Population in Jamaica compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Jamaica and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Vatican	Jamaica	Vatican
1960	1,650,005	-	-	-
1961	1,673,261	-	1.41%	-
1962	1,696,932	-	1.41%	-
1963	1,721,099	-	1.42%	-
1964	1,745,568	-	1.42%	-
1965	1,769,192	-	1.35%	-
1966	1,791,475	-	1.26%	-
1967	1,812,865	-	1.19%	-
1968	1,833,765	-	1.15%	-
1969	1,855,127	-	1.16%	-
1970	1,878,196	-	1.24%	-
1971	1,903,728	-	1.36%	-
1972	1,931,542	-	1.46%	-
1973	1,961,219	-	1.54%	-
1974	1,990,906	-	1.51%	-
1975	2,018,981	-	1.41%	-
1976	2,045,578	-	1.32%	-
1977	2,070,657	-	1.23%	-
1978	2,094,836	-	1.17%	-
1979	2,119,486	-	1.18%	-
1980	2,145,658	-	1.23%	-
1981	2,173,818	-	1.31%	-
1982	2,203,889	-	1.38%	-
1983	2,234,832	-	1.4%	-
1984	2,264,562	-	1.33%	-
1985	2,290,656	-	1.15%	-
1986	2,312,125	-	0.94%	-
1987	2,329,813	-	0.77%	-
1988	2,345,777	-	0.69%	-
1989	2,361,916	-	0.69%	-
1990	2,379,877	-	0.76%	-
1991	2,400,869	-	0.88%	-
1992	2,424,701	-	0.99%	-
1993	2,449,916	-	1.04%	-
1994	2,475,220	-	1.03%	-
1995	2,500,151	-	1.01%	-
1996	2,524,463	-	0.97%	-
1997	2,547,848	-	0.93%	-
1998	2,569,736	-	0.86%	-
1999	2,589,795	-	0.78%	-
2000	2,607,826	880	0.7%	-
2001	2,624,403	890	0.64%	1.14%
2002	2,640,572	900	0.62%	1.12%
2003	2,656,623	911	0.61%	1.22%
2004	2,672,225	921	0.59%	1.1%
2005	2,687,066	921	0.56%	0%
2006	2,700,968	932	0.52%	1.19%
2007	2,713,800	821	0.48%	-11.9%
2008	2,725,635	824	0.44%	0.37%
2009	2,736,995	826	0.42%	0.24%
2010	2,748,568	829	0.42%	0.36%
2011	2,760,494	832	0.43%	0.36%
2012	2,772,430	836	0.43%	0.48%
2013	2,783,687	839	0.41%	0.36%
2014	2,793,749	842	0.36%	0.36%
2015	2,802,534	1,000	0.31%	18.8%
2016	2,809,915	-	0.26%	0%
2017	2,815,764	1,000	0.21%	0%
2018	2,820,097	-	0.15%	0%
2019	2,823,271	1,000	0.11%	0%
2020	2,830,739	987	0.26%	-1.29%
2021	2,837,682	970	0.25%	-1.68%
2022	2,839,144	944	0.05%	-2.66%
2023	2,839,786	922	0.02%	-2.34%
2024	2,839,175	933	-0.02%	1.2%
2025	2,837,071	939	-0.07%	0.59%
2026	2,833,401	952	-0.13%	1.37%
2027	2,828,530	974	-0.17%	2.32%
2028	2,822,861	985	-0.2%	1.13%
2029	2,816,391	983	-0.23%	-0.19%
2030	2,808,946	976	-0.26%	-0.75%
2031	2,800,607	968	-0.3%	-0.75%
2032	2,791,130	968	-0.34%	0%
2033	2,780,468	988	-0.38%	2.09%
2034	2,768,714	992	-0.42%	0.37%
2035	2,755,929	1,000	-0.46%	0.74%
2036	2,742,071	998	-0.5%	-0.18%
2037	2,726,892	1,003	-0.55%	0.55%
2038	2,710,812	1,022	-0.59%	1.83%
2039	2,693,901	1,060	-0.62%	3.78%
2040	2,676,087	1,095	-0.66%	3.3%
2041	2,657,558	1,127	-0.69%	2.86%
2042	2,638,085	1,149	-0.73%	1.96%
2043	2,617,576	1,169	-0.78%	1.76%
2044	2,596,160	1,186	-0.82%	1.42%
2045	2,574,074	1,209	-0.85%	2.02%
2046	2,551,347	1,224	-0.88%	1.22%
2047	2,528,004	1,248	-0.91%	1.95%
2048	2,504,191	1,272	-0.94%	1.92%
2049	2,479,744	1,296	-0.98%	1.88%
2050	2,454,935	1,325	-1%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.