Population in Jamaica compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Saudi Arabia	Jamaica	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,650,005	2,435,403	-	-
1961	1,673,261	2,526,347	1.41%	3.73%
1962	1,696,932	2,620,910	1.41%	3.74%
1963	1,721,099	2,719,341	1.42%	3.76%
1964	1,745,568	2,821,968	1.42%	3.77%
1965	1,769,192	2,928,771	1.35%	3.78%
1966	1,791,475	3,039,887	1.26%	3.79%
1967	1,812,865	3,157,242	1.19%	3.86%
1968	1,833,765	3,282,711	1.15%	3.97%
1969	1,855,127	3,417,114	1.16%	4.09%
1970	1,878,196	3,562,470	1.24%	4.25%
1971	1,903,728	3,724,031	1.36%	4.54%
1972	1,931,542	3,905,722	1.46%	4.88%
1973	1,961,219	4,106,344	1.54%	5.14%
1974	1,990,906	4,323,632	1.51%	5.29%
1975	2,018,981	4,556,287	1.41%	5.38%
1976	2,045,578	4,807,933	1.32%	5.52%
1977	2,070,657	5,083,048	1.23%	5.72%
1978	2,094,836	5,381,902	1.17%	5.88%
1979	2,119,486	5,703,698	1.18%	5.98%
1980	2,145,658	6,047,997	1.23%	6.04%
1981	2,173,818	6,420,551	1.31%	6.16%
1982	2,203,889	6,824,486	1.38%	6.29%
1983	2,234,832	7,252,941	1.4%	6.28%
1984	2,264,562	7,697,307	1.33%	6.13%
1985	2,290,656	8,151,779	1.15%	5.9%
1986	2,312,125	8,628,639	0.94%	5.85%
1987	2,329,813	9,130,194	0.77%	5.81%
1988	2,345,777	9,629,165	0.69%	5.47%
1989	2,361,916	10,128,394	0.69%	5.18%
1990	2,379,877	10,640,691	0.76%	5.06%
1991	2,400,869	11,160,744	0.88%	4.89%
1992	2,424,701	11,686,676	0.99%	4.71%
1993	2,449,916	12,215,862	1.04%	4.53%
1994	2,475,220	12,750,040	1.03%	4.37%
1995	2,500,151	13,289,245	1.01%	4.23%
1996	2,524,463	13,831,009	0.97%	4.08%
1997	2,547,848	14,374,943	0.93%	3.93%
1998	2,569,736	14,922,185	0.86%	3.81%
1999	2,589,795	15,472,075	0.78%	3.69%
2000	2,607,826	16,177,722	0.7%	4.56%
2001	2,624,403	17,041,397	0.64%	5.34%
2002	2,640,572	17,910,910	0.62%	5.1%
2003	2,656,623	18,786,767	0.61%	4.89%
2004	2,672,225	19,669,480	0.59%	4.7%
2005	2,687,066	20,559,890	0.56%	4.53%
2006	2,700,968	21,459,144	0.52%	4.37%
2007	2,713,800	22,368,313	0.48%	4.24%
2008	2,725,635	23,287,877	0.44%	4.11%
2009	2,736,995	24,217,654	0.42%	3.99%
2010	2,748,568	23,978,487	0.42%	-0.99%
2011	2,760,494	25,091,867	0.43%	4.64%
2012	2,772,430	26,168,861	0.43%	4.29%
2013	2,783,687	27,624,004	0.41%	5.56%
2014	2,793,749	28,309,273	0.36%	2.48%
2015	2,802,534	29,816,382	0.31%	5.32%
2016	2,809,915	30,954,198	0.26%	3.82%
2017	2,815,764	30,977,355	0.21%	0.07%
2018	2,820,097	30,196,281	0.15%	-2.52%
2019	2,823,271	30,063,799	0.11%	-0.44%
2020	2,830,739	31,552,510	0.26%	4.95%
2021	2,837,682	30,784,383	0.25%	-2.43%
2022	2,839,144	32,175,224	0.05%	4.52%
2023	2,839,786	33,702,731	0.02%	4.75%
2024	2,839,175	35,300,280	-0.02%	4.74%
2025	2,837,071	35,927,625	-0.07%	1.78%
2026	2,833,401	36,550,694	-0.13%	1.73%
2027	2,828,530	37,167,513	-0.17%	1.69%
2028	2,822,861	37,775,810	-0.2%	1.64%
2029	2,816,391	38,364,377	-0.23%	1.56%
2030	2,808,946	38,918,375	-0.26%	1.44%
2031	2,800,607	39,450,880	-0.3%	1.37%
2032	2,791,130	39,983,934	-0.34%	1.35%
2033	2,780,468	40,517,599	-0.38%	1.33%
2034	2,768,714	41,052,423	-0.42%	1.32%
2035	2,755,929	41,588,429	-0.46%	1.31%
2036	2,742,071	42,125,184	-0.5%	1.29%
2037	2,726,892	42,661,908	-0.55%	1.27%
2038	2,710,812	43,198,420	-0.59%	1.26%
2039	2,693,901	43,734,316	-0.62%	1.24%
2040	2,676,087	44,269,571	-0.66%	1.22%
2041	2,657,558	44,804,338	-0.69%	1.21%
2042	2,638,085	45,338,111	-0.73%	1.19%
2043	2,617,576	45,870,896	-0.78%	1.18%
2044	2,596,160	46,403,116	-0.82%	1.16%
2045	2,574,074	46,934,822	-0.85%	1.15%
2046	2,551,347	47,465,267	-0.88%	1.13%
2047	2,528,004	47,993,976	-0.91%	1.11%
2048	2,504,191	48,521,364	-0.94%	1.1%
2049	2,479,744	49,047,461	-0.98%	1.08%
2050	2,454,935	49,572,202	-1%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.