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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Thailand	Jamaica	Thailand
1960	1,650,005	26,851,747	-	-
1961	1,673,261	27,650,334	1.41%	2.97%
1962	1,696,932	28,481,040	1.41%	3%
1963	1,721,099	29,342,322	1.42%	3.02%
1964	1,745,568	30,232,141	1.42%	3.03%
1965	1,769,192	31,149,337	1.35%	3.03%
1966	1,791,475	32,086,071	1.26%	3.01%
1967	1,812,865	33,037,801	1.19%	2.97%
1968	1,833,765	34,002,560	1.15%	2.92%
1969	1,855,127	34,973,782	1.16%	2.86%
1970	1,878,196	35,954,408	1.24%	2.8%
1971	1,903,728	36,937,387	1.36%	2.73%
1972	1,931,542	37,933,929	1.46%	2.7%
1973	1,961,219	38,947,787	1.54%	2.67%
1974	1,990,906	39,952,891	1.51%	2.58%
1975	2,018,981	40,940,005	1.41%	2.47%
1976	2,045,578	41,896,504	1.32%	2.34%
1977	2,070,657	42,843,974	1.23%	2.26%
1978	2,094,836	43,788,976	1.17%	2.21%
1979	2,119,486	44,718,434	1.18%	2.12%
1980	2,145,658	45,650,022	1.23%	2.08%
1981	2,173,818	46,575,855	1.31%	2.03%
1982	2,203,889	47,494,577	1.38%	1.97%
1983	2,234,832	48,423,309	1.4%	1.96%
1984	2,264,562	49,351,708	1.33%	1.92%
1985	2,290,656	50,270,753	1.15%	1.86%
1986	2,312,125	51,177,834	0.94%	1.8%
1987	2,329,813	52,074,105	0.77%	1.75%
1988	2,345,777	52,969,595	0.69%	1.72%
1989	2,361,916	53,848,956	0.69%	1.66%
1990	2,379,877	54,738,329	0.76%	1.65%
1991	2,400,869	55,637,434	0.88%	1.64%
1992	2,424,701	56,528,834	0.99%	1.6%
1993	2,449,916	57,408,198	1.04%	1.56%
1994	2,475,220	58,260,854	1.03%	1.49%
1995	2,500,151	59,098,232	1.01%	1.44%
1996	2,524,463	59,920,064	0.97%	1.39%
1997	2,547,848	60,724,584	0.93%	1.34%
1998	2,569,736	61,522,630	0.86%	1.31%
1999	2,589,795	62,299,043	0.78%	1.26%
2000	2,607,826	63,007,815	0.7%	1.14%
2001	2,624,403	63,651,141	0.64%	1.02%
2002	2,640,572	64,266,437	0.62%	0.97%
2003	2,656,623	64,868,166	0.61%	0.94%
2004	2,672,225	65,452,047	0.59%	0.9%
2005	2,687,066	66,017,420	0.56%	0.86%
2006	2,700,968	66,567,687	0.52%	0.83%
2007	2,713,800	67,102,394	0.48%	0.8%
2008	2,725,635	67,619,830	0.44%	0.77%
2009	2,736,995	68,121,080	0.42%	0.74%
2010	2,748,568	68,579,447	0.42%	0.67%
2011	2,760,494	69,007,208	0.43%	0.62%
2012	2,772,430	69,436,098	0.43%	0.62%
2013	2,783,687	69,845,114	0.41%	0.59%
2014	2,793,749	70,216,367	0.36%	0.53%
2015	2,802,534	70,540,795	0.31%	0.46%
2016	2,809,915	70,859,841	0.26%	0.45%
2017	2,815,764	71,160,187	0.21%	0.42%
2018	2,820,097	71,376,079	0.15%	0.3%
2019	2,823,271	71,522,271	0.11%	0.2%
2020	2,830,739	71,641,484	0.26%	0.17%
2021	2,837,682	71,727,332	0.25%	0.12%
2022	2,839,144	71,735,329	0.05%	0.01%
2023	2,839,786	71,702,435	0.02%	-0.05%
2024	2,839,175	71,668,011	-0.02%	-0.05%
2025	2,837,071	71,619,867	-0.07%	-0.07%
2026	2,833,401	71,559,621	-0.13%	-0.08%
2027	2,828,530	71,488,156	-0.17%	-0.1%
2028	2,822,861	71,406,996	-0.2%	-0.11%
2029	2,816,391	71,316,195	-0.23%	-0.13%
2030	2,808,946	71,215,017	-0.26%	-0.14%
2031	2,800,607	71,104,025	-0.3%	-0.16%
2032	2,791,130	70,982,286	-0.34%	-0.17%
2033	2,780,468	70,847,947	-0.38%	-0.19%
2034	2,768,714	70,701,651	-0.42%	-0.21%
2035	2,755,929	70,540,884	-0.46%	-0.23%
2036	2,742,071	70,366,496	-0.5%	-0.25%
2037	2,726,892	70,180,031	-0.55%	-0.26%
2038	2,710,812	69,979,034	-0.59%	-0.29%
2039	2,693,901	69,763,928	-0.62%	-0.31%
2040	2,676,087	69,535,003	-0.66%	-0.33%
2041	2,657,558	69,288,477	-0.69%	-0.35%
2042	2,638,085	69,025,348	-0.73%	-0.38%
2043	2,617,576	68,748,075	-0.78%	-0.4%
2044	2,596,160	68,456,533	-0.82%	-0.42%
2045	2,574,074	68,150,148	-0.85%	-0.45%
2046	2,551,347	67,827,309	-0.88%	-0.47%
2047	2,528,004	67,489,358	-0.91%	-0.5%
2048	2,504,191	67,136,737	-0.94%	-0.52%
2049	2,479,744	66,767,316	-0.98%	-0.55%
2050	2,454,935	66,382,732	-1%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.