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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Uganda	Jamaica	Uganda
1960	1,650,005	7,640,973	-	-
1961	1,673,261	7,862,217	1.41%	2.9%
1962	1,696,932	8,092,231	1.41%	2.93%
1963	1,721,099	8,333,663	1.42%	2.98%
1964	1,745,568	8,586,363	1.42%	3.03%
1965	1,769,192	8,849,203	1.35%	3.06%
1966	1,791,475	9,122,864	1.26%	3.09%
1967	1,812,865	9,408,924	1.19%	3.14%
1968	1,833,765	9,708,632	1.15%	3.19%
1969	1,855,127	10,014,858	1.16%	3.15%
1970	1,878,196	10,321,603	1.24%	3.06%
1971	1,903,728	10,618,206	1.36%	2.87%
1972	1,931,542	10,885,796	1.46%	2.52%
1973	1,961,219	11,144,236	1.54%	2.37%
1974	1,990,906	11,424,846	1.51%	2.52%
1975	2,018,981	11,725,240	1.41%	2.63%
1976	2,045,578	12,037,294	1.32%	2.66%
1977	2,070,657	12,359,669	1.23%	2.68%
1978	2,094,836	12,692,113	1.17%	2.69%
1979	2,119,486	13,002,163	1.18%	2.44%
1980	2,145,658	13,275,741	1.23%	2.1%
1981	2,173,818	13,556,452	1.31%	2.11%
1982	2,203,889	13,873,631	1.38%	2.34%
1983	2,234,832	14,221,881	1.4%	2.51%
1984	2,264,562	14,607,677	1.33%	2.71%
1985	2,290,656	15,023,681	1.15%	2.85%
1986	2,312,125	15,467,579	0.94%	2.95%
1987	2,329,813	15,954,170	0.77%	3.15%
1988	2,345,777	16,470,483	0.69%	3.24%
1989	2,361,916	17,010,698	0.69%	3.28%
1990	2,379,877	17,569,897	0.76%	3.29%
1991	2,400,869	18,155,901	0.88%	3.34%
1992	2,424,701	18,785,032	0.99%	3.47%
1993	2,449,916	19,445,161	1.04%	3.51%
1994	2,475,220	20,108,801	1.03%	3.41%
1995	2,500,151	20,665,667	1.01%	2.77%
1996	2,524,463	21,231,550	0.97%	2.74%
1997	2,547,848	21,856,046	0.93%	2.94%
1998	2,569,736	22,515,806	0.86%	3.02%
1999	2,589,795	23,257,281	0.78%	3.29%
2000	2,607,826	24,000,150	0.7%	3.19%
2001	2,624,403	24,745,676	0.64%	3.11%
2002	2,640,572	25,532,870	0.62%	3.18%
2003	2,656,623	26,352,124	0.61%	3.21%
2004	2,672,225	27,154,515	0.59%	3.04%
2005	2,687,066	27,963,289	0.56%	2.98%
2006	2,700,968	28,794,003	0.52%	2.97%
2007	2,713,800	29,653,430	0.48%	2.98%
2008	2,725,635	30,539,553	0.44%	2.99%
2009	2,736,995	31,451,151	0.42%	2.98%
2010	2,748,568	32,390,802	0.42%	2.99%
2011	2,760,494	33,354,543	0.43%	2.98%
2012	2,772,430	34,337,438	0.43%	2.95%
2013	2,783,687	35,337,042	0.41%	2.91%
2014	2,793,749	36,395,539	0.36%	3%
2015	2,802,534	37,531,446	0.31%	3.12%
2016	2,809,915	38,799,152	0.26%	3.38%
2017	2,815,764	40,177,388	0.21%	3.55%
2018	2,820,097	41,565,831	0.15%	3.46%
2019	2,823,271	42,999,637	0.11%	3.45%
2020	2,830,739	44,457,152	0.26%	3.39%
2021	2,837,682	45,910,930	0.25%	3.27%
2022	2,839,144	47,312,719	0.05%	3.05%
2023	2,839,786	48,656,601	0.02%	2.84%
2024	2,839,175	50,015,092	-0.02%	2.79%
2025	2,837,071	51,384,895	-0.07%	2.74%
2026	2,833,401	52,761,471	-0.13%	2.68%
2027	2,828,530	54,144,274	-0.17%	2.62%
2028	2,822,861	55,532,564	-0.2%	2.56%
2029	2,816,391	56,922,797	-0.23%	2.5%
2030	2,808,946	58,312,944	-0.26%	2.44%
2031	2,800,607	59,703,537	-0.3%	2.38%
2032	2,791,130	61,089,060	-0.34%	2.32%
2033	2,780,468	62,464,116	-0.38%	2.25%
2034	2,768,714	63,833,872	-0.42%	2.19%
2035	2,755,929	65,205,570	-0.46%	2.15%
2036	2,742,071	66,573,737	-0.5%	2.1%
2037	2,726,892	67,942,634	-0.55%	2.06%
2038	2,710,812	69,312,210	-0.59%	2.02%
2039	2,693,901	70,669,875	-0.62%	1.96%
2040	2,676,087	72,020,414	-0.66%	1.91%
2041	2,657,558	73,372,658	-0.69%	1.88%
2042	2,638,085	74,730,004	-0.73%	1.85%
2043	2,617,576	76,090,991	-0.78%	1.82%
2044	2,596,160	77,449,517	-0.82%	1.79%
2045	2,574,074	78,797,995	-0.85%	1.74%
2046	2,551,347	80,139,174	-0.88%	1.7%
2047	2,528,004	81,478,503	-0.91%	1.67%
2048	2,504,191	82,812,102	-0.94%	1.64%
2049	2,479,744	84,130,056	-0.98%	1.59%
2050	2,454,935	85,431,202	-1%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.