Population in Jamaica compared to Trinidad and Tobago: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Trinidad	Jamaica	Trinidad
1960	1,650,005	844,943	-	-
1961	1,673,261	863,144	1.41%	2.15%
1962	1,696,932	880,194	1.41%	1.98%
1963	1,721,099	896,804	1.42%	1.89%
1964	1,745,568	912,963	1.42%	1.8%
1965	1,769,192	928,425	1.35%	1.69%
1966	1,791,475	942,937	1.26%	1.56%
1967	1,812,865	956,418	1.19%	1.43%
1968	1,833,765	969,006	1.15%	1.32%
1969	1,855,127	980,706	1.16%	1.21%
1970	1,878,196	991,471	1.24%	1.1%
1971	1,903,728	1,002,585	1.36%	1.12%
1972	1,931,542	1,014,921	1.46%	1.23%
1973	1,961,219	1,027,851	1.54%	1.27%
1974	1,990,906	1,040,761	1.51%	1.26%
1975	2,018,981	1,053,469	1.41%	1.22%
1976	2,045,578	1,066,311	1.32%	1.22%
1977	2,070,657	1,079,554	1.23%	1.24%
1978	2,094,836	1,093,380	1.17%	1.28%
1979	2,119,486	1,107,639	1.18%	1.3%
1980	2,145,658	1,121,744	1.23%	1.27%
1981	2,173,818	1,135,132	1.31%	1.19%
1982	2,203,889	1,147,927	1.38%	1.13%
1983	2,234,832	1,160,534	1.4%	1.1%
1984	2,264,562	1,172,984	1.33%	1.07%
1985	2,290,656	1,187,366	1.15%	1.23%
1986	2,312,125	1,203,124	0.94%	1.33%
1987	2,329,813	1,217,364	0.77%	1.18%
1988	2,345,777	1,230,069	0.69%	1.04%
1989	2,361,916	1,241,600	0.69%	0.94%
1990	2,379,877	1,252,208	0.76%	0.85%
1991	2,400,869	1,262,171	0.88%	0.8%
1992	2,424,701	1,271,674	0.99%	0.75%
1993	2,449,916	1,280,466	1.04%	0.69%
1994	2,475,220	1,288,341	1.03%	0.62%
1995	2,500,151	1,295,169	1.01%	0.53%
1996	2,524,463	1,300,928	0.97%	0.44%
1997	2,547,848	1,305,836	0.93%	0.38%
1998	2,569,736	1,310,225	0.86%	0.34%
1999	2,589,795	1,314,708	0.78%	0.34%
2000	2,607,826	1,319,774	0.7%	0.39%
2001	2,624,403	1,325,567	0.64%	0.44%
2002	2,640,572	1,332,011	0.62%	0.49%
2003	2,656,623	1,338,709	0.61%	0.5%
2004	2,672,225	1,345,380	0.59%	0.5%
2005	2,687,066	1,294,494	0.56%	-3.78%
2006	2,700,968	1,297,944	0.52%	0.27%
2007	2,713,800	1,303,188	0.48%	0.4%
2008	2,725,635	1,308,587	0.44%	0.41%
2009	2,736,995	1,310,106	0.42%	0.12%
2010	2,748,568	1,317,714	0.42%	0.58%
2011	2,760,494	1,328,019	0.43%	0.78%
2012	2,772,430	1,335,194	0.43%	0.54%
2013	2,783,687	1,340,557	0.41%	0.4%
2014	2,793,749	1,345,343	0.36%	0.36%
2015	2,802,534	1,349,667	0.31%	0.32%
2016	2,809,915	1,353,895	0.26%	0.31%
2017	2,815,764	1,356,633	0.21%	0.2%
2018	2,820,097	1,359,193	0.15%	0.19%
2019	2,823,271	1,363,985	0.11%	0.35%
2020	2,830,739	1,366,725	0.26%	0.2%
2021	2,837,682	1,367,558	0.25%	0.06%
2022	2,839,144	1,365,805	0.05%	-0.13%
2023	2,839,786	1,367,510	0.02%	0.12%
2024	2,839,175	1,368,333	-0.02%	0.06%
2025	2,837,071	1,371,404	-0.07%	0.22%
2026	2,833,401	1,373,317	-0.13%	0.14%
2027	2,828,530	1,374,242	-0.17%	0.07%
2028	2,822,861	1,374,318	-0.2%	0.006%
2029	2,816,391	1,373,690	-0.23%	-0.05%
2030	2,808,946	1,372,463	-0.26%	-0.09%
2031	2,800,607	1,370,749	-0.3%	-0.12%
2032	2,791,130	1,368,525	-0.34%	-0.16%
2033	2,780,468	1,365,873	-0.38%	-0.19%
2034	2,768,714	1,362,803	-0.42%	-0.22%
2035	2,755,929	1,359,333	-0.46%	-0.25%
2036	2,742,071	1,355,490	-0.5%	-0.28%
2037	2,726,892	1,351,300	-0.55%	-0.31%
2038	2,710,812	1,346,775	-0.59%	-0.33%
2039	2,693,901	1,341,909	-0.62%	-0.36%
2040	2,676,087	1,336,720	-0.66%	-0.39%
2041	2,657,558	1,331,223	-0.69%	-0.41%
2042	2,638,085	1,325,440	-0.73%	-0.43%
2043	2,617,576	1,319,360	-0.78%	-0.46%
2044	2,596,160	1,313,024	-0.82%	-0.48%
2045	2,574,074	1,306,452	-0.85%	-0.5%
2046	2,551,347	1,299,645	-0.88%	-0.52%
2047	2,528,004	1,292,634	-0.91%	-0.54%
2048	2,504,191	1,285,402	-0.94%	-0.56%
2049	2,479,744	1,277,967	-0.98%	-0.58%
2050	2,454,935	1,270,340	-1%	-0.6%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago gained 55,173 people (a 4.26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago's population increased by 23,273 (a 1.72% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Trinidad and Tobago was ranked 150th in 2005 and ranked 154th 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 Trinidad and Tobago will decrease by 7.47% to 1,270,340 people and rank change from 154th to 158th.