Population in Jamaica compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	North Korea	Jamaica	North Korea
1960	1,650,005	11,722,953	-	-
1961	1,673,261	11,990,713	1.41%	2.28%
1962	1,696,932	12,262,882	1.41%	2.27%
1963	1,721,099	12,567,057	1.42%	2.48%
1964	1,745,568	12,889,770	1.42%	2.57%
1965	1,769,192	13,219,369	1.35%	2.56%
1966	1,791,475	13,569,094	1.26%	2.65%
1967	1,812,865	13,958,350	1.19%	2.87%
1968	1,833,765	14,365,596	1.15%	2.92%
1969	1,855,127	14,767,615	1.16%	2.8%
1970	1,878,196	15,172,775	1.24%	2.74%
1971	1,903,728	15,572,457	1.36%	2.63%
1972	1,931,542	15,975,069	1.46%	2.59%
1973	1,961,219	16,350,367	1.54%	2.35%
1974	1,990,906	16,673,121	1.51%	1.97%
1975	2,018,981	16,971,055	1.41%	1.79%
1976	2,045,578	17,243,450	1.32%	1.61%
1977	2,070,657	17,492,798	1.23%	1.45%
1978	2,094,836	17,735,995	1.17%	1.39%
1979	2,119,486	17,983,470	1.18%	1.4%
1980	2,145,658	18,236,786	1.23%	1.41%
1981	2,173,818	18,501,295	1.31%	1.45%
1982	2,203,889	18,776,357	1.38%	1.49%
1983	2,234,832	19,054,034	1.4%	1.48%
1984	2,264,562	19,335,043	1.33%	1.47%
1985	2,290,656	19,620,388	1.15%	1.48%
1986	2,312,125	19,910,855	0.94%	1.48%
1987	2,329,813	20,205,483	0.77%	1.48%
1988	2,345,777	20,503,161	0.69%	1.47%
1989	2,361,916	20,804,367	0.69%	1.47%
1990	2,379,877	21,112,137	0.76%	1.48%
1991	2,400,869	21,428,638	0.88%	1.5%
1992	2,424,701	21,750,911	0.99%	1.5%
1993	2,449,916	22,073,352	1.04%	1.48%
1994	2,475,220	22,393,975	1.03%	1.45%
1995	2,500,151	22,669,304	1.01%	1.23%
1996	2,524,463	22,895,746	0.97%	1%
1997	2,547,848	23,110,830	0.93%	0.94%
1998	2,569,736	23,311,564	0.86%	0.87%
1999	2,589,795	23,497,599	0.78%	0.8%
2000	2,607,826	23,665,910	0.7%	0.72%
2001	2,624,403	23,815,358	0.64%	0.63%
2002	2,640,572	23,943,973	0.62%	0.54%
2003	2,656,623	24,090,380	0.61%	0.61%
2004	2,672,225	24,254,943	0.59%	0.68%
2005	2,687,066	24,396,433	0.56%	0.58%
2006	2,700,968	24,524,507	0.52%	0.52%
2007	2,713,800	24,646,383	0.48%	0.5%
2008	2,725,635	24,764,618	0.44%	0.48%
2009	2,736,995	24,878,332	0.42%	0.46%
2010	2,748,568	24,987,258	0.42%	0.44%
2011	2,760,494	25,097,874	0.43%	0.44%
2012	2,772,430	25,211,728	0.43%	0.45%
2013	2,783,687	25,329,451	0.41%	0.47%
2014	2,793,749	25,451,262	0.36%	0.48%
2015	2,802,534	25,575,350	0.31%	0.49%
2016	2,809,915	25,698,326	0.26%	0.48%
2017	2,815,764	25,817,709	0.21%	0.46%
2018	2,820,097	25,931,147	0.15%	0.44%
2019	2,823,271	26,037,632	0.11%	0.41%
2020	2,830,739	26,136,312	0.26%	0.38%
2021	2,837,682	26,232,534	0.25%	0.37%
2022	2,839,144	26,328,845	0.05%	0.37%
2023	2,839,786	26,418,204	0.02%	0.34%
2024	2,839,175	26,498,823	-0.02%	0.31%
2025	2,837,071	26,571,033	-0.07%	0.27%
2026	2,833,401	26,633,682	-0.13%	0.24%
2027	2,828,530	26,686,492	-0.17%	0.2%
2028	2,822,861	26,729,261	-0.2%	0.16%
2029	2,816,391	26,762,008	-0.23%	0.12%
2030	2,808,946	26,784,894	-0.26%	0.09%
2031	2,800,607	26,797,946	-0.3%	0.05%
2032	2,791,130	26,801,071	-0.34%	0.01%
2033	2,780,468	26,795,061	-0.38%	-0.02%
2034	2,768,714	26,780,481	-0.42%	-0.05%
2035	2,755,929	26,757,705	-0.46%	-0.09%
2036	2,742,071	26,727,309	-0.5%	-0.11%
2037	2,726,892	26,689,907	-0.55%	-0.14%
2038	2,710,812	26,646,323	-0.59%	-0.16%
2039	2,693,901	26,596,967	-0.62%	-0.19%
2040	2,676,087	26,542,417	-0.66%	-0.21%
2041	2,657,558	26,483,475	-0.69%	-0.22%
2042	2,638,085	26,420,812	-0.73%	-0.24%
2043	2,617,576	26,354,324	-0.78%	-0.25%
2044	2,596,160	26,284,000	-0.82%	-0.27%
2045	2,574,074	26,210,196	-0.85%	-0.28%
2046	2,551,347	26,132,922	-0.88%	-0.29%
2047	2,528,004	26,052,086	-0.91%	-0.31%
2048	2,504,191	25,967,581	-0.94%	-0.32%
2049	2,479,744	25,879,244	-0.98%	-0.34%
2050	2,454,935	25,787,120	-1%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.