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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Namibia	Jamaica	Namibia
1960	1,650,005	591,465	-	-
1961	1,673,261	603,067	1.41%	1.96%
1962	1,696,932	615,759	1.41%	2.1%
1963	1,721,099	629,589	1.42%	2.25%
1964	1,745,568	644,530	1.42%	2.37%
1965	1,769,192	660,558	1.35%	2.49%
1966	1,791,475	677,655	1.26%	2.59%
1967	1,812,865	696,045	1.19%	2.71%
1968	1,833,765	715,542	1.15%	2.8%
1969	1,855,127	736,120	1.16%	2.88%
1970	1,878,196	757,868	1.24%	2.95%
1971	1,903,728	780,584	1.36%	3%
1972	1,931,542	804,399	1.46%	3.05%
1973	1,961,219	828,928	1.54%	3.05%
1974	1,990,906	854,320	1.51%	3.06%
1975	2,018,981	881,032	1.41%	3.13%
1976	2,045,578	906,566	1.32%	2.9%
1977	2,070,657	931,104	1.23%	2.71%
1978	2,094,836	947,269	1.17%	1.74%
1979	2,119,486	962,825	1.18%	1.64%
1980	2,145,658	981,434	1.23%	1.93%
1981	2,173,818	992,500	1.31%	1.13%
1982	2,203,889	1,010,308	1.38%	1.79%
1983	2,234,832	1,037,511	1.4%	2.69%
1984	2,264,562	1,065,989	1.33%	2.74%
1985	2,290,656	1,096,890	1.15%	2.9%
1986	2,312,125	1,131,081	0.94%	3.12%
1987	2,329,813	1,167,889	0.77%	3.25%
1988	2,345,777	1,209,696	0.69%	3.58%
1989	2,361,916	1,288,947	0.69%	6.55%
1990	2,379,877	1,369,303	0.76%	6.23%
1991	2,400,869	1,415,684	0.88%	3.39%
1992	2,424,701	1,461,322	0.99%	3.22%
1993	2,449,916	1,508,697	1.04%	3.24%
1994	2,475,220	1,556,304	1.03%	3.16%
1995	2,500,151	1,602,170	1.01%	2.95%
1996	2,524,463	1,646,103	0.97%	2.74%
1997	2,547,848	1,689,264	0.93%	2.62%
1998	2,569,736	1,732,745	0.86%	2.57%
1999	2,589,795	1,776,368	0.78%	2.52%
2000	2,607,826	1,818,647	0.7%	2.38%
2001	2,624,403	1,857,048	0.64%	2.11%
2002	2,640,572	1,889,970	0.62%	1.77%
2003	2,656,623	1,917,464	0.61%	1.45%
2004	2,672,225	1,942,082	0.59%	1.28%
2005	2,687,066	1,966,582	0.56%	1.26%
2006	2,700,968	1,991,888	0.52%	1.29%
2007	2,713,800	2,018,600	0.48%	1.34%
2008	2,725,635	2,047,056	0.44%	1.41%
2009	2,736,995	2,077,394	0.42%	1.48%
2010	2,748,568	2,109,811	0.42%	1.56%
2011	2,760,494	2,146,325	0.43%	1.73%
2012	2,772,430	2,194,654	0.43%	2.25%
2013	2,783,687	2,252,508	0.41%	2.64%
2014	2,793,749	2,312,139	0.36%	2.65%
2015	2,802,534	2,374,300	0.31%	2.69%
2016	2,809,915	2,439,213	0.26%	2.73%
2017	2,815,764	2,506,853	0.21%	2.77%
2018	2,820,097	2,577,327	0.15%	2.81%
2019	2,823,271	2,650,494	0.11%	2.84%
2020	2,830,739	2,728,762	0.26%	2.95%
2021	2,837,682	2,810,548	0.25%	3%
2022	2,839,144	2,889,662	0.05%	2.81%
2023	2,839,786	2,963,095	0.02%	2.54%
2024	2,839,175	3,030,131	-0.02%	2.26%
2025	2,837,071	3,092,826	-0.07%	2.07%
2026	2,833,401	3,153,252	-0.13%	1.95%
2027	2,828,530	3,212,910	-0.17%	1.89%
2028	2,822,861	3,272,166	-0.2%	1.84%
2029	2,816,391	3,330,819	-0.23%	1.79%
2030	2,808,946	3,389,961	-0.26%	1.78%
2031	2,800,607	3,449,508	-0.3%	1.76%
2032	2,791,130	3,508,245	-0.34%	1.7%
2033	2,780,468	3,565,349	-0.38%	1.63%
2034	2,768,714	3,621,829	-0.42%	1.58%
2035	2,755,929	3,678,888	-0.46%	1.58%
2036	2,742,071	3,735,939	-0.5%	1.55%
2037	2,726,892	3,792,807	-0.55%	1.52%
2038	2,710,812	3,850,310	-0.59%	1.52%
2039	2,693,901	3,907,182	-0.62%	1.48%
2040	2,676,087	3,962,414	-0.66%	1.41%
2041	2,657,558	4,017,690	-0.69%	1.4%
2042	2,638,085	4,073,359	-0.73%	1.39%
2043	2,617,576	4,129,577	-0.78%	1.38%
2044	2,596,160	4,186,114	-0.82%	1.37%
2045	2,574,074	4,243,359	-0.85%	1.37%
2046	2,551,347	4,299,969	-0.88%	1.33%
2047	2,528,004	4,355,507	-0.91%	1.29%
2048	2,504,191	4,409,459	-0.94%	1.24%
2049	2,479,744	4,460,507	-0.98%	1.16%
2050	2,454,935	4,512,307	-1%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2006 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.