Population in Jamaica compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Netherlands	Jamaica	Netherlands
1960	1,650,005	11,486,631	-	-
1961	1,673,261	11,638,712	1.41%	1.32%
1962	1,696,932	11,805,689	1.41%	1.43%
1963	1,721,099	11,965,966	1.42%	1.36%
1964	1,745,568	12,127,120	1.42%	1.35%
1965	1,769,192	12,294,732	1.35%	1.38%
1966	1,791,475	12,456,251	1.26%	1.31%
1967	1,812,865	12,598,201	1.19%	1.14%
1968	1,833,765	12,729,721	1.15%	1.04%
1969	1,855,127	12,877,984	1.16%	1.16%
1970	1,878,196	13,038,526	1.24%	1.25%
1971	1,903,728	13,194,497	1.36%	1.2%
1972	1,931,542	13,328,593	1.46%	1.02%
1973	1,961,219	13,439,322	1.54%	0.83%
1974	1,990,906	13,545,056	1.51%	0.79%
1975	2,018,981	13,666,335	1.41%	0.9%
1976	2,045,578	13,774,037	1.32%	0.79%
1977	2,070,657	13,856,185	1.23%	0.6%
1978	2,094,836	13,941,700	1.17%	0.62%
1979	2,119,486	14,038,270	1.18%	0.69%
1980	2,145,658	14,149,800	1.23%	0.79%
1981	2,173,818	14,247,208	1.31%	0.69%
1982	2,203,889	14,312,690	1.38%	0.46%
1983	2,234,832	14,367,070	1.4%	0.38%
1984	2,264,562	14,424,211	1.33%	0.4%
1985	2,290,656	14,491,632	1.15%	0.47%
1986	2,312,125	14,572,278	0.94%	0.56%
1987	2,329,813	14,665,037	0.77%	0.64%
1988	2,345,777	14,760,094	0.69%	0.65%
1989	2,361,916	14,848,907	0.69%	0.6%
1990	2,379,877	14,951,510	0.76%	0.69%
1991	2,400,869	15,069,798	0.88%	0.79%
1992	2,424,701	15,184,166	0.99%	0.76%
1993	2,449,916	15,290,368	1.04%	0.7%
1994	2,475,220	15,382,838	1.03%	0.6%
1995	2,500,151	15,459,006	1.01%	0.5%
1996	2,524,463	15,530,498	0.97%	0.46%
1997	2,547,848	15,610,650	0.93%	0.52%
1998	2,569,736	15,707,209	0.86%	0.62%
1999	2,589,795	15,812,088	0.78%	0.67%
2000	2,607,826	15,925,513	0.7%	0.72%
2001	2,624,403	16,046,180	0.64%	0.76%
2002	2,640,572	16,148,929	0.62%	0.64%
2003	2,656,623	16,225,302	0.61%	0.47%
2004	2,672,225	16,281,779	0.59%	0.35%
2005	2,687,066	16,319,868	0.56%	0.23%
2006	2,700,968	16,346,101	0.52%	0.16%
2007	2,713,800	16,381,696	0.48%	0.22%
2008	2,725,635	16,445,593	0.44%	0.39%
2009	2,736,995	16,530,388	0.42%	0.52%
2010	2,748,568	16,615,394	0.42%	0.51%
2011	2,760,494	16,693,074	0.43%	0.47%
2012	2,772,430	16,754,962	0.43%	0.37%
2013	2,783,687	16,804,432	0.41%	0.3%
2014	2,793,749	16,865,008	0.36%	0.36%
2015	2,802,534	16,939,923	0.31%	0.44%
2016	2,809,915	17,030,314	0.26%	0.53%
2017	2,815,764	17,131,296	0.21%	0.59%
2018	2,820,097	17,231,624	0.15%	0.59%
2019	2,823,271	17,344,874	0.11%	0.66%
2020	2,830,739	17,441,500	0.26%	0.56%
2021	2,837,682	17,533,044	0.25%	0.52%
2022	2,839,144	17,700,982	0.05%	0.96%
2023	2,839,786	17,877,117	0.02%	1%
2024	2,839,175	17,994,237	-0.02%	0.66%
2025	2,837,071	18,110,800	-0.07%	0.65%
2026	2,833,401	18,211,436	-0.13%	0.56%
2027	2,828,530	18,299,531	-0.17%	0.48%
2028	2,822,861	18,379,573	-0.2%	0.44%
2029	2,816,391	18,452,044	-0.23%	0.39%
2030	2,808,946	18,515,913	-0.26%	0.35%
2031	2,800,607	18,571,934	-0.3%	0.3%
2032	2,791,130	18,621,087	-0.34%	0.26%
2033	2,780,468	18,664,975	-0.38%	0.24%
2034	2,768,714	18,702,456	-0.42%	0.2%
2035	2,755,929	18,733,223	-0.46%	0.16%
2036	2,742,071	18,760,054	-0.5%	0.14%
2037	2,726,892	18,781,793	-0.55%	0.12%
2038	2,710,812	18,798,283	-0.59%	0.09%
2039	2,693,901	18,810,276	-0.62%	0.06%
2040	2,676,087	18,817,745	-0.66%	0.04%
2041	2,657,558	18,820,870	-0.69%	0.02%
2042	2,638,085	18,819,607	-0.73%	-0.007%
2043	2,617,576	18,815,261	-0.78%	-0.02%
2044	2,596,160	18,807,564	-0.82%	-0.04%
2045	2,574,074	18,797,005	-0.85%	-0.06%
2046	2,551,347	18,785,724	-0.88%	-0.06%
2047	2,528,004	18,771,651	-0.91%	-0.07%
2048	2,504,191	18,754,325	-0.94%	-0.09%
2049	2,479,744	18,735,299	-0.98%	-0.1%
2050	2,454,935	18,714,579	-1%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.