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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Switzerland	Jamaica	Switzerland
1960	1,650,005	5,327,827	-	-
1961	1,673,261	5,434,294	1.41%	2%
1962	1,696,932	5,573,815	1.41%	2.57%
1963	1,721,099	5,694,247	1.42%	2.16%
1964	1,745,568	5,789,228	1.42%	1.67%
1965	1,769,192	5,856,472	1.35%	1.16%
1966	1,791,475	5,918,002	1.26%	1.05%
1967	1,812,865	5,991,785	1.19%	1.25%
1968	1,833,765	6,067,714	1.15%	1.27%
1969	1,855,127	6,136,387	1.16%	1.13%
1970	1,878,196	6,180,877	1.24%	0.73%
1971	1,903,728	6,213,399	1.36%	0.53%
1972	1,931,542	6,260,956	1.46%	0.77%
1973	1,961,219	6,307,347	1.54%	0.74%
1974	1,990,906	6,341,405	1.51%	0.54%
1975	2,018,981	6,338,632	1.41%	-0.04%
1976	2,045,578	6,302,504	1.32%	-0.57%
1977	2,070,657	6,281,174	1.23%	-0.34%
1978	2,094,836	6,281,738	1.17%	0.009%
1979	2,119,486	6,294,365	1.18%	0.2%
1980	2,145,658	6,319,408	1.23%	0.4%
1981	2,173,818	6,354,074	1.31%	0.55%
1982	2,203,889	6,391,309	1.38%	0.59%
1983	2,234,832	6,418,773	1.4%	0.43%
1984	2,264,562	6,441,865	1.33%	0.36%
1985	2,290,656	6,470,365	1.15%	0.44%
1986	2,312,125	6,504,124	0.94%	0.52%
1987	2,329,813	6,545,106	0.77%	0.63%
1988	2,345,777	6,593,386	0.69%	0.74%
1989	2,361,916	6,646,912	0.69%	0.81%
1990	2,379,877	6,715,519	0.76%	1.03%
1991	2,400,869	6,799,978	0.88%	1.26%
1992	2,424,701	6,875,364	0.99%	1.11%
1993	2,449,916	6,938,265	1.04%	0.91%
1994	2,475,220	6,993,795	1.03%	0.8%
1995	2,500,151	7,040,687	1.01%	0.67%
1996	2,524,463	7,071,850	0.97%	0.44%
1997	2,547,848	7,088,906	0.93%	0.24%
1998	2,569,736	7,110,001	0.86%	0.3%
1999	2,589,795	7,143,991	0.78%	0.48%
2000	2,607,826	7,184,250	0.7%	0.56%
2001	2,624,403	7,229,854	0.64%	0.63%
2002	2,640,572	7,284,753	0.62%	0.76%
2003	2,656,623	7,339,001	0.61%	0.74%
2004	2,672,225	7,389,625	0.59%	0.69%
2005	2,687,066	7,437,115	0.56%	0.64%
2006	2,700,968	7,483,934	0.52%	0.63%
2007	2,713,800	7,551,117	0.48%	0.9%
2008	2,725,635	7,647,675	0.44%	1.28%
2009	2,736,995	7,743,831	0.42%	1.26%
2010	2,748,568	7,824,909	0.42%	1.05%
2011	2,760,494	7,912,398	0.43%	1.12%
2012	2,772,430	7,996,861	0.43%	1.07%
2013	2,783,687	8,089,346	0.41%	1.16%
2014	2,793,749	8,188,649	0.36%	1.23%
2015	2,802,534	8,282,396	0.31%	1.14%
2016	2,809,915	8,373,338	0.26%	1.1%
2017	2,815,764	8,451,840	0.21%	0.94%
2018	2,820,097	8,514,329	0.15%	0.74%
2019	2,823,271	8,575,280	0.11%	0.72%
2020	2,830,739	8,638,167	0.26%	0.73%
2021	2,837,682	8,704,546	0.25%	0.77%
2022	2,839,144	8,777,088	0.05%	0.83%
2023	2,839,786	8,888,093	0.02%	1.26%
2024	2,839,175	9,034,102	-0.02%	1.64%
2025	2,837,071	9,080,106	-0.07%	0.51%
2026	2,833,401	9,120,994	-0.13%	0.45%
2027	2,828,530	9,157,559	-0.17%	0.4%
2028	2,822,861	9,190,572	-0.2%	0.36%
2029	2,816,391	9,219,373	-0.23%	0.31%
2030	2,808,946	9,245,030	-0.26%	0.28%
2031	2,800,607	9,269,063	-0.3%	0.26%
2032	2,791,130	9,289,991	-0.34%	0.23%
2033	2,780,468	9,307,909	-0.38%	0.19%
2034	2,768,714	9,324,938	-0.42%	0.18%
2035	2,755,929	9,340,145	-0.46%	0.16%
2036	2,742,071	9,352,822	-0.5%	0.14%
2037	2,726,892	9,364,126	-0.55%	0.12%
2038	2,710,812	9,373,988	-0.59%	0.11%
2039	2,693,901	9,382,808	-0.62%	0.09%
2040	2,676,087	9,392,748	-0.66%	0.11%
2041	2,657,558	9,401,829	-0.69%	0.1%
2042	2,638,085	9,410,286	-0.73%	0.09%
2043	2,617,576	9,418,963	-0.78%	0.09%
2044	2,596,160	9,426,166	-0.82%	0.08%
2045	2,574,074	9,432,561	-0.85%	0.07%
2046	2,551,347	9,438,518	-0.88%	0.06%
2047	2,528,004	9,445,091	-0.91%	0.07%
2048	2,504,191	9,452,109	-0.94%	0.07%
2049	2,479,744	9,457,335	-0.98%	0.06%
2050	2,454,935	9,459,997	-1%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.