Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean.
The country had a population of 2,825,352 in 2023, the fourth largest in the region.
Demographics of Jamaica | |
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Population | 2,818,596 (2022) |
Growth rate | 0.08% (2022 est.) |
Birth rate | 12.0 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
Death rate | 8.8 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
Life expectancy | 75.75 years |
• male | 73.98 years |
• female | 77.6 years |
Fertility rate | 1.40 children |
Infant mortality rate | 11.17 deaths/1,000 live births |
Net migration rate | −7.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Nationality | |
Nationality | Jamaican |
Major ethnic | Afro-Jamaicans (92%) (2023) |
Minor ethnic | Afro-European (6 %), East Indian and Afro-East Indian (1%), Caucasian (1%), Chinese (1%), Other (0.8%) |
Language | |
Official | English |
Spoken | English, Jamaican Patois, Mandarin, Hakka, Cantonese |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1844 | 377,433 | — |
1861 | 441,264 | +16.9% |
1871 | 506,154 | +14.7% |
1881 | 580,804 | +14.7% |
1891 | 639,491 | +10.1% |
1911 | 831,383 | +30.0% |
1921 | 858,118 | +3.2% |
1943 | 1,237,063 | +44.2% |
1960 | 1,609,814 | +30.1% |
1970 | 1,848,512 | +14.8% |
1982 | 2,190,357 | +18.5% |
1991 | 2,380,666 | +8.7% |
2001 | 2,607,632 | +9.5% |
2011 | 2,697,983 | +3.5% |
Source: |
Jamaica's annual population growth rate stood at 0.08% in 2022. As of 2023, Jamaicans of African descent represent 92.1% of the population, followed by 6.1% Afro-European or Brown, 0.8% East Indian and Afro-East Indian, >0.8 % Caucasian, 0.4% Chinese and 0.2% other. 68.9% of Jamaicans were Christians in 2011, predominantly Protestant.
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 2,827,695 in 2021, compared to only 1,403,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 29%, 63.1% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 7.8% was 65 years or older.
Total population (x 1000) | Proportion aged 0–14 (%) | Proportion aged 15–64 (%) | Proportion aged 65+ (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | 1 403 | 36.0 | 60.1 | 3.9 |
1955 | 1 542 | 37.1 | 58.8 | 4.1 |
1960 | 1 629 | 41.8 | 53.9 | 4.3 |
1965 | 1 760 | 43.5 | 51.1 | 5.4 |
1970 | 1 869 | 47.0 | 47.4 | 5.6 |
1975 | 2 012 | 45.3 | 48.9 | 5.8 |
1980 | 2 132 | 40.3 | 53.0 | 6.8 |
1985 | 2 297 | 37.3 | 55.7 | 7.1 |
1990 | 2 365 | 35.1 | 57.5 | 7.4 |
1995 | 2 462 | 33.8 | 58.7 | 7.5 |
2000 | 2 582 | 32.5 | 59.6 | 7.9 |
2005 | 2 682 | 30.4 | 61.5 | 8.1 |
2010 | 2 741 | 27.1 | 64.5 | 8.4 |
2015 | 2 793 | 23.6 | 67.3 | 9.1 |
2019 | 2 734 | 20.8 | 69.5 | 9.7 |
Average population | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | TFR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | 750,000 | 26,800 | 16,200 | 10,600 | 35.7 | 21.6 | 14.1 | |
1901 | 756,000 | 32,100 | 17,200 | 14,900 | 42.5 | 22.8 | 19.7 | |
1902 | 760,000 | 29,900 | 15,000 | 14,900 | 39.3 | 19.8 | 19.5 | |
1903 | 770,000 | 30,900 | 19,100 | 11,800 | 40.1 | 24.8 | 15.3 | |
1904 | 780,000 | 28,500 | 19,400 | 9,100 | 36.5 | 24.9 | 11.6 | |
1905 | 790,000 | 31,100 | 17,500 | 13,600 | 39.4 | 22.2 | 17.2 | |
1906 | 790,000 | 30,700 | 21,200 | 9,500 | 38.9 | 26.8 | 12.1 | |
1907 | 800,000 | 28,800 | 23,400 | 5,400 | 36.0 | 29.2 | 6.8 | |
1908 | 810,000 | 31,300 | 18,700 | 12,600 | 38.7 | 23.1 | 15.6 | |
1909 | 820,000 | 32,300 | 18,600 | 13,700 | 39.4 | 22.7 | 16.7 | |
1910 | 820,000 | 31,600 | 18,900 | 12,700 | 38.5 | 23.1 | 15.4 | |
1911 | 831,000 | 32,500 | 18,500 | 14,000 | 39.1 | 22.3 | 16.8 | |
1912 | 830,000 | 32,500 | 21,100 | 11,400 | 39.2 | 25.4 | 13.8 | |
1913 | 840,000 | 30,200 | 18,600 | 11,600 | 36.0 | 22.1 | 13.9 | |
1914 | 840,000 | 33,400 | 18,400 | 15,000 | 39.8 | 21.9 | 17.9 | |
1915 | 840,000 | 29,800 | 18,600 | 11,200 | 35.5 | 22.1 | 13.4 | |
1916 | 840,000 | 28,700 | 19,400 | 9,300 | 34.2 | 23.1 | 11.1 | |
1917 | 850,000 | 29,900 | 23,600 | 6,300 | 35.2 | 27.8 | 7.4 | |
1918 | 850,000 | 30,100 | 29,100 | 1,000 | 35.4 | 34.2 | 1.2 | |
1919 | 850,000 | 29,700 | 19,500 | 10,200 | 34.9 | 22.9 | 12.0 | |
1920 | 860,000 | 36,200 | 22,500 | 13,700 | 42.1 | 26.2 | 15.9 | |
1921 | 858,000 | 29,900 | 24,300 | 5,600 | 34.9 | 28.3 | 6.6 | |
1922 | 870,000 | 32,500 | 20,000 | 12,500 | 37.4 | 23.0 | 14.4 | |
1923 | 890,000 | 34,400 | 20,500 | 13,900 | 38.7 | 23.0 | 15.7 | |
1924 | 910,000 | 33,700 | 19,900 | 13,800 | 37.0 | 21.9 | 15.1 | |
1925 | 930,000 | 32,500 | 20,100 | 12,400 | 34.9 | 21.6 | 13.3 | |
1926 | 950,000 | 36,500 | 19,500 | 17,000 | 38.4 | 20.5 | 17.9 | |
1927 | 960,000 | 33,300 | 20,300 | 13,000 | 34.7 | 21.1 | 13.6 | |
1928 | 980,000 | 35,100 | 19,300 | 15,800 | 35.8 | 19.7 | 16.1 | |
1929 | 1,000,000 | 34,200 | 18,400 | 15,800 | 34.2 | 18.4 | 15.8 | |
1930 | 1,020,000 | 38,300 | 17,600 | 20,700 | 37.5 | 17.3 | 20.2 | |
1931 | 1,030,000 | 36,400 | 19,500 | 16,900 | 35.3 | 18.9 | 16.4 | |
1932 | 1,047,000 | 34,200 | 18,200 | 16,000 | 32.7 | 17.4 | 15.3 | |
1933 | 1,067,000 | 35,600 | 21,000 | 14,600 | 33.4 | 19.7 | 13.7 | |
1934 | 1,081,000 | 34,247 | 18,731 | 15,516 | 31.7 | 17.3 | 14.4 | |
1935 | 1,096,000 | 37,379 | 19,706 | 17,673 | 34.1 | 18.0 | 16.1 | |
1936 | 1,111,000 | 36,561 | 19,629 | 16,932 | 32.9 | 17.7 | 15.2 | |
1937 | 1,123,000 | 35,352 | 17,481 | 17,871 | 31.5 | 15.6 | 15.9 | |
1938 | 1,142,000 | 37,970 | 19,124 | 18,846 | 33.3 | 16.8 | 16.5 | |
1939 | 1,162,000 | 37,474 | 17,536 | 19,938 | 32.3 | 15.1 | 17.2 | |
1940 | 1,183,000 | 36,462 | 18,243 | 18,219 | 30.8 | 15.4 | 15.4 | |
1941 | 1,205,000 | 37,829 | 17,317 | 20,512 | 31.4 | 14.4 | 17.0 | |
1942 | 1,227,000 | 40,165 | 17,545 | 22,620 | 32.7 | 14.3 | 18.4 | |
1943 | 1,248,000 | 39,371 | 17,558 | 21,813 | 31.5 | 14.1 | 17.4 | |
1944 | 1,260,000 | 41,772 | 18,976 | 22,796 | 33.2 | 15.1 | 18.1 | |
1945 | 1,266,000 | 37,954 | 18,874 | 19,080 | 30.0 | 14.9 | 15.1 | |
1946 | 1,292,000 | 39,918 | 17,272 | 22,646 | 30.9 | 13.4 | 17.5 | |
1947 | 1,321,000 | 43,267 | 18,770 | 24,497 | 32.8 | 14.2 | 18.5 | |
1948 | 1,345,000 | 41,463 | 17,869 | 23,594 | 30.8 | 13.3 | 17.5 | |
1949 | 1,365,000 | 44,377 | 16,859 | 27,518 | 32.5 | 12.4 | 20.2 | |
1950 | 1,403,000 | 46,459 | 16,677 | 29,782 | 33.1 | 11.9 | 21.2 | |
1951 | 1,437,000 | 48,561 | 17,250 | 31,311 | 34.0 | 12.1 | 21.9 | |
1952 | 1,468,000 | 48,902 | 16,695 | 32,207 | 33.6 | 11.5 | 22.1 | |
1953 | 1,496,000 | 51,131 | 15,442 | 35,689 | 34.4 | 10.4 | 24.0 | |
1954 | 1,521,000 | 53,630 | 16,302 | 37,328 | 36.5 | 11.1 | 25.4 | |
1955 | 1,542,000 | 55,767 | 15,328 | 40,439 | 37.5 | 10.3 | 27.2 | |
1956 | 1,560,000 | 58,177 | 14,670 | 43,507 | 38.5 | 9.7 | 28.8 | |
1957 | 1,576,000 | 60,445 | 14,129 | 46,316 | 39.4 | 9.2 | 30.2 | |
1958 | 1,592,000 | 63,517 | 14,813 | 48,704 | 40.6 | 9.5 | 31.1 | |
1959 | 1,609,000 | 63,874 | 16,549 | 47,325 | 39.9 | 10.3 | 29.6 | |
1960 | 1,629,000 | 68,413 | 14,321 | 54,092 | 42.5 | 8.9 | 33.6 | |
1961 | 1,652,000 | 66,128 | 14,193 | 51,935 | 40.5 | 8.7 | 31.8 | |
1962 | 1,679,000 | 64,913 | 14,167 | 50,746 | 39.1 | 8.5 | 30.6 | |
1963 | 1,707,000 | 66,189 | 15,159 | 51,030 | 39.0 | 8.9 | 30.1 | |
1964 | 1,735,000 | 68,359 | 13,267 | 55,092 | 39.3 | 7.6 | 31.7 | |
1965 | 1,760,000 | 69,768 | 14,084 | 55,684 | 39.6 | 8.0 | 31.6 | |
1966 | 1,783,000 | 71,364 | 14,288 | 57,076 | 40.0 | 8.0 | 32.0 | |
1967 | 1,804,000 | 67,438 | 13,295 | 54,143 | 37.4 | 7.4 | 30.0 | |
1968 | 1,824,000 | 65,402 | 14,557 | 50,845 | 35.9 | 8.0 | 27.9 | |
1969 | 1,845,000 | 64,668 | 14,094 | 50,574 | 35.1 | 7.6 | 27.4 | |
1970 | 1,869,000 | 64,375 | 14,352 | 50,023 | 34.4 | 7.7 | 26.8 | |
1971 | 1,896,000 | 66,277 | 14,078 | 52,199 | 34.9 | 7.4 | 27.5 | |
1972 | 1,925,000 | 66,219 | 13,970 | 52,249 | 34.3 | 7.2 | 27.1 | |
1973 | 1,955,000 | 61,857 | 14,157 | 47,700 | 31.6 | 7.2 | 24.3 | |
1974 | 1,984,000 | 61,506 | 14,374 | 47,132 | 30.9 | 7.2 | 23.7 | |
1975 | 2,012,000 | 61,462 | 14,004 | 47,458 | 30.3 | 6.9 | 23.4 | |
1976 | 2,037,000 | 60,658 | 14,671 | 45,987 | 29.6 | 7.2 | 22.4 | |
1977 | 2,059,000 | 60,423 | 14,245 | 46,178 | 29.1 | 6.9 | 22.3 | |
1978 | 2,081,000 | 58,189 | 12,148 | 46,041 | 27.9 | 5.8 | 22.1 | |
1979 | 2,105,000 | 59,126 | 13,297 | 45,829 | 28.0 | 6.3 | 21.7 | |
1980 | 2,132,000 | 58,589 | 12,706 | 45,883 | 27.5 | 6.0 | 21.5 | 3.56 |
1981 | 2,165,000 | 59,435 | 13,315 | 46,120 | 27.5 | 6.2 | 21.3 | 3.50 |
1982 | 2,200,000 | 61,477 | 12,698 | 48,779 | 27.9 | 5.8 | 22.2 | 3.40 |
1983 | 2,237,000 | 61,417 | 12,588 | 48,829 | 27.4 | 5.6 | 21.8 | 3.21 |
1984 | 2,270,000 | 57,533 | 13,405 | 44,128 | 25.2 | 5.9 | 19.4 | 2.73 |
1985 | 2,297,000 | 56,210 | 13,918 | 42,292 | 24.3 | 6.0 | 18.3 | 2.56 |
1986 | 2,317,000 | 54,067 | 13,341 | 40,726 | 23.1 | 5.7 | 17.4 | 2.40 |
1987 | 2,332,000 | 52,270 | 12,352 | 39,918 | 22.2 | 5.3 | 17.0 | 2.27 |
1988 | 2,342,000 | 53,623 | 12,167 | 41,456 | 22.7 | 5.2 | 17.6 | 2.31 |
1989 | 2,353,000 | 59,104 | 14,315 | 44,789 | 24.7 | 6.0 | 18.7 | 2.43 |
1990 | 2,365,000 | 59,606 | 12,174 | 47,432 | 25.2 | 5.1 | 20.1 | 2.45 |
1991 | 2,381,000 | 59,879 | 13,319 | 46,560 | 25.2 | 5.6 | 19.6 | 2.44 |
1992 | 2,399,000 | 56,276 | 13,225 | 43,051 | 23.5 | 5.5 | 17.9 | 2.34 |
1993 | 2,419,000 | 58,627 | 13,927 | 44,700 | 24.2 | 5.8 | 18.5 | 2.44 |
1994 | 2,440,000 | 57,404 | 13,503 | 43,901 | 23.5 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 2.38 |
1995 | 2,462,000 | 57,607 | 12,776 | 44,831 | 23.4 | 5.2 | 18.2 | 2.37 |
1996 | 2,485,000 | 57,370 | 14,854 | 42,516 | 23.1 | 6.0 | 17.1 | 2.33 |
1997 | 2,509,000 | 59,385 | 15,967 | 43,418 | 23.7 | 6.4 | 17.3 | 2.42 |
1998 | 2,534,000 | 56,937 | 16,150 | 40,787 | 22.5 | 6.4 | 16.1 | 2.29 |
1999 | 2,559,000 | 56,911 | 17,550 | 39,361 | 22.2 | 6.9 | 15.4 | 2.29 |
2000 | 2,582,000 | 54,035 | 16,400 | 37,635 | 20.9 | 6.4 | 14.6 | 2.13 |
2001 | 2,605,000 | 49,291 | 16,615 | 32,676 | 18.9 | 6.4 | 12.5 | 1.92 |
2002 | 2,620,000 | 47,464 | 16,728 | 30,736 | 18.2 | 6.4 | 11.8 | 1.84 |
2003 | 2,629,000 | 45,559 | 17,267 | 28,292 | 17.4 | 6.6 | 10.8 | 1.77 |
2004 | 2,639,000 | 44,843 | 16,332 | 28,511 | 17.0 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 1.73 |
2005 | 2,644,000 | 46,370 | 17,413 | 28,957 | 17.5 | 6.6 | 11.0 | 1.81 |
2006 | 2,653,000 | 43,243 | 18,960 | 24,283 | 16.3 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 1.70 |
2007 | 2,662,000 | 43,385 | 20,550 | 22,835 | 16.3 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 1.71 |
2008 | 2,672,000 | 43,112 | 19,966 | 23,146 | 16.1 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 1.70 |
2009 | 2,681,000 | 42,782 | 18,555 | 24,227 | 16.0 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 1.68 |
2010 | 2,691,000 | 40,508 | 21,503 | 19,005 | 15.1 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 1.57 |
2011 | 2,700,000 | 39,673 | 16,926 | 22,747 | 14.7 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 1.54 |
2012 | 2,708,000 | 39,553 | 16,998 | 22,555 | 14.5 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 1.55 |
2013 | 2,715,000 | 36,746 | 15,427 | 21,319 | 13.5 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 1.52 |
2014 | 2,721,000 | 36,996 | 18,320 | 18,676 | 13.6 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 1.51 |
2015 | 2,723,000 | 37,900 | 19,249 | 18,651 | 13.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 1.53 |
2016 | 2,727,000 | 36,160 | 19,761 | 16,399 | 13.3 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 1.50 |
2017 | 2,728,000 | 34,423 | 19,661 | 14,762 | 12.6 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 1.46 |
2018 | 2,731,000 | 34,209 | 19,762 | 14,447 | 12.5 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 1.42 |
2019 | 2,734,000 | 34,632 | 20,937 | 13,695 | 12.7 | 7.7 | 5.0 | |
2020 | 2,735,000 | 33,941 | 20,238 | 13,703 | 12.4 | 7.4 | 5.0 | |
2021 | 2,737,000 | 33,126 | 26,974 | 6,152 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 2.3 | |
2022 | 2,738,000 | 31,276 | 21,390 | 9,886 | 11.4 | 7.8 | 3.6 |
Period | Life expectancy in Years | Period | Life expectancy in Years |
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1950–1955 | 58.6 | 1985–1990 | 72.1 |
1955–1960 | 62.7 | 1990–1995 | 72.0 |
1960–1965 | 65.7 | 1995–2000 | 72.1 |
1965–1970 | 67.2 | 2000–2005 | 72.8 |
1970–1975 | 69.0 | 2005–2010 | 74.2 |
1975–1980 | 70.7 | 2010–2015 | 75.5 |
1980–1985 | 72.0 |
Source: UN World Population Prospects
Demographic statistics below are based on the 2022 World Population Review.
The following demographic statistics are from The World Factbook by the CIA, unless otherwise referenced.
11.4 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 103rd
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
English, Jamaican Patois
Protestant 64.8% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%, Other Church of God 9.2%, New Testament Church of God 7.2%, Baptist 6.7%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.5%, Anglican 2.8%, United Church 2.1%, Methodist 1.6%, Revived 1.4%, Brethren 0.9%, and Moravian 0.7%), Roman Catholic 2.2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.9%, Rastafarian 1.1%, other 6.5%, none 21.3%, unspecified 2.3% (2011 est.)
Black 92.1%, mixed 6.1%, East Indian 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.7% (2011 est.)
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