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Jamaica: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
2.84 millionpeople
Change on 2024
−0.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.1%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20312.81Forecast
20302.81Forecast
20292.82Forecast
20282.82Forecast
20272.83Forecast
20262.83Forecast
20252.84
20242.84
20232.84
20222.84
20212.84
20202.83
20192.82
20182.82
20172.82
20162.81

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1942–2022
  • Penn World Table1953–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bordo1970–1997
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2019
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2019–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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