| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 04 May 2024 |
There are 1.40 million males and 1.42 million females in Jamaica. The percentage of the male population is 49.57%, compared to 50.43% of the female population. Jamaica has 25k more females than males. The sex ratio in Jamaica in 2024 will be 98.277 males per 100 females. Jamaica is in the 109th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,407,470 | 3.15 |
| 1955 | 1,552,883 | 1.16 |
| 1960 | 1,642,331 | 1.36 |
| 1965 | 1,746,977 | 1.24 |
| 1970 | 1,859,091 | 1.39 |
| 1975 | 2,003,094 | 1.37 |
| 1980 | 2,135,546 | 1.40 |
| 1985 | 2,292,030 | 1.13 |
| 1990 | 2,392,030 | 0.77 |
| 1995 | 2,509,372 | 1.00 |
| 2000 | 2,612,205 | 0.52 |
| 2005 | 2,676,863 | 0.47 |
| 2010 | 2,733,896 | 0.41 |
| 2015 | 2,794,445 | 0.34 |
| 2020 | 2,820,436 | 0.42 |
| 2021 | 2,827,695 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 2,827,377 | -0.11 |
| 2023 | 2,825,544 | -0.02 |
| 2024 | 2,824,738 | -0.04 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 15,618 | 46,404 | 11.144 | 33.109 |
| 1955 | 15,620 | 56,779 | 9.982 | 36.284 |
| 1960 | 14,655 | 66,880 | 8.838 | 40.333 |
| 1965 | 14,976 | 66,329 | 8.500 | 37.644 |
| 1970 | 15,848 | 65,966 | 8.469 | 35.252 |
| 1975 | 16,566 | 62,297 | 8.233 | 30.962 |
| 1980 | 17,118 | 63,343 | 7.984 | 29.544 |
| 1985 | 17,305 | 65,636 | 7.513 | 28.496 |
| 1990 | 16,496 | 60,878 | 6.861 | 25.322 |
| 1995 | 17,802 | 62,966 | 7.066 | 24.994 |
| 2000 | 18,061 | 50,087 | 6.894 | 19.120 |
| 2005 | 17,869 | 48,383 | 6.654 | 18.016 |
| 2010 | 16,494 | 42,004 | 6.019 | 15.329 |
| 2015 | 18,631 | 39,550 | 6.653 | 14.123 |
| 2020 | 21,386 | 33,317 | 7.583 | 11.813 |
| 2021 | 24,899 | 33,150 | 8.797 | 11.712 |
| 2022 | 24,890 | 32,663 | 8.787 | 11.531 |
| 2023 | 21,690 | 32,246 | 7.662 | 11.390 |
| 2024 | 22,031 | 31,863 | 7.784 | 11.258 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 338,323 | 1,064,576 | 24.116 |
| 1955 | 442,709 | 1,097,914 | 28.736 |
| 1960 | 549,842 | 1,078,410 | 33.769 |
| 1965 | 658,574 | 1,097,692 | 37.499 |
| 1970 | 774,985 | 1,100,396 | 41.324 |
| 1975 | 892,476 | 1,135,261 | 44.013 |
| 1980 | 1,010,985 | 1,152,060 | 46.739 |
| 1985 | 1,132,462 | 1,206,176 | 48.424 |
| 1990 | 1,198,630 | 1,225,612 | 49.444 |
| 1995 | 1,284,333 | 1,253,107 | 50.615 |
| 2000 | 1,376,634 | 1,280,230 | 51.814 |
| 2005 | 1,449,489 | 1,295,184 | 52.811 |
| 2010 | 1,514,064 | 1,303,146 | 53.743 |
| 2015 | 1,574,768 | 1,297,166 | 54.833 |
| 2020 | 1,640,435 | 1,272,725 | 56.311 |
| 2021 | 1,653,746 | 1,265,382 | 56.652 |
| 2022 | 1,667,032 | 1,257,194 | 57.008 |
| 2023 | 1,680,272 | 1,248,173 | 57.378 |
| 2024 | 1,693,452 | 1,238,332 | 57.762 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 81,706 | 78,826 | 160,531 | 5.68 | 103.654 |
| 05-09 | 90,425 | 87,187 | 177,612 | 6.29 | 103.714 |
| 10-14 | 101,091 | 97,471 | 198,561 | 7.03 | 103.714 |
| 15-19 | 111,429 | 107,556 | 218,986 | 7.75 | 103.601 |
| 20-24 | 114,141 | 110,212 | 224,352 | 7.94 | 103.565 |
| 25-29 | 130,788 | 126,502 | 257,291 | 9.11 | 103.388 |
| 30-34 | 130,637 | 126,640 | 257,276 | 9.11 | 103.156 |
| 35-39 | 123,397 | 120,526 | 243,923 | 8.64 | 102.382 |
| 40-44 | 109,225 | 107,546 | 216,771 | 7.67 | 101.561 |
| 45-49 | 90,358 | 90,884 | 181,242 | 6.42 | 99.421 |
| 50-54 | 82,177 | 87,204 | 169,381 | 6.00 | 94.235 |
| 55-59 | 74,045 | 83,605 | 157,650 | 5.58 | 88.565 |
| 60-64 | 60,081 | 71,882 | 131,963 | 4.67 | 83.583 |
| 65-69 | 43,478 | 54,247 | 97,725 | 3.46 | 80.148 |
| 70-74 | 26,357 | 34,075 | 60,431 | 2.14 | 77.350 |
| 75-79 | 16,978 | 21,884 | 38,862 | 1.38 | 77.582 |
| 80-84 | 9,534 | 12,268 | 21,802 | 0.77 | 77.714 |
| 85-89 | 3,157 | 4,513 | 7,670 | 0.27 | 69.953 |
| 90-94 | 949 | 1,383 | 2,331 | 0.08 | 68.619 |
| 95-99 | 138 | 211 | 349 | 0.01 | 65.403 |
| 100+ | 9 | 18 | 28 | 0.00 | 50.000 |
| Total | 1,400,100 | 1,424,640 | 2,824,737 | 98.277 | |