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 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Nicaragua gained 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Nicaragua's population increased by 930,247 (a 15.1% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Nicaragua was ranked 110th in 2005 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.7% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.