Population in Jamaica compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Sao Tome	Jamaica	Sao Tome
1960	1,650,005	68,012	-	-
1961	1,673,261	68,707	1.41%	1.02%
1962	1,696,932	69,403	1.41%	1.01%
1963	1,721,099	70,112	1.42%	1.02%
1964	1,745,568	70,865	1.42%	1.07%
1965	1,769,192	71,680	1.35%	1.15%
1966	1,791,475	72,576	1.26%	1.25%
1967	1,812,865	73,596	1.19%	1.41%
1968	1,833,765	74,765	1.15%	1.59%
1969	1,855,127	76,083	1.16%	1.76%
1970	1,878,196	77,626	1.24%	2.03%
1971	1,903,728	79,330	1.36%	2.2%
1972	1,931,542	81,041	1.46%	2.16%
1973	1,961,219	82,798	1.54%	2.17%
1974	1,990,906	84,672	1.51%	2.26%
1975	2,018,981	86,708	1.41%	2.4%
1976	2,045,578	88,922	1.32%	2.55%
1977	2,070,657	91,301	1.23%	2.68%
1978	2,094,836	93,794	1.17%	2.73%
1979	2,119,486	96,252	1.18%	2.62%
1980	2,145,658	98,544	1.23%	2.38%
1981	2,173,818	100,615	1.31%	2.1%
1982	2,203,889	102,508	1.38%	1.88%
1983	2,234,832	104,380	1.4%	1.83%
1984	2,264,562	106,394	1.33%	1.93%
1985	2,290,656	108,658	1.15%	2.13%
1986	2,312,125	111,150	0.94%	2.29%
1987	2,329,813	113,919	0.77%	2.49%
1988	2,345,777	116,939	0.69%	2.65%
1989	2,361,916	119,979	0.69%	2.6%
1990	2,379,877	122,980	0.76%	2.5%
1991	2,400,869	125,697	0.88%	2.21%
1992	2,424,701	128,110	0.99%	1.92%
1993	2,449,916	130,467	1.04%	1.84%
1994	2,475,220	132,732	1.03%	1.74%
1995	2,500,151	134,895	1.01%	1.63%
1996	2,524,463	136,962	0.97%	1.53%
1997	2,547,848	138,922	0.93%	1.43%
1998	2,569,736	140,751	0.86%	1.32%
1999	2,589,795	142,442	0.78%	1.2%
2000	2,607,826	144,018	0.7%	1.11%
2001	2,624,403	146,375	0.64%	1.64%
2002	2,640,572	149,922	0.62%	2.42%
2003	2,656,623	153,814	0.61%	2.6%
2004	2,672,225	157,705	0.59%	2.53%
2005	2,687,066	161,639	0.56%	2.49%
2006	2,700,968	165,638	0.52%	2.47%
2007	2,713,800	169,700	0.48%	2.45%
2008	2,725,635	173,793	0.44%	2.41%
2009	2,736,995	177,853	0.42%	2.34%
2010	2,748,568	181,802	0.42%	2.22%
2011	2,760,494	185,649	0.43%	2.12%
2012	2,772,430	189,439	0.43%	2.04%
2013	2,783,687	193,148	0.41%	1.96%
2014	2,793,749	196,767	0.36%	1.87%
2015	2,802,534	200,291	0.31%	1.79%
2016	2,809,915	203,689	0.26%	1.7%
2017	2,815,764	206,970	0.21%	1.61%
2018	2,820,097	210,187	0.15%	1.55%
2019	2,823,271	213,392	0.11%	1.52%
2020	2,830,739	217,435	0.26%	1.89%
2021	2,837,682	221,961	0.25%	2.08%
2022	2,839,144	226,305	0.05%	1.96%
2023	2,839,786	230,871	0.02%	2.02%
2024	2,839,175	235,536	-0.02%	2.02%
2025	2,837,071	240,251	-0.07%	2%
2026	2,833,401	244,987	-0.13%	1.97%
2027	2,828,530	249,783	-0.17%	1.96%
2028	2,822,861	254,657	-0.2%	1.95%
2029	2,816,391	259,597	-0.23%	1.94%
2030	2,808,946	264,560	-0.26%	1.91%
2031	2,800,607	269,566	-0.3%	1.89%
2032	2,791,130	274,643	-0.34%	1.88%
2033	2,780,468	279,761	-0.38%	1.86%
2034	2,768,714	284,911	-0.42%	1.84%
2035	2,755,929	290,082	-0.46%	1.81%
2036	2,742,071	295,269	-0.5%	1.79%
2037	2,726,892	300,439	-0.55%	1.75%
2038	2,710,812	305,590	-0.59%	1.71%
2039	2,693,901	310,729	-0.62%	1.68%
2040	2,676,087	315,833	-0.66%	1.64%
2041	2,657,558	320,875	-0.69%	1.6%
2042	2,638,085	325,888	-0.73%	1.56%
2043	2,617,576	330,908	-0.78%	1.54%
2044	2,596,160	335,919	-0.82%	1.51%
2045	2,574,074	340,911	-0.85%	1.49%
2046	2,551,347	345,883	-0.88%	1.46%
2047	2,528,004	350,758	-0.91%	1.41%
2048	2,504,191	355,569	-0.94%	1.37%
2049	2,479,744	360,353	-0.98%	1.35%
2050	2,454,935	365,103	-1%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.