Population in Jamaica compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	United Kingdom	Jamaica	United Kingdom
1960	1,650,005	52,400,000	-	-
1961	1,673,261	52,800,000	1.41%	0.76%
1962	1,696,932	53,250,000	1.41%	0.85%
1963	1,721,099	53,650,000	1.42%	0.75%
1964	1,745,568	54,000,000	1.42%	0.65%
1965	1,769,192	54,348,050	1.35%	0.64%
1966	1,791,475	54,648,500	1.26%	0.55%
1967	1,812,865	54,943,600	1.19%	0.54%
1968	1,833,765	55,211,700	1.15%	0.49%
1969	1,855,127	55,441,750	1.16%	0.42%
1970	1,878,196	55,663,250	1.24%	0.4%
1971	1,903,728	55,896,223	1.36%	0.42%
1972	1,931,542	56,086,065	1.46%	0.34%
1973	1,961,219	56,194,527	1.54%	0.19%
1974	1,990,906	56,229,974	1.51%	0.06%
1975	2,018,981	56,225,800	1.41%	-0.007%
1976	2,045,578	56,211,968	1.32%	-0.02%
1977	2,070,657	56,193,492	1.23%	-0.03%
1978	2,094,836	56,196,504	1.17%	0.005%
1979	2,119,486	56,246,951	1.18%	0.09%
1980	2,145,658	56,314,216	1.23%	0.12%
1981	2,173,818	56,333,829	1.31%	0.03%
1982	2,203,889	56,313,641	1.38%	-0.04%
1983	2,234,832	56,332,848	1.4%	0.03%
1984	2,264,562	56,422,072	1.33%	0.16%
1985	2,290,656	56,550,268	1.15%	0.23%
1986	2,312,125	56,681,396	0.94%	0.23%
1987	2,329,813	56,802,050	0.77%	0.21%
1988	2,345,777	56,928,327	0.69%	0.22%
1989	2,361,916	57,076,711	0.69%	0.26%
1990	2,379,877	57,247,586	0.76%	0.3%
1991	2,400,869	57,424,897	0.88%	0.31%
1992	2,424,701	57,580,402	0.99%	0.27%
1993	2,449,916	57,718,614	1.04%	0.24%
1994	2,475,220	57,865,745	1.03%	0.25%
1995	2,500,151	58,019,030	1.01%	0.26%
1996	2,524,463	58,166,950	0.97%	0.25%
1997	2,547,848	58,316,954	0.93%	0.26%
1998	2,569,736	58,487,141	0.86%	0.29%
1999	2,589,795	58,682,466	0.78%	0.33%
2000	2,607,826	58,892,514	0.7%	0.36%
2001	2,624,403	59,119,673	0.64%	0.39%
2002	2,640,572	59,370,479	0.62%	0.42%
2003	2,656,623	59,647,577	0.61%	0.47%
2004	2,672,225	59,987,905	0.59%	0.57%
2005	2,687,066	60,401,206	0.56%	0.69%
2006	2,700,968	60,846,820	0.52%	0.74%
2007	2,713,800	61,322,463	0.48%	0.78%
2008	2,725,635	61,806,995	0.44%	0.79%
2009	2,736,995	62,276,270	0.42%	0.76%
2010	2,748,568	62,766,365	0.42%	0.79%
2011	2,760,494	63,258,810	0.43%	0.78%
2012	2,772,430	63,711,000	0.43%	0.71%
2013	2,783,687	64,139,000	0.41%	0.67%
2014	2,793,749	64,620,000	0.36%	0.75%
2015	2,802,534	65,088,000	0.31%	0.72%
2016	2,809,915	65,607,000	0.26%	0.8%
2017	2,815,764	65,966,000	0.21%	0.55%
2018	2,820,097	66,289,000	0.15%	0.49%
2019	2,823,271	66,631,000	0.11%	0.52%
2020	2,830,739	66,744,000	0.26%	0.17%
2021	2,837,682	66,984,000	0.25%	0.36%
2022	2,839,144	67,604,000	0.05%	0.93%
2023	2,839,786	68,492,000	0.02%	1.31%
2024	2,839,175	69,226,000	-0.02%	1.07%
2025	2,837,071	69,639,673	-0.07%	0.6%
2026	2,833,401	70,020,350	-0.13%	0.55%
2027	2,828,530	70,382,853	-0.17%	0.52%
2028	2,822,861	70,732,699	-0.2%	0.5%
2029	2,816,391	71,061,482	-0.23%	0.46%
2030	2,808,946	71,377,535	-0.26%	0.44%
2031	2,800,607	71,678,351	-0.3%	0.42%
2032	2,791,130	71,959,934	-0.34%	0.39%
2033	2,780,468	72,234,509	-0.38%	0.38%
2034	2,768,714	72,497,650	-0.42%	0.36%
2035	2,755,929	72,749,096	-0.46%	0.35%
2036	2,742,071	72,990,847	-0.5%	0.33%
2037	2,726,892	73,218,850	-0.55%	0.31%
2038	2,710,812	73,441,349	-0.59%	0.3%
2039	2,693,901	73,658,392	-0.62%	0.3%
2040	2,676,087	73,868,334	-0.66%	0.29%
2041	2,657,558	74,074,316	-0.69%	0.28%
2042	2,638,085	74,275,779	-0.73%	0.27%
2043	2,617,576	74,475,035	-0.78%	0.27%
2044	2,596,160	74,667,284	-0.82%	0.26%
2045	2,574,074	74,848,605	-0.85%	0.24%
2046	2,551,347	75,020,949	-0.88%	0.23%
2047	2,528,004	75,184,478	-0.91%	0.22%
2048	2,504,191	75,337,543	-0.94%	0.2%
2049	2,479,744	75,476,141	-0.98%	0.18%
2050	2,454,935	75,600,588	-1%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.