Population in Jamaica compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Papua New Guinea	Jamaica	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,650,005	1,995,110	-	-
1961	1,673,261	2,046,127	1.41%	2.56%
1962	1,696,932	2,093,919	1.41%	2.34%
1963	1,721,099	2,141,376	1.42%	2.27%
1964	1,745,568	2,188,325	1.42%	2.19%
1965	1,769,192	2,235,820	1.35%	2.17%
1966	1,791,475	2,285,774	1.26%	2.23%
1967	1,812,865	2,337,532	1.19%	2.26%
1968	1,833,765	2,390,803	1.15%	2.28%
1969	1,855,127	2,446,927	1.16%	2.35%
1970	1,878,196	2,505,628	1.24%	2.4%
1971	1,903,728	2,566,421	1.36%	2.43%
1972	1,931,542	2,628,432	1.46%	2.42%
1973	1,961,219	2,690,629	1.54%	2.37%
1974	1,990,906	2,752,671	1.51%	2.31%
1975	2,018,981	2,814,820	1.41%	2.26%
1976	2,045,578	2,877,327	1.32%	2.22%
1977	2,070,657	2,940,327	1.23%	2.19%
1978	2,094,836	3,003,714	1.17%	2.16%
1979	2,119,486	3,067,341	1.18%	2.12%
1980	2,145,658	3,131,512	1.23%	2.09%
1981	2,173,818	3,197,019	1.31%	2.09%
1982	2,203,889	3,264,291	1.38%	2.1%
1983	2,234,832	3,333,633	1.4%	2.12%
1984	2,264,562	3,405,198	1.33%	2.15%
1985	2,290,656	3,478,936	1.15%	2.17%
1986	2,312,125	3,554,793	0.94%	2.18%
1987	2,329,813	3,632,543	0.77%	2.19%
1988	2,345,777	3,711,880	0.69%	2.18%
1989	2,361,916	3,796,078	0.69%	2.27%
1990	2,379,877	3,896,481	0.76%	2.64%
1991	2,400,869	4,021,837	0.88%	3.22%
1992	2,424,701	4,166,699	0.99%	3.6%
1993	2,449,916	4,320,872	1.04%	3.7%
1994	2,475,220	4,480,208	1.03%	3.69%
1995	2,500,151	4,644,278	1.01%	3.66%
1996	2,524,463	4,813,361	0.97%	3.64%
1997	2,547,848	4,987,883	0.93%	3.63%
1998	2,569,736	5,166,390	0.86%	3.58%
1999	2,589,795	5,349,333	0.78%	3.54%
2000	2,607,826	5,537,064	0.7%	3.51%
2001	2,624,403	5,728,435	0.64%	3.46%
2002	2,640,572	5,924,003	0.62%	3.41%
2003	2,656,623	6,123,997	0.61%	3.38%
2004	2,672,225	6,328,041	0.59%	3.33%
2005	2,687,066	6,535,905	0.56%	3.28%
2006	2,700,968	6,747,720	0.52%	3.24%
2007	2,713,800	6,963,345	0.48%	3.2%
2008	2,725,635	7,183,002	0.44%	3.15%
2009	2,736,995	7,406,438	0.42%	3.11%
2010	2,748,568	7,633,523	0.42%	3.07%
2011	2,760,494	7,859,346	0.43%	2.96%
2012	2,772,430	8,081,390	0.43%	2.83%
2013	2,783,687	8,302,698	0.41%	2.74%
2014	2,793,749	8,523,441	0.36%	2.66%
2015	2,802,534	8,743,246	0.31%	2.58%
2016	2,809,915	8,961,718	0.26%	2.5%
2017	2,815,764	9,178,714	0.21%	2.42%
2018	2,820,097	9,394,513	0.15%	2.35%
2019	2,823,271	9,609,010	0.11%	2.28%
2020	2,830,739	9,815,746	0.26%	2.15%
2021	2,837,682	10,012,896	0.25%	2.01%
2022	2,839,144	10,203,169	0.05%	1.9%
2023	2,839,786	10,389,635	0.02%	1.83%
2024	2,839,175	10,576,502	-0.02%	1.8%
2025	2,837,071	10,762,813	-0.07%	1.76%
2026	2,833,401	10,947,845	-0.13%	1.72%
2027	2,828,530	11,131,268	-0.17%	1.68%
2028	2,822,861	11,312,895	-0.2%	1.63%
2029	2,816,391	11,492,799	-0.23%	1.59%
2030	2,808,946	11,671,420	-0.26%	1.55%
2031	2,800,607	11,848,221	-0.3%	1.51%
2032	2,791,130	12,023,121	-0.34%	1.48%
2033	2,780,468	12,196,639	-0.38%	1.44%
2034	2,768,714	12,369,248	-0.42%	1.42%
2035	2,755,929	12,540,596	-0.46%	1.39%
2036	2,742,071	12,710,682	-0.5%	1.36%
2037	2,726,892	12,879,737	-0.55%	1.33%
2038	2,710,812	13,047,122	-0.59%	1.3%
2039	2,693,901	13,212,668	-0.62%	1.27%
2040	2,676,087	13,376,156	-0.66%	1.24%
2041	2,657,558	13,537,361	-0.69%	1.21%
2042	2,638,085	13,696,139	-0.73%	1.17%
2043	2,617,576	13,853,410	-0.78%	1.15%
2044	2,596,160	14,009,926	-0.82%	1.13%
2045	2,574,074	14,165,578	-0.85%	1.11%
2046	2,551,347	14,318,889	-0.88%	1.08%
2047	2,528,004	14,469,210	-0.91%	1.05%
2048	2,504,191	14,617,364	-0.94%	1.02%
2049	2,479,744	14,763,600	-0.98%	1%
2050	2,454,935	14,906,584	-1%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.