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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Yemen	Jamaica	Yemen
1960	1,650,005	5,532,301	-	-
1961	1,673,261	5,655,232	1.41%	2.22%
1962	1,696,932	5,782,221	1.41%	2.25%
1963	1,721,099	5,911,135	1.42%	2.23%
1964	1,745,568	6,048,006	1.42%	2.32%
1965	1,769,192	6,195,593	1.35%	2.44%
1966	1,791,475	6,351,494	1.26%	2.52%
1967	1,812,865	6,516,444	1.19%	2.6%
1968	1,833,765	6,690,524	1.15%	2.67%
1969	1,855,127	6,875,859	1.16%	2.77%
1970	1,878,196	7,065,279	1.24%	2.75%
1971	1,903,728	7,257,462	1.36%	2.72%
1972	1,931,542	7,460,068	1.46%	2.79%
1973	1,961,219	7,672,796	1.54%	2.85%
1974	1,990,906	7,896,783	1.51%	2.92%
1975	2,018,981	8,133,598	1.41%	3%
1976	2,045,578	8,384,113	1.32%	3.08%
1977	2,070,657	8,648,222	1.23%	3.15%
1978	2,094,836	8,926,586	1.17%	3.22%
1979	2,119,486	9,224,194	1.18%	3.33%
1980	2,145,658	9,543,358	1.23%	3.46%
1981	2,173,818	9,882,362	1.31%	3.55%
1982	2,203,889	10,241,006	1.38%	3.63%
1983	2,234,832	10,621,499	1.4%	3.72%
1984	2,264,562	11,025,597	1.33%	3.8%
1985	2,290,656	11,453,825	1.15%	3.88%
1986	2,312,125	11,901,040	0.94%	3.9%
1987	2,329,813	12,369,912	0.77%	3.94%
1988	2,345,777	12,859,708	0.69%	3.96%
1989	2,361,916	13,364,174	0.69%	3.92%
1990	2,379,877	13,887,862	0.76%	3.92%
1991	2,400,869	14,430,201	0.88%	3.91%
1992	2,424,701	14,989,494	0.99%	3.88%
1993	2,449,916	15,563,914	1.04%	3.83%
1994	2,475,220	16,149,147	1.03%	3.76%
1995	2,500,151	16,740,058	1.01%	3.66%
1996	2,524,463	17,313,177	0.97%	3.42%
1997	2,547,848	17,873,936	0.93%	3.24%
1998	2,569,736	18,446,013	0.86%	3.2%
1999	2,589,795	19,029,420	0.78%	3.16%
2000	2,607,826	19,624,141	0.7%	3.13%
2001	2,624,403	20,226,147	0.64%	3.07%
2002	2,640,572	20,835,086	0.62%	3.01%
2003	2,656,623	21,456,379	0.61%	2.98%
2004	2,672,225	22,095,167	0.59%	2.98%
2005	2,687,066	22,790,085	0.56%	3.15%
2006	2,700,968	23,543,083	0.52%	3.3%
2007	2,713,800	24,318,082	0.48%	3.29%
2008	2,725,635	25,111,941	0.44%	3.26%
2009	2,736,995	25,927,724	0.42%	3.25%
2010	2,748,568	26,754,387	0.42%	3.19%
2011	2,760,494	27,582,897	0.43%	3.1%
2012	2,772,430	28,433,647	0.43%	3.08%
2013	2,783,687	29,312,952	0.41%	3.09%
2014	2,793,749	30,226,309	0.36%	3.12%
2015	2,802,534	31,159,379	0.31%	3.09%
2016	2,809,915	32,109,010	0.26%	3.05%
2017	2,815,764	33,090,921	0.21%	3.06%
2018	2,820,097	34,085,182	0.15%	3%
2019	2,823,271	35,111,408	0.11%	3.01%
2020	2,830,739	36,134,863	0.26%	2.91%
2021	2,837,682	37,140,230	0.25%	2.78%
2022	2,839,144	38,222,876	0.05%	2.92%
2023	2,839,786	39,390,799	0.02%	3.06%
2024	2,839,175	40,583,164	-0.02%	3.03%
2025	2,837,071	41,773,871	-0.07%	2.93%
2026	2,833,401	42,961,650	-0.13%	2.84%
2027	2,828,530	44,145,620	-0.17%	2.76%
2028	2,822,861	45,323,685	-0.2%	2.67%
2029	2,816,391	46,497,573	-0.23%	2.59%
2030	2,808,946	47,667,649	-0.26%	2.52%
2031	2,800,607	48,827,503	-0.3%	2.43%
2032	2,791,130	49,979,089	-0.34%	2.36%
2033	2,780,468	51,129,867	-0.38%	2.3%
2034	2,768,714	52,279,989	-0.42%	2.25%
2035	2,755,929	53,429,308	-0.46%	2.2%
2036	2,742,071	54,578,046	-0.5%	2.15%
2037	2,726,892	55,724,259	-0.55%	2.1%
2038	2,710,812	56,872,152	-0.59%	2.06%
2039	2,693,901	58,024,713	-0.62%	2.03%
2040	2,676,087	59,181,514	-0.66%	1.99%
2041	2,657,558	60,345,667	-0.69%	1.97%
2042	2,638,085	61,517,965	-0.73%	1.94%
2043	2,617,576	62,696,517	-0.78%	1.92%
2044	2,596,160	63,880,172	-0.82%	1.89%
2045	2,574,074	65,066,344	-0.85%	1.86%
2046	2,551,347	66,253,578	-0.88%	1.82%
2047	2,528,004	67,438,796	-0.91%	1.79%
2048	2,504,191	68,620,844	-0.94%	1.75%
2049	2,479,744	69,799,794	-0.98%	1.72%
2050	2,454,935	70,976,389	-1%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.