Jamaica — Population
Population, Total for Jamaica, 1960–2025.
Population for Jamaica was 2.84 million in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.84 million in 2023. The lowest was 1.65 million in 1960 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.84% per year.
Jamaica ranks 140 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 65%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.18 million, so Jamaica sits below it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 22 of 42 economies; Trinidad and Tobago (1.37 million) is just below it.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 83 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 125th of 216 in 1960 → 129th of 216 in 1970 → 131st of 216 in 1980 → 133rd of 217 in 1990 → 136th of 217 in 2000 → 139th of 217 in 2010 → 137th of 217 in 2020 → 140th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,837,077 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,839,175 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,839,786 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,839,144 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,837,682 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,830,739 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,823,271 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,820,097 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,815,764 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,809,915 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,802,534 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,793,749 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,783,687 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 2,772,430 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,760,494 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,748,568 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 2,736,995 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 2,725,635 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,713,800 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 2,700,968 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 2,687,066 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 2,672,225 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 2,656,623 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 2,640,572 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 2,624,403 | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 2,607,826 | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 2,589,795 | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 2,569,736 | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 2,547,848 | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 2,524,463 | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 2,500,151 | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 2,475,220 | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 2,449,916 | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 2,424,701 | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 2,400,869 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 2,379,877 | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 2,361,916 | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 2,345,777 | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 2,329,813 | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 2,312,125 | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 2,290,656 | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 2,264,562 | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 2,234,832 | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 2,203,889 | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 2,173,818 | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 2,145,658 | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 2,119,486 | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 2,094,836 | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 2,070,657 | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 2,045,578 | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 2,018,981 | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 1,990,906 | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 1,961,219 | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 1,931,542 | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 1,903,728 | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 1,878,196 | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 1,855,127 | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 1,833,765 | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 1,812,865 | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 1,791,475 | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 1,769,192 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 1,745,568 | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 1,721,099 | +1.4% |
| 1962 | 1,696,932 | +1.4% |
| 1961 | 1,673,261 | +1.4% |
| 1960 | 1,650,005 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Jamaica’s Population in 1961?
1,673,261 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Jamaica’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Jamaica’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +71.9% in total — about 0.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2,837,077; 2024: 2,839,175; 2023: 2,839,786; 2022: 2,839,144; 2021: 2,837,682. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. 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.