Population in Jamaica compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	New Zealand	Jamaica	New Zealand
1960	1,650,005	2,371,800	-	-
1961	1,673,261	2,419,700	1.41%	2.02%
1962	1,696,932	2,482,000	1.41%	2.57%
1963	1,721,099	2,531,800	1.42%	2.01%
1964	1,745,568	2,585,400	1.42%	2.12%
1965	1,769,192	2,628,400	1.35%	1.66%
1966	1,791,475	2,675,900	1.26%	1.81%
1967	1,812,865	2,724,100	1.19%	1.8%
1968	1,833,765	2,748,100	1.15%	0.88%
1969	1,855,127	2,772,800	1.16%	0.9%
1970	1,878,196	2,810,700	1.24%	1.37%
1971	1,903,728	2,853,000	1.36%	1.5%
1972	1,931,542	2,903,900	1.46%	1.78%
1973	1,961,219	2,961,300	1.54%	1.98%
1974	1,990,906	3,023,700	1.51%	2.11%
1975	2,018,981	3,083,100	1.41%	1.96%
1976	2,045,578	3,110,500	1.32%	0.89%
1977	2,070,657	3,120,200	1.23%	0.31%
1978	2,094,836	3,121,200	1.17%	0.03%
1979	2,119,486	3,109,000	1.18%	-0.39%
1980	2,145,658	3,112,900	1.23%	0.13%
1981	2,173,818	3,124,900	1.31%	0.39%
1982	2,203,889	3,156,100	1.38%	1%
1983	2,234,832	3,199,300	1.4%	1.37%
1984	2,264,562	3,227,100	1.33%	0.87%
1985	2,290,656	3,247,100	1.15%	0.62%
1986	2,312,125	3,246,300	0.94%	-0.02%
1987	2,329,813	3,274,400	0.77%	0.87%
1988	2,345,777	3,283,400	0.69%	0.27%
1989	2,361,916	3,299,200	0.69%	0.48%
1990	2,379,877	3,329,800	0.76%	0.93%
1991	2,400,869	3,495,100	0.88%	4.96%
1992	2,424,701	3,531,700	0.99%	1.05%
1993	2,449,916	3,572,200	1.04%	1.15%
1994	2,475,220	3,620,000	1.03%	1.34%
1995	2,500,151	3,673,400	1.01%	1.48%
1996	2,524,463	3,732,000	0.97%	1.6%
1997	2,547,848	3,781,300	0.93%	1.32%
1998	2,569,736	3,815,000	0.86%	0.89%
1999	2,589,795	3,835,100	0.78%	0.53%
2000	2,607,826	3,857,700	0.7%	0.59%
2001	2,624,403	3,880,500	0.64%	0.59%
2002	2,640,572	3,948,500	0.62%	1.75%
2003	2,656,623	4,027,200	0.61%	1.99%
2004	2,672,225	4,087,500	0.59%	1.5%
2005	2,687,066	4,133,900	0.56%	1.14%
2006	2,700,968	4,184,600	0.52%	1.23%
2007	2,713,800	4,223,800	0.48%	0.94%
2008	2,725,635	4,259,800	0.44%	0.85%
2009	2,736,995	4,302,600	0.42%	1%
2010	2,748,568	4,350,700	0.42%	1.12%
2011	2,760,494	4,384,000	0.43%	0.77%
2012	2,772,430	4,408,100	0.43%	0.55%
2013	2,783,687	4,442,100	0.41%	0.77%
2014	2,793,749	4,516,500	0.36%	1.67%
2015	2,802,534	4,609,400	0.31%	2.06%
2016	2,809,915	4,714,100	0.26%	2.27%
2017	2,815,764	4,813,600	0.21%	2.11%
2018	2,820,097	4,900,600	0.15%	1.81%
2019	2,823,271	4,979,200	0.11%	1.6%
2020	2,830,739	5,090,200	0.26%	2.23%
2021	2,837,682	5,111,300	0.25%	0.41%
2022	2,839,144	5,117,100	0.05%	0.11%
2023	2,839,786	5,245,000	0.02%	2.5%
2024	2,839,175	5,338,500	-0.02%	1.78%
2025	2,837,071	5,377,360	-0.07%	0.73%
2026	2,833,401	5,413,790	-0.13%	0.68%
2027	2,828,530	5,447,979	-0.17%	0.63%
2028	2,822,861	5,479,675	-0.2%	0.58%
2029	2,816,391	5,509,133	-0.23%	0.54%
2030	2,808,946	5,536,522	-0.26%	0.5%
2031	2,800,607	5,562,256	-0.3%	0.46%
2032	2,791,130	5,586,456	-0.34%	0.44%
2033	2,780,468	5,609,501	-0.38%	0.41%
2034	2,768,714	5,631,457	-0.42%	0.39%
2035	2,755,929	5,652,480	-0.46%	0.37%
2036	2,742,071	5,673,146	-0.5%	0.37%
2037	2,726,892	5,693,185	-0.55%	0.35%
2038	2,710,812	5,713,185	-0.59%	0.35%
2039	2,693,901	5,732,750	-0.62%	0.34%
2040	2,676,087	5,751,482	-0.66%	0.33%
2041	2,657,558	5,770,413	-0.69%	0.33%
2042	2,638,085	5,789,187	-0.73%	0.33%
2043	2,617,576	5,806,468	-0.78%	0.3%
2044	2,596,160	5,822,166	-0.82%	0.27%
2045	2,574,074	5,836,730	-0.85%	0.25%
2046	2,551,347	5,849,932	-0.88%	0.23%
2047	2,528,004	5,861,661	-0.91%	0.2%
2048	2,504,191	5,872,796	-0.94%	0.19%
2049	2,479,744	5,882,711	-0.98%	0.17%
2050	2,454,935	5,892,766	-1%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2005 and ranked 124th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.