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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Nauru	Jamaica	Nauru
1960	1,650,005	4,607	-	-
1961	1,673,261	4,774	1.41%	3.62%
1962	1,696,932	4,979	1.41%	4.29%
1963	1,721,099	5,226	1.42%	4.96%
1964	1,745,568	5,515	1.42%	5.53%
1965	1,769,192	5,832	1.35%	5.75%
1966	1,791,475	6,043	1.26%	3.62%
1967	1,812,865	6,135	1.19%	1.52%
1968	1,833,765	6,328	1.15%	3.15%
1969	1,855,127	6,581	1.16%	4%
1970	1,878,196	6,710	1.24%	1.96%
1971	1,903,728	6,762	1.36%	0.77%
1972	1,931,542	6,812	1.46%	0.74%
1973	1,961,219	6,866	1.54%	0.79%
1974	1,990,906	6,923	1.51%	0.83%
1975	2,018,981	6,987	1.41%	0.92%
1976	2,045,578	7,064	1.32%	1.1%
1977	2,070,657	7,163	1.23%	1.4%
1978	2,094,836	7,298	1.17%	1.88%
1979	2,119,486	7,468	1.18%	2.33%
1980	2,145,658	7,649	1.23%	2.42%
1981	2,173,818	7,839	1.31%	2.48%
1982	2,203,889	8,040	1.38%	2.56%
1983	2,234,832	8,216	1.4%	2.19%
1984	2,264,562	8,377	1.33%	1.96%
1985	2,290,656	8,551	1.15%	2.08%
1986	2,312,125	8,742	0.94%	2.23%
1987	2,329,813	8,946	0.77%	2.33%
1988	2,345,777	9,165	0.69%	2.45%
1989	2,361,916	9,390	0.69%	2.45%
1990	2,379,877	9,622	0.76%	2.47%
1991	2,400,869	9,850	0.88%	2.37%
1992	2,424,701	10,021	0.99%	1.74%
1993	2,449,916	10,102	1.04%	0.81%
1994	2,475,220	10,137	1.03%	0.35%
1995	2,500,151	10,165	1.01%	0.28%
1996	2,524,463	10,183	0.97%	0.18%
1997	2,547,848	10,197	0.93%	0.14%
1998	2,569,736	10,198	0.86%	0.01%
1999	2,589,795	10,187	0.78%	-0.11%
2000	2,607,826	10,168	0.7%	-0.19%
2001	2,624,403	10,130	0.64%	-0.37%
2002	2,640,572	10,082	0.62%	-0.47%
2003	2,656,623	10,059	0.61%	-0.23%
2004	2,672,225	10,060	0.59%	0.01%
2005	2,687,066	10,049	0.56%	-0.11%
2006	2,700,968	10,034	0.52%	-0.15%
2007	2,713,800	10,020	0.48%	-0.14%
2008	2,725,635	10,009	0.44%	-0.11%
2009	2,736,995	10,016	0.42%	0.07%
2010	2,748,568	10,043	0.42%	0.27%
2011	2,760,494	10,098	0.43%	0.55%
2012	2,772,430	10,267	0.43%	1.67%
2013	2,783,687	10,517	0.41%	2.43%
2014	2,793,749	10,742	0.36%	2.14%
2015	2,802,534	10,954	0.31%	1.97%
2016	2,809,915	11,150	0.26%	1.79%
2017	2,815,764	11,324	0.21%	1.56%
2018	2,820,097	11,477	0.15%	1.35%
2019	2,823,271	11,587	0.11%	0.96%
2020	2,830,739	11,643	0.26%	0.48%
2021	2,837,682	11,709	0.25%	0.57%
2022	2,839,144	11,801	0.05%	0.79%
2023	2,839,786	11,875	0.02%	0.63%
2024	2,839,175	11,947	-0.02%	0.61%
2025	2,837,071	12,030	-0.07%	0.7%
2026	2,833,401	12,103	-0.13%	0.61%
2027	2,828,530	12,196	-0.17%	0.77%
2028	2,822,861	12,296	-0.2%	0.82%
2029	2,816,391	12,403	-0.23%	0.87%
2030	2,808,946	12,519	-0.26%	0.94%
2031	2,800,607	12,645	-0.3%	1%
2032	2,791,130	12,785	-0.34%	1.11%
2033	2,780,468	12,921	-0.38%	1.06%
2034	2,768,714	13,071	-0.42%	1.16%
2035	2,755,929	13,230	-0.46%	1.22%
2036	2,742,071	13,391	-0.5%	1.21%
2037	2,726,892	13,541	-0.55%	1.12%
2038	2,710,812	13,697	-0.59%	1.16%
2039	2,693,901	13,857	-0.62%	1.17%
2040	2,676,087	14,041	-0.66%	1.33%
2041	2,657,558	14,220	-0.69%	1.27%
2042	2,638,085	14,402	-0.73%	1.28%
2043	2,617,576	14,579	-0.78%	1.23%
2044	2,596,160	14,754	-0.82%	1.2%
2045	2,574,074	14,920	-0.85%	1.13%
2046	2,551,347	15,098	-0.88%	1.19%
2047	2,528,004	15,268	-0.91%	1.12%
2048	2,504,191	15,431	-0.94%	1.07%
2049	2,479,744	15,595	-0.98%	1.06%
2050	2,454,935	15,751	-1%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.