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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	South Korea	Jamaica	South Korea
1960	1,650,005	25,012,374	-	-
1961	1,673,261	25,765,673	1.41%	3.01%
1962	1,696,932	26,513,030	1.41%	2.9%
1963	1,721,099	27,261,747	1.42%	2.82%
1964	1,745,568	27,984,155	1.42%	2.65%
1965	1,769,192	28,704,674	1.35%	2.57%
1966	1,791,475	29,435,571	1.26%	2.55%
1967	1,812,865	30,130,983	1.19%	2.36%
1968	1,833,765	30,838,302	1.15%	2.35%
1969	1,855,127	31,544,266	1.16%	2.29%
1970	1,878,196	32,240,827	1.24%	2.21%
1971	1,903,728	32,882,704	1.36%	1.99%
1972	1,931,542	33,505,406	1.46%	1.89%
1973	1,961,219	34,103,149	1.54%	1.78%
1974	1,990,906	34,692,266	1.51%	1.73%
1975	2,018,981	35,280,725	1.41%	1.7%
1976	2,045,578	35,848,523	1.32%	1.61%
1977	2,070,657	36,411,795	1.23%	1.57%
1978	2,094,836	36,969,185	1.17%	1.53%
1979	2,119,486	37,534,236	1.18%	1.53%
1980	2,145,658	38,123,775	1.23%	1.57%
1981	2,173,818	38,723,248	1.31%	1.57%
1982	2,203,889	39,326,352	1.38%	1.56%
1983	2,234,832	39,910,403	1.4%	1.49%
1984	2,264,562	40,405,956	1.33%	1.24%
1985	2,290,656	40,805,744	1.15%	0.99%
1986	2,312,125	41,213,674	0.94%	1%
1987	2,329,813	41,621,690	0.77%	0.99%
1988	2,345,777	42,031,247	0.69%	0.98%
1989	2,361,916	42,449,038	0.69%	0.99%
1990	2,379,877	42,869,283	0.76%	0.99%
1991	2,400,869	43,295,704	0.88%	0.99%
1992	2,424,701	43,747,962	0.99%	1.04%
1993	2,449,916	44,194,628	1.04%	1.02%
1994	2,475,220	44,641,540	1.03%	1.01%
1995	2,500,151	45,092,991	1.01%	1.01%
1996	2,524,463	45,524,681	0.97%	0.96%
1997	2,547,848	45,953,580	0.93%	0.94%
1998	2,569,736	46,286,503	0.86%	0.72%
1999	2,589,795	46,616,677	0.78%	0.71%
2000	2,607,826	47,008,111	0.7%	0.84%
2001	2,624,403	47,370,164	0.64%	0.77%
2002	2,640,572	47,644,736	0.62%	0.58%
2003	2,656,623	47,892,330	0.61%	0.52%
2004	2,672,225	48,082,519	0.59%	0.4%
2005	2,687,066	48,184,561	0.56%	0.21%
2006	2,700,968	48,438,292	0.52%	0.53%
2007	2,713,800	48,683,638	0.48%	0.51%
2008	2,725,635	49,054,708	0.44%	0.76%
2009	2,736,995	49,307,835	0.42%	0.52%
2010	2,748,568	49,554,112	0.42%	0.5%
2011	2,760,494	49,936,638	0.43%	0.77%
2012	2,772,430	50,199,853	0.43%	0.53%
2013	2,783,687	50,428,893	0.41%	0.46%
2014	2,793,749	50,746,659	0.36%	0.63%
2015	2,802,534	51,014,947	0.31%	0.53%
2016	2,809,915	51,217,803	0.26%	0.4%
2017	2,815,764	51,361,911	0.21%	0.28%
2018	2,820,097	51,585,058	0.15%	0.43%
2019	2,823,271	51,764,822	0.11%	0.35%
2020	2,830,739	51,836,239	0.26%	0.14%
2021	2,837,682	51,769,539	0.25%	-0.13%
2022	2,839,144	51,672,569	0.05%	-0.19%
2023	2,839,786	51,712,619	0.02%	0.08%
2024	2,839,175	51,751,065	-0.02%	0.07%
2025	2,837,071	51,700,480	-0.07%	-0.1%
2026	2,833,401	51,633,793	-0.13%	-0.13%
2027	2,828,530	51,552,198	-0.17%	-0.16%
2028	2,822,861	51,456,707	-0.2%	-0.19%
2029	2,816,391	51,347,230	-0.23%	-0.21%
2030	2,808,946	51,221,713	-0.26%	-0.24%
2031	2,800,607	51,081,220	-0.3%	-0.27%
2032	2,791,130	50,924,233	-0.34%	-0.31%
2033	2,780,468	50,747,132	-0.38%	-0.35%
2034	2,768,714	50,549,508	-0.42%	-0.39%
2035	2,755,929	50,333,286	-0.46%	-0.43%
2036	2,742,071	50,098,951	-0.5%	-0.47%
2037	2,726,892	49,845,669	-0.55%	-0.51%
2038	2,710,812	49,573,234	-0.59%	-0.55%
2039	2,693,901	49,283,770	-0.62%	-0.58%
2040	2,676,087	48,980,369	-0.66%	-0.62%
2041	2,657,558	48,661,905	-0.69%	-0.65%
2042	2,638,085	48,331,004	-0.73%	-0.68%
2043	2,617,576	47,990,085	-0.78%	-0.71%
2044	2,596,160	47,634,183	-0.82%	-0.74%
2045	2,574,074	47,263,526	-0.85%	-0.78%
2046	2,551,347	46,881,228	-0.88%	-0.81%
2047	2,528,004	46,482,133	-0.91%	-0.85%
2048	2,504,191	46,063,595	-0.94%	-0.9%
2049	2,479,744	45,626,805	-0.98%	-0.95%
2050	2,454,935	45,172,356	-1%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.