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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	United States	Jamaica	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	1,650,005	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	1,673,261	183,691,481	1.41%	1.67%
1962	1,696,932	186,537,737	1.41%	1.55%
1963	1,721,099	189,241,798	1.42%	1.45%
1964	1,745,568	191,888,791	1.42%	1.4%
1965	1,769,192	194,302,963	1.35%	1.26%
1966	1,791,475	196,560,338	1.26%	1.16%
1967	1,812,865	198,712,056	1.19%	1.09%
1968	1,833,765	200,706,052	1.15%	1%
1969	1,855,127	202,676,946	1.16%	0.98%
1970	1,878,196	205,052,174	1.24%	1.17%
1971	1,903,728	207,660,677	1.36%	1.27%
1972	1,931,542	209,896,021	1.46%	1.08%
1973	1,961,219	211,908,788	1.54%	0.96%
1974	1,990,906	213,853,928	1.51%	0.92%
1975	2,018,981	215,973,199	1.41%	0.99%
1976	2,045,578	218,035,164	1.32%	0.95%
1977	2,070,657	220,239,425	1.23%	1.01%
1978	2,094,836	222,584,545	1.17%	1.06%
1979	2,119,486	225,055,487	1.18%	1.11%
1980	2,145,658	226,542,250	1.23%	0.66%
1981	2,173,818	229,465,744	1.31%	1.29%
1982	2,203,889	231,664,432	1.38%	0.96%
1983	2,234,832	233,792,014	1.4%	0.92%
1984	2,264,562	235,824,908	1.33%	0.87%
1985	2,290,656	237,923,734	1.15%	0.89%
1986	2,312,125	240,132,831	0.94%	0.93%
1987	2,329,813	242,288,936	0.77%	0.9%
1988	2,345,777	244,499,004	0.69%	0.91%
1989	2,361,916	246,819,222	0.69%	0.95%
1990	2,379,877	250,131,894	0.76%	1.34%
1991	2,400,869	253,492,503	0.88%	1.34%
1992	2,424,701	256,894,189	0.99%	1.34%
1993	2,449,916	260,255,352	1.04%	1.31%
1994	2,475,220	263,435,673	1.03%	1.22%
1995	2,500,151	266,557,091	1.01%	1.18%
1996	2,524,463	269,667,391	0.97%	1.17%
1997	2,547,848	272,911,760	0.93%	1.2%
1998	2,569,736	276,115,288	0.86%	1.17%
1999	2,589,795	279,294,713	0.78%	1.15%
2000	2,607,826	282,162,411	0.7%	1.03%
2001	2,624,403	284,968,955	0.64%	0.99%
2002	2,640,572	287,625,193	0.62%	0.93%
2003	2,656,623	290,107,933	0.61%	0.86%
2004	2,672,225	292,805,298	0.59%	0.93%
2005	2,687,066	295,516,599	0.56%	0.93%
2006	2,700,968	298,379,912	0.52%	0.97%
2007	2,713,800	301,231,207	0.48%	0.96%
2008	2,725,635	304,093,966	0.44%	0.95%
2009	2,736,995	306,771,529	0.42%	0.88%
2010	2,748,568	309,327,143	0.42%	0.83%
2011	2,760,494	311,583,481	0.43%	0.73%
2012	2,772,430	313,877,662	0.43%	0.74%
2013	2,783,687	316,059,947	0.41%	0.7%
2014	2,793,749	318,386,329	0.36%	0.74%
2015	2,802,534	320,738,994	0.31%	0.74%
2016	2,809,915	323,071,755	0.26%	0.73%
2017	2,815,764	325,122,128	0.21%	0.63%
2018	2,820,097	326,838,199	0.15%	0.53%
2019	2,823,271	328,329,953	0.11%	0.46%
2020	2,830,739	331,526,933	0.26%	0.97%
2021	2,837,682	331,893,745	0.25%	0.11%
2022	2,839,144	333,271,411	0.05%	0.42%
2023	2,839,786	334,914,895	0.02%	0.49%
2024	2,839,175	340,110,988	-0.02%	1.55%
2025	2,837,071	341,931,772	-0.07%	0.54%
2026	2,833,401	343,664,369	-0.13%	0.51%
2027	2,828,530	345,331,185	-0.17%	0.49%
2028	2,822,861	346,981,137	-0.2%	0.48%
2029	2,816,391	348,601,982	-0.23%	0.47%
2030	2,808,946	350,176,974	-0.26%	0.45%
2031	2,800,607	351,725,612	-0.3%	0.44%
2032	2,791,130	353,249,060	-0.34%	0.43%
2033	2,780,468	354,749,644	-0.38%	0.42%
2034	2,768,714	356,234,239	-0.42%	0.42%
2035	2,755,929	357,694,316	-0.46%	0.41%
2036	2,742,071	359,119,002	-0.5%	0.4%
2037	2,726,892	360,517,853	-0.55%	0.39%
2038	2,710,812	361,895,407	-0.59%	0.38%
2039	2,693,901	363,229,908	-0.62%	0.37%
2040	2,676,087	364,512,364	-0.66%	0.35%
2041	2,657,558	365,753,139	-0.69%	0.34%
2042	2,638,085	366,969,419	-0.73%	0.33%
2043	2,617,576	368,146,925	-0.78%	0.32%
2044	2,596,160	369,258,123	-0.82%	0.3%
2045	2,574,074	370,318,770	-0.85%	0.29%
2046	2,551,347	371,328,255	-0.88%	0.27%
2047	2,528,004	372,299,116	-0.91%	0.26%
2048	2,504,191	373,230,539	-0.94%	0.25%
2049	2,479,744	374,119,803	-0.98%	0.24%
2050	2,454,935	374,986,259	-1%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.