Population of Jamaica

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	24 Aug 2025

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The current population of Jamaica is 2,836,447 as of September 19, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Jamaica is projected at 2,837,077, or 2.84 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Jamaica is projected at 2,839,175, or 2.84 million people, for the year 2024.

Jamaica ranks 141st in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Jamaica is ranked 14th among 41 countries and territories in North America.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Jamaica population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,385,323	1,407,206	43,765	3.110	0.0564
1951	1,429,088	1,447,469	36,763	2.540	0.0571
1952	1,465,851	1,481,343	30,985	2.092	0.0573
1953	1,496,836	1,509,736	25,801	1.709	0.0573
1954	1,522,637	1,533,447	21,621	1.410	0.0571
1955	1,544,258	1,553,711	18,906	1.217	0.0567
1956	1,563,164	1,571,973	17,617	1.121	0.0562
1957	1,580,781	1,589,677	17,791	1.119	0.0557
1958	1,598,572	1,608,264	19,385	1.205	0.0552
1959	1,617,957	1,628,235	20,555	1.262	0.0549
1960	1,638,512	1,650,005	22,987	1.393	0.0547
1961	1,661,499	1,673,261	23,523	1.406	0.0546
1962	1,685,022	1,696,932	23,820	1.404	0.0543
1963	1,708,842	1,721,099	24,513	1.424	0.0539
1964	1,733,355	1,745,568	24,426	1.399	0.0535
1965	1,757,781	1,769,192	22,822	1.290	0.0531
1966	1,780,603	1,791,475	21,743	1.214	0.0526
1967	1,802,346	1,812,865	21,038	1.160	0.0522
1968	1,823,384	1,833,765	20,763	1.132	0.0517
1969	1,844,147	1,855,127	21,960	1.184	0.0513
1970	1,866,107	1,878,196	24,178	1.287	0.0508
1971	1,890,285	1,903,728	26,887	1.412	0.0505
1972	1,917,172	1,931,542	28,739	1.488	0.0502
1973	1,945,911	1,961,219	30,617	1.561	0.0500
1974	1,976,528	1,990,906	28,755	1.444	0.0498
1975	2,005,283	2,018,981	27,396	1.357	0.0496
1976	2,032,679	2,045,578	25,798	1.261	0.0494
1977	2,058,477	2,070,657	24,361	1.176	0.0491
1978	2,082,838	2,094,836	23,996	1.145	0.0488
1979	2,106,834	2,119,486	25,304	1.194	0.0485
1980	2,132,138	2,145,658	27,040	1.260	0.0482
1981	2,159,178	2,173,818	29,280	1.347	0.0480
1982	2,188,458	2,203,889	30,861	1.400	0.0478
1983	2,219,319	2,234,832	31,026	1.388	0.0476
1984	2,250,345	2,264,562	28,434	1.256	0.0474
1985	2,278,779	2,290,656	23,754	1.037	0.0470
1986	2,302,533	2,312,125	19,184	0.830	0.0466
1987	2,321,717	2,329,813	16,192	0.695	0.0461
1988	2,337,909	2,345,777	15,736	0.671	0.0456
1989	2,353,645	2,361,916	16,542	0.700	0.0451
1990	2,370,187	2,379,877	19,380	0.814	0.0447
1991	2,389,567	2,400,869	22,603	0.941	0.0443
1992	2,412,170	2,424,701	25,062	1.034	0.0440
1993	2,437,232	2,449,916	25,367	1.035	0.0438
1994	2,462,599	2,475,220	25,243	1.020	0.0436
1995	2,487,842	2,500,151	24,617	0.985	0.0434
1996	2,512,459	2,524,463	24,007	0.951	0.0432
1997	2,536,466	2,547,848	22,764	0.893	0.0430
1998	2,559,230	2,569,736	21,012	0.818	0.0428
1999	2,580,242	2,589,795	19,106	0.738	0.0425
2000	2,599,348	2,607,826	16,956	0.650	0.0423
2001	2,616,304	2,624,403	16,198	0.617	0.0420
2002	2,632,502	2,640,572	16,139	0.611	0.0417
2003	2,648,641	2,656,623	15,964	0.601	0.0414
2004	2,664,605	2,672,225	15,240	0.570	0.0411
2005	2,679,845	2,687,066	14,441	0.537	0.0408
2006	2,694,286	2,700,968	13,363	0.495	0.0405
2007	2,707,649	2,713,800	12,303	0.453	0.0402
2008	2,719,952	2,725,635	11,365	0.417	0.0398
2009	2,731,317	2,736,995	11,356	0.415	0.0395
2010	2,742,673	2,748,568	11,789	0.429	0.0391
2011	2,754,462	2,760,494	12,063	0.437	0.0388
2012	2,766,525	2,772,430	11,810	0.426	0.0385
2013	2,778,335	2,783,687	10,704	0.385	0.0382
2014	2,789,039	2,793,749	9,420	0.337	0.0378
2015	2,798,459	2,802,534	8,150	0.291	0.0375
2016	2,806,609	2,809,915	6,612	0.235	0.0372
2017	2,813,221	2,815,764	5,085	0.181	0.0368
2018	2,818,306	2,820,097	3,583	0.127	0.0365
2019	2,821,889	2,823,271	2,764	0.098	0.0361
2020	2,824,653	2,830,739	12,172	0.430	0.0359
2021	2,836,825	2,837,682	1,713	0.060	0.0357
2022	2,838,538	2,839,144	1,212	0.043	0.0354
2023	2,839,750	2,839,786	72	0.003	0.0351

Jamaica population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	2,839,822	2,839,175	-1,294	-0.046	0.0348
2025	2,838,528	2,837,077	-2,901	-0.102	0.0345
2026	2,835,627	2,833,403	-4,447	-0.157	0.0341
2027	2,831,180	2,828,530	-5,301	-0.187	0.0338
2028	2,825,879	2,822,867	-6,023	-0.213	0.0335
2029	2,819,856	2,816,397	-6,918	-0.246	0.0331
2030	2,812,938	2,808,954	-7,969	-0.284	0.0328
2031	2,804,969	2,800,613	-8,712	-0.311	0.0324
2032	2,796,257	2,791,137	-10,241	-0.367	0.0321
2033	2,786,016	2,780,473	-11,086	-0.399	0.0317
2034	2,774,930	2,768,723	-12,414	-0.448	0.0314
2035	2,762,516	2,755,934	-13,164	-0.478	0.0310
2036	2,749,352	2,742,078	-14,548	-0.531	0.0307
2037	2,734,804	2,726,899	-15,810	-0.580	0.0303
2038	2,718,994	2,710,818	-16,351	-0.603	0.0299
2039	2,702,643	2,693,903	-17,480	-0.649	0.0295
2040	2,685,163	2,676,100	-18,126	-0.677	0.0292
2041	2,667,037	2,657,566	-18,943	-0.713	0.0288
2042	2,648,094	2,638,090	-20,009	-0.758	0.0284
2043	2,628,085	2,617,584	-21,002	-0.802	0.0280
2044	2,607,083	2,596,168	-21,830	-0.841	0.0276
2045	2,585,253	2,574,081	-22,345	-0.868	0.0273
2046	2,562,908	2,551,353	-23,110	-0.906	0.0269
2047	2,539,798	2,528,019	-23,557	-0.932	0.0265
2048	2,516,241	2,504,199	-24,084	-0.962	0.0261
2049	2,492,157	2,479,745	-24,823	-1.001	0.0258
2050	2,467,334	2,454,940	-24,788	-1.010	0.0254
2051	2,442,546	2,429,919	-25,254	-1.039	0.0250
2052	2,417,292	2,404,364	-25,856	-1.075	0.0247
2053	2,391,436	2,378,110	-26,652	-1.121	0.0243
2054	2,364,784	2,351,073	-27,421	-1.166	0.0240
2055	2,337,363	2,323,413	-27,900	-1.201	0.0236
2056	2,309,463	2,295,281	-28,364	-1.236	0.0232
2057	2,281,099	2,266,950	-28,299	-1.248	0.0229
2058	2,252,800	2,238,309	-28,983	-1.295	0.0225
2059	2,223,817	2,209,188	-29,259	-1.324	0.0222
2060	2,194,558	2,179,682	-29,752	-1.365	0.0218
2061	2,164,806	2,149,901	-29,811	-1.387	0.0215
2062	2,134,995	2,119,870	-30,250	-1.427	0.0211
2063	2,104,745	2,089,603	-30,284	-1.449	0.0208
2064	2,074,461	2,059,102	-30,719	-1.492	0.0204
2065	2,043,742	2,028,118	-31,248	-1.541	0.0201
2066	2,012,494	1,997,097	-30,795	-1.542	0.0197
2067	1,981,699	1,966,150	-31,097	-1.582	0.0194
2068	1,950,602	1,934,899	-31,405	-1.623	0.0190
2069	1,919,197	1,903,473	-31,448	-1.652	0.0187
2070	1,887,749	1,871,879	-31,741	-1.696	0.0184
2071	1,856,008	1,840,109	-31,798	-1.728	0.0180
2072	1,824,210	1,808,218	-31,983	-1.769	0.0177
2073	1,792,227	1,776,332	-31,789	-1.790	0.0174
2074	1,760,438	1,744,487	-31,901	-1.829	0.0170
2075	1,728,537	1,712,843	-31,387	-1.833	0.0167
2076	1,697,150	1,681,566	-31,168	-1.854	0.0164
2077	1,665,982	1,650,427	-31,110	-1.885	0.0161
2078	1,634,872	1,619,582	-30,580	-1.888	0.0158
2079	1,604,292	1,589,025	-30,533	-1.922	0.0155
2080	1,573,759	1,558,623	-30,271	-1.942	0.0152
2081	1,543,488	1,528,688	-29,601	-1.936	0.0149
2082	1,513,887	1,499,310	-29,155	-1.945	0.0146
2083	1,484,732	1,470,537	-28,389	-1.931	0.0143
2084	1,456,343	1,442,238	-28,209	-1.956	0.0140
2085	1,428,134	1,414,205	-27,859	-1.970	0.0137
2086	1,400,275	1,386,698	-27,153	-1.958	0.0135
2087	1,373,122	1,359,860	-26,525	-1.951	0.0132
2088	1,346,597	1,333,630	-25,934	-1.945	0.0130
2089	1,320,663	1,307,974	-25,379	-1.940	0.0127
2090	1,295,284	1,282,938	-24,691	-1.925	0.0125
2091	1,270,593	1,258,538	-24,110	-1.916	0.0123
2092	1,246,483	1,234,778	-23,410	-1.896	0.0120
2093	1,223,073	1,211,696	-22,754	-1.878	0.0118
2094	1,200,319	1,189,277	-22,084	-1.857	0.0116
2095	1,178,235	1,167,512	-21,446	-1.837	0.0114
2096	1,156,789	1,146,351	-20,877	-1.821	0.0112
2097	1,135,912	1,125,705	-20,415	-1.814	0.0110
2098	1,115,497	1,105,549	-19,897	-1.800	0.0108
2099	1,095,600	1,085,891	-19,418	-1.788	0.0107
2100	1,076,182	1,066,774	-18,815	-1.764	0.0105