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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Nigeria	Jamaica	Nigeria
1960	1,650,005	45,053,782	-	-
1961	1,673,261	45,989,310	1.41%	2.08%
1962	1,696,932	46,965,292	1.41%	2.12%
1963	1,721,099	47,973,575	1.42%	2.15%
1964	1,745,568	49,012,016	1.42%	2.16%
1965	1,769,192	50,086,764	1.35%	2.19%
1966	1,791,475	51,188,234	1.26%	2.2%
1967	1,812,865	52,293,065	1.19%	2.16%
1968	1,833,765	53,432,783	1.15%	2.18%
1969	1,855,127	54,631,914	1.16%	2.24%
1970	1,878,196	55,893,838	1.24%	2.31%
1971	1,903,728	57,214,684	1.36%	2.36%
1972	1,931,542	58,601,748	1.46%	2.42%
1973	1,961,219	60,082,139	1.54%	2.53%
1974	1,990,906	61,679,144	1.51%	2.66%
1975	2,018,981	63,410,815	1.41%	2.81%
1976	2,045,578	65,258,009	1.32%	2.91%
1977	2,070,657	67,234,590	1.23%	3.03%
1978	2,094,836	69,326,532	1.17%	3.11%
1979	2,119,486	71,498,242	1.18%	3.13%
1980	2,145,658	73,764,641	1.23%	3.17%
1981	2,173,818	76,068,103	1.31%	3.12%
1982	2,203,889	78,378,701	1.38%	3.04%
1983	2,234,832	80,438,260	1.4%	2.63%
1984	2,264,562	82,526,443	1.33%	2.6%
1985	2,290,656	84,897,973	1.15%	2.87%
1986	2,312,125	87,235,953	0.94%	2.75%
1987	2,329,813	89,591,716	0.77%	2.7%
1988	2,345,777	92,020,090	0.69%	2.71%
1989	2,361,916	94,531,014	0.69%	2.73%
1990	2,379,877	97,120,925	0.76%	2.74%
1991	2,400,869	99,720,162	0.88%	2.68%
1992	2,424,701	102,372,770	0.99%	2.66%
1993	2,449,916	105,122,069	1.04%	2.69%
1994	2,475,220	107,935,714	1.03%	2.68%
1995	2,500,151	110,819,428	1.01%	2.67%
1996	2,524,463	113,754,779	0.97%	2.65%
1997	2,547,848	116,754,792	0.93%	2.64%
1998	2,569,736	119,846,254	0.86%	2.65%
1999	2,589,795	123,047,320	0.78%	2.67%
2000	2,607,826	126,382,494	0.7%	2.71%
2001	2,624,403	129,862,595	0.64%	2.75%
2002	2,640,572	133,471,989	0.62%	2.78%
2003	2,656,623	137,202,644	0.61%	2.8%
2004	2,672,225	141,057,045	0.59%	2.81%
2005	2,687,066	145,017,253	0.56%	2.81%
2006	2,700,968	149,077,334	0.52%	2.8%
2007	2,713,800	153,267,261	0.48%	2.81%
2008	2,725,635	157,595,014	0.44%	2.82%
2009	2,736,995	162,049,464	0.42%	2.83%
2010	2,748,568	166,642,886	0.42%	2.83%
2011	2,760,494	171,379,598	0.43%	2.84%
2012	2,772,430	176,200,625	0.43%	2.81%
2013	2,783,687	181,049,443	0.41%	2.75%
2014	2,793,749	185,896,915	0.36%	2.68%
2015	2,802,534	190,671,878	0.31%	2.57%
2016	2,809,915	195,443,700	0.26%	2.5%
2017	2,815,764	200,254,579	0.21%	2.46%
2018	2,820,097	204,938,755	0.15%	2.34%
2019	2,823,271	209,485,641	0.11%	2.22%
2020	2,830,739	213,996,181	0.26%	2.15%
2021	2,837,682	218,529,286	0.25%	2.12%
2022	2,839,144	223,150,896	0.05%	2.11%
2023	2,839,786	227,882,945	0.02%	2.12%
2024	2,839,175	232,679,478	-0.02%	2.1%
2025	2,837,071	237,527,783	-0.07%	2.08%
2026	2,833,401	242,431,830	-0.13%	2.06%
2027	2,828,530	247,374,258	-0.17%	2.04%
2028	2,822,861	252,346,128	-0.2%	2.01%
2029	2,816,391	257,352,638	-0.23%	1.98%
2030	2,808,946	262,380,975	-0.26%	1.95%
2031	2,800,607	267,421,079	-0.3%	1.92%
2032	2,791,130	272,483,635	-0.34%	1.89%
2033	2,780,468	277,555,116	-0.38%	1.86%
2034	2,768,714	282,622,388	-0.42%	1.83%
2035	2,755,929	287,685,757	-0.46%	1.79%
2036	2,742,071	292,739,390	-0.5%	1.76%
2037	2,726,892	297,773,236	-0.55%	1.72%
2038	2,710,812	302,782,350	-0.59%	1.68%
2039	2,693,901	307,764,754	-0.62%	1.65%
2040	2,676,087	312,710,403	-0.66%	1.61%
2041	2,657,558	317,607,237	-0.69%	1.57%
2042	2,638,085	322,450,302	-0.73%	1.52%
2043	2,617,576	327,243,941	-0.78%	1.49%
2044	2,596,160	331,983,354	-0.82%	1.45%
2045	2,574,074	336,662,502	-0.85%	1.41%
2046	2,551,347	341,281,757	-0.88%	1.37%
2047	2,528,004	345,844,004	-0.91%	1.34%
2048	2,504,191	350,347,757	-0.94%	1.3%
2049	2,479,744	354,792,418	-0.98%	1.27%
2050	2,454,935	359,185,550	-1%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.