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 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Namibia gained 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 767,064 (a 32.3% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2005 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.6% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.