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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Sudan	Jamaica	Sudan
1960	1,650,005	8,364,489	-	-
1961	1,673,261	8,634,941	1.41%	3.23%
1962	1,696,932	8,919,028	1.41%	3.29%
1963	1,721,099	9,218,077	1.42%	3.35%
1964	1,745,568	9,531,109	1.42%	3.4%
1965	1,769,192	9,858,030	1.35%	3.43%
1966	1,791,475	10,197,578	1.26%	3.44%
1967	1,812,865	10,550,597	1.19%	3.46%
1968	1,833,765	10,917,999	1.15%	3.48%
1969	1,855,127	11,298,936	1.16%	3.49%
1970	1,878,196	11,695,771	1.24%	3.51%
1971	1,903,728	12,105,539	1.36%	3.5%
1972	1,931,542	12,527,856	1.46%	3.49%
1973	1,961,219	13,049,315	1.54%	4.16%
1974	1,990,906	13,580,723	1.51%	4.07%
1975	2,018,981	14,064,798	1.41%	3.56%
1976	2,045,578	14,569,716	1.32%	3.59%
1977	2,070,657	15,086,614	1.23%	3.55%
1978	2,094,836	15,695,003	1.17%	4.03%
1979	2,119,486	16,355,352	1.18%	4.21%
1980	2,145,658	17,058,905	1.23%	4.3%
1981	2,173,818	17,780,572	1.31%	4.23%
1982	2,203,889	18,486,645	1.38%	3.97%
1983	2,234,832	19,109,770	1.4%	3.37%
1984	2,264,562	19,546,528	1.33%	2.29%
1985	2,290,656	19,905,872	1.15%	1.84%
1986	2,312,125	20,288,238	0.94%	1.92%
1987	2,329,813	20,704,904	0.77%	2.05%
1988	2,345,777	21,138,431	0.69%	2.09%
1989	2,361,916	21,578,022	0.69%	2.08%
1990	2,379,877	22,021,481	0.76%	2.06%
1991	2,400,869	22,470,676	0.88%	2.04%
1992	2,424,701	22,927,355	0.99%	2.03%
1993	2,449,916	23,445,592	1.04%	2.26%
1994	2,475,220	24,043,948	1.03%	2.55%
1995	2,500,151	24,672,143	1.01%	2.61%
1996	2,524,463	25,231,528	0.97%	2.27%
1997	2,547,848	25,799,821	0.93%	2.25%
1998	2,569,736	26,458,999	0.86%	2.55%
1999	2,589,795	27,130,613	0.78%	2.54%
2000	2,607,826	27,816,745	0.7%	2.53%
2001	2,624,403	28,516,770	0.64%	2.52%
2002	2,640,572	29,228,727	0.62%	2.5%
2003	2,656,623	29,896,035	0.61%	2.28%
2004	2,672,225	30,556,637	0.59%	2.21%
2005	2,687,066	31,262,444	0.56%	2.31%
2006	2,700,968	31,992,435	0.52%	2.34%
2007	2,713,800	32,764,135	0.48%	2.41%
2008	2,725,635	33,623,980	0.44%	2.62%
2009	2,736,995	34,569,113	0.42%	2.81%
2010	2,748,568	35,414,399	0.42%	2.45%
2011	2,760,494	36,140,806	0.43%	2.05%
2012	2,772,430	36,923,178	0.43%	2.16%
2013	2,783,687	37,785,849	0.41%	2.34%
2014	2,793,749	38,823,318	0.36%	2.75%
2015	2,802,534	40,024,431	0.31%	3.09%
2016	2,809,915	41,259,892	0.26%	3.09%
2017	2,815,764	42,714,306	0.21%	3.53%
2018	2,820,097	44,230,596	0.15%	3.55%
2019	2,823,271	45,548,175	0.11%	2.98%
2020	2,830,739	46,789,231	0.26%	2.72%
2021	2,837,682	48,066,924	0.25%	2.73%
2022	2,839,144	49,383,346	0.05%	2.74%
2023	2,839,786	50,042,791	0.02%	1.34%
2024	2,839,175	50,448,963	-0.02%	0.81%
2025	2,837,071	51,662,152	-0.07%	2.4%
2026	2,833,401	53,282,718	-0.13%	3.14%
2027	2,828,530	54,724,215	-0.17%	2.71%
2028	2,822,861	55,993,833	-0.2%	2.32%
2029	2,816,391	57,275,443	-0.23%	2.29%
2030	2,808,946	58,571,624	-0.26%	2.26%
2031	2,800,607	59,872,936	-0.3%	2.22%
2032	2,791,130	61,179,476	-0.34%	2.18%
2033	2,780,468	62,497,205	-0.38%	2.15%
2034	2,768,714	63,822,356	-0.42%	2.12%
2035	2,755,929	65,148,317	-0.46%	2.08%
2036	2,742,071	66,470,018	-0.5%	2.03%
2037	2,726,892	67,791,240	-0.55%	1.99%
2038	2,710,812	69,107,712	-0.59%	1.94%
2039	2,693,901	70,416,631	-0.62%	1.89%
2040	2,676,087	71,730,604	-0.66%	1.87%
2041	2,657,558	73,056,213	-0.69%	1.85%
2042	2,638,085	74,387,562	-0.73%	1.82%
2043	2,617,576	75,723,670	-0.78%	1.8%
2044	2,596,160	77,066,454	-0.82%	1.77%
2045	2,574,074	78,415,205	-0.85%	1.75%
2046	2,551,347	79,767,271	-0.88%	1.72%
2047	2,528,004	81,115,241	-0.91%	1.69%
2048	2,504,191	82,463,202	-0.94%	1.66%
2049	2,479,744	83,828,356	-0.98%	1.66%
2050	2,454,935	85,206,384	-1%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.