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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Nicaragua	Jamaica	Nicaragua
1960	1,650,005	1,782,370	-	-
1961	1,673,261	1,836,451	1.41%	3.03%
1962	1,696,932	1,892,320	1.41%	3.04%
1963	1,721,099	1,950,159	1.42%	3.06%
1964	1,745,568	2,010,176	1.42%	3.08%
1965	1,769,192	2,072,681	1.35%	3.11%
1966	1,791,475	2,137,820	1.26%	3.14%
1967	1,812,865	2,205,567	1.19%	3.17%
1968	1,833,765	2,275,836	1.15%	3.19%
1969	1,855,127	2,348,398	1.16%	3.19%
1970	1,878,196	2,423,065	1.24%	3.18%
1971	1,903,728	2,499,825	1.36%	3.17%
1972	1,931,542	2,573,578	1.46%	2.95%
1973	1,961,219	2,649,278	1.54%	2.94%
1974	1,990,906	2,732,075	1.51%	3.13%
1975	2,018,981	2,816,943	1.41%	3.11%
1976	2,045,578	2,903,851	1.32%	3.09%
1977	2,070,657	2,992,534	1.23%	3.05%
1978	2,094,836	3,080,314	1.17%	2.93%
1979	2,119,486	3,164,525	1.18%	2.73%
1980	2,145,658	3,252,403	1.23%	2.78%
1981	2,173,818	3,345,674	1.31%	2.87%
1982	2,203,889	3,438,745	1.38%	2.78%
1983	2,234,832	3,530,282	1.4%	2.66%
1984	2,264,562	3,619,104	1.33%	2.52%
1985	2,290,656	3,706,479	1.15%	2.41%
1986	2,312,125	3,794,157	0.94%	2.37%
1987	2,329,813	3,882,164	0.77%	2.32%
1988	2,345,777	3,972,320	0.69%	2.32%
1989	2,361,916	4,066,476	0.69%	2.37%
1990	2,379,877	4,162,559	0.76%	2.36%
1991	2,400,869	4,259,637	0.88%	2.33%
1992	2,424,701	4,357,026	0.99%	2.29%
1993	2,449,916	4,453,732	1.04%	2.22%
1994	2,475,220	4,549,316	1.03%	2.15%
1995	2,500,151	4,642,931	1.01%	2.06%
1996	2,524,463	4,729,974	0.97%	1.87%
1997	2,547,848	4,809,573	0.93%	1.68%
1998	2,569,736	4,883,655	0.86%	1.54%
1999	2,589,795	4,954,018	0.78%	1.44%
2000	2,607,826	5,022,633	0.7%	1.39%
2001	2,624,403	5,087,825	0.64%	1.3%
2002	2,640,572	5,149,909	0.62%	1.22%
2003	2,656,623	5,210,963	0.61%	1.19%
2004	2,672,225	5,272,912	0.59%	1.19%
2005	2,687,066	5,342,105	0.56%	1.31%
2006	2,700,968	5,418,855	0.52%	1.44%
2007	2,713,800	5,497,243	0.48%	1.45%
2008	2,725,635	5,576,593	0.44%	1.44%
2009	2,736,995	5,656,601	0.42%	1.43%
2010	2,748,568	5,737,450	0.42%	1.43%
2011	2,760,494	5,819,051	0.43%	1.42%
2012	2,772,430	5,901,287	0.43%	1.41%
2013	2,783,687	5,983,845	0.41%	1.4%
2014	2,793,749	6,066,492	0.36%	1.38%
2015	2,802,534	6,149,417	0.31%	1.37%
2016	2,809,915	6,232,666	0.26%	1.35%
2017	2,815,764	6,316,231	0.21%	1.34%
2018	2,820,097	6,400,080	0.15%	1.33%
2019	2,823,271	6,483,657	0.11%	1.31%
2020	2,830,739	6,565,267	0.26%	1.26%
2021	2,837,682	6,644,741	0.25%	1.21%
2022	2,839,144	6,730,654	0.05%	1.29%
2023	2,839,786	6,823,613	0.02%	1.38%
2024	2,839,175	6,916,140	-0.02%	1.36%
2025	2,837,071	7,007,511	-0.07%	1.32%
2026	2,833,401	7,097,335	-0.13%	1.28%
2027	2,828,530	7,185,724	-0.17%	1.25%
2028	2,822,861	7,272,691	-0.2%	1.21%
2029	2,816,391	7,358,003	-0.23%	1.17%
2030	2,808,946	7,441,612	-0.26%	1.14%
2031	2,800,607	7,523,773	-0.3%	1.1%
2032	2,791,130	7,604,398	-0.34%	1.07%
2033	2,780,468	7,683,391	-0.38%	1.04%
2034	2,768,714	7,760,901	-0.42%	1.01%
2035	2,755,929	7,836,706	-0.46%	0.98%
2036	2,742,071	7,910,787	-0.5%	0.95%
2037	2,726,892	7,983,295	-0.55%	0.92%
2038	2,710,812	8,054,140	-0.59%	0.89%
2039	2,693,901	8,122,959	-0.62%	0.85%
2040	2,676,087	8,189,916	-0.66%	0.82%
2041	2,657,558	8,255,163	-0.69%	0.8%
2042	2,638,085	8,318,515	-0.73%	0.77%
2043	2,617,576	8,380,014	-0.78%	0.74%
2044	2,596,160	8,439,720	-0.82%	0.71%
2045	2,574,074	8,497,618	-0.85%	0.69%
2046	2,551,347	8,553,413	-0.88%	0.66%
2047	2,528,004	8,607,283	-0.91%	0.63%
2048	2,504,191	8,659,292	-0.94%	0.6%
2049	2,479,744	8,708,929	-0.98%	0.57%
2050	2,454,935	8,756,439	-1%	0.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Nicaragua gained 813,811 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Nicaragua's population increased by 865,635 (a 13.9% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Nicaragua was ranked 109th in 2006 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.4% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.