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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Rwanda	Jamaica	Rwanda
1960	1,650,005	3,022,294	-	-
1961	1,673,261	3,106,779	1.41%	2.8%
1962	1,696,932	3,186,025	1.41%	2.55%
1963	1,721,099	3,258,890	1.42%	2.29%
1964	1,745,568	3,334,834	1.42%	2.33%
1965	1,769,192	3,423,210	1.35%	2.65%
1966	1,791,475	3,521,626	1.26%	2.87%
1967	1,812,865	3,629,577	1.19%	3.07%
1968	1,833,765	3,744,010	1.15%	3.15%
1969	1,855,127	3,861,271	1.16%	3.13%
1970	1,878,196	3,980,669	1.24%	3.09%
1971	1,903,728	4,100,044	1.36%	3%
1972	1,931,542	4,220,335	1.46%	2.93%
1973	1,961,219	4,345,047	1.54%	2.96%
1974	1,990,906	4,474,228	1.51%	2.97%
1975	2,018,981	4,607,728	1.41%	2.98%
1976	2,045,578	4,745,954	1.32%	3%
1977	2,070,657	4,888,240	1.23%	3%
1978	2,094,836	5,035,171	1.17%	3.01%
1979	2,119,486	5,189,541	1.18%	3.07%
1980	2,145,658	5,353,259	1.23%	3.15%
1981	2,173,818	5,527,230	1.31%	3.25%
1982	2,203,889	5,711,549	1.38%	3.33%
1983	2,234,832	5,905,311	1.4%	3.39%
1984	2,264,562	6,107,627	1.33%	3.43%
1985	2,290,656	6,317,228	1.15%	3.43%
1986	2,312,125	6,531,881	0.94%	3.4%
1987	2,329,813	6,749,493	0.77%	3.33%
1988	2,345,777	6,968,071	0.69%	3.24%
1989	2,361,916	7,184,706	0.69%	3.11%
1990	2,379,877	7,375,307	0.76%	2.65%
1991	2,400,869	7,526,966	0.88%	2.06%
1992	2,424,701	7,683,266	0.99%	2.08%
1993	2,449,916	7,981,132	1.04%	3.88%
1994	2,475,220	6,792,352	1.03%	-14.9%
1995	2,500,151	5,674,118	1.01%	-16.5%
1996	2,524,463	6,708,764	0.97%	18.2%
1997	2,547,848	7,755,238	0.93%	15.6%
1998	2,569,736	8,081,681	0.86%	4.21%
1999	2,589,795	8,147,912	0.78%	0.82%
2000	2,607,826	8,213,931	0.7%	0.81%
2001	2,624,403	8,287,094	0.64%	0.89%
2002	2,640,572	8,400,180	0.62%	1.36%
2003	2,656,623	8,586,875	0.61%	2.22%
2004	2,672,225	8,816,844	0.59%	2.68%
2005	2,687,066	9,054,528	0.56%	2.7%
2006	2,700,968	9,299,246	0.52%	2.7%
2007	2,713,800	9,549,933	0.48%	2.7%
2008	2,725,635	9,804,269	0.44%	2.66%
2009	2,736,995	10,060,432	0.42%	2.61%
2010	2,748,568	10,317,553	0.42%	2.56%
2011	2,760,494	10,573,733	0.43%	2.48%
2012	2,772,430	10,829,901	0.43%	2.42%
2013	2,783,687	11,093,340	0.41%	2.43%
2014	2,793,749	11,364,757	0.36%	2.45%
2015	2,802,534	11,640,022	0.31%	2.42%
2016	2,809,915	11,919,183	0.26%	2.4%
2017	2,815,764	12,202,060	0.21%	2.37%
2018	2,820,097	12,487,996	0.15%	2.34%
2019	2,823,271	12,776,103	0.11%	2.31%
2020	2,830,739	13,065,837	0.26%	2.27%
2021	2,837,682	13,355,260	0.25%	2.22%
2022	2,839,144	13,651,030	0.05%	2.21%
2023	2,839,786	13,954,471	0.02%	2.22%
2024	2,839,175	14,256,567	-0.02%	2.16%
2025	2,837,071	14,569,343	-0.07%	2.19%
2026	2,833,401	14,889,694	-0.13%	2.2%
2027	2,828,530	15,214,324	-0.17%	2.18%
2028	2,822,861	15,536,461	-0.2%	2.12%
2029	2,816,391	15,844,649	-0.23%	1.98%
2030	2,808,946	16,154,698	-0.26%	1.96%
2031	2,800,607	16,473,106	-0.3%	1.97%
2032	2,791,130	16,771,820	-0.34%	1.81%
2033	2,780,468	17,073,475	-0.38%	1.8%
2034	2,768,714	17,402,250	-0.42%	1.93%
2035	2,755,929	17,746,315	-0.46%	1.98%
2036	2,742,071	18,076,769	-0.5%	1.86%
2037	2,726,892	18,395,838	-0.55%	1.77%
2038	2,710,812	18,729,778	-0.59%	1.82%
2039	2,693,901	19,076,783	-0.62%	1.85%
2040	2,676,087	19,440,762	-0.66%	1.91%
2041	2,657,558	19,806,170	-0.69%	1.88%
2042	2,638,085	20,153,979	-0.73%	1.76%
2043	2,617,576	20,500,826	-0.78%	1.72%
2044	2,596,160	20,837,079	-0.82%	1.64%
2045	2,574,074	21,152,650	-0.85%	1.51%
2046	2,551,347	21,459,144	-0.88%	1.45%
2047	2,528,004	21,764,578	-0.91%	1.42%
2048	2,504,191	22,086,112	-0.94%	1.48%
2049	2,479,744	22,403,887	-0.98%	1.44%
2050	2,454,935	22,707,896	-1%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.