	0.03%
2020	2,830,739	1,266,014	0.26%	0.002%
2021	2,837,682	1,266,334	0.25%	0.03%
2022	2,839,144	1,262,523	0.05%	-0.3%
2023	2,839,786	1,261,041	0.02%	-0.12%
2024	2,839,175	1,259,509	-0.02%	-0.12%
2025	2,837,071	1,256,649	-0.07%	-0.23%
2026	2,833,401	1,253,457	-0.13%	-0.25%
2027	2,828,530	1,250,062	-0.17%	-0.27%
2028	2,822,861	1,246,502	-0.2%	-0.28%
2029	2,816,391	1,242,774	-0.23%	-0.3%
2030	2,808,946	1,238,963	-0.26%	-0.31%
2031	2,800,607	1,234,965	-0.3%	-0.32%
2032	2,791,130	1,230,623	-0.34%	-0.35%
2033	2,780,468	1,225,970	-0.38%	-0.38%
2034	2,768,714	1,220,995	-0.42%	-0.41%
2035	2,755,929	1,215,701	-0.46%	-0.43%
2036	2,742,071	1,210,085	-0.5%	-0.46%
2037	2,726,892	1,204,158	-0.55%	-0.49%
2038	2,710,812	1,197,926	-0.59%	-0.52%
2039	2,693,901	1,191,299	-0.62%	-0.55%
2040	2,676,087	1,184,262	-0.66%	-0.59%
2041	2,657,558	1,176,870	-0.69%	-0.62%
2042	2,638,085	1,169,165	-0.73%	-0.65%
2043	2,617,576	1,161,119	-0.78%	-0.69%
2044	2,596,160	1,152,733	-0.82%	-0.72%
2045	2,574,074	1,144,071	-0.85%	-0.75%
2046	2,551,347	1,135,101	-0.88%	-0.78%
2047	2,528,004	1,125,881	-0.91%	-0.81%
2048	2,504,191	1,116,431	-0.94%	-0.84%
2049	2,479,744	1,106,794	-0.98%	-0.86%
2050	2,454,935	1,097,042	-1%	-0.88%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Mauritius gained 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -6,230 (a 0.49% decline).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2005 and ranked 157th 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 Mauritius will decrease by 12.7% to 1,097,042 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.