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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Sweden	Jamaica	Sweden
1960	1,650,005	7,484,656	-	-
1961	1,673,261	7,519,998	1.41%	0.47%
1962	1,696,932	7,561,588	1.41%	0.55%
1963	1,721,099	7,604,328	1.42%	0.57%
1964	1,745,568	7,661,354	1.42%	0.75%
1965	1,769,192	7,733,853	1.35%	0.95%
1966	1,791,475	7,807,797	1.26%	0.96%
1967	1,812,865	7,867,931	1.19%	0.77%
1968	1,833,765	7,912,273	1.15%	0.56%
1969	1,855,127	7,968,072	1.16%	0.71%
1970	1,878,196	8,042,801	1.24%	0.94%
1971	1,903,728	8,098,334	1.36%	0.69%
1972	1,931,542	8,122,300	1.46%	0.3%
1973	1,961,219	8,136,312	1.54%	0.17%
1974	1,990,906	8,159,955	1.51%	0.29%
1975	2,018,981	8,192,437	1.41%	0.4%
1976	2,045,578	8,222,286	1.32%	0.36%
1977	2,070,657	8,251,540	1.23%	0.36%
1978	2,094,836	8,275,599	1.17%	0.29%
1979	2,119,486	8,293,678	1.18%	0.22%
1980	2,145,658	8,310,531	1.23%	0.2%
1981	2,173,818	8,320,503	1.31%	0.12%
1982	2,203,889	8,325,263	1.38%	0.06%
1983	2,234,832	8,329,033	1.4%	0.05%
1984	2,264,562	8,336,605	1.33%	0.09%
1985	2,290,656	8,350,386	1.15%	0.17%
1986	2,312,125	8,369,829	0.94%	0.23%
1987	2,329,813	8,397,804	0.77%	0.33%
1988	2,345,777	8,436,489	0.69%	0.46%
1989	2,361,916	8,492,964	0.69%	0.67%
1990	2,379,877	8,558,835	0.76%	0.78%
1991	2,400,869	8,617,375	0.88%	0.68%
1992	2,424,701	8,668,067	0.99%	0.59%
1993	2,449,916	8,718,561	1.04%	0.58%
1994	2,475,220	8,780,745	1.03%	0.71%
1995	2,500,151	8,826,939	1.01%	0.53%
1996	2,524,463	8,840,998	0.97%	0.16%
1997	2,547,848	8,846,062	0.93%	0.06%
1998	2,569,736	8,850,974	0.86%	0.06%
1999	2,589,795	8,857,874	0.78%	0.08%
2000	2,607,826	8,872,109	0.7%	0.16%
2001	2,624,403	8,895,960	0.64%	0.27%
2002	2,640,572	8,924,958	0.62%	0.33%
2003	2,656,623	8,958,229	0.61%	0.37%
2004	2,672,225	8,993,531	0.59%	0.39%
2005	2,687,066	9,029,572	0.56%	0.4%
2006	2,700,968	9,080,505	0.52%	0.56%
2007	2,713,800	9,148,092	0.48%	0.74%
2008	2,725,635	9,219,637	0.44%	0.78%
2009	2,736,995	9,298,515	0.42%	0.86%
2010	2,748,568	9,378,126	0.42%	0.86%
2011	2,760,494	9,449,213	0.43%	0.76%
2012	2,772,430	9,519,374	0.43%	0.74%
2013	2,783,687	9,600,379	0.41%	0.85%
2014	2,793,749	9,696,110	0.36%	1%
2015	2,802,534	9,799,186	0.31%	1.06%
2016	2,809,915	9,923,085	0.26%	1.26%
2017	2,815,764	10,057,698	0.21%	1.36%
2018	2,820,097	10,175,214	0.15%	1.17%
2019	2,823,271	10,278,887	0.11%	1.02%
2020	2,830,739	10,353,442	0.26%	0.73%
2021	2,837,682	10,415,811	0.25%	0.6%
2022	2,839,144	10,486,941	0.05%	0.68%
2023	2,839,786	10,536,632	0.02%	0.47%
2024	2,839,175	10,569,709	-0.02%	0.31%
2025	2,837,071	10,619,177	-0.07%	0.47%
2026	2,833,401	10,663,427	-0.13%	0.42%
2027	2,828,530	10,703,497	-0.17%	0.38%
2028	2,822,861	10,740,420	-0.2%	0.34%
2029	2,816,391	10,773,692	-0.23%	0.31%
2030	2,808,946	10,803,699	-0.26%	0.28%
2031	2,800,607	10,830,583	-0.3%	0.25%
2032	2,791,130	10,855,855	-0.34%	0.23%
2033	2,780,468	10,880,544	-0.38%	0.23%
2034	2,768,714	10,903,924	-0.42%	0.21%
2035	2,755,929	10,926,433	-0.46%	0.21%
2036	2,742,071	10,949,062	-0.5%	0.21%
2037	2,726,892	10,971,259	-0.55%	0.2%
2038	2,710,812	10,993,203	-0.59%	0.2%
2039	2,693,901	11,015,926	-0.62%	0.21%
2040	2,676,087	11,039,663	-0.66%	0.22%
2041	2,657,558	11,063,604	-0.69%	0.22%
2042	2,638,085	11,088,299	-0.73%	0.22%
2043	2,617,576	11,113,927	-0.78%	0.23%
2044	2,596,160	11,139,125	-0.82%	0.23%
2045	2,574,074	11,163,492	-0.85%	0.22%
2046	2,551,347	11,186,803	-0.88%	0.21%
2047	2,528,004	11,209,183	-0.91%	0.2%
2048	2,504,191	11,230,526	-0.94%	0.19%
2049	2,479,744	11,250,663	-0.98%	0.18%
2050	2,454,935	11,269,877	-1%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.