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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Qatar	Jamaica	Qatar
1960	1,650,005	36,010	-	-
1961	1,673,261	39,680	1.41%	10.2%
1962	1,696,932	44,630	1.41%	12.5%
1963	1,721,099	50,380	1.42%	12.9%
1964	1,745,568	56,867	1.42%	12.9%
1965	1,769,192	64,065	1.35%	12.7%
1966	1,791,475	72,192	1.26%	12.7%
1967	1,812,865	81,439	1.19%	12.8%
1968	1,833,765	91,749	1.15%	12.7%
1969	1,855,127	103,025	1.16%	12.3%
1970	1,878,196	116,350	1.24%	12.9%
1971	1,903,728	131,346	1.36%	12.9%
1972	1,931,542	146,506	1.46%	11.5%
1973	1,961,219	161,841	1.54%	10.5%
1974	1,990,906	177,362	1.51%	9.59%
1975	2,018,981	193,087	1.41%	8.87%
1976	2,045,578	209,052	1.32%	8.27%
1977	2,070,657	225,285	1.23%	7.77%
1978	2,094,836	241,808	1.17%	7.33%
1979	2,119,486	258,670	1.18%	6.97%
1980	2,145,658	275,913	1.23%	6.67%
1981	2,173,818	293,553	1.31%	6.39%
1982	2,203,889	311,537	1.38%	6.13%
1983	2,234,832	329,709	1.4%	5.83%
1984	2,264,562	347,878	1.33%	5.51%
1985	2,290,656	365,940	1.15%	5.19%
1986	2,312,125	382,422	0.94%	4.5%
1987	2,329,813	397,005	0.77%	3.81%
1988	2,345,777	411,264	0.69%	3.59%
1989	2,361,916	425,646	0.69%	3.5%
1990	2,379,877	440,175	0.76%	3.41%
1991	2,400,869	454,853	0.88%	3.33%
1992	2,424,701	469,657	0.99%	3.25%
1993	2,449,916	484,545	1.04%	3.17%
1994	2,475,220	499,459	1.03%	3.08%
1995	2,500,151	514,325	1.01%	2.98%
1996	2,524,463	529,019	0.97%	2.86%
1997	2,547,848	550,500	0.93%	4.06%
1998	2,569,736	580,540	0.86%	5.46%
1999	2,589,795	612,500	0.78%	5.51%
2000	2,607,826	644,989	0.7%	5.3%
2001	2,624,403	677,925	0.64%	5.11%
2002	2,640,572	711,205	0.62%	4.91%
2003	2,656,623	744,682	0.61%	4.71%
2004	2,672,225	773,332	0.59%	3.85%
2005	2,687,066	825,408	0.56%	6.73%
2006	2,700,968	972,831	0.52%	17.9%
2007	2,713,800	1,208,595	0.48%	24.2%
2008	2,725,635	1,426,938	0.44%	18.1%
2009	2,736,995	1,608,903	0.42%	12.8%
2010	2,748,568	1,616,832	0.42%	0.49%
2011	2,760,494	1,624,761	0.43%	0.49%
2012	2,772,430	1,722,438	0.43%	6.01%
2013	2,783,687	1,916,426	0.41%	11.3%
2014	2,793,749	2,151,745	0.36%	12.3%
2015	2,802,534	2,344,557	0.31%	8.96%
2016	2,809,915	2,477,113	0.26%	5.65%
2017	2,815,764	2,545,820	0.21%	2.77%
2018	2,820,097	2,580,734	0.15%	1.37%
2019	2,823,271	2,638,657	0.11%	2.24%
2020	2,830,739	2,794,148	0.26%	5.89%
2021	2,837,682	2,504,910	0.25%	-10.4%
2022	2,839,144	2,657,333	0.05%	6.08%
2023	2,839,786	2,656,032	0.02%	-0.05%
2024	2,839,175	2,857,822	-0.02%	7.6%
2025	2,837,071	2,921,065	-0.07%	2.21%
2026	2,833,401	2,975,134	-0.13%	1.85%
2027	2,828,530	3,019,526	-0.17%	1.49%
2028	2,822,861	3,057,695	-0.2%	1.26%
2029	2,816,391	3,092,803	-0.23%	1.15%
2030	2,808,946	3,125,174	-0.26%	1.05%
2031	2,800,607	3,156,754	-0.3%	1.01%
2032	2,791,130	3,189,188	-0.34%	1.03%
2033	2,780,468	3,222,500	-0.38%	1.04%
2034	2,768,714	3,256,691	-0.42%	1.06%
2035	2,755,929	3,291,711	-0.46%	1.08%
2036	2,742,071	3,327,585	-0.5%	1.09%
2037	2,726,892	3,364,333	-0.55%	1.1%
2038	2,710,812	3,401,906	-0.59%	1.12%
2039	2,693,901	3,440,293	-0.62%	1.13%
2040	2,676,087	3,479,439	-0.66%	1.14%
2041	2,657,558	3,519,302	-0.69%	1.15%
2042	2,638,085	3,559,840	-0.73%	1.15%
2043	2,617,576	3,601,019	-0.78%	1.16%
2044	2,596,160	3,642,784	-0.82%	1.16%
2045	2,574,074	3,685,111	-0.85%	1.16%
2046	2,551,347	3,727,959	-0.88%	1.16%
2047	2,528,004	3,771,287	-0.91%	1.16%
2048	2,504,191	3,815,108	-0.94%	1.16%
2049	2,479,744	3,859,368	-0.98%	1.16%
2050	2,454,935	3,904,074	-1%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.