Population in Jamaica compared to Somalia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and Somalia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Somalia	Jamaica	Somalia
1960	1,650,005	2,876,331	-	-
1961	1,673,261	2,952,054	1.41%	2.63%
1962	1,696,932	3,030,091	1.41%	2.64%
1963	1,721,099	3,110,361	1.42%	2.65%
1964	1,745,568	3,192,796	1.42%	2.65%
1965	1,769,192	3,277,874	1.35%	2.66%
1966	1,791,475	3,365,106	1.26%	2.66%
1967	1,812,865	3,454,537	1.19%	2.66%
1968	1,833,765	3,546,590	1.15%	2.66%
1969	1,855,127	3,641,015	1.16%	2.66%
1970	1,878,196	3,738,448	1.24%	2.68%
1971	1,903,728	3,837,691	1.36%	2.65%
1972	1,931,542	3,939,436	1.46%	2.65%
1973	1,961,219	4,045,592	1.54%	2.69%
1974	1,990,906	4,151,842	1.51%	2.63%
1975	2,018,981	4,257,535	1.41%	2.55%
1976	2,045,578	4,365,812	1.32%	2.54%
1977	2,070,657	4,484,050	1.23%	2.71%
1978	2,094,836	4,814,892	1.17%	7.38%
1979	2,119,486	5,449,117	1.18%	13.2%
1980	2,145,658	5,936,154	1.23%	8.94%
1981	2,173,818	5,982,849	1.31%	0.79%
1982	2,203,889	6,003,840	1.38%	0.35%
1983	2,234,832	6,198,430	1.4%	3.24%
1984	2,264,562	6,428,389	1.33%	3.71%
1985	2,290,656	6,693,289	1.15%	4.12%
1986	2,312,125	6,974,788	0.94%	4.21%
1987	2,329,813	7,228,302	0.77%	3.63%
1988	2,345,777	7,235,360	0.69%	0.1%
1989	2,361,916	7,114,817	0.69%	-1.67%
1990	2,379,877	7,082,811	0.76%	-0.45%
1991	2,400,869	6,813,760	0.88%	-3.8%
1992	2,424,701	6,495,107	0.99%	-4.68%
1993	2,449,916	6,681,399	1.04%	2.87%
1994	2,475,220	7,026,797	1.03%	5.17%
1995	2,500,151	7,285,007	1.01%	3.67%
1996	2,524,463	7,554,474	0.97%	3.7%
1997	2,547,848	7,824,525	0.93%	3.57%
1998	2,569,736	8,155,417	0.86%	4.23%
1999	2,589,795	8,492,059	0.78%	4.13%
2000	2,607,826	8,838,713	0.7%	4.08%
2001	2,624,403	9,198,493	0.64%	4.07%
2002	2,640,572	9,550,063	0.62%	3.82%
2003	2,656,623	9,909,157	0.61%	3.76%
2004	2,672,225	10,280,998	0.59%	3.75%
2005	2,687,066	10,644,228	0.56%	3.53%
2006	2,700,968	10,975,502	0.52%	3.11%
2007	2,713,800	11,322,582	0.48%	3.16%
2008	2,725,635	11,663,084	0.44%	3.01%
2009	2,736,995	11,961,201	0.42%	2.56%
2010	2,748,568	12,261,756	0.42%	2.51%
2011	2,760,494	12,348,830	0.43%	0.71%
2012	2,772,430	12,461,160	0.43%	0.91%
2013	2,783,687	12,869,594	0.41%	3.28%
2014	2,793,749	13,339,491	0.36%	3.65%
2015	2,802,534	13,806,963	0.31%	3.5%
2016	2,809,915	14,348,740	0.26%	3.92%
2017	2,815,764	14,916,629	0.21%	3.96%
2018	2,820,097	15,452,487	0.15%	3.59%
2019	2,823,271	16,030,971	0.11%	3.74%
2020	2,830,739	16,651,191	0.26%	3.87%
2021	2,837,682	17,271,431	0.25%	3.72%
2022	2,839,144	17,801,897	0.05%	3.07%
2023	2,839,786	18,358,615	0.02%	3.13%
2024	2,839,175	19,009,151	-0.02%	3.54%
2025	2,837,071	19,654,737	-0.07%	3.4%
2026	2,833,401	20,305,905	-0.13%	3.31%
2027	2,828,530	20,959,056	-0.17%	3.22%
2028	2,822,861	21,601,810	-0.2%	3.07%
2029	2,816,391	22,247,714	-0.23%	2.99%
2030	2,808,946	22,915,042	-0.26%	3%
2031	2,800,607	23,589,793	-0.3%	2.94%
2032	2,791,130	24,258,789	-0.34%	2.84%
2033	2,780,468	24,921,830	-0.38%	2.73%
2034	2,768,714	25,593,666	-0.42%	2.7%
2035	2,755,929	26,294,943	-0.46%	2.74%
2036	2,742,071	27,009,199	-0.5%	2.72%
2037	2,726,892	27,731,170	-0.55%	2.67%
2038	2,710,812	28,455,755	-0.59%	2.61%
2039	2,693,901	29,167,897	-0.62%	2.5%
2040	2,676,087	29,896,286	-0.66%	2.5%
2041	2,657,558	30,635,956	-0.69%	2.47%
2042	2,638,085	31,350,028	-0.73%	2.33%
2043	2,617,576	32,057,980	-0.78%	2.26%
2044	2,596,160	32,780,417	-0.82%	2.25%
2045	2,574,074	33,510,163	-0.85%	2.23%
2046	2,551,347	34,248,030	-0.88%	2.2%
2047	2,528,004	34,996,366	-0.91%	2.19%
2048	2,504,191	35,743,960	-0.94%	2.14%
2049	2,479,744	36,474,683	-0.98%	2.04%
2050	2,454,935	37,206,497	-1%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.