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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	South Sudan	Jamaica	South Sudan
1960	1,650,005	2,931,559	-	-
1961	1,673,261	2,976,724	1.41%	1.54%
1962	1,696,932	3,024,308	1.41%	1.6%
1963	1,721,099	3,072,669	1.42%	1.6%
1964	1,745,568	3,129,918	1.42%	1.86%
1965	1,769,192	3,189,835	1.35%	1.91%
1966	1,791,475	3,236,423	1.26%	1.46%
1967	1,812,865	3,277,648	1.19%	1.27%
1968	1,833,765	3,321,528	1.15%	1.34%
1969	1,855,127	3,365,533	1.16%	1.32%
1970	1,878,196	3,409,614	1.24%	1.31%
1971	1,903,728	3,468,646	1.36%	1.73%
1972	1,931,542	3,542,497	1.46%	2.13%
1973	1,961,219	3,627,383	1.54%	2.4%
1974	1,990,906	3,723,259	1.51%	2.64%
1975	2,018,981	3,821,494	1.41%	2.64%
1976	2,045,578	3,921,910	1.32%	2.63%
1977	2,070,657	4,024,032	1.23%	2.6%
1978	2,094,836	4,127,657	1.17%	2.58%
1979	2,119,486	4,232,605	1.18%	2.54%
1980	2,145,658	4,339,030	1.23%	2.51%
1981	2,173,818	4,447,272	1.31%	2.49%
1982	2,203,889	4,557,686	1.38%	2.48%
1983	2,234,832	4,661,574	1.4%	2.28%
1984	2,264,562	4,750,627	1.33%	1.91%
1985	2,290,656	4,834,296	1.15%	1.76%
1986	2,312,125	4,921,240	0.94%	1.8%
1987	2,329,813	4,962,395	0.77%	0.84%
1988	2,345,777	4,848,029	0.69%	-2.3%
1989	2,361,916	4,713,229	0.69%	-2.78%
1990	2,379,877	4,737,633	0.76%	0.52%
1991	2,400,869	4,836,677	0.88%	2.09%
1992	2,424,701	4,909,749	0.99%	1.51%
1993	2,449,916	4,956,002	1.04%	0.94%
1994	2,475,220	5,071,184	1.03%	2.32%
1995	2,500,151	5,225,836	1.01%	3.05%
1996	2,524,463	5,356,925	0.97%	2.51%
1997	2,547,848	5,509,136	0.93%	2.84%
1998	2,569,736	5,620,068	0.86%	2.01%
1999	2,589,795	5,771,628	0.78%	2.7%
2000	2,607,826	6,032,267	0.7%	4.52%
2001	2,624,403	6,308,391	0.64%	4.58%
2002	2,640,572	6,596,806	0.62%	4.57%
2003	2,656,623	6,903,127	0.61%	4.64%
2004	2,672,225	7,233,041	0.59%	4.78%
2005	2,687,066	7,590,143	0.56%	4.94%
2006	2,700,968	7,976,526	0.52%	5.09%
2007	2,713,800	8,388,788	0.48%	5.17%
2008	2,725,635	8,817,647	0.44%	5.11%
2009	2,736,995	9,243,556	0.42%	4.83%
2010	2,748,568	9,745,953	0.42%	5.44%
2011	2,760,494	10,288,109	0.43%	5.56%
2012	2,772,430	10,756,240	0.43%	4.55%
2013	2,783,687	11,166,275	0.41%	3.81%
2014	2,793,749	11,235,073	0.36%	0.62%
2015	2,802,534	11,107,561	0.31%	-1.13%
2016	2,809,915	10,830,102	0.26%	-2.5%
2017	2,815,764	10,259,154	0.21%	-5.27%
2018	2,820,097	10,122,977	0.15%	-1.33%
2019	2,823,271	10,423,384	0.11%	2.97%
2020	2,830,739	10,698,467	0.26%	2.64%
2021	2,837,682	10,865,780	0.25%	1.56%
2022	2,839,144	11,021,177	0.05%	1.43%
2023	2,839,786	11,483,374	0.02%	4.19%
2024	2,839,175	11,943,408	-0.02%	4.01%
2025	2,837,071	12,188,793	-0.07%	2.05%
2026	2,833,401	12,436,036	-0.13%	2.03%
2027	2,828,530	12,687,301	-0.17%	2.02%
2028	2,822,861	12,941,503	-0.2%	2%
2029	2,816,391	13,198,080	-0.23%	1.98%
2030	2,808,946	13,457,446	-0.26%	1.97%
2031	2,800,607	13,725,413	-0.3%	1.99%
2032	2,791,130	13,996,343	-0.34%	1.97%
2033	2,780,468	14,261,762	-0.38%	1.9%
2034	2,768,714	14,527,550	-0.42%	1.86%
2035	2,755,929	14,798,602	-0.46%	1.87%
2036	2,742,071	15,070,098	-0.5%	1.83%
2037	2,726,892	15,335,700	-0.55%	1.76%
2038	2,710,812	15,595,968	-0.59%	1.7%
2039	2,693,901	15,850,696	-0.62%	1.63%
2040	2,676,087	16,101,470	-0.66%	1.58%
2041	2,657,558	16,350,149	-0.69%	1.54%
2042	2,638,085	16,593,361	-0.73%	1.49%
2043	2,617,576	16,829,209	-0.78%	1.42%
2044	2,596,160	17,060,176	-0.82%	1.37%
2045	2,574,074	17,286,412	-0.85%	1.33%
2046	2,551,347	17,509,693	-0.88%	1.29%
2047	2,528,004	17,728,331	-0.91%	1.25%
2048	2,504,191	17,938,437	-0.94%	1.19%
2049	2,479,744	18,142,893	-0.98%	1.14%
2050	2,454,935	18,341,968	-1%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.