Jamaica
Urban population in Jamaica
Urban population in Jamaica: 22% in 1950 and 59.4% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 59.4%
- Since 1950
- +37.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 136 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 77%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 77% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Jamaica |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.4 |
| 2024 | 58.9 |
| 2023 | 58.5 |
| 2022 | 58 |
| 2021 | 57.5 |
| 2020 | 57.1 |
| 2019 | 56.7 |
| 2018 | 56.3 |
| 2017 | 55.9 |
| 2016 | 55.6 |
| 2015 | 55.2 |
| 2014 | 54.9 |
| 2013 | 54.6 |
| 2012 | 54.3 |
| 2011 | 54 |
| 2010 | 53.8 |
| 2009 | 53.6 |
| 2008 | 53.4 |
| 2007 | 53.2 |
| 2006 | 53 |
| 2005 | 52.8 |
| 2004 | 52.6 |
| 2003 | 52.4 |
| 2002 | 52.2 |
| 2001 | 51.9 |
| 2000 | 51.7 |
| 1999 | 51.5 |
| 1998 | 51.3 |
| 1997 | 51 |
| 1996 | 50.8 |
| 1995 | 50.6 |
| 1994 | 50.3 |
| 1993 | 50.1 |
| 1992 | 49.9 |
| 1991 | 49.7 |
| 1990 | 49.5 |
| 1989 | 49.3 |
| 1988 | 49.1 |
| 1987 | 48.9 |
| 1986 | 48.7 |
| 1985 | 48.5 |
| 1984 | 48.3 |
| 1983 | 48.1 |
| 1982 | 47.8 |
| 1981 | 47.5 |
| 1980 | 47.2 |
| 1979 | 46.8 |
| 1978 | 46.3 |
| 1977 | 45.8 |
| 1976 | 45.3 |
| 1975 | 44.8 |
| 1974 | 44.2 |
| 1973 | 43.5 |
| 1972 | 42.9 |
| 1971 | 42.2 |
| 1970 | 41.4 |
| 1969 | 40.6 |
| 1968 | 39.6 |
| 1967 | 38.5 |
| 1966 | 37.2 |
| 1965 | 35.9 |
| 1964 | 34.5 |
| 1963 | 33.2 |
| 1962 | 31.9 |
| 1961 | 30.7 |
| 1960 | 29.8 |
| 1959 | 28.9 |
| 1958 | 28 |
| 1957 | 27.2 |
| 1956 | 26.4 |
| 1955 | 25.6 |
| 1954 | 24.8 |
| 1953 | 24.1 |
| 1952 | 23.3 |
| 1951 | 22.6 |
| 1950 | 22 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Jamaica |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 59.9 |
| 2027 | 60.5 |
| 2028 | 61 |
| 2029 | 61.6 |
| 2030 | 62.1 |
| 2031 | 62.7 |
| 2032 | 63.3 |
| 2033 | 64 |
| 2034 | 64.6 |
| 2035 | 65.3 |
| 2036 | 65.9 |
| 2037 | 66.6 |
| 2038 | 67.3 |
| 2039 | 68 |
| 2040 | 68.8 |
| 2041 | 69.5 |
| 2042 | 70.3 |
| 2043 | 71.1 |
| 2044 | 71.9 |
| 2045 | 72.7 |
| 2046 | 73.5 |
| 2047 | 74.4 |
| 2048 | 75.2 |
| 2049 | 76.1 |
| 2050 | 77 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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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