Population in Jamaica compared to Saint Kitts and Nevis: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and Saint Kitts and Nevis: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Saint Kitts	Jamaica	Saint Kitts
1960	1,650,005	55,810	-	-
1961	1,673,261	55,334	1.41%	-0.85%
1962	1,696,932	54,461	1.41%	-1.58%
1963	1,721,099	53,441	1.42%	-1.87%
1964	1,745,568	52,326	1.42%	-2.09%
1965	1,769,192	51,139	1.35%	-2.27%
1966	1,791,475	49,898	1.26%	-2.43%
1967	1,812,865	48,605	1.19%	-2.59%
1968	1,833,765	47,245	1.15%	-2.8%
1969	1,855,127	45,731	1.16%	-3.2%
1970	1,878,196	44,606	1.24%	-2.46%
1971	1,903,728	44,206	1.36%	-0.9%
1972	1,931,542	44,033	1.46%	-0.39%
1973	1,961,219	43,880	1.54%	-0.35%
1974	1,990,906	43,738	1.51%	-0.32%
1975	2,018,981	43,606	1.41%	-0.3%
1976	2,045,578	43,482	1.32%	-0.28%
1977	2,070,657	43,358	1.23%	-0.29%
1978	2,094,836	43,217	1.17%	-0.33%
1979	2,119,486	43,033	1.18%	-0.43%
1980	2,145,658	42,850	1.23%	-0.43%
1981	2,173,818	42,698	1.31%	-0.35%
1982	2,203,889	42,532	1.38%	-0.39%
1983	2,234,832	42,334	1.4%	-0.47%
1984	2,264,562	42,113	1.33%	-0.52%
1985	2,290,656	41,874	1.15%	-0.57%
1986	2,312,125	41,618	0.94%	-0.61%
1987	2,329,813	41,348	0.77%	-0.65%
1988	2,345,777	41,062	0.69%	-0.69%
1989	2,361,916	40,758	0.69%	-0.74%
1990	2,379,877	40,432	0.76%	-0.8%
1991	2,400,869	40,358	0.88%	-0.18%
1992	2,424,701	40,715	0.99%	0.88%
1993	2,449,916	41,242	1.04%	1.29%
1994	2,475,220	41,776	1.03%	1.29%
1995	2,500,151	42,326	1.01%	1.32%
1996	2,524,463	42,877	0.97%	1.3%
1997	2,547,848	43,428	0.93%	1.29%
1998	2,569,736	43,998	0.86%	1.31%
1999	2,589,795	44,601	0.78%	1.37%
2000	2,607,826	45,248	0.7%	1.45%
2001	2,624,403	45,761	0.64%	1.13%
2002	2,640,572	46,020	0.62%	0.57%
2003	2,656,623	46,176	0.61%	0.34%
2004	2,672,225	46,315	0.59%	0.3%
2005	2,687,066	46,437	0.56%	0.26%
2006	2,700,968	46,569	0.52%	0.28%
2007	2,713,800	46,706	0.48%	0.29%
2008	2,725,635	46,835	0.44%	0.28%
2009	2,736,995	46,916	0.42%	0.17%
2010	2,748,568	46,846	0.42%	-0.15%
2011	2,760,494	46,886	0.43%	0.09%
2012	2,772,430	47,033	0.43%	0.31%
2013	2,783,687	47,069	0.41%	0.08%
2014	2,793,749	47,089	0.36%	0.04%
2015	2,802,534	47,087	0.31%	-0.004%
2016	2,809,915	47,075	0.26%	-0.03%
2017	2,815,764	47,050	0.21%	-0.05%
2018	2,820,097	47,008	0.15%	-0.09%
2019	2,823,271	46,952	0.11%	-0.12%
2020	2,830,739	46,870	0.26%	-0.17%
2021	2,837,682	46,763	0.25%	-0.23%
2022	2,839,144	46,709	0.05%	-0.12%
2023	2,839,786	46,758	0.02%	0.1%
2024	2,839,175	46,843	-0.02%	0.18%
2025	2,837,071	46,920	-0.07%	0.17%
2026	2,833,401	46,992	-0.13%	0.15%
2027	2,828,530	47,049	-0.17%	0.12%
2028	2,822,861	47,093	-0.2%	0.09%
2029	2,816,391	47,112	-0.23%	0.04%
2030	2,808,946	47,132	-0.26%	0.04%
2031	2,800,607	47,125	-0.3%	-0.01%
2032	2,791,130	47,105	-0.34%	-0.04%
2033	2,780,468	47,066	-0.38%	-0.08%
2034	2,768,714	47,007	-0.42%	-0.13%
2035	2,755,929	46,930	-0.46%	-0.16%
2036	2,742,071	46,825	-0.5%	-0.23%
2037	2,726,892	46,717	-0.55%	-0.23%
2038	2,710,812	46,594	-0.59%	-0.26%
2039	2,693,901	46,463	-0.62%	-0.28%
2040	2,676,087	46,315	-0.66%	-0.32%
2041	2,657,558	46,154	-0.69%	-0.35%
2042	2,638,085	45,983	-0.73%	-0.37%
2043	2,617,576	45,783	-0.78%	-0.43%
2044	2,596,160	45,579	-0.82%	-0.45%
2045	2,574,074	45,362	-0.85%	-0.48%
2046	2,551,347	45,147	-0.88%	-0.47%
2047	2,528,004	44,925	-0.91%	-0.49%
2048	2,504,191	44,699	-0.94%	-0.51%
2049	2,479,744	44,478	-0.98%	-0.49%
2050	2,454,935	44,251	-1%	-0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Saint Kitts and Nevis gained 650 people (a 1.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Saint Kitts and Nevis' population decreased by -110 (a 0.23% decline).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Saint Kitts and Nevis was ranked 190th in 2005 and ranked 189th 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis will decrease by 5.8% to 44,251 people and will still be ranked 189th.