Population of Jamaica

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	14 Nov 2024

The current population of Jamaica is 2,838,020 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Jamaica is projected at 2,839,175, or 2.84 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Jamaica is projected at 2,839,786, or 2.84 million people, for the year 2023.

Jamaica ranks 142nd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Jamaica is ranked 14th among 41 countries and territories in North America.

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	0.035
2025	2,838,528	2,837,077	-2,901	-0.102	0.034
2026	2,835,627	2,833,403	-4,447	-0.157	0.034
2027	2,831,180	2,828,530	-5,301	-0.187	0.034
2028	2,825,879	2,822,867	-6,023	-0.213	0.033
2029	2,819,856	2,816,397	-6,918	-0.246	0.033
2030	2,812,938	2,808,954	-7,969	-0.284	0.033
2031	2,804,969	2,800,613	-8,712	-0.311	0.032
2032	2,796,257	2,791,137	-10,241	-0.367	0.032
2033	2,786,016	2,780,473	-11,086	-0.399	0.032
2034	2,774,930	2,768,723	-12,414	-0.448	0.031
2035	2,762,516	2,755,934	-13,164	-0.478	0.031
2036	2,749,352	2,742,078	-14,548	-0.531	0.031
2037	2,734,804	2,726,899	-15,810	-0.580	0.030
2038	2,718,994	2,710,818	-16,351	-0.603	0.030
2039	2,702,643	2,693,903	-17,480	-0.649	0.030
2040	2,685,163	2,676,100	-18,126	-0.677	0.029
2041	2,667,037	2,657,566	-18,943	-0.713	0.029
2042	2,648,094	2,638,090	-20,009	-0.758	0.028
2043	2,628,085	2,617,584	-21,002	-0.802	0.028
2044	2,607,083	2,596,168	-21,830	-0.841	0.028
2045	2,585,253	2,574,081	-22,345	-0.868	0.027
2046	2,562,908	2,551,353	-23,110	-0.906	0.027
2047	2,539,798	2,528,019	-23,557	-0.932	0.027
2048	2,516,241	2,504,199	-24,084	-0.962	0.026
2049	2,492,157	2,479,745	-24,823	-1.001	0.026
2050	2,467,334	2,454,940	-24,788	-1.010	0.025
2051	2,442,546	2,429,919	-25,254	-1.039	0.025
2052	2,417,292	2,404,364	-25,856	-1.075	0.025
2053	2,391,436	2,378,110	-26,652	-1.121	0.024
2054	2,364,784	2,351,073	-27,421	-1.166	0.024
2055	2,337,363	2,323,413	-27,900	-1.201	0.024
2056	2,309,463	2,295,281	-28,364	-1.236	0.023
2057	2,281,099	2,266,950	-28,299	-1.248	0.023
2058	2,252,800	2,238,309	-28,983	-1.295	0.023
2059	2,223,817	2,209,188	-29,259	-1.324	0.022
2060	2,194,558	2,179,682	-29,752	-1.365	0.022
2061	2,164,806	2,149,901	-29,811	-1.387	0.021
2062	2,134,995	2,119,870	-30,250	-1.427	0.021
2063	2,104,745	2,089,603	-30,284	-1.449	0.021
2064	2,074,461	2,059,102	-30,719	-1.492	0.020
2065	2,043,742	2,028,118	-31,248	-1.541	0.020
2066	2,012,494	1,997,097	-30,795	-1.542	0.020
2067	1,981,699	1,966,150	-31,097	-1.582	0.019
2068	1,950,602	1,934,899	-31,405	-1.623	0.019
2069	1,919,197	1,903,473	-31,448	-1.652	0.019
2070	1,887,749	1,871,879	-31,741	-1.696	0.018
2071	1,856,008	1,840,109	-31,798	-1.728	0.018
2072	1,824,210	1,808,218	-31,983	-1.769	0.018
2073	1,792,227	1,776,332	-31,789	-1.790	0.017
2074	1,760,438	1,744,487	-31,901	-1.829	0.017
2075	1,728,537	1,712,843	-31,387	-1.833	0.017
2076	1,697,150	1,681,566	-31,168	-1.854	0.016
2077	1,665,982	1,650,427	-31,110	-1.885	0.016
2078	1,634,872	1,619,582	-30,580	-1.888	0.016
2079	1,604,292	1,589,025	-30,533	-1.922	0.015
2080	1,573,759	1,558,623	-30,271	-1.942	0.015
2081	1,543,488	1,528,688	-29,601	-1.936	0.015
2082	1,513,887	1,499,310	-29,155	-1.945	0.015
2083	1,484,732	1,470,537	-28,389	-1.931	0.014
2084	1,456,343	1,442,238	-28,209	-1.956	0.014
2085	1,428,134	1,414,205	-27,859	-1.970	0.014
2086	1,400,275	1,386,698	-27,153	-1.958	0.013
2087	1,373,122	1,359,860	-26,525	-1.951	0.013
2088	1,346,597	1,333,630	-25,934	-1.945	0.013
2089	1,320,663	1,307,974	-25,379	-1.940	0.013
2090	1,295,284	1,282,938	-24,691	-1.925	0.012
2091	1,270,593	1,258,538	-24,110	-1.916	0.012
2092	1,246,483	1,234,778	-23,410	-1.896	0.012
2093	1,223,073	1,211,696	-22,754	-1.878	0.012
2094	1,200,319	1,189,277	-22,084	-1.857	0.012
2095	1,178,235	1,167,512	-21,446	-1.837	0.011
2096	1,156,789	1,146,351	-20,877	-1.821	0.011
2097	1,135,912	1,125,705	-20,415	-1.814	0.011
2098	1,115,497	1,105,549	-19,897	-1.800	0.011
2099	1,095,600	1,085,891	-19,418	-1.788	0.011
2100	1,076,182	1,066,774	-18,815	-1.764	0.010

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	0.056
1951	1,429,088	1,447,469	36,763	2.540	0.057
1952	1,465,851	1,481,343	30,985	2.092	0.057
1953	1,496,836	1,509,736	25,801	1.709	0.057
1954	1,522,637	1,533,447	21,621	1.410	0.057
1955	1,544,258	1,553,711	18,906	1.217	0.057
1956	1,563,164	1,571,973	17,617	1.121	0.056
1957	1,580,781	1,589,677	17,791	1.119	0.056
1958	1,598,572	1,608,264	19,385	1.205	0.055
1959	1,617,957	1,628,235	20,555	1.262	0.055
1960	1,638,512	1,650,005	22,987	1.393	0.055
1961	1,661,499	1,673,261	23,523	1.406	0.055
1962	1,685,022	1,696,932	23,820	1.404	0.054
1963	1,708,842	1,721,099	24,513	1.424	0.054
1964	1,733,355	1,745,568	24,426	1.399	0.053
1965	1,757,781	1,769,192	22,822	1.290	0.053
1966	1,780,603	1,791,475	21,743	1.214	0.053
1967	1,802,346	1,812,865	21,038	1.160	0.052
1968	1,823,384	1,833,765	20,763	1.132	0.052
1969	1,844,147	1,855,127	21,960	1.184	0.051
1970	1,866,107	1,878,196	24,178	1.287	0.051
1971	1,890,285	1,903,728	26,887	1.412	0.050
1972	1,917,172	1,931,542	28,739	1.488	0.050
1973	1,945,911	1,961,219	30,617	1.561	0.050
1974	1,976,528	1,990,906	28,755	1.444	0.050
1975	2,005,283	2,018,981	27,396	1.357	0.050
1976	2,032,679	2,045,578	25,798	1.261	0.049
1977	2,058,477	2,070,657	24,361	1.176	0.049
1978	2,082,838	2,094,836	23,996	1.145	0.049
1979	2,106,834	2,119,486	25,304	1.194	0.049
1980	2,132,138	2,145,658	27,040	1.260	0.048
1981	2,159,178	2,173,818	29,280	1.347	0.048
1982	2,188,458	2,203,889	30,861	1.400	0.048
1983	2,219,319	2,234,832	31,026	1.388	0.048
1984	2,250,345	2,264,562	28,434	1.256	0.047
1985	2,278,779	2,290,656	23,754	1.037	0.047
1986	2,302,533	2,312,125	19,184	0.830	0.047
1987	2,321,717	2,329,813	16,192	0.695	0.046
1988	2,337,909	2,345,777	15,736	0.671	0.046
1989	2,353,645	2,361,916	16,542	0.700	0.045
1990	2,370,187	2,379,877	19,380	0.814	0.045
1991	2,389,567	2,400,869	22,603	0.941	0.044
1992	2,412,170	2,424,701	25,062	1.034	0.044
1993	2,437,232	2,449,916	25,367	1.035	0.044
1994	2,462,599	2,475,220	25,243	1.020	0.044
1995	2,487,842	2,500,151	24,617	0.985	0.043
1996	2,512,459	2,524,463	24,007	0.951	0.043
1997	2,536,466	2,547,848	22,764	0.893	0.043
1998	2,559,230	2,569,736	21,012	0.818	0.043
1999	2,580,242	2,589,795	19,106	0.738	0.043
2000	2,599,348	2,607,826	16,956	0.650	0.042
2001	2,616,304	2,624,403	16,198	0.617	0.042
2002	2,632,502	2,640,572	16,139	0.611	0.042
2003	2,648,641	2,656,623	15,964	0.601	0.041
2004	2,664,605	2,672,225	15,240	0.570	0.041
2005	2,679,845	2,687,066	14,441	0.537	0.041
2006	2,694,286	2,700,968	13,363	0.495	0.040
2007	2,707,649	2,713,800	12,303	0.453	0.040
2008	2,719,952	2,725,635	11,365	0.417	0.040
2009	2,731,317	2,736,995	11,356	0.415	0.039
2010	2,742,673	2,748,568	11,789	0.429	0.039
2011	2,754,462	2,760,494	12,063	0.437	0.039
2012	2,766,525	2,772,430	11,810	0.426	0.038
2013	2,778,335	2,783,687	10,704	0.385	0.038
2014	2,789,039	2,793,749	9,420	0.337	0.038
2015	2,798,459	2,802,534	8,150	0.291	0.038
2016	2,806,609	2,809,915	6,612	0.235	0.037
2017	2,813,221	2,815,764	5,085	0.181	0.037
2018	2,818,306	2,820,097	3,583	0.127	0.036
2019	2,821,889	2,823,271	2,764	0.098	0.036
2020	2,824,653	2,830,739	12,172	0.430	0.036
2021	2,836,825	2,837,682	1,713	0.060	0.036
2022	2,838,538	2,839,144	1,212	0.043	0.035
2023	2,839,750	2,839,786	72	0.003	0.035