Jamaica's population rose from 2.52M in 1996 to 2.84M in 2025.
Jamaica · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Jamaica's population growth fell from 1.0 % in 1996 to -0.1 % in 2025.
Jamaica's population density rose from 228.6 in 1994 to 262.2 in 2023.
Jamaica's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.6 % in 1996 to 50.6 % in 2025.
Jamaica's urbanisation rose from 50.8 % in 1996 to 59.4 % in 2025.
Jamaica's urban population rose from 1.28M in 1996 to 1.69M in 2025.
Jamaica's rural population fell from 1.24M in 1996 to 1.15M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.5 %187th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.5 %128th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.6 %79th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.2 %129th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.5 yrs105th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts137th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.0 pts10th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts111th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.1 pts208th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts119th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −5.2 %155th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts179th of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0 %149th of 174
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs142nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs141st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs140th of 217