Jamaica
Population growth in Jamaica
Population growth in Jamaica: 3.11% a year in 1950 and 0% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 0% a year
- Since 1950
- −3.11 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 177 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -1.76% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -1.76% a year in 2100, between -6.62% a year and 1.57% a year (95% prediction interval).
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Jamaica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 0.04 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 0.06 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 0.43 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0.1 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 0.13 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 0.18 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 0.24 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 0.29 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 0.34 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 0.39 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 0.43 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.44 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.43 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 0.42 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 0.42 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 0.45 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 0.5 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 0.54 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.57 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0.61 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.62 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 0.65 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 0.74 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 0.82 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 0.89 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 0.95 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 0.99 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 1.02 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 1.04 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 1.03 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 0.94 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 0.81 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 0.7 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 0.67 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 0.7 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.83 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 1.04 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 1.26 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 1.39 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 1.4 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 1.35 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 1.26 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 1.19 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 1.15 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 1.18 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 1.26 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 1.36 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 1.44 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 1.56 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 1.49 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 1.41 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 1.29 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 1.18 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 1.13 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 1.16 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1.21 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 1.29 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 1.4 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 1.42 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 1.4 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 1.41 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 1.39 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.21 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1.12 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 1.12 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 1.22 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 1.41 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 1.71 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 2.09 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 2.54 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 3.11 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Jamaica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.05-0.51–0.42 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -0.1-0.67–0.45 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -0.16-0.83–0.48 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -0.19-0.95–0.46 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -0.21-1.01–0.52 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -0.25-1.11–0.51 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -0.28-1.18–0.56 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -0.31-1.26–0.61 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -0.37-1.31–0.54 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -0.4-1.42–0.58 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -0.45-1.5–0.53 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -0.48-1.51–0.58 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -0.53-1.6–0.55 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -0.58-1.69–0.49 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -0.6-1.76–0.53 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.65-1.83–0.52 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -0.68-1.89–0.59 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -0.71-1.95–0.53 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -0.76-2.02–0.49 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -0.8-2.07–0.44 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.84-2.09–0.46 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -0.87-2.15–0.53 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -0.91-2.17–0.51 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -0.93-2.23–0.55 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -0.96-2.3–0.58 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -1-2.41–0.53 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -1.01-2.44–0.6 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -1.04-2.52–0.64 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -1.08-2.59–0.63 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -1.12-2.65–0.62 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -1.17-2.68–0.59 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -1.2-2.77–0.61 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -1.24-2.89–0.57 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -1.25-2.92–0.63 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -1.3-3.07–0.66 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -1.32-3.09–0.6 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -1.37-3.11–0.61 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -1.39-3.26–0.61 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -1.43-3.35–0.59 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -1.45-3.47–0.67 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -1.49-3.51–0.63 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -1.54-3.56–0.54 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -1.54-3.61–0.67 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -1.58-3.76–0.71 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -1.62-3.81–0.7 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -1.65-3.89–0.77 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -1.7-4.02–0.66 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -1.73-4.11–0.64 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -1.77-4.34–0.69 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -1.79-4.37–0.64 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -1.83-4.35–0.7 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -1.83-4.37–0.79 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -1.85-4.48–0.79 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -1.89-4.57–0.82 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -1.89-4.65–0.82 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -1.92-4.7–0.86 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -1.94-4.93–0.89 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -1.94-4.92–0.95 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -1.95-4.96–1.03 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -1.93-4.98–1.04 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -1.96-5.1–1.04 | -0 |
| 2085 | -1.97-5.17–1.02 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -1.96-5.23–1.03 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -1.95-5.38–1.08 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -1.95-5.44–1.05 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -1.94-5.57–1.12 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -1.93-5.62–1.2 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -1.92-5.72–1.24 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -1.9-5.81–1.24 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -1.88-5.89–1.3 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -1.86-6.01–1.38 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -1.84-6.06–1.46 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -1.82-6.13–1.47 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -1.81-6.24–1.56 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -1.8-6.46–1.56 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -1.79-6.57–1.56 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -1.76-6.62–1.57 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Jamaica in numbers
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- Military spending1.37% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$280M in 2025
- Military spending per person$101 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel6,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports10 million TIV in 2024