The latest officially reported population of Jamaica was 2,839,175 in 2024 vs 28,405,543 people in Venezuela in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Jamaica's population is 2,837,071 people compared to 28,610,737 in Venezuela.
Population statistics:
- Venezuela's population is 10.1 times bigger than Jamaica's.
- Jamaica is ranked the 140th most populous country in the world, while Venezuela is the 54th.
- The countries together account for 0.38% of the world: 0.03% for Jamaica vs 0.35% for Venezuela.
- For the last 10 years, Jamaica has had an average growth rate of +0.18% per year vs -0.46% in Venezuela.
- Since 2005, the population of Jamaica has increased from 2.69M people to 2.84M (5.58% growth), while Venezuela has grown from 26.8M to 28.6M (6.81% growth).
- Venezuela is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 31.2M people, while Jamaica's population already peaked in 2023 at 2.84M people and is projected to decrease to 1.07M people by 2100.
Jamaica vs Venezuela: live population counter
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| Current population |
2837071
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28610737
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| Population rank | 140/197 | 54/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.35% |
| One net population change |
14.3 hours
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5.02 minutes
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| One birth every |
15.9 minutes
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1.23 minutes
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| One death every |
22.9 minutes
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2.46 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
50 minutes
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4.99 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -10,506 | -105,297 |
| Daily growth/decline | -2 | +287 |
| Annual growth/decline | -611 | +104,689 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.02% | +0.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 167/197 | 142/197 |
Jamaica and Venezuela: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,650,005 | 8,160,090 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,673,261 | 8,455,915 | 1.41% | 3.63% |
| 1962 | 1,696,932 | 8,756,870 | 1.41% | 3.56% |
| 1963 | 1,721,099 | 9,064,021 | 1.42% | 3.51% |
| 1964 | 1,745,568 | 9,377,712 | 1.42% | 3.46% |
| 1965 | 1,769,192 | 9,697,790 | 1.35% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 1,791,475 | 10,024,854 | 1.26% | 3.37% |
| 1967 | 1,812,865 | 10,358,513 | 1.19% | 3.33% |
| 1968 | 1,833,765 | 10,697,530 | 1.15% | 3.27% |
| 1969 | 1,855,127 | 11,040,280 | 1.16% | 3.2% |
| 1970 | 1,878,196 | 11,387,790 | 1.24% | 3.15% |
| 1971 | 1,903,728 | 11,741,008 | 1.36% | 3.1% |
| 1972 | 1,931,542 | 12,099,180 | 1.46% | 3.05% |
| 1973 | 1,961,219 | 12,463,537 | 1.54% | 3.01% |
| 1974 | 1,990,906 | 12,835,351 | 1.51% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 2,018,981 | 13,215,892 | 1.41% | 2.96% |
| 1976 | 2,045,578 | 13,606,284 | 1.32% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 2,070,657 | 14,006,812 | 1.23% | 2.94% |
| 1978 | 2,094,836 | 14,416,684 | 1.17% | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 2,119,486 | 14,834,552 | 1.18% | 2.9% |
| 1980 | 2,145,658 | 15,258,218 | 1.23% | 2.86% |
| 1981 | 2,173,818 | 15,687,297 | 1.31% | 2.81% |
| 1982 | 2,203,889 | 16,121,874 | 1.38% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 2,234,832 | 16,562,205 | 1.4% | 2.73% |
| 1984 | 2,264,562 | 17,008,841 | 1.33% | 2.7% |
| 1985 | 2,290,656 | 17,461,434 | 1.15% | 2.66% |
| 1986 | 2,312,125 | 17,923,536 | 0.94% | 2.65% |
| 1987 | 2,329,813 | 18,394,963 | 0.77% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 2,345,777 | 18,871,020 | 0.69% | 2.59% |
| 1989 | 2,361,916 | 19,348,921 | 0.69% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 2,379,877 | 19,827,010 | 0.76% | 2.47% |
| 1991 | 2,400,869 | 20,304,896 | 0.88% | 2.41% |
| 1992 | 2,424,701 | 20,780,948 | 0.99% | 2.34% |
| 1993 | 2,449,916 | 21,254,520 | 1.04% | 2.28% |
| 1994 | 2,475,220 | 21,725,188 | 1.03% | 2.21% |
| 1995 | 2,500,151 | 22,193,821 | 1.01% | 2.16% |
| 1996 | 2,524,463 | 22,662,113 | 0.97% | 2.11% |
| 1997 | 2,547,848 | 23,131,685 | 0.93% | 2.07% |
| 1998 | 2,569,736 | 23,601,337 | 0.86% | 2.03% |
| 1999 | 2,589,795 | 24,066,593 | 0.78% | 1.97% |
| 2000 | 2,607,826 | 24,526,708 | 0.7% | 1.91% |
| 2001 | 2,624,403 | 24,979,922 | 0.64% | 1.85% |
| 2002 | 2,640,572 | 25,435,671 | 0.62% | 1.82% |
| 2003 | 2,656,623 | 25,892,703 | 0.61% | 1.8% |
| 2004 | 2,672,225 | 26,340,838 | 0.59% | 1.73% |
| 2005 | 2,687,066 | 26,785,804 | 0.56% | 1.69% |
| 2006 | 2,700,968 | 27,224,686 | 0.52% | 1.64% |
| 2007 | 2,713,800 | 27,649,363 | 0.48% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 2,725,635 | 28,053,696 | 0.44% | 1.46% |
| 2009 | 2,736,995 | 28,438,298 | 0.42% | 1.37% |
| 2010 | 2,748,568 | 28,813,101 | 0.42% | 1.32% |
| 2011 | 2,760,494 | 29,185,212 | 0.43% | 1.29% |
| 2012 | 2,772,430 | 29,553,826 | 0.43% | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 2,783,687 | 29,912,198 | 0.41% | 1.21% |
| 2014 | 2,793,749 | 30,254,079 | 0.36% | 1.14% |
| 2015 | 2,802,534 | 30,573,972 | 0.31% | 1.06% |
| 2016 | 2,809,915 | 30,765,720 | 0.26% | 0.63% |
| 2017 | 2,815,764 | 30,565,323 | 0.21% | -0.65% |
| 2018 | 2,820,097 | 29,807,592 | 0.15% | -2.48% |
| 2019 | 2,823,271 | 28,938,098 | 0.11% | -2.92% |
| 2020 | 2,830,739 | 28,444,077 | 0.26% | -1.71% |
| 2021 | 2,837,682 | 28,237,826 | 0.25% | -0.73% |
| 2022 | 2,839,144 | 28,213,017 | 0.05% | -0.09% |
| 2023 | 2,839,786 | 28,300,854 | 0.02% | 0.31% |
| 2024 | 2,839,175 | 28,405,543 | -0.02% | 0.37% |
| 2025 | 2,837,071 | 28,516,898 | -0.07% | 0.39% |
| 2026 | 2,833,401 | 28,633,718 | -0.13% | 0.41% |
| 2027 | 2,828,530 | 28,758,565 | -0.17% | 0.44% |
| 2028 | 2,822,861 | 28,885,166 | -0.2% | 0.44% |
| 2029 | 2,816,391 | 29,014,444 | -0.23% | 0.45% |
| 2030 | 2,808,946 | 29,151,809 | -0.26% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 2,800,607 | 29,295,744 | -0.3% | 0.49% |
| 2032 | 2,791,130 | 29,442,534 | -0.34% | 0.5% |
| 2033 | 2,780,468 | 29,587,099 | -0.38% | 0.49% |
| 2034 | 2,768,714 | 29,735,159 | -0.42% | 0.5% |
| 2035 | 2,755,929 | 29,883,329 | -0.46% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 2,742,071 | 30,020,167 | -0.5% | 0.46% |
| 2037 | 2,726,892 | 30,146,546 | -0.55% | 0.42% |
| 2038 | 2,710,812 | 30,268,328 | -0.59% | 0.4% |
| 2039 | 2,693,901 | 30,386,284 | -0.62% | 0.39% |
| 2040 | 2,676,087 | 30,495,445 | -0.66% | 0.36% |
| 2041 | 2,657,558 | 30,590,207 | -0.69% | 0.31% |
| 2042 | 2,638,085 | 30,674,532 | -0.73% | 0.28% |
| 2043 | 2,617,576 | 30,749,671 | -0.78% | 0.24% |
| 2044 | 2,596,160 | 30,813,805 | -0.82% | 0.21% |
| 2045 | 2,574,074 | 30,871,490 | -0.85% | 0.19% |
| 2046 | 2,551,347 | 30,923,463 | -0.88% | 0.17% |
| 2047 | 2,528,004 | 30,974,366 | -0.91% | 0.16% |
| 2048 | 2,504,191 | 31,021,600 | -0.94% | 0.15% |
| 2049 | 2,479,744 | 31,059,954 | -0.98% | 0.12% |
| 2050 | 2,454,935 | 31,094,884 | -1% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jamaica increased by 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jamaica gained 34,537 (a 1.23% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).
Jamaica was ranked 135th most populous country in 2005 and is 140th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
| Mandeville | 48.3K |
| Old Harbour | 28.7K |
| Linstead | 22.8K |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22.6K |
| Port Antonio | 14.8K |
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| City | Population |
| Caracas | 2.25M |
| Maracaibo | 1.55M |
| Valencia | 1.48M |
| Maracay | 1.1M |
| Barquisimeto | 1.06M |
| Barinas | 874K |
| Maturin | 753K |
| Ciudad Guayana | 751K |
| Catia La Mar | 662K |
| Ciudad Bolivar | 568K |
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Population differences between Jamaica and Venezuela
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| Life expectancy | 71.7 years | 72.8 years |
| Average age | 34.9 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 33.3 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 2.08 births per woman |
| Population density | 679 ppl/mi² | 83.4 ppl/mi² |
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