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	4,970,300	0.11%	1.42%
2020	2,830,739	5,072,400	0.26%	2.05%
2021	2,837,682	5,084,600	0.25%	0.24%
2022	2,839,144	5,081,700	0.05%	-0.06%
2023	2,839,786	5,200,000	0.02%	2.33%
2024	2,839,175	5,287,500	-0.02%	1.68%
2025	2,837,071	5,325,989	-0.07%	0.73%
2026	2,833,401	5,362,071	-0.13%	0.68%
2027	2,828,530	5,395,933	-0.17%	0.63%
2028	2,822,861	5,427,327	-0.2%	0.58%
2029	2,816,391	5,456,502	-0.23%	0.54%
2030	2,808,946	5,483,630	-0.26%	0.5%
2031	2,800,607	5,509,118	-0.3%	0.46%
2032	2,791,130	5,533,087	-0.34%	0.44%
2033	2,780,468	5,555,912	-0.38%	0.41%
2034	2,768,714	5,577,658	-0.42%	0.39%
2035	2,755,929	5,598,481	-0.46%	0.37%
2036	2,742,071	5,618,949	-0.5%	0.37%
2037	2,726,892	5,638,796	-0.55%	0.35%
2038	2,710,812	5,658,606	-0.59%	0.35%
2039	2,693,901	5,677,983	-0.62%	0.34%
2040	2,676,087	5,696,537	-0.66%	0.33%
2041	2,657,558	5,715,286	-0.69%	0.33%
2042	2,638,085	5,733,881	-0.73%	0.33%
2043	2,617,576	5,750,997	-0.78%	0.3%
2044	2,596,160	5,766,545	-0.82%	0.27%
2045	2,574,074	5,780,970	-0.85%	0.25%
2046	2,551,347	5,794,046	-0.88%	0.23%
2047	2,528,004	5,805,663	-0.91%	0.2%
2048	2,504,191	5,816,692	-0.94%	0.19%
2049	2,479,744	5,826,512	-0.98%	0.17%
2050	2,454,935	5,836,471	-1%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.