Population in Jamaica compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Sri Lanka	Jamaica	Sri Lanka
1960	1,650,005	9,661,389	-	-
1961	1,673,261	9,899,372	1.41%	2.46%
1962	1,696,932	10,143,754	1.41%	2.47%
1963	1,721,099	10,395,040	1.42%	2.48%
1964	1,745,568	10,653,397	1.42%	2.49%
1965	1,769,192	10,916,965	1.35%	2.47%
1966	1,791,475	11,183,928	1.26%	2.45%
1967	1,812,865	11,457,328	1.19%	2.44%
1968	1,833,765	11,736,088	1.15%	2.43%
1969	1,855,127	12,013,858	1.16%	2.37%
1970	1,878,196	12,287,110	1.24%	2.27%
1971	1,903,728	12,551,910	1.36%	2.16%
1972	1,931,542	12,809,205	1.46%	2.05%
1973	1,961,219	13,060,916	1.54%	1.97%
1974	1,990,906	13,305,693	1.51%	1.87%
1975	2,018,981	13,548,984	1.41%	1.83%
1976	2,045,578	13,796,770	1.32%	1.83%
1977	2,070,657	14,049,371	1.23%	1.83%
1978	2,094,836	14,310,128	1.17%	1.86%
1979	2,119,486	14,579,614	1.18%	1.88%
1980	2,145,658	14,847,974	1.23%	1.84%
1981	2,173,818	15,099,414	1.31%	1.69%
1982	2,203,889	15,286,567	1.38%	1.24%
1983	2,234,832	15,388,794	1.4%	0.67%
1984	2,264,562	15,441,860	1.33%	0.34%
1985	2,290,656	15,544,154	1.15%	0.66%
1986	2,312,125	15,731,256	0.94%	1.2%
1987	2,329,813	15,916,576	0.77%	1.18%
1988	2,345,777	16,078,621	0.69%	1.02%
1989	2,361,916	16,248,557	0.69%	1.06%
1990	2,379,877	16,352,458	0.76%	0.64%
1991	2,400,869	16,475,354	0.88%	0.75%
1992	2,424,701	16,739,284	0.99%	1.6%
1993	2,449,916	17,025,918	1.04%	1.71%
1994	2,475,220	17,275,773	1.03%	1.47%
1995	2,500,151	17,564,068	1.01%	1.67%
1996	2,524,463	17,905,018	0.97%	1.94%
1997	2,547,848	18,248,200	0.93%	1.92%
1998	2,569,736	18,596,003	0.86%	1.91%
1999	2,589,795	18,944,731	0.78%	1.88%
2000	2,607,826	19,293,054	0.7%	1.84%
2001	2,624,403	19,600,362	0.64%	1.59%
2002	2,640,572	19,805,752	0.62%	1.05%
2003	2,656,623	19,951,521	0.61%	0.74%
2004	2,672,225	20,087,605	0.59%	0.68%
2005	2,687,066	20,216,524	0.56%	0.64%
2006	2,700,968	20,352,411	0.52%	0.67%
2007	2,713,800	20,492,545	0.48%	0.69%
2008	2,725,635	20,629,378	0.44%	0.67%
2009	2,736,995	20,756,435	0.42%	0.62%
2010	2,748,568	20,879,089	0.42%	0.59%
2011	2,760,494	21,009,048	0.43%	0.62%
2012	2,772,430	21,169,458	0.43%	0.76%
2013	2,783,687	20,585,000	0.41%	-2.76%
2014	2,793,749	20,778,000	0.36%	0.94%
2015	2,802,534	20,970,000	0.31%	0.92%
2016	2,809,915	21,209,000	0.26%	1.14%
2017	2,815,764	21,453,000	0.21%	1.15%
2018	2,820,097	21,670,000	0.15%	1.01%
2019	2,823,271	21,803,000	0.11%	0.61%
2020	2,830,739	21,919,000	0.26%	0.53%
2021	2,837,682	22,156,000	0.25%	1.08%
2022	2,839,144	22,181,000	0.05%	0.11%
2023	2,839,786	22,037,000	0.02%	-0.65%
2024	2,839,175	21,916,000	-0.02%	-0.55%
2025	2,837,071	22,035,440	-0.07%	0.54%
2026	2,833,401	22,148,172	-0.13%	0.51%
2027	2,828,530	22,255,601	-0.17%	0.49%
2028	2,822,861	22,357,682	-0.2%	0.46%
2029	2,816,391	22,453,922	-0.23%	0.43%
2030	2,808,946	22,546,245	-0.26%	0.41%
2031	2,800,607	22,635,106	-0.3%	0.39%
2032	2,791,130	22,720,118	-0.34%	0.38%
2033	2,780,468	22,802,043	-0.38%	0.36%
2034	2,768,714	22,879,527	-0.42%	0.34%
2035	2,755,929	22,952,739	-0.46%	0.32%
2036	2,742,071	23,022,027	-0.5%	0.3%
2037	2,726,892	23,088,877	-0.55%	0.29%
2038	2,710,812	23,152,480	-0.59%	0.28%
2039	2,693,901	23,211,633	-0.62%	0.26%
2040	2,676,087	23,265,986	-0.66%	0.23%
2041	2,657,558	23,315,260	-0.69%	0.21%
2042	2,638,085	23,359,578	-0.73%	0.19%
2043	2,617,576	23,398,752	-0.78%	0.17%
2044	2,596,160	23,433,096	-0.82%	0.15%
2045	2,574,074	23,464,943	-0.85%	0.14%
2046	2,551,347	23,492,738	-0.88%	0.12%
2047	2,528,004	23,512,629	-0.91%	0.08%
2048	2,504,191	23,525,953	-0.94%	0.06%
2049	2,479,744	23,533,940	-0.98%	0.03%
2050	2,454,935	23,538,230	-1%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.