Population in Jamaica compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Sierra Leone	Jamaica	Sierra Leone
1960	1,650,005	2,268,356	-	-
1961	1,673,261	2,304,227	1.41%	1.58%
1962	1,696,932	2,342,242	1.41%	1.65%
1963	1,721,099	2,382,258	1.42%	1.71%
1964	1,745,568	2,424,390	1.42%	1.77%
1965	1,769,192	2,468,666	1.35%	1.83%
1966	1,791,475	2,514,638	1.26%	1.86%
1967	1,812,865	2,562,384	1.19%	1.9%
1968	1,833,765	2,611,532	1.15%	1.92%
1969	1,855,127	2,661,365	1.16%	1.91%
1970	1,878,196	2,712,286	1.24%	1.91%
1971	1,903,728	2,763,222	1.36%	1.88%
1972	1,931,542	2,814,388	1.46%	1.85%
1973	1,961,219	2,866,955	1.54%	1.87%
1974	1,990,906	2,920,459	1.51%	1.87%
1975	2,018,981	2,974,657	1.41%	1.86%
1976	2,045,578	3,028,820	1.32%	1.82%
1977	2,070,657	3,085,354	1.23%	1.87%
1978	2,094,836	3,145,517	1.17%	1.95%
1979	2,119,486	3,207,499	1.18%	1.97%
1980	2,145,658	3,272,089	1.23%	2.01%
1981	2,173,818	3,338,940	1.31%	2.04%
1982	2,203,889	3,408,183	1.38%	2.07%
1983	2,234,832	3,481,646	1.4%	2.16%
1984	2,264,562	3,558,758	1.33%	2.21%
1985	2,290,656	3,638,438	1.15%	2.24%
1986	2,312,125	3,728,380	0.94%	2.47%
1987	2,329,813	3,829,718	0.77%	2.72%
1988	2,345,777	3,934,517	0.69%	2.74%
1989	2,361,916	4,034,037	0.69%	2.53%
1990	2,379,877	4,196,828	0.76%	4.04%
1991	2,400,869	4,246,267	0.88%	1.18%
1992	2,424,701	4,166,366	0.99%	-1.88%
1993	2,449,916	4,157,130	1.04%	-0.22%
1994	2,475,220	4,173,105	1.03%	0.38%
1995	2,500,151	4,179,179	1.01%	0.15%
1996	2,524,463	4,199,210	0.97%	0.48%
1997	2,547,848	4,253,716	0.93%	1.3%
1998	2,569,736	4,295,785	0.86%	0.99%
1999	2,589,795	4,318,043	0.78%	0.52%
2000	2,607,826	4,423,611	0.7%	2.44%
2001	2,624,403	4,692,716	0.64%	6.08%
2002	2,640,572	4,971,435	0.62%	5.94%
2003	2,656,623	5,177,687	0.61%	4.15%
2004	2,672,225	5,355,717	0.59%	3.44%
2005	2,687,066	5,501,712	0.56%	2.73%
2006	2,700,968	5,624,466	0.52%	2.23%
2007	2,713,800	5,749,352	0.48%	2.22%
2008	2,725,635	5,894,722	0.44%	2.53%
2009	2,736,995	6,055,646	0.42%	2.73%
2010	2,748,568	6,222,714	0.42%	2.76%
2011	2,760,494	6,387,251	0.43%	2.64%
2012	2,772,430	6,551,080	0.43%	2.56%
2013	2,783,687	6,714,051	0.41%	2.49%
2014	2,793,749	6,876,385	0.36%	2.42%
2015	2,802,534	7,037,655	0.31%	2.35%
2016	2,809,915	7,205,328	0.26%	2.38%
2017	2,815,764	7,379,299	0.21%	2.41%
2018	2,820,097	7,554,563	0.15%	2.38%
2019	2,823,271	7,731,991	0.11%	2.35%
2020	2,830,739	7,912,558	0.26%	2.34%
2021	2,837,682	8,094,602	0.25%	2.3%
2022	2,839,144	8,276,807	0.05%	2.25%
2023	2,839,786	8,460,512	0.02%	2.22%
2024	2,839,175	8,642,022	-0.02%	2.15%
2025	2,837,071	8,819,789	-0.07%	2.06%
2026	2,833,401	8,996,743	-0.13%	2.01%
2027	2,828,530	9,174,695	-0.17%	1.98%
2028	2,822,861	9,349,021	-0.2%	1.9%
2029	2,816,391	9,520,811	-0.23%	1.84%
2030	2,808,946	9,694,851	-0.26%	1.83%
2031	2,800,607	9,870,295	-0.3%	1.81%
2032	2,791,130	10,047,193	-0.34%	1.79%
2033	2,780,468	10,221,006	-0.38%	1.73%
2034	2,768,714	10,391,485	-0.42%	1.67%
2035	2,755,929	10,563,163	-0.46%	1.65%
2036	2,742,071	10,734,341	-0.5%	1.62%
2037	2,726,892	10,902,263	-0.55%	1.56%
2038	2,710,812	11,066,143	-0.59%	1.5%
2039	2,693,901	11,230,060	-0.62%	1.48%
2040	2,676,087	11,398,391	-0.66%	1.5%
2041	2,657,558	11,566,213	-0.69%	1.47%
2042	2,638,085	11,728,787	-0.73%	1.41%
2043	2,617,576	11,887,934	-0.78%	1.36%
2044	2,596,160	12,049,424	-0.82%	1.36%
2045	2,574,074	12,208,872	-0.85%	1.32%
2046	2,551,347	12,363,446	-0.88%	1.27%
2047	2,528,004	12,512,739	-0.91%	1.21%
2048	2,504,191	12,659,609	-0.94%	1.17%
2049	2,479,744	12,805,136	-0.98%	1.15%
2050	2,454,935	12,948,320	-1%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.