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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Tanzania	Jamaica	Tanzania
1960	1,650,005	9,901,419	-	-
1961	1,673,261	10,187,886	1.41%	2.89%
1962	1,696,932	10,487,756	1.41%	2.94%
1963	1,721,099	10,799,528	1.42%	2.97%
1964	1,745,568	11,127,826	1.42%	3.04%
1965	1,769,192	11,470,728	1.35%	3.08%
1966	1,791,475	11,827,459	1.26%	3.11%
1967	1,812,865	12,200,109	1.19%	3.15%
1968	1,833,765	12,602,076	1.15%	3.29%
1969	1,855,127	13,036,700	1.16%	3.45%
1970	1,878,196	13,492,677	1.24%	3.5%
1971	1,903,728	13,971,451	1.36%	3.55%
1972	1,931,542	14,479,308	1.46%	3.63%
1973	1,961,219	15,010,101	1.54%	3.67%
1974	1,990,906	15,561,630	1.51%	3.67%
1975	2,018,981	16,138,361	1.41%	3.71%
1976	2,045,578	16,736,211	1.32%	3.7%
1977	2,070,657	17,352,929	1.23%	3.68%
1978	2,094,836	17,976,566	1.17%	3.59%
1979	2,119,486	18,592,038	1.18%	3.42%
1980	2,145,658	19,189,769	1.23%	3.21%
1981	2,173,818	19,784,703	1.31%	3.1%
1982	2,203,889	20,398,571	1.38%	3.1%
1983	2,234,832	21,079,874	1.4%	3.34%
1984	2,264,562	21,779,066	1.33%	3.32%
1985	2,290,656	22,501,693	1.15%	3.32%
1986	2,312,125	23,258,959	0.94%	3.37%
1987	2,329,813	24,030,378	0.77%	3.32%
1988	2,345,777	24,769,686	0.69%	3.08%
1989	2,361,916	25,438,759	0.69%	2.7%
1990	2,379,877	26,110,207	0.76%	2.64%
1991	2,400,869	26,780,436	0.88%	2.57%
1992	2,424,701	27,457,588	0.99%	2.53%
1993	2,449,916	28,332,692	1.04%	3.19%
1994	2,475,220	29,442,356	1.03%	3.92%
1995	2,500,151	30,383,497	1.01%	3.2%
1996	2,524,463	30,945,762	0.97%	1.85%
1997	2,547,848	31,578,089	0.93%	2.04%
1998	2,569,736	32,420,458	0.86%	2.67%
1999	2,589,795	33,300,330	0.78%	2.71%
2000	2,607,826	34,260,139	0.7%	2.88%
2001	2,624,403	35,198,299	0.64%	2.74%
2002	2,640,572	36,121,304	0.62%	2.62%
2003	2,656,623	37,089,555	0.61%	2.68%
2004	2,672,225	38,109,668	0.59%	2.75%
2005	2,687,066	39,182,076	0.56%	2.81%
2006	2,700,968	40,294,902	0.52%	2.84%
2007	2,713,800	41,435,512	0.48%	2.83%
2008	2,725,635	42,570,728	0.44%	2.74%
2009	2,736,995	43,633,982	0.42%	2.5%
2010	2,748,568	44,758,488	0.42%	2.58%
2011	2,760,494	46,029,367	0.43%	2.84%
2012	2,772,430	47,374,260	0.43%	2.92%
2013	2,783,687	48,824,128	0.41%	3.06%
2014	2,793,749	50,351,512	0.36%	3.13%
2015	2,802,534	52,020,962	0.31%	3.32%
2016	2,809,915	53,824,013	0.26%	3.47%
2017	2,815,764	55,652,890	0.21%	3.4%
2018	2,820,097	57,437,145	0.15%	3.21%
2019	2,823,271	59,174,891	0.11%	3.03%
2020	2,830,739	60,972,798	0.26%	3.04%
2021	2,837,682	62,830,412	0.25%	3.05%
2022	2,839,144	64,711,821	0.05%	2.99%
2023	2,839,786	66,617,606	0.02%	2.95%
2024	2,839,175	68,560,157	-0.02%	2.92%
2025	2,837,071	70,545,858	-0.07%	2.9%
2026	2,833,401	72,563,773	-0.13%	2.86%
2027	2,828,530	74,604,804	-0.17%	2.81%
2028	2,822,861	76,670,483	-0.2%	2.77%
2029	2,816,391	78,773,192	-0.23%	2.74%
2030	2,808,946	80,913,118	-0.26%	2.72%
2031	2,800,607	83,087,927	-0.3%	2.69%
2032	2,791,130	85,293,126	-0.34%	2.65%
2033	2,780,468	87,520,491	-0.38%	2.61%
2034	2,768,714	89,788,673	-0.42%	2.59%
2035	2,755,929	92,091,418	-0.46%	2.56%
2036	2,742,071	94,420,808	-0.5%	2.53%
2037	2,726,892	96,775,766	-0.55%	2.49%
2038	2,710,812	99,156,465	-0.59%	2.46%
2039	2,693,901	101,567,525	-0.62%	2.43%
2040	2,676,087	103,999,350	-0.66%	2.39%
2041	2,657,558	106,448,475	-0.69%	2.35%
2042	2,638,085	108,926,272	-0.73%	2.33%
2043	2,617,576	111,433,788	-0.78%	2.3%
2044	2,596,160	113,966,263	-0.82%	2.27%
2045	2,574,074	116,525,463	-0.85%	2.25%
2046	2,551,347	119,109,670	-0.88%	2.22%
2047	2,528,004	121,721,018	-0.91%	2.19%
2048	2,504,191	124,351,294	-0.94%	2.16%
2049	2,479,744	126,981,394	-0.98%	2.12%
2050	2,454,935	129,621,083	-1%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.