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Jamaica — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Jamaica, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.07%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -105.3% since 1961
Population growth for Jamaica was -0.07% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.52% in 1973.
Jamaica ranks 177 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 82%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Jamaica sits below it. It peaked in 1973 and has fallen 105% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 124%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.07%
First (1961)
1.40%
Change
-105.3%
Highest
1.52%
in 1973
Lowest
-0.07%
in 2025
Average
0.83%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.07% |
| 2024 | -0.02% |
| 2023 | 0.02% |
| 2022 | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 0.24% |
| 2020 | 0.26% |
| 2019 | 0.11% |
| 2018 | 0.15% |
| 2017 | 0.21% |
| 2016 | 0.26% |
| 2015 | 0.31% |
| 2014 | 0.36% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.