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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Tuvalu	Jamaica	Tuvalu
1960	1,650,005	5,598	-	-
1961	1,673,261	5,648	1.41%	0.89%
1962	1,696,932	5,699	1.41%	0.9%
1963	1,721,099	5,751	1.42%	0.91%
1964	1,745,568	5,752	1.42%	0.02%
1965	1,769,192	5,715	1.35%	-0.64%
1966	1,791,475	5,686	1.26%	-0.51%
1967	1,812,865	5,652	1.19%	-0.6%
1968	1,833,765	5,624	1.15%	-0.5%
1969	1,855,127	5,631	1.16%	0.12%
1970	1,878,196	5,663	1.24%	0.57%
1971	1,903,728	5,685	1.36%	0.39%
1972	1,931,542	5,692	1.46%	0.12%
1973	1,961,219	5,681	1.54%	-0.19%
1974	1,990,906	5,822	1.51%	2.48%
1975	2,018,981	6,117	1.41%	5.07%
1976	2,045,578	6,404	1.32%	4.69%
1977	2,070,657	6,686	1.23%	4.4%
1978	2,094,836	6,957	1.17%	4.05%
1979	2,119,486	7,184	1.18%	3.26%
1980	2,145,658	7,366	1.23%	2.53%
1981	2,173,818	7,526	1.31%	2.17%
1982	2,203,889	7,664	1.38%	1.83%
1983	2,234,832	7,789	1.4%	1.63%
1984	2,264,562	7,902	1.33%	1.45%
1985	2,290,656	8,046	1.15%	1.82%
1986	2,312,125	8,217	0.94%	2.13%
1987	2,329,813	8,371	0.77%	1.87%
1988	2,345,777	8,518	0.69%	1.76%
1989	2,361,916	8,662	0.69%	1.69%
1990	2,379,877	8,798	0.76%	1.57%
1991	2,400,869	8,928	0.88%	1.48%
1992	2,424,701	9,038	0.99%	1.23%
1993	2,449,916	9,126	1.04%	0.97%
1994	2,475,220	9,207	1.03%	0.89%
1995	2,500,151	9,280	1.01%	0.79%
1996	2,524,463	9,342	0.97%	0.67%
1997	2,547,848	9,400	0.93%	0.62%
1998	2,569,736	9,451	0.86%	0.54%
1999	2,589,795	9,496	0.78%	0.48%
2000	2,607,826	9,544	0.7%	0.51%
2001	2,624,403	9,586	0.64%	0.44%
2002	2,640,572	9,623	0.62%	0.39%
2003	2,656,623	9,695	0.61%	0.75%
2004	2,672,225	9,816	0.59%	1.25%
2005	2,687,066	9,940	0.56%	1.26%
2006	2,700,968	10,056	0.52%	1.17%
2007	2,713,800	10,182	0.48%	1.25%
2008	2,725,635	10,321	0.44%	1.37%
2009	2,736,995	10,461	0.42%	1.36%
2010	2,748,568	10,614	0.42%	1.46%
2011	2,760,494	10,780	0.43%	1.56%
2012	2,772,430	10,934	0.43%	1.43%
2013	2,783,687	11,001	0.41%	0.61%
2014	2,793,749	10,984	0.36%	-0.15%
2015	2,802,534	10,963	0.31%	-0.19%
2016	2,809,915	10,930	0.26%	-0.3%
2017	2,815,764	10,869	0.21%	-0.56%
2018	2,820,097	10,751	0.15%	-1.09%
2019	2,823,271	10,581	0.11%	-1.58%
2020	2,830,739	10,399	0.26%	-1.72%
2021	2,837,682	10,194	0.25%	-1.97%
2022	2,839,144	9,992	0.05%	-1.98%
2023	2,839,786	9,816	0.02%	-1.76%
2024	2,839,175	9,646	-0.02%	-1.73%
2025	2,837,071	9,493	-0.07%	-1.58%
2026	2,833,401	9,363	-0.13%	-1.37%
2027	2,828,530	9,255	-0.17%	-1.15%
2028	2,822,861	9,175	-0.2%	-0.87%
2029	2,816,391	9,102	-0.23%	-0.79%
2030	2,808,946	9,047	-0.26%	-0.6%
2031	2,800,607	9,011	-0.3%	-0.4%
2032	2,791,130	8,984	-0.34%	-0.3%
2033	2,780,468	8,975	-0.38%	-0.1%
2034	2,768,714	8,970	-0.42%	-0.06%
2035	2,755,929	8,977	-0.46%	0.08%
2036	2,742,071	8,995	-0.5%	0.2%
2037	2,726,892	9,017	-0.55%	0.24%
2038	2,710,812	9,051	-0.59%	0.38%
2039	2,693,901	9,095	-0.62%	0.48%
2040	2,676,087	9,143	-0.66%	0.53%
2041	2,657,558	9,191	-0.69%	0.52%
2042	2,638,085	9,245	-0.73%	0.6%
2043	2,617,576	9,308	-0.78%	0.68%
2044	2,596,160	9,375	-0.82%	0.72%
2045	2,574,074	9,435	-0.85%	0.64%
2046	2,551,347	9,502	-0.88%	0.71%
2047	2,528,004	9,571	-0.91%	0.72%
2048	2,504,191	9,644	-0.94%	0.76%
2049	2,479,744	9,712	-0.98%	0.71%
2050	2,454,935	9,778	-1%	0.68%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Tuvalu gained 874 people (a 8.69% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Tuvalu's population decreased by -1,567 (a 14.3% decline).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Tuvalu was ranked 195th in 2006 and ranked 196th 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 Tuvalu will increase by 4.43% to 9,778 people and will still be ranked 196th.