The latest officially reported population of Jamaica was 2,839,175 in 2024 vs 251,269,164 people in Pakistan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Jamaica's population is 2,833,401 people compared to 259,345,872 in Pakistan.
Population statistics:
- Pakistan's population is 91.5 times bigger than Jamaica's.
- Jamaica is ranked the 139th most populous country in the world, while Pakistan is the 5th.
- The countries together account for 3.17% of the world: 0.03% for Jamaica vs 3.13% for Pakistan.
- For the last 10 years, Jamaica has had an average growth rate of +0.18% per year vs +1.6% in Pakistan.
- Since 2006, the population of Jamaica has increased from 2.7M people to 2.83M (4.9% growth), while Pakistan has grown from 180M to 259M (44.3% growth).
- Pakistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 511M people, while Jamaica's population already peaked in 2023 at 2.84M people and is projected to decrease to 1.07M people by 2100.
Jamaica vs Pakistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
2833401
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259345872
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| Population rank | 139/197 | 5/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 3.13% |
| One net population change |
14.3 hours
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8.38 seconds
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| One birth every |
15.9 minutes
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4.58 seconds
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| One death every |
22.9 minutes
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19.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
50 minutes
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22.5 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -10,506 | -1,401,173 |
| Daily growth/decline | -2 | +10,314 |
| Annual growth/decline | -611 | +3,764,669 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.02% | +1.52% |
| Population growth rate rank | 167/197 | 71/197 |
Jamaica and Pakistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,650,005 | 45,709,310 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,673,261 | 46,921,277 | 1.41% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 1,696,932 | 48,156,128 | 1.41% | 2.63% |
| 1963 | 1,721,099 | 49,447,776 | 1.42% | 2.68% |
| 1964 | 1,745,568 | 50,799,999 | 1.42% | 2.73% |
| 1965 | 1,769,192 | 52,209,010 | 1.35% | 2.77% |
| 1966 | 1,791,475 | 53,678,667 | 1.26% | 2.81% |
| 1967 | 1,812,865 | 55,214,768 | 1.19% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 1,833,765 | 56,810,507 | 1.15% | 2.89% |
| 1969 | 1,855,127 | 58,460,939 | 1.16% | 2.91% |
| 1970 | 1,878,196 | 60,166,719 | 1.24% | 2.92% |
| 1971 | 1,903,728 | 61,847,899 | 1.36% | 2.79% |
| 1972 | 1,931,542 | 63,583,194 | 1.46% | 2.81% |
| 1973 | 1,961,219 | 65,461,912 | 1.54% | 2.95% |
| 1974 | 1,990,906 | 67,415,487 | 1.51% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 2,018,981 | 69,461,175 | 1.41% | 3.03% |
| 1976 | 2,045,578 | 71,620,254 | 1.32% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 2,070,657 | 73,901,827 | 1.23% | 3.19% |
| 1978 | 2,094,836 | 76,307,379 | 1.17% | 3.26% |
| 1979 | 2,119,486 | 78,997,039 | 1.18% | 3.52% |
| 1980 | 2,145,658 | 82,291,010 | 1.23% | 4.17% |
| 1981 | 2,173,818 | 85,802,049 | 1.31% | 4.27% |
| 1982 | 2,203,889 | 89,089,246 | 1.38% | 3.83% |
| 1983 | 2,234,832 | 92,227,711 | 1.4% | 3.52% |
| 1984 | 2,264,562 | 95,164,936 | 1.33% | 3.18% |
| 1985 | 2,290,656 | 98,229,285 | 1.15% | 3.22% |
| 1986 | 2,312,125 | 101,606,764 | 0.94% | 3.44% |
| 1987 | 2,329,813 | 105,130,717 | 0.77% | 3.47% |
| 1988 | 2,345,777 | 108,724,739 | 0.69% | 3.42% |
| 1989 | 2,361,916 | 112,336,629 | 0.69% | 3.32% |
| 1990 | 2,379,877 | 116,155,576 | 0.76% | 3.4% |
| 1991 | 2,400,869 | 120,060,406 | 0.88% | 3.36% |
| 1992 | 2,424,701 | 123,546,848 | 0.99% | 2.9% |
| 1993 | 2,449,916 | 127,020,117 | 1.04% | 2.81% |
| 1994 | 2,475,220 | 130,748,083 | 1.03% | 2.93% |
| 1995 | 2,500,151 | 134,582,253 | 1.01% | 2.93% |
| 1996 | 2,524,463 | 138,557,092 | 0.97% | 2.95% |
| 1997 | 2,547,848 | 142,531,804 | 0.93% | 2.87% |
| 1998 | 2,569,736 | 146,522,356 | 0.86% | 2.8% |
| 1999 | 2,589,795 | 150,565,377 | 0.78% | 2.76% |
| 2000 | 2,607,826 | 154,879,127 | 0.7% | 2.87% |
| 2001 | 2,624,403 | 159,270,907 | 0.64% | 2.84% |
| 2002 | 2,640,572 | 163,222,549 | 0.62% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 2,656,623 | 167,110,248 | 0.61% | 2.38% |
| 2004 | 2,672,225 | 171,286,000 | 0.59% | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 2,687,066 | 175,453,212 | 0.56% | 2.43% |
| 2006 | 2,700,968 | 179,682,690 | 0.52% | 2.41% |
| 2007 | 2,713,800 | 184,493,231 | 0.48% | 2.68% |
| 2008 | 2,725,635 | 189,499,113 | 0.44% | 2.71% |
| 2009 | 2,736,995 | 194,376,534 | 0.42% | 2.57% |
| 2010 | 2,748,568 | 199,239,047 | 0.42% | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 2,760,494 | 203,746,065 | 0.43% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 2,772,430 | 207,667,125 | 0.43% | 1.92% |
| 2013 | 2,783,687 | 211,073,978 | 0.41% | 1.64% |
| 2014 | 2,793,749 | 214,264,647 | 0.36% | 1.51% |
| 2015 | 2,802,534 | 217,290,883 | 0.31% | 1.41% |
| 2016 | 2,809,915 | 220,138,869 | 0.26% | 1.31% |
| 2017 | 2,815,764 | 223,273,967 | 0.21% | 1.42% |
| 2018 | 2,820,097 | 226,928,892 | 0.15% | 1.64% |
| 2019 | 2,823,271 | 230,800,899 | 0.11% | 1.71% |
| 2020 | 2,830,739 | 235,001,746 | 0.26% | 1.82% |
| 2021 | 2,837,682 | 239,477,801 | 0.25% | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,839,144 | 243,700,667 | 0.05% | 1.76% |
| 2023 | 2,839,786 | 247,504,495 | 0.02% | 1.56% |
| 2024 | 2,839,175 | 251,269,164 | -0.02% | 1.52% |
| 2025 | 2,837,071 | 255,219,564 | -0.07% | 1.57% |
| 2026 | 2,833,401 | 259,299,796 | -0.13% | 1.6% |
| 2027 | 2,828,530 | 263,515,827 | -0.17% | 1.63% |
| 2028 | 2,822,861 | 267,881,923 | -0.2% | 1.66% |
| 2029 | 2,816,391 | 272,337,520 | -0.23% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 2,808,946 | 276,883,261 | -0.26% | 1.67% |
| 2031 | 2,800,607 | 281,528,070 | -0.3% | 1.68% |
| 2032 | 2,791,130 | 286,241,141 | -0.34% | 1.67% |
| 2033 | 2,780,468 | 291,012,268 | -0.38% | 1.67% |
| 2034 | 2,768,714 | 295,820,153 | -0.42% | 1.65% |
| 2035 | 2,755,929 | 300,643,518 | -0.46% | 1.63% |
| 2036 | 2,742,071 | 305,491,504 | -0.5% | 1.61% |
| 2037 | 2,726,892 | 310,353,293 | -0.55% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 2,710,812 | 315,227,709 | -0.59% | 1.57% |
| 2039 | 2,693,901 | 320,105,882 | -0.62% | 1.55% |
| 2040 | 2,676,087 | 324,937,703 | -0.66% | 1.51% |
| 2041 | 2,657,558 | 329,746,478 | -0.69% | 1.48% |
| 2042 | 2,638,085 | 334,551,874 | -0.73% | 1.46% |
| 2043 | 2,617,576 | 339,334,851 | -0.78% | 1.43% |
| 2044 | 2,596,160 | 344,095,467 | -0.82% | 1.4% |
| 2045 | 2,574,074 | 348,837,732 | -0.85% | 1.38% |
| 2046 | 2,551,347 | 353,552,859 | -0.88% | 1.35% |
| 2047 | 2,528,004 | 358,207,159 | -0.91% | 1.32% |
| 2048 | 2,504,191 | 362,796,532 | -0.94% | 1.28% |
| 2049 | 2,479,744 | 367,344,429 | -0.98% | 1.25% |
| 2050 | 2,454,935 | 371,863,804 | -1% | 1.23% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Pakistan gained 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth).
Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2006 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
| Mandeville | 48.3K |
| Old Harbour | 28.7K |
| Linstead | 22.8K |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22.6K |
| Port Antonio | 14.8K |
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| City | Population |
| Karachi | 14.9M |
| Lahore | 11.1M |
| Faisalabad | 3.2M |
| Rawalpindi | 2.1M |
| Gujranwala | 2.03M |
| Peshawar | 1.97M |
| Multan | 1.87M |
| Hyderabad | 1.73M |
| Islamabad | 1.01M |
| Quetta | 1M |
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Population differences between Jamaica and Pakistan
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| Life expectancy | 71.9 years | 68.1 years |
| Average age | 34.9 years | 25.6 years |
| Median age | 33.3 years | 21.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 3.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 679 ppl/mi² | 844 ppl/mi² |
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