Demographics of Jamaica

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Jamaica is projected at 2.97 million, up by 0.42% compared with 2.96 million in 2020. Jamaica is ranked 137th in terms of population and 165th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 45.97 thousand births in Jamaica in 2021. That is 126 per day, which is ranked 141st. The crude birth rate is 15.47 per 1000 people. There are 22.7 thousand deaths in Jamaica in 2021. That is 62 per day, which is ranked 137th. The crude death rate is 7.64 per 1000 people.

1.65 million people are living in urban areas, which is 56.65% of Jamaica population. Jamaica is ranked 140th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Jamaica in 2021 is 98.46 males per 100 females. There are 1.48 million males and 1.50 million females in Jamaica. The percentage of female population is 50.39% compare to 49.61% male population. Jamaica has 23.08 thousand more females than males. Jamaica is at 92nd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Jamaica population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,402,903	-
1955	1,540,957	1.37
1960	1,628,524	1.21
1965	1,756,508	1.49
1970	1,875,637	1.4
1975	2,028,019	1.49
1980	2,162,839	1.41
1985	2,335,510	1.26
1990	2,419,901	0.68
1995	2,533,705	0.98
2000	2,654,698	0.84
2005	2,740,000	0.55
2010	2,810,464	0.52
2015	2,891,024	0.55
2016	2,906,242	0.53
2017	2,920,848	0.5
2018	2,934,853	0.48
2019	2,948,277	0.46
2020	2,961,161	0.44
2021	2,973,462	0.42

Total
Crude

Jamaica death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	15,317	44,733	10.73	31.57
1955	14,909	57,156	9.75	37.34
1960	14,543	66,487	8.88	40.59
1965	14,805	69,812	8.44	39.84
1970	14,823	66,170	7.88	35.17
1975	14,143	61,293	7.00	30.30
1980	14,830	62,558	6.81	28.74
1985	16,140	63,912	6.96	27.59
1990	16,023	61,532	6.60	25.33
1995	15,790	60,041	6.23	23.67
2000	17,279	56,596	6.52	21.37
2005	19,177	52,450	7.00	19.14
2010	20,567	49,919	7.31	17.74
2015	21,735	48,071	7.52	16.63
2020	22,529	46,455	7.61	15.70
2021	22,701	45,967	7.64	15.47

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Jamaica

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	338,323	1,064,576	-	24.116
1955	442,709	1,097,914	4.89	28.736
1960	549,842	1,078,410	4.24	33.769
1965	658,574	1,097,692	3.59	37.499
1970	774,985	1,100,396	3.22	41.324
1975	892,476	1,135,261	2.75	44.013
1980	1,010,985	1,152,060	2.63	46.739
1985	1,132,462	1,206,176	1.71	48.424
1990	1,198,630	1,225,612	1.10	49.444
1995	1,284,333	1,253,107	1.45	50.615
2000	1,376,634	1,280,230	1.30	51.814
2005	1,449,489	1,295,184	0.94	52.811
2010	1,514,064	1,303,146	0.82	53.743
2015	1,574,768	1,297,166	0.80	54.833
2020	1,640,435	1,272,725	0.82	56.311
2021	1,653,746	1,265,382	0.81	56.652

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Jamaica population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	115,994	111,308	227,302	7.64	104.210
05-09	119,956	114,912	234,868	7.90	104.389
10-14	114,808	111,361	226,169	7.61	103.095
15-19	119,035	114,512	233,547	7.85	103.950
20-24	130,537	125,737	256,274	8.62	103.817
25-29	129,679	125,924	255,603	8.60	102.982
30-34	119,338	116,298	235,636	7.92	102.614
35-39	105,509	109,780	215,289	7.24	96.109
40-44	85,773	96,111	181,884	6.12	89.244
45-49	84,217	93,161	177,378	5.97	90.399
50-54	82,354	90,272	172,626	5.81	91.229
55-59	74,484	77,889	152,373	5.12	95.628
60-64	59,687	68,331	128,018	4.31	87.350
65-69	45,452	48,766	94,218	3.17	93.204
70-74	35,278	36,744	72,022	2.42	96.010
75-79	24,142	25,938	50,080	1.68	93.076
80-84	15,370	16,970	32,340	1.09	90.572
85-89	8,504	9,561	18,065	0.61	88.945
90-94	3,936	3,908	7,844	0.26	100.716
95-99	985	721	1,706	0.06	136.616
100+	151	69	220	0.01	218.841
Total	1,475,189	1,498,273	2,973,462		98.459