Population in Jamaica compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Saint Lucia	Jamaica	Saint Lucia
1960	1,650,005	92,585	-	-
1961	1,673,261	93,490	1.41%	0.98%
1962	1,696,932	94,505	1.41%	1.09%
1963	1,721,099	95,519	1.42%	1.07%
1964	1,745,568	96,505	1.42%	1.03%
1965	1,769,192	97,493	1.35%	1.02%
1966	1,791,475	98,463	1.26%	0.99%
1967	1,812,865	99,504	1.19%	1.06%
1968	1,833,765	100,675	1.15%	1.18%
1969	1,855,127	101,879	1.16%	1.2%
1970	1,878,196	103,165	1.24%	1.26%
1971	1,903,728	104,564	1.36%	1.36%
1972	1,931,542	106,002	1.46%	1.38%
1973	1,961,219	107,498	1.54%	1.41%
1974	1,990,906	109,076	1.51%	1.47%
1975	2,018,981	110,725	1.41%	1.51%
1976	2,045,578	112,425	1.32%	1.54%
1977	2,070,657	114,135	1.23%	1.52%
1978	2,094,836	115,834	1.17%	1.49%
1979	2,119,486	117,528	1.18%	1.46%
1980	2,145,658	119,290	1.23%	1.5%
1981	2,173,818	121,166	1.31%	1.57%
1982	2,203,889	123,087	1.38%	1.59%
1983	2,234,832	125,044	1.4%	1.59%
1984	2,264,562	127,067	1.33%	1.62%
1985	2,290,656	129,159	1.15%	1.65%
1986	2,312,125	131,239	0.94%	1.61%
1987	2,329,813	133,227	0.77%	1.51%
1988	2,345,777	135,000	0.69%	1.33%
1989	2,361,916	136,512	0.69%	1.12%
1990	2,379,877	137,857	0.76%	0.99%
1991	2,400,869	139,520	0.88%	1.21%
1992	2,424,701	141,617	0.99%	1.5%
1993	2,449,916	143,726	1.04%	1.49%
1994	2,475,220	145,890	1.03%	1.51%
1995	2,500,151	148,208	1.01%	1.59%
1996	2,524,463	150,436	0.97%	1.5%
1997	2,547,848	152,569	0.93%	1.42%
1998	2,569,736	154,677	0.86%	1.38%
1999	2,589,795	156,702	0.78%	1.31%
2000	2,607,826	158,616	0.7%	1.22%
2001	2,624,403	160,237	0.64%	1.02%
2002	2,640,572	161,641	0.62%	0.88%
2003	2,656,623	162,976	0.61%	0.83%
2004	2,672,225	164,239	0.59%	0.77%
2005	2,687,066	165,450	0.56%	0.74%
2006	2,700,968	166,639	0.52%	0.72%
2007	2,713,800	167,758	0.48%	0.67%
2008	2,725,635	168,808	0.44%	0.63%
2009	2,736,995	169,869	0.42%	0.63%
2010	2,748,568	170,906	0.42%	0.61%
2011	2,760,494	171,801	0.43%	0.52%
2012	2,772,430	172,587	0.43%	0.46%
2013	2,783,687	173,369	0.41%	0.45%
2014	2,793,749	174,138	0.36%	0.44%
2015	2,802,534	174,905	0.31%	0.44%
2016	2,809,915	175,646	0.26%	0.42%
2017	2,815,764	176,342	0.21%	0.4%
2018	2,820,097	177,017	0.15%	0.38%
2019	2,823,271	177,661	0.11%	0.36%
2020	2,830,739	178,250	0.26%	0.33%
2021	2,837,682	178,522	0.25%	0.15%
2022	2,839,144	178,781	0.05%	0.15%
2023	2,839,786	179,285	0.02%	0.28%
2024	2,839,175	179,744	-0.02%	0.26%
2025	2,837,071	180,148	-0.07%	0.23%
2026	2,833,401	180,489	-0.13%	0.19%
2027	2,828,530	180,771	-0.17%	0.16%
2028	2,822,861	181,003	-0.2%	0.13%
2029	2,816,391	181,198	-0.23%	0.11%
2030	2,808,946	181,360	-0.26%	0.09%
2031	2,800,607	181,463	-0.3%	0.06%
2032	2,791,130	181,495	-0.34%	0.02%
2033	2,780,468	181,458	-0.38%	-0.02%
2034	2,768,714	181,354	-0.42%	-0.06%
2035	2,755,929	181,177	-0.46%	-0.1%
2036	2,742,071	180,948	-0.5%	-0.13%
2037	2,726,892	180,636	-0.55%	-0.17%
2038	2,710,812	180,230	-0.59%	-0.22%
2039	2,693,901	179,781	-0.62%	-0.25%
2040	2,676,087	179,296	-0.66%	-0.27%
2041	2,657,558	178,760	-0.69%	-0.3%
2042	2,638,085	178,187	-0.73%	-0.32%
2043	2,617,576	177,593	-0.78%	-0.33%
2044	2,596,160	176,937	-0.82%	-0.37%
2045	2,574,074	176,243	-0.85%	-0.39%
2046	2,551,347	175,520	-0.88%	-0.41%
2047	2,528,004	174,726	-0.91%	-0.45%
2048	2,504,191	173,877	-0.94%	-0.49%
2049	2,479,744	172,991	-0.98%	-0.51%
2050	2,454,935	172,081	-1%	-0.53%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,007 people (a 5.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 4,846 (a 2.76% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2006 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.66% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.