Population in Jamaica compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	South Africa	Jamaica	South Africa
1960	1,650,005	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,673,261	16,908,035	1.41%	2.85%
1962	1,696,932	17,418,522	1.41%	3.02%
1963	1,721,099	17,954,564	1.42%	3.08%
1964	1,745,568	18,511,361	1.42%	3.1%
1965	1,769,192	19,089,380	1.35%	3.12%
1966	1,791,475	19,690,087	1.26%	3.15%
1967	1,812,865	20,314,066	1.19%	3.17%
1968	1,833,765	20,957,287	1.15%	3.17%
1969	1,855,127	21,614,676	1.16%	3.14%
1970	1,878,196	22,279,984	1.24%	3.08%
1971	1,903,728	22,942,143	1.36%	2.97%
1972	1,931,542	23,609,456	1.46%	2.91%
1973	1,961,219	24,294,263	1.54%	2.9%
1974	1,990,906	24,989,108	1.51%	2.86%
1975	2,018,981	25,690,940	1.41%	2.81%
1976	2,045,578	26,395,450	1.32%	2.74%
1977	2,070,657	27,118,952	1.23%	2.74%
1978	2,094,836	27,869,507	1.17%	2.77%
1979	2,119,486	28,634,162	1.18%	2.74%
1980	2,145,658	29,518,857	1.23%	3.09%
1981	2,173,818	30,541,044	1.31%	3.46%
1982	2,203,889	31,615,339	1.38%	3.52%
1983	2,234,832	32,739,304	1.4%	3.56%
1984	2,264,562	33,892,788	1.33%	3.52%
1985	2,290,656	35,042,093	1.15%	3.39%
1986	2,312,125	36,180,515	0.94%	3.25%
1987	2,329,813	37,326,190	0.77%	3.17%
1988	2,345,777	38,480,649	0.69%	3.09%
1989	2,361,916	39,628,575	0.69%	2.98%
1990	2,379,877	40,746,268	0.76%	2.82%
1991	2,400,869	41,687,898	0.88%	2.31%
1992	2,424,701	42,443,509	0.99%	1.81%
1993	2,449,916	43,297,156	1.04%	2.01%
1994	2,475,220	44,004,139	1.03%	1.63%
1995	2,500,151	44,541,554	1.01%	1.22%
1996	2,524,463	45,123,018	0.97%	1.31%
1997	2,547,848	45,666,838	0.93%	1.21%
1998	2,569,736	46,223,880	0.86%	1.22%
1999	2,589,795	46,730,335	0.78%	1.1%
2000	2,607,826	47,159,719	0.7%	0.92%
2001	2,624,403	47,566,800	0.64%	0.86%
2002	2,640,572	48,019,415	0.62%	0.95%
2003	2,656,623	48,500,348	0.61%	1%
2004	2,672,225	48,991,421	0.59%	1.01%
2005	2,687,066	49,490,033	0.56%	1.02%
2006	2,700,968	49,998,277	0.52%	1.03%
2007	2,713,800	50,528,584	0.48%	1.06%
2008	2,725,635	51,114,599	0.44%	1.16%
2009	2,736,995	51,728,516	0.42%	1.2%
2010	2,748,568	52,344,051	0.42%	1.19%
2011	2,760,494	52,995,205	0.43%	1.24%
2012	2,772,430	53,782,567	0.43%	1.49%
2013	2,783,687	54,678,791	0.41%	1.67%
2014	2,793,749	55,594,838	0.36%	1.68%
2015	2,802,534	56,723,537	0.31%	2.03%
2016	2,809,915	57,259,551	0.26%	0.94%
2017	2,815,764	57,635,162	0.21%	0.66%
2018	2,820,097	58,613,001	0.15%	1.7%
2019	2,823,271	59,587,885	0.11%	1.66%
2020	2,830,739	60,562,381	0.26%	1.64%
2021	2,837,682	61,502,603	0.25%	1.55%
2022	2,839,144	62,378,410	0.05%	1.42%
2023	2,839,786	63,212,384	0.02%	1.34%
2024	2,839,175	64,007,187	-0.02%	1.26%
2025	2,837,071	64,747,317	-0.07%	1.16%
2026	2,833,401	65,453,086	-0.13%	1.09%
2027	2,828,530	66,143,018	-0.17%	1.05%
2028	2,822,861	66,830,384	-0.2%	1.04%
2029	2,816,391	67,506,850	-0.23%	1.01%
2030	2,808,946	68,161,357	-0.26%	0.97%
2031	2,800,607	68,798,574	-0.3%	0.93%
2032	2,791,130	69,426,441	-0.34%	0.91%
2033	2,780,468	70,040,484	-0.38%	0.88%
2034	2,768,714	70,641,572	-0.42%	0.86%
2035	2,755,929	71,234,749	-0.46%	0.84%
2036	2,742,071	71,816,372	-0.5%	0.82%
2037	2,726,892	72,387,807	-0.55%	0.8%
2038	2,710,812	72,949,611	-0.59%	0.78%
2039	2,693,901	73,496,152	-0.62%	0.75%
2040	2,676,087	74,035,615	-0.66%	0.73%
2041	2,657,558	74,575,444	-0.69%	0.73%
2042	2,638,085	75,111,899	-0.73%	0.72%
2043	2,617,576	75,641,512	-0.78%	0.71%
2044	2,596,160	76,164,461	-0.82%	0.69%
2045	2,574,074	76,681,448	-0.85%	0.68%
2046	2,551,347	77,199,542	-0.88%	0.68%
2047	2,528,004	77,716,650	-0.91%	0.67%
2048	2,504,191	78,215,323	-0.94%	0.64%
2049	2,479,744	78,699,584	-0.98%	0.62%
2050	2,454,935	79,177,329	-1%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.