Population of Jamaica

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	24 Jun 2024

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The current population of Jamaica is 2,838,816 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Jamaica is projected at 2,824,738, or 2.82 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Jamaica is projected at 2,825,544, or 2.83 million people, for the year 2023.

Jamaica ranks 140th 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	1,407,470	44,294	3.147	0.056
1951	1,429,617	1,448,396	37,557	2.593	0.057
1952	1,467,174	1,482,284	30,220	2.039	0.057
1953	1,497,394	1,509,993	25,197	1.669	0.057
1954	1,522,591	1,533,217	21,253	1.386	0.057
1955	1,543,844	1,552,883	18,078	1.164	0.057
1956	1,561,922	1,570,048	16,252	1.035	0.056
1957	1,578,174	1,586,411	16,475	1.039	0.056
1958	1,594,649	1,603,775	18,253	1.138	0.055
1959	1,612,902	1,622,047	18,290	1.128	0.055
1960	1,631,192	1,642,331	22,277	1.356	0.054
1961	1,653,469	1,663,754	20,569	1.236	0.054
1962	1,674,038	1,683,761	19,446	1.155	0.054
1963	1,693,484	1,703,868	20,767	1.219	0.053
1964	1,714,251	1,725,181	21,860	1.267	0.053
1965	1,736,111	1,746,977	21,733	1.244	0.052
1966	1,757,844	1,768,803	21,917	1.239	0.052
1967	1,779,761	1,790,580	21,637	1.208	0.052
1968	1,801,398	1,812,209	21,623	1.193	0.051
1969	1,823,021	1,834,615	23,188	1.264	0.051
1970	1,846,209	1,859,091	25,763	1.386	0.050
1971	1,871,972	1,886,143	28,343	1.503	0.050
1972	1,900,315	1,915,299	29,968	1.565	0.050
1973	1,930,283	1,945,320	30,073	1.546	0.050
1974	1,960,356	1,974,880	29,047	1.471	0.049
1975	1,989,403	2,003,094	27,382	1.367	0.049
1976	2,016,785	2,029,486	25,401	1.252	0.049
1977	2,042,186	2,054,927	25,481	1.240	0.049
1978	2,067,667	2,080,485	25,636	1.232	0.049
1979	2,093,303	2,106,937	27,268	1.294	0.048
1980	2,120,571	2,135,546	29,950	1.402	0.048
1981	2,150,521	2,166,657	32,272	1.490	0.048
1982	2,182,793	2,199,606	33,626	1.529	0.048
1983	2,216,419	2,232,782	32,725	1.466	0.048
1984	2,249,144	2,264,095	29,903	1.321	0.047
1985	2,279,047	2,292,030	25,966	1.133	0.047
1986	2,305,013	2,315,871	21,716	0.938	0.047
1987	2,326,729	2,336,245	19,032	0.815	0.046
1988	2,345,761	2,354,805	18,089	0.768	0.046
1989	2,363,850	2,373,365	19,030	0.802	0.045
1990	2,382,880	2,392,030	18,299	0.765	0.045
1991	2,401,179	2,411,867	21,376	0.886	0.045
1992	2,422,555	2,434,574	24,038	0.987	0.044
1993	2,446,593	2,459,062	24,938	1.014	0.044
1994	2,471,531	2,484,182	25,301	1.018	0.044
1995	2,496,832	2,509,372	25,080	0.999	0.044
1996	2,521,912	2,532,894	21,964	0.867	0.043
1997	2,543,876	2,554,954	22,157	0.867	0.043
1998	2,566,033	2,576,567	21,068	0.818	0.043
1999	2,587,101	2,596,271	18,339	0.706	0.043
2000	2,605,440	2,612,205	13,530	0.518	0.042
2001	2,618,970	2,625,405	12,871	0.490	0.042
2002	2,631,841	2,638,244	12,805	0.485	0.042
2003	2,644,646	2,651,027	12,762	0.481	0.041
2004	2,657,408	2,664,024	13,233	0.497	0.041
2005	2,670,641	2,676,863	12,444	0.465	0.041
2006	2,683,085	2,689,660	13,151	0.489	0.040
2007	2,696,236	2,701,221	9,970	0.369	0.040
2008	2,706,206	2,711,373	10,334	0.381	0.040
2009	2,716,540	2,722,401	11,723	0.431	0.039
2010	2,728,263	2,733,896	11,266	0.412	0.039
2011	2,739,529	2,746,169	13,281	0.484	0.039
2012	2,752,810	2,759,817	14,014	0.508	0.039
2013	2,766,824	2,773,129	12,610	0.455	0.038
2014	2,779,434	2,784,543	10,218	0.367	0.038
2015	2,789,652	2,794,445	9,585	0.343	0.038
2016	2,799,237	2,802,695	6,917	0.247	0.037
2017	2,806,154	2,808,376	4,443	0.158	0.037
2018	2,810,597	2,811,835	2,476	0.088	0.037
2019	2,813,073	2,813,773	1,400	0.050	0.036
2020	2,814,473	2,820,436	11,925	0.423	0.036
2021	2,826,398	2,827,695	2,593	0.092	0.036

Jamaica population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	2,828,991	2,827,377	-3,228	-0.114	0.035
2023	2,825,763	2,825,544	-439	-0.016	0.035
2024	2,825,324	2,824,738	-1,171	-0.041	0.035
2025	2,824,153	2,823,199	-1,908	-0.068	0.034
2026	2,822,245	2,820,904	-2,682	-0.095	0.034
2027	2,819,563	2,817,930	-3,267	-0.116	0.034
2028	2,816,296	2,814,231	-4,129	-0.147	0.033
2029	2,812,167	2,809,707	-4,919	-0.175	0.033
2030	2,807,248	2,804,356	-5,783	-0.206	0.033
2031	2,801,465	2,798,160	-6,611	-0.236	0.032
2032	2,794,854	2,791,030	-7,647	-0.274	0.032
2033	2,787,207	2,782,912	-8,589	-0.309	0.032
2034	2,778,618	2,773,843	-9,550	-0.344	0.031
2035	2,769,068	2,763,714	-10,708	-0.387	0.031
2036	2,758,360	2,752,526	-11,669	-0.424	0.031
2037	2,746,691	2,740,318	-12,745	-0.465	0.030
2038	2,733,946	2,727,072	-13,749	-0.504	0.030
2039	2,720,197	2,712,812	-14,770	-0.544	0.030
2040	2,705,427	2,697,534	-15,787	-0.585	0.029
2041	2,689,640	2,681,237	-16,806	-0.627	0.029
2042	2,672,834	2,663,963	-17,743	-0.666	0.029
2043	2,655,091	2,645,711	-18,761	-0.709	0.028
2044	2,636,330	2,626,505	-19,650	-0.748	0.028
2045	2,616,680	2,606,421	-20,518	-0.787	0.028
2046	2,596,162	2,585,443	-21,439	-0.829	0.027
2047	2,574,723	2,563,640	-22,165	-0.865	0.027
2048	2,552,558	2,541,082	-22,951	-0.903	0.026
2049	2,529,607	2,517,798	-23,619	-0.938	0.026
2050	2,505,988	2,493,823	-24,329	-0.976	0.026
2051	2,481,659	2,469,153	-25,012	-1.013	0.025
2052	2,456,647	2,443,845	-25,603	-1.048	0.025
2053	2,431,044	2,417,914	-26,261	-1.086	0.025
2054	2,404,783	2,391,378	-26,809	-1.121	0.024
2055	2,377,974	2,364,266	-27,416	-1.160	0.024
2056	2,350,558	2,336,537	-28,042	-1.200	0.023
2057	2,322,516	2,308,244	-28,544	-1.237	0.023
2058	2,293,972	2,279,455	-29,034	-1.274	0.023
2059	2,264,938	2,250,169	-29,538	-1.313	0.022
2060	2,235,400	2,220,364	-30,072	-1.354	0.022
2061	2,205,328	2,190,089	-30,478	-1.392	0.022
2062	2,174,850	2,159,392	-30,915	-1.432	0.021
2063	2,143,935	2,128,221	-31,428	-1.477	0.021
2064	2,112,507	2,096,582	-31,850	-1.519	0.021
2065	2,080,657	2,064,515	-32,285	-1.564	0.020
2066	2,048,372	2,032,011	-32,722	-1.610	0.020
2067	2,015,650	1,999,080	-33,140	-1.658	0.020
2068	1,982,510	1,965,724	-33,573	-1.708	0.019
2069	1,948,937	1,931,939	-33,996	-1.760	0.019
2070	1,914,941	1,897,746	-34,389	-1.812	0.018
2071	1,880,552	1,863,241	-34,623	-1.858	0.018
2072	1,845,929	1,828,453	-34,952	-1.912	0.018
2073	1,810,977	1,793,379	-35,196	-1.963	0.017
2074	1,775,781	1,758,083	-35,396	-2.013	0.017
2075	1,740,385	1,722,622	-35,526	-2.062	0.017
2076	1,704,859	1,687,002	-35,715	-2.117	0.016
2077	1,669,144	1,651,264	-35,759	-2.166	0.016
2078	1,633,385	1,615,499	-35,772	-2.214	0.016
2079	1,597,613	1,579,784	-35,659	-2.257	0.015
2080	1,561,954	1,544,193	-35,523	-2.301	0.015
2081	1,526,431	1,508,721	-35,420	-2.348	0.014
2082	1,491,011	1,473,404	-35,214	-2.390	0.014
2083	1,455,797	1,438,322	-34,951	-2.430	0.014
2084	1,420,846	1,403,504	-34,685	-2.471	0.013
2085	1,386,161	1,368,967	-34,387	-2.512	0.013
2086	1,351,774	1,334,767	-34,014	-2.548	0.013
2087	1,317,760	1,300,928	-33,664	-2.588	0.012
2088	1,284,096	1,267,485	-33,223	-2.621	0.012
2089	1,250,873	1,234,458	-32,830	-2.660	0.012
2090	1,218,043	1,201,826	-32,433	-2.699	0.012
2091	1,185,610	1,169,596	-32,028	-2.739	0.011
2092	1,153,582	1,137,770	-31,625	-2.780	0.011
2093	1,121,957	1,106,361	-31,191	-2.819	0.011
2094	1,090,766	1,075,374	-30,784	-2.863	0.010
2095	1,059,982	1,044,780	-30,405	-2.910	0.010
2096	1,029,577	1,014,545	-30,064	-2.964	0.010
2097	999,513	984,648	-29,730	-3.020	0.009
2098	969,783	955,111	-29,343	-3.072	0.009
2099	940,440	925,931	-29,019	-3.134	0.009
2100	911,421	897,072	-28,698	-3.199	0.009