Jamaica

Net migration rate in Jamaica

Net migration rate in Jamaica: 9.6 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -3.5 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
-3.5 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
−13.1 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
190 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
-2.4 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in JamaicaNet migration rate in Jamaica: 9.6 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -3.5 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -2.4 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -14.8 per 1,000 people and 12.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -2.4 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -14.8 per 1,000 people and 12.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 9.6 per 1,000 people in 1950, the lowest -18.1 per 1,000 people in 1958.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearJamaica
2023-3.5
2022-3.5
2021-1.6
20200
2019-3.7
2018-3.7
2017-3.7
2016-3.7
2015-3.7
2014-3.7
2013-3.7
2012-3.8
2011-4.2
2010-4.8
2009-5.5
2008-5.9
2007-6.1
2006-6.2
2005-6.4
2004-6.5
2003-6.5
2002-6.6
2001-6.7
2000-6.7
1999-6.8
1998-6.9
1997-7
1996-7.2
1995-7.6
1994-8.1
1993-8.5
1992-8.8
1991-9.6
1990-10.5
1989-11.5
1988-12
1987-12
1986-11
1985-9.3
1984-7.6
1983-6.3
1982-5.9
1981-6.3
1980-7.1
1979-8.1
1978-8.8
1977-9
1976-8.8
1975-8.6
1974-8.4
1973-8.6
1972-9.3
1971-10.7
1970-12.4
1969-14.2
1968-15.5
1967-16.1
1966-16.2
1965-16.2
1964-16.1
1963-16.1
1962-16.5
1961-17
1960-17.6
1959-17.9
1958-18.1
1957-17.8
1956-16.5
1955-14.2
1954-11
1953-6.9
1952-2
19513.1
19509.6
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearJamaica
2024-3.7-7.1–-0.7
2025-3.9-8.4–0.2
2026-4.1-9.6–0.8
2027-4.1-10.3–1.5
2028-4-10.8–2.2
2029-4-11.6–2.7
2030-4.1-11.5–3.2
2031-4-12–3.5
2032-4.2-12.5–3.5
2033-4.2-12.4–4.3
2034-4.3-13.3–4.1
2035-4.2-13–4.8
2036-4.3-13.3–5.1
2037-4.4-13.4–4.6
2038-4.3-13.7–5.3
2039-4.3-14.3–5.3
2040-4.2-14–6
2041-4.2-13.8–6.1
2042-4.2-14–6.5
2043-4.3-14.1–6.3
2044-4.3-14.1–6.4
2045-4.2-14.4–7.2
2046-4.2-14–7.2
2047-4.1-14.2–7.7
2048-4.1-14.3–7.9
2049-4.1-14.9–8
2050-3.9-14.8–8.8
2051-3.8-14.7–9
2052-3.9-14.9–8.9
2053-4-14.2–8.8
2054-4.1-14.3–9.1
2055-4.1-15–9
2056-4.1-15.1–8.4
2057-3.9-14.9–8.7
2058-4-15.1–9.3
2059-4-15–8.9
2060-4.1-14.5–8.6
2061-3.9-15.7–10
2062-3.9-15.4–9.4
2063-3.8-15.6–9.9
2064-3.8-15.7–10
2065-4-15.7–9.7
2066-3.6-15.7–10.2
2067-3.6-15.1–10.2
2068-3.6-15.1–10.5
2069-3.6-15.5–10.3
2070-3.7-15.2–10.6
2071-3.6-15.6–10.1
2072-3.7-15.2–10.5
2073-3.6-15.6–9.8
2074-3.6-14.6–10.1
2075-3.3-14.7–10.6
2076-3.3-14.7–11
2077-3.3-15–11.3
2078-3.1-15.2–11.5
2079-3.2-14.8–11.5
2080-3.2-16.1–10.9
2081-3-14.6–11.5
2082-3-14.3–11.8
2083-2.7-14.7–11.9
2084-2.9-14.6–11.4
2085-3-14.7–11.2
2086-2.9-14.4–10.9
2087-2.8-14.2–11.3
2088-2.8-14.6–10.9
2089-2.8-15.2–10.8
2090-2.7-15.3–11
2091-2.7-14.5–11.2
2092-2.6-14.4–10.9
2093-2.6-14.7–11.5
2094-2.5-15.1–12.2
2095-2.5-15.2–12.5
2096-2.4-14.6–12.1
2097-2.5-15.8–12
2098-2.5-14.8–12.3
2099-2.5-15.1–11.8
2100-2.4-14.8–12.4

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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