Population in Jamaica compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Seychelles	Jamaica	Seychelles
1960	1,650,005	41,700	-	-
1961	1,673,261	42,889	1.41%	2.85%
1962	1,696,932	44,042	1.41%	2.69%
1963	1,721,099	45,176	1.42%	2.57%
1964	1,745,568	46,322	1.42%	2.54%
1965	1,769,192	47,500	1.35%	2.54%
1966	1,791,475	48,699	1.26%	2.52%
1967	1,812,865	49,911	1.19%	2.49%
1968	1,833,765	51,134	1.15%	2.45%
1969	1,855,127	52,365	1.16%	2.41%
1970	1,878,196	53,600	1.24%	2.36%
1971	1,903,728	54,695	1.36%	2.04%
1972	1,931,542	56,029	1.46%	2.44%
1973	1,961,219	56,892	1.54%	1.54%
1974	1,990,906	57,937	1.51%	1.84%
1975	2,018,981	59,292	1.41%	2.34%
1976	2,045,578	60,504	1.32%	2.04%
1977	2,070,657	61,786	1.23%	2.12%
1978	2,094,836	62,150	1.17%	0.59%
1979	2,119,486	62,686	1.18%	0.86%
1980	2,145,658	63,261	1.23%	0.92%
1981	2,173,818	64,035	1.31%	1.22%
1982	2,203,889	64,413	1.38%	0.59%
1983	2,234,832	64,335	1.4%	-0.12%
1984	2,264,562	64,717	1.33%	0.59%
1985	2,290,656	65,244	1.15%	0.81%
1986	2,312,125	65,652	0.94%	0.63%
1987	2,329,813	68,499	0.77%	4.34%
1988	2,345,777	68,755	0.69%	0.37%
1989	2,361,916	69,167	0.69%	0.6%
1990	2,379,877	69,507	0.76%	0.49%
1991	2,400,869	70,439	0.88%	1.34%
1992	2,424,701	70,763	0.99%	0.46%
1993	2,449,916	72,253	1.04%	2.11%
1994	2,475,220	74,205	1.03%	2.7%
1995	2,500,151	75,304	1.01%	1.48%
1996	2,524,463	76,417	0.97%	1.48%
1997	2,547,848	77,319	0.93%	1.18%
1998	2,569,736	78,846	0.86%	1.97%
1999	2,589,795	80,410	0.78%	1.98%
2000	2,607,826	81,131	0.7%	0.9%
2001	2,624,403	81,202	0.64%	0.09%
2002	2,640,572	83,723	0.62%	3.1%
2003	2,656,623	82,781	0.61%	-1.13%
2004	2,672,225	82,475	0.59%	-0.37%
2005	2,687,066	82,858	0.56%	0.46%
2006	2,700,968	84,600	0.52%	2.1%
2007	2,713,800	85,033	0.48%	0.51%
2008	2,725,635	86,956	0.44%	2.26%
2009	2,736,995	87,298	0.42%	0.39%
2010	2,748,568	89,770	0.42%	2.83%
2011	2,760,494	87,441	0.43%	-2.59%
2012	2,772,430	88,303	0.43%	0.99%
2013	2,783,687	89,949	0.41%	1.86%
2014	2,793,749	91,359	0.36%	1.57%
2015	2,802,534	93,419	0.31%	2.25%
2016	2,809,915	94,677	0.26%	1.35%
2017	2,815,764	95,843	0.21%	1.23%
2018	2,820,097	96,762	0.15%	0.96%
2019	2,823,271	97,625	0.11%	0.89%
2020	2,830,739	98,462	0.26%	0.86%
2021	2,837,682	99,258	0.25%	0.81%
2022	2,839,144	119,878	0.05%	20.8%
2023	2,839,786	119,773	0.02%	-0.09%
2024	2,839,175	121,354	-0.02%	1.32%
2025	2,837,071	123,549	-0.07%	1.81%
2026	2,833,401	125,581	-0.13%	1.64%
2027	2,828,530	127,380	-0.17%	1.43%
2028	2,822,861	128,883	-0.2%	1.18%
2029	2,816,391	130,011	-0.23%	0.87%
2030	2,808,946	130,635	-0.26%	0.48%
2031	2,800,607	130,989	-0.3%	0.27%
2032	2,791,130	131,305	-0.34%	0.24%
2033	2,780,468	131,578	-0.38%	0.21%
2034	2,768,714	131,816	-0.42%	0.18%
2035	2,755,929	132,027	-0.46%	0.16%
2036	2,742,071	132,202	-0.5%	0.13%
2037	2,726,892	132,348	-0.55%	0.11%
2038	2,710,812	132,467	-0.59%	0.09%
2039	2,693,901	132,552	-0.62%	0.06%
2040	2,676,087	132,631	-0.66%	0.06%
2041	2,657,558	132,681	-0.69%	0.04%
2042	2,638,085	132,700	-0.73%	0.01%
2043	2,617,576	132,698	-0.78%	-0.001%
2044	2,596,160	132,665	-0.82%	-0.03%
2045	2,574,074	132,613	-0.85%	-0.04%
2046	2,551,347	132,531	-0.88%	-0.06%
2047	2,528,004	132,415	-0.91%	-0.09%
2048	2,504,191	132,264	-0.94%	-0.11%
2049	2,479,744	132,085	-0.98%	-0.14%
2050	2,454,935	131,885	-1%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.