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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Vanuatu	Jamaica	Vanuatu
1960	1,650,005	64,431	-	-
1961	1,673,261	66,264	1.41%	2.84%
1962	1,696,932	68,174	1.41%	2.88%
1963	1,721,099	70,159	1.42%	2.91%
1964	1,745,568	72,219	1.42%	2.94%
1965	1,769,192	74,358	1.35%	2.96%
1966	1,791,475	76,590	1.26%	3%
1967	1,812,865	78,921	1.19%	3.04%
1968	1,833,765	81,314	1.15%	3.03%
1969	1,855,127	83,755	1.16%	3%
1970	1,878,196	86,266	1.24%	3%
1971	1,903,728	88,862	1.36%	3.01%
1972	1,931,542	91,562	1.46%	3.04%
1973	1,961,219	94,362	1.54%	3.06%
1974	1,990,906	97,260	1.51%	3.07%
1975	2,018,981	100,269	1.41%	3.09%
1976	2,045,578	103,388	1.32%	3.11%
1977	2,070,657	106,618	1.23%	3.12%
1978	2,094,836	109,963	1.17%	3.14%
1979	2,119,486	113,040	1.18%	2.8%
1980	2,145,658	115,660	1.23%	2.32%
1981	2,173,818	118,249	1.31%	2.24%
1982	2,203,889	121,035	1.38%	2.36%
1983	2,234,832	123,998	1.4%	2.45%
1984	2,264,562	127,109	1.33%	2.51%
1985	2,290,656	130,356	1.15%	2.55%
1986	2,312,125	133,720	0.94%	2.58%
1987	2,329,813	137,187	0.77%	2.59%
1988	2,345,777	140,756	0.69%	2.6%
1989	2,361,916	144,393	0.69%	2.58%
1990	2,379,877	148,063	0.76%	2.54%
1991	2,400,869	151,793	0.88%	2.52%
1992	2,424,701	155,608	0.99%	2.51%
1993	2,449,916	159,463	1.04%	2.48%
1994	2,475,220	163,314	1.03%	2.41%
1995	2,500,151	167,137	1.01%	2.34%
1996	2,524,463	170,911	0.97%	2.26%
1997	2,547,848	174,626	0.93%	2.17%
1998	2,569,736	178,313	0.86%	2.11%
1999	2,589,795	182,048	0.78%	2.09%
2000	2,607,826	186,281	0.7%	2.33%
2001	2,624,403	191,031	0.64%	2.55%
2002	2,640,572	195,863	0.62%	2.53%
2003	2,656,623	200,746	0.61%	2.49%
2004	2,672,225	205,711	0.59%	2.47%
2005	2,687,066	210,760	0.56%	2.45%
2006	2,700,968	215,923	0.52%	2.45%
2007	2,713,800	221,276	0.48%	2.48%
2008	2,725,635	226,896	0.44%	2.54%
2009	2,736,995	232,731	0.42%	2.57%
2010	2,748,568	238,248	0.42%	2.37%
2011	2,760,494	243,474	0.43%	2.19%
2012	2,772,430	248,883	0.43%	2.22%
2013	2,783,687	254,482	0.41%	2.25%
2014	2,793,749	260,240	0.36%	2.26%
2015	2,802,534	266,101	0.31%	2.25%
2016	2,809,915	272,087	0.26%	2.25%
2017	2,815,764	278,507	0.21%	2.36%
2018	2,820,097	285,259	0.15%	2.42%
2019	2,823,271	291,985	0.11%	2.36%
2020	2,830,739	298,858	0.26%	2.35%
2021	2,837,682	305,868	0.25%	2.35%
2022	2,839,144	313,046	0.05%	2.35%
2023	2,839,786	320,409	0.02%	2.35%
2024	2,839,175	327,777	-0.02%	2.3%
2025	2,837,071	335,169	-0.07%	2.26%
2026	2,833,401	342,565	-0.13%	2.21%
2027	2,828,530	349,970	-0.17%	2.16%
2028	2,822,861	357,397	-0.2%	2.12%
2029	2,816,391	364,883	-0.23%	2.09%
2030	2,808,946	372,429	-0.26%	2.07%
2031	2,800,607	380,015	-0.3%	2.04%
2032	2,791,130	387,657	-0.34%	2.01%
2033	2,780,468	395,366	-0.38%	1.99%
2034	2,768,714	403,188	-0.42%	1.98%
2035	2,755,929	411,061	-0.46%	1.95%
2036	2,742,071	419,006	-0.5%	1.93%
2037	2,726,892	427,031	-0.55%	1.92%
2038	2,710,812	435,150	-0.59%	1.9%
2039	2,693,901	443,311	-0.62%	1.88%
2040	2,676,087	451,509	-0.66%	1.85%
2041	2,657,558	459,733	-0.69%	1.82%
2042	2,638,085	468,003	-0.73%	1.8%
2043	2,617,576	476,308	-0.78%	1.77%
2044	2,596,160	484,636	-0.82%	1.75%
2045	2,574,074	492,989	-0.85%	1.72%
2046	2,551,347	501,316	-0.88%	1.69%
2047	2,528,004	509,621	-0.91%	1.66%
2048	2,504,191	517,889	-0.94%	1.62%
2049	2,479,744	526,138	-0.98%	1.59%
2050	2,454,935	534,374	-1%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.