The latest officially reported population of Jamaica was 2,839,175 in 2024 vs 7,494,498 people in Turkmenistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Jamaica's population is 2,837,071 people compared to 7,713,465 in Turkmenistan.
Population statistics:
- Turkmenistan's population is 2.72 times bigger than Jamaica's.
- Jamaica is ranked the 140th most populous country in the world, while Turkmenistan is the 104th.
- The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.03% for Jamaica vs 0.09% for Turkmenistan.
- For the last 10 years, Jamaica has had an average growth rate of +0.18% per year vs +2.14% in Turkmenistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Jamaica has increased from 2.69M people to 2.84M (5.58% growth), while Turkmenistan has grown from 5.05M to 7.71M (52.7% growth).
- Turkmenistan is projected to reach its peak in 2079 at 10.3M people, while Jamaica's population already peaked in 2023 at 2.84M people and is projected to decrease to 1.07M people by 2100.
Jamaica vs Turkmenistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
2837071
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7713465
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| Population rank | 140/197 | 104/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
14.3 hours
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4.04 minutes
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| One birth every |
15.9 minutes
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3.28 minutes
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| One death every |
22.9 minutes
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12.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
50 minutes
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35.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -10,506 | +14,646 |
| Daily growth/decline | -2 | +356 |
| Annual growth/decline | -611 | +130,060 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.02% | +1.77% |
| Population growth rate rank | 167/197 | 64/197 |
Jamaica and Turkmenistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,650,005 | 1,643,457 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,673,261 | 1,695,400 | 1.41% | 3.16% |
| 1962 | 1,696,932 | 1,749,214 | 1.41% | 3.17% |
| 1963 | 1,721,099 | 1,804,272 | 1.42% | 3.15% |
| 1964 | 1,745,568 | 1,859,997 | 1.42% | 3.09% |
| 1965 | 1,769,192 | 1,915,916 | 1.35% | 3.01% |
| 1966 | 1,791,475 | 1,971,737 | 1.26% | 2.91% |
| 1967 | 1,812,865 | 2,027,403 | 1.19% | 2.82% |
| 1968 | 1,833,765 | 2,083,069 | 1.15% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 1,855,127 | 2,139,024 | 1.16% | 2.69% |
| 1970 | 1,878,196 | 2,195,616 | 1.24% | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 1,903,728 | 2,253,119 | 1.36% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 1,931,542 | 2,311,430 | 1.46% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 1,961,219 | 2,370,919 | 1.54% | 2.57% |
| 1974 | 1,990,906 | 2,432,028 | 1.51% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 2,018,981 | 2,494,570 | 1.41% | 2.57% |
| 1976 | 2,045,578 | 2,558,521 | 1.32% | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 2,070,657 | 2,623,948 | 1.23% | 2.56% |
| 1978 | 2,094,836 | 2,691,088 | 1.17% | 2.56% |
| 1979 | 2,119,486 | 2,760,358 | 1.18% | 2.57% |
| 1980 | 2,145,658 | 2,832,203 | 1.23% | 2.6% |
| 1981 | 2,173,818 | 2,907,187 | 1.31% | 2.65% |
| 1982 | 2,203,889 | 2,985,557 | 1.38% | 2.7% |
| 1983 | 2,234,832 | 3,067,534 | 1.4% | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 2,264,562 | 3,154,079 | 1.33% | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 2,290,656 | 3,247,534 | 1.15% | 2.96% |
| 1986 | 2,312,125 | 3,347,809 | 0.94% | 3.09% |
| 1987 | 2,329,813 | 3,452,731 | 0.77% | 3.13% |
| 1988 | 2,345,777 | 3,559,363 | 0.69% | 3.09% |
| 1989 | 2,361,916 | 3,662,459 | 0.69% | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 2,379,877 | 3,760,562 | 0.76% | 2.68% |
| 1991 | 2,400,869 | 3,855,894 | 0.88% | 2.54% |
| 1992 | 2,424,701 | 3,944,689 | 0.99% | 2.3% |
| 1993 | 2,449,916 | 4,032,407 | 1.04% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 2,475,220 | 4,116,662 | 1.03% | 2.09% |
| 1995 | 2,500,151 | 4,191,203 | 1.01% | 1.81% |
| 1996 | 2,524,463 | 4,263,819 | 0.97% | 1.73% |
| 1997 | 2,547,848 | 4,336,730 | 0.93% | 1.71% |
| 1998 | 2,569,736 | 4,410,507 | 0.86% | 1.7% |
| 1999 | 2,589,795 | 4,492,170 | 0.78% | 1.85% |
| 2000 | 2,607,826 | 4,582,677 | 0.7% | 2.01% |
| 2001 | 2,624,403 | 4,675,409 | 0.64% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 2,640,572 | 4,769,465 | 0.62% | 2.01% |
| 2003 | 2,656,623 | 4,863,865 | 0.61% | 1.98% |
| 2004 | 2,672,225 | 4,958,093 | 0.59% | 1.94% |
| 2005 | 2,687,066 | 5,052,257 | 0.56% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 2,700,968 | 5,147,105 | 0.52% | 1.88% |
| 2007 | 2,713,800 | 5,244,046 | 0.48% | 1.88% |
| 2008 | 2,725,635 | 5,345,029 | 0.44% | 1.93% |
| 2009 | 2,736,995 | 5,451,592 | 0.42% | 1.99% |
| 2010 | 2,748,568 | 5,564,356 | 0.42% | 2.07% |
| 2011 | 2,760,494 | 5,683,417 | 0.43% | 2.14% |
| 2012 | 2,772,430 | 5,808,546 | 0.43% | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 2,783,687 | 5,939,341 | 0.41% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 2,793,749 | 6,075,283 | 0.36% | 2.29% |
| 2015 | 2,802,534 | 6,215,770 | 0.31% | 2.31% |
| 2016 | 2,809,915 | 6,360,041 | 0.26% | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 2,815,764 | 6,507,061 | 0.21% | 2.31% |
| 2018 | 2,820,097 | 6,655,524 | 0.15% | 2.28% |
| 2019 | 2,823,271 | 6,803,944 | 0.11% | 2.23% |
| 2020 | 2,830,739 | 6,949,912 | 0.26% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 2,837,682 | 7,092,043 | 0.25% | 2.05% |
| 2022 | 2,839,144 | 7,230,193 | 0.05% | 1.95% |
| 2023 | 2,839,786 | 7,364,438 | 0.02% | 1.86% |
| 2024 | 2,839,175 | 7,494,498 | -0.02% | 1.77% |
| 2025 | 2,837,071 | 7,618,855 | -0.07% | 1.66% |
| 2026 | 2,833,401 | 7,736,635 | -0.13% | 1.55% |
| 2027 | 2,828,530 | 7,847,563 | -0.17% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 2,822,861 | 7,951,300 | -0.2% | 1.32% |
| 2029 | 2,816,391 | 8,047,445 | -0.23% | 1.21% |
| 2030 | 2,808,946 | 8,135,732 | -0.26% | 1.1% |
| 2031 | 2,800,607 | 8,218,959 | -0.3% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 2,791,130 | 8,300,260 | -0.34% | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 2,780,468 | 8,380,356 | -0.38% | 0.96% |
| 2034 | 2,768,714 | 8,459,731 | -0.42% | 0.95% |
| 2035 | 2,755,929 | 8,538,678 | -0.46% | 0.93% |
| 2036 | 2,742,071 | 8,617,567 | -0.5% | 0.92% |
| 2037 | 2,726,892 | 8,696,458 | -0.55% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 2,710,812 | 8,775,204 | -0.59% | 0.91% |
| 2039 | 2,693,901 | 8,853,842 | -0.62% | 0.9% |
| 2040 | 2,676,087 | 8,932,237 | -0.66% | 0.89% |
| 2041 | 2,657,558 | 9,010,272 | -0.69% | 0.87% |
| 2042 | 2,638,085 | 9,087,668 | -0.73% | 0.86% |
| 2043 | 2,617,576 | 9,164,056 | -0.78% | 0.84% |
| 2044 | 2,596,160 | 9,239,278 | -0.82% | 0.82% |
| 2045 | 2,574,074 | 9,312,825 | -0.85% | 0.8% |
| 2046 | 2,551,347 | 9,384,188 | -0.88% | 0.77% |
| 2047 | 2,528,004 | 9,452,893 | -0.91% | 0.73% |
| 2048 | 2,504,191 | 9,518,558 | -0.94% | 0.69% |
| 2049 | 2,479,744 | 9,580,906 | -0.98% | 0.66% |
| 2050 | 2,454,935 | 9,639,711 | -1% | 0.61% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth).
Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2005 and ranked 104th 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 Turkmenistan will increase by 25% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
| Mandeville | 48.3K |
| Old Harbour | 28.7K |
| Linstead | 22.8K |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22.6K |
| Port Antonio | 14.8K |
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| City | Population |
| Ashgabat | 1.03M |
| Turkmenabat | 231K |
| Dasoguz | 227K |
| Mary | 126K |
| Anau | 29.6K |
| Baherden | 24.7K |
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Population differences between Jamaica and Turkmenistan
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| Life expectancy | 71.7 years | 70.3 years |
| Average age | 34.9 years | 29.1 years |
| Median age | 33.3 years | 27.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 679 ppl/mi² | 41.3 ppl/mi² |
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