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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Spain	Jamaica	Spain
1960	1,650,005	30,455,000	-	-
1961	1,673,261	30,739,250	1.41%	0.93%
1962	1,696,932	31,023,366	1.41%	0.92%
1963	1,721,099	31,296,651	1.42%	0.88%
1964	1,745,568	31,609,195	1.42%	1%
1965	1,769,192	31,954,292	1.35%	1.09%
1966	1,791,475	32,283,194	1.26%	1.03%
1967	1,812,865	32,682,947	1.19%	1.24%
1968	1,833,765	33,113,134	1.15%	1.32%
1969	1,855,127	33,441,054	1.16%	0.99%
1970	1,878,196	33,814,531	1.24%	1.12%
1971	1,903,728	34,224,490	1.36%	1.21%
1972	1,931,542	34,604,469	1.46%	1.11%
1973	1,961,219	34,988,947	1.54%	1.11%
1974	1,990,906	35,373,335	1.51%	1.1%
1975	2,018,981	35,757,900	1.41%	1.09%
1976	2,045,578	36,137,812	1.32%	1.06%
1977	2,070,657	36,511,638	1.23%	1.03%
1978	2,094,836	36,864,898	1.17%	0.97%
1979	2,119,486	37,191,330	1.18%	0.89%
1980	2,145,658	37,491,165	1.23%	0.81%
1981	2,173,818	37,758,631	1.31%	0.71%
1982	2,203,889	37,986,012	1.38%	0.6%
1983	2,234,832	38,171,525	1.4%	0.49%
1984	2,264,562	38,330,364	1.33%	0.42%
1985	2,290,656	38,469,512	1.15%	0.36%
1986	2,312,125	38,584,624	0.94%	0.3%
1987	2,329,813	38,684,815	0.77%	0.26%
1988	2,345,777	38,766,939	0.69%	0.21%
1989	2,361,916	38,827,764	0.69%	0.16%
1990	2,379,877	38,867,322	0.76%	0.1%
1991	2,400,869	38,966,376	0.88%	0.25%
1992	2,424,701	39,157,685	0.99%	0.49%
1993	2,449,916	39,361,262	1.04%	0.52%
1994	2,475,220	39,549,108	1.03%	0.48%
1995	2,500,151	39,724,050	1.01%	0.44%
1996	2,524,463	39,889,852	0.97%	0.42%
1997	2,547,848	40,057,389	0.93%	0.42%
1998	2,569,736	40,223,509	0.86%	0.41%
1999	2,589,795	40,386,875	0.78%	0.41%
2000	2,607,826	40,567,864	0.7%	0.45%
2001	2,624,403	40,850,412	0.64%	0.7%
2002	2,640,572	41,431,558	0.62%	1.42%
2003	2,656,623	42,187,645	0.61%	1.82%
2004	2,672,225	42,921,895	0.59%	1.74%
2005	2,687,066	43,653,155	0.56%	1.7%
2006	2,700,968	44,397,319	0.52%	1.7%
2007	2,713,800	45,226,803	0.48%	1.87%
2008	2,725,635	45,954,106	0.44%	1.61%
2009	2,736,995	46,362,946	0.42%	0.89%
2010	2,748,568	46,576,897	0.42%	0.46%
2011	2,760,494	46,742,697	0.43%	0.36%
2012	2,772,430	46,773,055	0.43%	0.06%
2013	2,783,687	46,604,197	0.41%	-0.36%
2014	2,793,749	46,460,733	0.36%	-0.31%
2015	2,802,534	46,422,303	0.31%	-0.08%
2016	2,809,915	46,458,139	0.26%	0.08%
2017	2,815,764	46,571,232	0.21%	0.24%
2018	2,820,097	46,782,011	0.15%	0.45%
2019	2,823,271	47,118,501	0.11%	0.72%
2020	2,830,739	47,359,424	0.26%	0.51%
2021	2,837,682	47,443,821	0.25%	0.18%
2022	2,839,144	47,786,102	0.05%	0.72%
2023	2,839,786	48,352,528	0.02%	1.19%
2024	2,839,175	48,848,840	-0.02%	1.03%
2025	2,837,071	48,827,866	-0.07%	-0.04%
2026	2,833,401	48,787,930	-0.13%	-0.08%
2027	2,828,530	48,738,456	-0.17%	-0.1%
2028	2,822,861	48,683,694	-0.2%	-0.11%
2029	2,816,391	48,619,674	-0.23%	-0.13%
2030	2,808,946	48,542,955	-0.26%	-0.16%
2031	2,800,607	48,454,221	-0.3%	-0.18%
2032	2,791,130	48,362,482	-0.34%	-0.19%
2033	2,780,468	48,271,264	-0.38%	-0.19%
2034	2,768,714	48,177,551	-0.42%	-0.19%
2035	2,755,929	48,077,695	-0.46%	-0.21%
2036	2,742,071	47,970,911	-0.5%	-0.22%
2037	2,726,892	47,860,116	-0.55%	-0.23%
2038	2,710,812	47,747,343	-0.59%	-0.24%
2039	2,693,901	47,629,540	-0.62%	-0.25%
2040	2,676,087	47,504,152	-0.66%	-0.26%
2041	2,657,558	47,373,061	-0.69%	-0.28%
2042	2,638,085	47,234,914	-0.73%	-0.29%
2043	2,617,576	47,092,497	-0.78%	-0.3%
2044	2,596,160	46,942,712	-0.82%	-0.32%
2045	2,574,074	46,778,501	-0.85%	-0.35%
2046	2,551,347	46,604,170	-0.88%	-0.37%
2047	2,528,004	46,421,312	-0.91%	-0.39%
2048	2,504,191	46,230,109	-0.94%	-0.41%
2049	2,479,744	46,024,720	-0.98%	-0.44%
2050	2,454,935	45,808,469	-1%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.