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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jamaica	Zambia	Jamaica	Zambia
1960	1,650,005	3,153,729	-	-
1961	1,673,261	3,254,086	1.41%	3.18%
1962	1,696,932	3,358,099	1.41%	3.2%
1963	1,721,099	3,465,907	1.42%	3.21%
1964	1,745,568	3,577,017	1.42%	3.21%
1965	1,769,192	3,692,086	1.35%	3.22%
1966	1,791,475	3,812,003	1.26%	3.25%
1967	1,812,865	3,936,343	1.19%	3.26%
1968	1,833,765	4,065,593	1.15%	3.28%
1969	1,855,127	4,197,116	1.16%	3.24%
1970	1,878,196	4,321,718	1.24%	2.97%
1971	1,903,728	4,442,525	1.36%	2.8%
1972	1,931,542	4,569,309	1.46%	2.85%
1973	1,961,219	4,702,693	1.54%	2.92%
1974	1,990,906	4,842,746	1.51%	2.98%
1975	2,018,981	4,990,086	1.41%	3.04%
1976	2,045,578	5,143,842	1.32%	3.08%
1977	2,070,657	5,302,480	1.23%	3.08%
1978	2,094,836	5,465,374	1.17%	3.07%
1979	2,119,486	5,631,728	1.18%	3.04%
1980	2,145,658	5,802,833	1.23%	3.04%
1981	2,173,818	5,983,289	1.31%	3.11%
1982	2,203,889	6,178,637	1.38%	3.26%
1983	2,234,832	6,381,038	1.4%	3.28%
1984	2,264,562	6,580,490	1.33%	3.13%
1985	2,290,656	6,780,953	1.15%	3.05%
1986	2,312,125	6,986,471	0.94%	3.03%
1987	2,329,813	7,191,282	0.77%	2.93%
1988	2,345,777	7,391,440	0.69%	2.78%
1989	2,361,916	7,589,216	0.69%	2.68%
1990	2,379,877	7,786,169	0.76%	2.6%
1991	2,400,869	7,981,650	0.88%	2.51%
1992	2,424,701	8,176,680	0.99%	2.44%
1993	2,449,916	8,373,921	1.04%	2.41%
1994	2,475,220	8,576,269	1.03%	2.42%
1995	2,500,151	8,785,763	1.01%	2.44%
1996	2,524,463	9,004,053	0.97%	2.48%
1997	2,547,848	9,237,063	0.93%	2.59%
1998	2,569,736	9,482,408	0.86%	2.66%
1999	2,589,795	9,740,005	0.78%	2.72%
2000	2,607,826	10,017,631	0.7%	2.85%
2001	2,624,403	10,325,185	0.64%	3.07%
2002	2,640,572	10,647,949	0.62%	3.13%
2003	2,656,623	10,983,595	0.61%	3.15%
2004	2,672,225	11,338,198	0.59%	3.23%
2005	2,687,066	11,718,819	0.56%	3.36%
2006	2,700,968	12,129,553	0.52%	3.5%
2007	2,713,800	12,565,085	0.48%	3.59%
2008	2,725,635	13,021,324	0.44%	3.63%
2009	2,736,995	13,490,389	0.42%	3.6%
2010	2,748,568	13,965,594	0.42%	3.52%
2011	2,760,494	14,437,796	0.43%	3.38%
2012	2,772,430	14,913,629	0.43%	3.3%
2013	2,783,687	15,398,997	0.41%	3.25%
2014	2,793,749	15,895,315	0.36%	3.22%
2015	2,802,534	16,399,089	0.31%	3.17%
2016	2,809,915	16,914,423	0.26%	3.14%
2017	2,815,764	17,441,320	0.21%	3.12%
2018	2,820,097	17,973,569	0.15%	3.05%
2019	2,823,271	18,513,839	0.11%	3.01%
2020	2,830,739	19,059,395	0.26%	2.95%
2021	2,837,682	19,603,607	0.25%	2.86%
2022	2,839,144	20,152,938	0.05%	2.8%
2023	2,839,786	20,723,965	0.02%	2.83%
2024	2,839,175	21,314,956	-0.02%	2.85%
2025	2,837,071	21,913,869	-0.07%	2.81%
2026	2,833,401	22,521,905	-0.13%	2.77%
2027	2,828,530	23,138,716	-0.17%	2.74%
2028	2,822,861	23,761,368	-0.2%	2.69%
2029	2,816,391	24,389,681	-0.23%	2.64%
2030	2,808,946	25,024,887	-0.26%	2.6%
2031	2,800,607	25,666,496	-0.3%	2.56%
2032	2,791,130	26,311,946	-0.34%	2.51%
2033	2,780,468	26,960,073	-0.38%	2.46%
2034	2,768,714	27,611,621	-0.42%	2.42%
2035	2,755,929	28,266,887	-0.46%	2.37%
2036	2,742,071	28,925,103	-0.5%	2.33%
2037	2,726,892	29,583,482	-0.55%	2.28%
2038	2,710,812	30,240,549	-0.59%	2.22%
2039	2,693,901	30,895,586	-0.62%	2.17%
2040	2,676,087	31,550,394	-0.66%	2.12%
2041	2,657,558	32,204,340	-0.69%	2.07%
2042	2,638,085	32,856,596	-0.73%	2.03%
2043	2,617,576	33,510,500	-0.78%	1.99%
2044	2,596,160	34,165,920	-0.82%	1.96%
2045	2,574,074	34,821,101	-0.85%	1.92%
2046	2,551,347	35,475,795	-0.88%	1.88%
2047	2,528,004	36,129,270	-0.91%	1.84%
2048	2,504,191	36,782,260	-0.94%	1.81%
2049	2,479,744	37,434,667	-0.98%	1.77%
2050	2,454,935	38,083,369	-1%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jamaica increased by 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jamaica gained 23,486 (a 0.84% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Jamaica was ranked 136th most populous country in 2006 and is 139th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.