Population in Jamaica compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Solomon Islands	Jamaica	Solomon Islands
1960	1,650,005	139,688	-	-
1961	1,673,261	142,912	1.41%	2.31%
1962	1,696,932	146,201	1.41%	2.3%
1963	1,721,099	149,589	1.42%	2.32%
1964	1,745,568	153,085	1.42%	2.34%
1965	1,769,192	156,686	1.35%	2.35%
1966	1,791,475	160,393	1.26%	2.37%
1967	1,812,865	164,245	1.19%	2.4%
1968	1,833,765	168,282	1.15%	2.46%
1969	1,855,127	172,476	1.16%	2.49%
1970	1,878,196	176,579	1.24%	2.38%
1971	1,903,728	180,637	1.36%	2.3%
1972	1,931,542	184,994	1.46%	2.41%
1973	1,961,219	189,774	1.54%	2.58%
1974	1,990,906	195,041	1.51%	2.78%
1975	2,018,981	200,744	1.41%	2.92%
1976	2,045,578	207,194	1.32%	3.21%
1977	2,070,657	214,418	1.23%	3.49%
1978	2,094,836	222,029	1.17%	3.55%
1979	2,119,486	229,953	1.18%	3.57%
1980	2,145,658	238,135	1.23%	3.56%
1981	2,173,818	246,555	1.31%	3.54%
1982	2,203,889	255,200	1.38%	3.51%
1983	2,234,832	264,068	1.4%	3.47%
1984	2,264,562	273,163	1.33%	3.44%
1985	2,290,656	282,455	1.15%	3.4%
1986	2,312,125	291,842	0.94%	3.32%
1987	2,329,813	301,414	0.77%	3.28%
1988	2,345,777	311,265	0.69%	3.27%
1989	2,361,916	321,282	0.69%	3.22%
1990	2,379,877	331,435	0.76%	3.16%
1991	2,400,869	341,738	0.88%	3.11%
1992	2,424,701	352,205	0.99%	3.06%
1993	2,449,916	362,839	1.04%	3.02%
1994	2,475,220	373,675	1.03%	2.99%
1995	2,500,151	384,733	1.01%	2.96%
1996	2,524,463	396,009	0.97%	2.93%
1997	2,547,848	407,474	0.93%	2.9%
1998	2,569,736	419,071	0.86%	2.85%
1999	2,589,795	430,500	0.78%	2.73%
2000	2,607,826	440,469	0.7%	2.32%
2001	2,624,403	449,125	0.64%	1.97%
2002	2,640,572	457,671	0.62%	1.9%
2003	2,656,623	466,154	0.61%	1.85%
2004	2,672,225	474,611	0.59%	1.81%
2005	2,687,066	483,080	0.56%	1.78%
2006	2,700,968	491,594	0.52%	1.76%
2007	2,713,800	500,156	0.48%	1.74%
2008	2,725,635	508,790	0.44%	1.73%
2009	2,736,995	518,141	0.42%	1.84%
2010	2,748,568	532,968	0.42%	2.86%
2011	2,760,494	552,945	0.43%	3.75%
2012	2,772,430	573,606	0.43%	3.74%
2013	2,783,687	594,945	0.41%	3.72%
2014	2,793,749	616,908	0.36%	3.69%
2015	2,802,534	639,415	0.31%	3.65%
2016	2,809,915	662,379	0.26%	3.59%
2017	2,815,764	685,672	0.21%	3.52%
2018	2,820,097	709,101	0.15%	3.42%
2019	2,823,271	728,147	0.11%	2.69%
2020	2,830,739	744,498	0.26%	2.25%
2021	2,837,682	762,591	0.25%	2.43%
2022	2,839,144	781,066	0.05%	2.42%
2023	2,839,786	800,005	0.02%	2.42%
2024	2,839,175	819,198	-0.02%	2.4%
2025	2,837,071	838,646	-0.07%	2.37%
2026	2,833,401	858,283	-0.13%	2.34%
2027	2,828,530	878,097	-0.17%	2.31%
2028	2,822,861	898,073	-0.2%	2.27%
2029	2,816,391	918,152	-0.23%	2.24%
2030	2,808,946	938,340	-0.26%	2.2%
2031	2,800,607	958,614	-0.3%	2.16%
2032	2,791,130	978,977	-0.34%	2.12%
2033	2,780,468	999,314	-0.38%	2.08%
2034	2,768,714	1,019,534	-0.42%	2.02%
2035	2,755,929	1,039,655	-0.46%	1.97%
2036	2,742,071	1,059,521	-0.5%	1.91%
2037	2,726,892	1,079,088	-0.55%	1.85%
2038	2,710,812	1,098,284	-0.59%	1.78%
2039	2,693,901	1,117,085	-0.62%	1.71%
2040	2,676,087	1,135,445	-0.66%	1.64%
2041	2,657,558	1,153,450	-0.69%	1.59%
2042	2,638,085	1,171,334	-0.73%	1.55%
2043	2,617,576	1,189,113	-0.78%	1.52%
2044	2,596,160	1,206,729	-0.82%	1.48%
2045	2,574,074	1,224,188	-0.85%	1.45%
2046	2,551,347	1,241,491	-0.88%	1.41%
2047	2,528,004	1,258,611	-0.91%	1.38%
2048	2,504,191	1,275,579	-0.94%	1.35%
2049	2,479,744	1,292,414	-0.98%	1.32%
2050	2,454,935	1,309,098	-1%	1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th in 2005 and ranked 161st 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 Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.