Population in Jamaica compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Philippines	Jamaica	Philippines
1960	1,650,005	27,891,897	-	-
1961	1,673,261	28,792,621	1.41%	3.23%
1962	1,696,932	29,723,536	1.41%	3.23%
1963	1,721,099	30,674,731	1.42%	3.2%
1964	1,745,568	31,643,032	1.42%	3.16%
1965	1,769,192	32,625,316	1.35%	3.1%
1966	1,791,475	33,617,170	1.26%	3.04%
1967	1,812,865	34,621,320	1.19%	2.99%
1968	1,833,765	35,638,342	1.15%	2.94%
1969	1,855,127	36,660,799	1.16%	2.87%
1970	1,878,196	37,622,204	1.24%	2.62%
1971	1,903,728	38,518,659	1.36%	2.38%
1972	1,931,542	39,408,560	1.46%	2.31%
1973	1,961,219	40,294,130	1.54%	2.25%
1974	1,990,906	41,174,341	1.51%	2.18%
1975	2,018,981	42,120,826	1.41%	2.3%
1976	2,045,578	43,201,488	1.32%	2.57%
1977	2,070,657	44,367,962	1.23%	2.7%
1978	2,094,836	45,575,281	1.17%	2.72%
1979	2,119,486	46,807,103	1.18%	2.7%
1980	2,145,658	48,043,740	1.23%	2.64%
1981	2,173,818	49,311,727	1.31%	2.64%
1982	2,203,889	50,695,707	1.38%	2.81%
1983	2,234,832	52,194,620	1.4%	2.96%
1984	2,264,562	53,726,181	1.33%	2.93%
1985	2,290,656	55,213,006	1.15%	2.77%
1986	2,312,125	56,645,077	0.94%	2.59%
1987	2,329,813	58,157,496	0.77%	2.67%
1988	2,345,777	59,739,052	0.69%	2.72%
1989	2,361,916	61,265,260	0.69%	2.55%
1990	2,379,877	62,854,666	0.76%	2.59%
1991	2,400,869	64,382,249	0.88%	2.43%
1992	2,424,701	65,926,125	0.99%	2.4%
1993	2,449,916	67,530,621	1.04%	2.43%
1994	2,475,220	69,019,291	1.03%	2.2%
1995	2,500,151	70,546,246	1.01%	2.21%
1996	2,524,463	72,190,242	0.97%	2.33%
1997	2,547,848	73,908,810	0.93%	2.38%
1998	2,569,736	75,791,024	0.86%	2.55%
1999	2,589,795	77,753,257	0.78%	2.59%
2000	2,607,826	79,625,397	0.7%	2.41%
2001	2,624,403	81,401,488	0.64%	2.23%
2002	2,640,572	83,068,889	0.62%	2.05%
2003	2,656,623	84,731,835	0.61%	2%
2004	2,672,225	86,394,504	0.59%	1.96%
2005	2,687,066	88,015,962	0.56%	1.88%
2006	2,700,968	89,508,986	0.52%	1.7%
2007	2,713,800	91,075,184	0.48%	1.75%
2008	2,725,635	92,699,095	0.44%	1.78%
2009	2,736,995	94,384,250	0.42%	1.82%
2010	2,748,568	96,337,125	0.42%	2.07%
2011	2,760,494	98,248,614	0.43%	1.98%
2012	2,772,430	100,175,512	0.43%	1.96%
2013	2,783,687	102,076,336	0.41%	1.9%
2014	2,793,749	103,767,130	0.36%	1.66%
2015	2,802,534	105,312,992	0.31%	1.49%
2016	2,809,915	106,735,719	0.26%	1.35%
2017	2,815,764	108,119,693	0.21%	1.3%
2018	2,820,097	109,465,287	0.15%	1.24%
2019	2,823,271	110,804,683	0.11%	1.22%
2020	2,830,739	112,081,264	0.26%	1.15%
2021	2,837,682	113,100,950	0.25%	0.91%
2022	2,839,144	113,964,338	0.05%	0.76%
2023	2,839,786	114,891,199	0.02%	0.81%
2024	2,839,175	115,843,670	-0.02%	0.83%
2025	2,837,071	116,786,968	-0.07%	0.81%
2026	2,833,401	117,724,479	-0.13%	0.8%
2027	2,828,530	118,656,426	-0.17%	0.79%
2028	2,822,861	119,583,984	-0.2%	0.78%
2029	2,816,391	120,502,132	-0.23%	0.77%
2030	2,808,946	121,408,897	-0.26%	0.75%
2031	2,800,607	122,301,606	-0.3%	0.74%
2032	2,791,130	123,180,341	-0.34%	0.72%
2033	2,780,468	124,049,036	-0.38%	0.71%
2034	2,768,714	124,904,124	-0.42%	0.69%
2035	2,755,929	125,740,977	-0.46%	0.67%
2036	2,742,071	126,558,232	-0.5%	0.65%
2037	2,726,892	127,352,607	-0.55%	0.63%
2038	2,710,812	128,118,535	-0.59%	0.6%
2039	2,693,901	128,850,047	-0.62%	0.57%
2040	2,676,087	129,546,666	-0.66%	0.54%
2041	2,657,558	130,209,810	-0.69%	0.51%
2042	2,638,085	130,837,005	-0.73%	0.48%
2043	2,617,576	131,427,404	-0.78%	0.45%
2044	2,596,160	131,979,673	-0.82%	0.42%
2045	2,574,074	132,492,038	-0.85%	0.39%
2046	2,551,347	132,962,001	-0.88%	0.35%
2047	2,528,004	133,385,290	-0.91%	0.32%
2048	2,504,191	133,759,436	-0.94%	0.28%
2049	2,479,744	134,089,011	-0.98%	0.25%
2050	2,454,935	134,373,439	-1%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.