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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Suriname	Jamaica	Suriname
1960	1,650,005	263,918	-	-
1961	1,673,261	272,791	1.41%	3.36%
1962	1,696,932	283,912	1.41%	4.08%
1963	1,721,099	297,034	1.42%	4.62%
1964	1,745,568	309,041	1.42%	4.04%
1965	1,769,192	320,000	1.35%	3.55%
1966	1,791,475	331,135	1.26%	3.48%
1967	1,812,865	342,679	1.19%	3.49%
1968	1,833,765	354,616	1.15%	3.48%
1969	1,855,127	366,906	1.16%	3.47%
1970	1,878,196	379,442	1.24%	3.42%
1971	1,903,728	391,932	1.36%	3.29%
1972	1,931,542	397,413	1.46%	1.4%
1973	1,961,219	395,772	1.54%	-0.41%
1974	1,990,906	393,676	1.51%	-0.53%
1975	2,018,981	391,170	1.41%	-0.64%
1976	2,045,578	388,289	1.32%	-0.74%
1977	2,070,657	385,067	1.23%	-0.83%
1978	2,094,836	381,502	1.17%	-0.93%
1979	2,119,486	377,602	1.18%	-1.02%
1980	2,145,658	375,377	1.23%	-0.59%
1981	2,173,818	375,459	1.31%	0.02%
1982	2,203,889	376,555	1.38%	0.29%
1983	2,234,832	378,746	1.4%	0.58%
1984	2,264,562	382,193	1.33%	0.91%
1985	2,290,656	386,972	1.15%	1.25%
1986	2,312,125	392,330	0.94%	1.38%
1987	2,329,813	396,911	0.77%	1.17%
1988	2,345,777	402,227	0.69%	1.34%
1989	2,361,916	408,409	0.69%	1.54%
1990	2,379,877	412,493	0.76%	1%
1991	2,400,869	415,013	0.88%	0.61%
1992	2,424,701	417,589	0.99%	0.62%
1993	2,449,916	419,352	1.04%	0.42%
1994	2,475,220	422,375	1.03%	0.72%
1995	2,500,151	429,606	1.01%	1.71%
1996	2,524,463	438,830	0.97%	2.15%
1997	2,547,848	448,067	0.93%	2.1%
1998	2,569,736	457,406	0.86%	2.08%
1999	2,589,795	466,916	0.78%	2.08%
2000	2,607,826	476,643	0.7%	2.08%
2001	2,624,403	486,560	0.64%	2.08%
2002	2,640,572	496,551	0.62%	2.05%
2003	2,656,623	506,414	0.61%	1.99%
2004	2,672,225	513,923	0.59%	1.48%
2005	2,687,066	519,313	0.56%	1.05%
2006	2,700,968	524,997	0.52%	1.09%
2007	2,713,800	531,016	0.48%	1.15%
2008	2,725,635	537,245	0.44%	1.17%
2009	2,736,995	543,568	0.42%	1.18%
2010	2,748,568	549,923	0.42%	1.17%
2011	2,760,494	556,269	0.43%	1.15%
2012	2,772,430	562,633	0.43%	1.14%
2013	2,783,687	569,020	0.41%	1.14%
2014	2,793,749	575,373	0.36%	1.12%
2015	2,802,534	581,627	0.31%	1.09%
2016	2,809,915	587,757	0.26%	1.05%
2017	2,815,764	593,713	0.21%	1.01%
2018	2,820,097	599,513	0.15%	0.98%
2019	2,823,271	605,768	0.11%	1.04%
2020	2,830,739	612,317	0.26%	1.08%
2021	2,837,682	617,896	0.25%	0.91%
2022	2,839,144	623,164	0.05%	0.85%
2023	2,839,786	628,886	0.02%	0.92%
2024	2,839,175	634,431	-0.02%	0.88%
2025	2,837,071	639,852	-0.07%	0.85%
2026	2,833,401	645,257	-0.13%	0.84%
2027	2,828,530	650,564	-0.17%	0.82%
2028	2,822,861	655,783	-0.2%	0.8%
2029	2,816,391	660,793	-0.23%	0.76%
2030	2,808,946	665,650	-0.26%	0.74%
2031	2,800,607	670,421	-0.3%	0.72%
2032	2,791,130	675,070	-0.34%	0.69%
2033	2,780,468	679,573	-0.38%	0.67%
2034	2,768,714	683,911	-0.42%	0.64%
2035	2,755,929	688,189	-0.46%	0.63%
2036	2,742,071	692,343	-0.5%	0.6%
2037	2,726,892	696,213	-0.55%	0.56%
2038	2,710,812	699,908	-0.59%	0.53%
2039	2,693,901	703,569	-0.62%	0.52%
2040	2,676,087	707,156	-0.66%	0.51%
2041	2,657,558	710,619	-0.69%	0.49%
2042	2,638,085	713,900	-0.73%	0.46%
2043	2,617,576	716,999	-0.78%	0.43%
2044	2,596,160	719,920	-0.82%	0.41%
2045	2,574,074	722,759	-0.85%	0.39%
2046	2,551,347	725,322	-0.88%	0.35%
2047	2,528,004	727,726	-0.91%	0.33%
2048	2,504,191	730,038	-0.94%	0.32%
2049	2,479,744	732,021	-0.98%	0.27%
2050	2,454,935	733,898	-1%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.