The latest officially reported population of Jamaica was 2,839,175 in 2024 vs 5,422,069 people in Slovakia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Jamaica's population is 2,837,071 people compared to 5,390,674 in Slovakia.
Population statistics:
- Slovakia's population is 1.9 times bigger than Jamaica's.
- Jamaica is ranked the 140th most populous country in the world, while Slovakia is the 125th.
- The countries together account for 0.1% of the world: 0.03% for Jamaica vs 0.07% for Slovakia.
- For the last 10 years, Jamaica has had an average growth rate of +0.18% per year vs +0.01% in Slovakia.
- Since 2005, the population of Jamaica has increased from 2.69M people to 2.84M (5.58% growth), while Slovakia has grown from 5.37M to 5.39M (0.33% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 39.6% of the population in Jamaica and 25.3% in Slovakia.
Jamaica vs Slovakia: live population counter
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| Current population |
2837071
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5390674
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| Population rank | 140/197 | 125/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
14.3 hours
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1.88 hours
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| One birth every |
15.9 minutes
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10.8 minutes
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| One death every |
22.9 minutes
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9.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
50 minutes
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25 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -10,506 | -21,027 |
| Daily growth/decline | -2 | -13 |
| Annual growth/decline | -611 | -4,671 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.02% | -0.09% |
| Population growth rate rank | 167/197 | 171/197 |
Jamaica and Slovakia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,650,005 | 4,068,095 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,673,261 | 4,191,667 | 1.41% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 1,696,932 | 4,238,188 | 1.41% | 1.11% |
| 1963 | 1,721,099 | 4,282,017 | 1.42% | 1.03% |
| 1964 | 1,745,568 | 4,327,341 | 1.42% | 1.06% |
| 1965 | 1,769,192 | 4,370,983 | 1.35% | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 1,791,475 | 4,411,666 | 1.26% | 0.93% |
| 1967 | 1,812,865 | 4,449,367 | 1.19% | 0.85% |
| 1968 | 1,833,765 | 4,483,915 | 1.15% | 0.78% |
| 1969 | 1,855,127 | 4,518,607 | 1.16% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 1,878,196 | 4,538,223 | 1.24% | 0.43% |
| 1971 | 1,903,728 | 4,557,449 | 1.36% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 1,931,542 | 4,596,622 | 1.46% | 0.86% |
| 1973 | 1,961,219 | 4,641,445 | 1.54% | 0.98% |
| 1974 | 1,990,906 | 4,689,623 | 1.51% | 1.04% |
| 1975 | 2,018,981 | 4,739,105 | 1.41% | 1.06% |
| 1976 | 2,045,578 | 4,789,507 | 1.32% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 2,070,657 | 4,840,501 | 1.23% | 1.06% |
| 1978 | 2,094,836 | 4,890,125 | 1.17% | 1.03% |
| 1979 | 2,119,486 | 4,938,973 | 1.18% | 1% |
| 1980 | 2,145,658 | 4,979,815 | 1.23% | 0.83% |
| 1981 | 2,173,818 | 5,016,105 | 1.31% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 2,203,889 | 5,055,099 | 1.38% | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 2,234,832 | 5,091,971 | 1.4% | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 2,264,562 | 5,127,097 | 1.33% | 0.69% |
| 1985 | 2,290,656 | 5,161,768 | 1.15% | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 2,312,125 | 5,193,838 | 0.94% | 0.62% |
| 1987 | 2,329,813 | 5,222,840 | 0.77% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 2,345,777 | 5,250,596 | 0.69% | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 2,361,916 | 5,275,942 | 0.69% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 2,379,877 | 5,299,187 | 0.76% | 0.44% |
| 1991 | 2,400,869 | 5,303,294 | 0.88% | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 2,424,701 | 5,305,016 | 0.99% | 0.03% |
| 1993 | 2,449,916 | 5,325,305 | 1.04% | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 2,475,220 | 5,346,331 | 1.03% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 2,500,151 | 5,361,999 | 1.01% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 2,524,463 | 5,373,361 | 0.97% | 0.21% |
| 1997 | 2,547,848 | 5,383,291 | 0.93% | 0.18% |
| 1998 | 2,569,736 | 5,390,516 | 0.86% | 0.13% |
| 1999 | 2,589,795 | 5,396,020 | 0.78% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 2,607,826 | 5,388,720 | 0.7% | -0.14% |
| 2001 | 2,624,403 | 5,378,867 | 0.64% | -0.18% |
| 2002 | 2,640,572 | 5,376,912 | 0.62% | -0.04% |
| 2003 | 2,656,623 | 5,373,374 | 0.61% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 2,672,225 | 5,372,280 | 0.59% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 2,687,066 | 5,372,807 | 0.56% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 2,700,968 | 5,373,054 | 0.52% | 0.005% |
| 2007 | 2,713,800 | 5,374,622 | 0.48% | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 2,725,635 | 5,379,233 | 0.44% | 0.09% |
| 2009 | 2,736,995 | 5,386,406 | 0.42% | 0.13% |
| 2010 | 2,748,568 | 5,391,428 | 0.42% | 0.09% |
| 2011 | 2,760,494 | 5,398,384 | 0.43% | 0.13% |
| 2012 | 2,772,430 | 5,407,579 | 0.43% | 0.17% |
| 2013 | 2,783,687 | 5,413,393 | 0.41% | 0.11% |
| 2014 | 2,793,749 | 5,418,649 | 0.36% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,802,534 | 5,423,801 | 0.31% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,809,915 | 5,430,798 | 0.26% | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 2,815,764 | 5,439,232 | 0.21% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 2,820,097 | 5,446,771 | 0.15% | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 2,823,271 | 5,454,147 | 0.11% | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 2,830,739 | 5,458,827 | 0.26% | 0.09% |
| 2021 | 2,837,682 | 5,447,247 | 0.25% | -0.21% |
| 2022 | 2,839,144 | 5,431,752 | 0.05% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 2,839,786 | 5,426,740 | 0.02% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 2,839,175 | 5,422,069 | -0.02% | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 2,837,071 | 5,390,674 | -0.07% | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 2,833,401 | 5,367,504 | -0.13% | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 2,828,530 | 5,357,756 | -0.17% | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 2,822,861 | 5,346,292 | -0.2% | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 2,816,391 | 5,333,135 | -0.23% | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 2,808,946 | 5,318,323 | -0.26% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 2,800,607 | 5,302,079 | -0.3% | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 2,791,130 | 5,284,585 | -0.34% | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 2,780,468 | 5,265,970 | -0.38% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 2,768,714 | 5,246,341 | -0.42% | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 2,755,929 | 5,225,725 | -0.46% | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 2,742,071 | 5,204,191 | -0.5% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 2,726,892 | 5,181,996 | -0.55% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 2,710,812 | 5,159,193 | -0.59% | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 2,693,901 | 5,135,906 | -0.62% | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 2,676,087 | 5,112,164 | -0.66% | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 2,657,558 | 5,088,002 | -0.69% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 2,638,085 | 5,063,600 | -0.73% | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 2,617,576 | 5,038,933 | -0.78% | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 2,596,160 | 5,014,014 | -0.82% | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 2,574,074 | 4,988,989 | -0.85% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 2,551,347 | 4,963,847 | -0.88% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 2,528,004 | 4,938,476 | -0.91% | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 2,504,191 | 4,912,885 | -0.94% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 2,479,744 | 4,886,923 | -0.98% | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 2,454,935 | 4,860,572 | -1% | -0.54% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Slovakia gained 50,994 people (a 0.95% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Slovakia's population decreased by -33,127 (a 0.61% decline).
Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Slovakia was ranked 109th in 2005 and ranked 125th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.83% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 125th to 129th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
| Mandeville | 48.3K |
| Old Harbour | 28.7K |
| Linstead | 22.8K |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22.6K |
| Port Antonio | 14.8K |
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Population differences between Jamaica and Slovakia
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| Life expectancy | 71.7 years | 78.7 years |
| Average age | 34.9 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 33.3 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 679 ppl/mi² | 292.1 ppl/mi² |
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