# Population in Jamaica

Population in Jamaica was 2.84 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `jm`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/jamaica
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/jamaica.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=jm

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2,837,077 |
| 2024 | 2,839,175 |
| 2023 | 2,839,786 |
| 2022 | 2,839,144 |
| 2021 | 2,837,682 |
| 2020 | 2,830,739 |
| 2019 | 2,823,271 |
| 2018 | 2,820,097 |
| 2017 | 2,815,764 |
| 2016 | 2,809,915 |
| 2015 | 2,802,534 |
| 2014 | 2,793,749 |
| 2013 | 2,783,687 |
| 2012 | 2,772,430 |
| 2011 | 2,760,494 |
| 2010 | 2,748,568 |
| 2009 | 2,736,995 |
| 2008 | 2,725,635 |
| 2007 | 2,713,800 |
| 2006 | 2,700,968 |
| 2005 | 2,687,066 |
| 2004 | 2,672,225 |
| 2003 | 2,656,623 |
| 2002 | 2,640,572 |
| 2001 | 2,624,403 |
| 2000 | 2,607,826 |
| 1999 | 2,589,795 |
| 1998 | 2,569,736 |
| 1997 | 2,547,848 |
| 1996 | 2,524,463 |
| 1995 | 2,500,151 |
| 1994 | 2,475,220 |
| 1993 | 2,449,916 |
| 1992 | 2,424,701 |
| 1991 | 2,400,869 |
| 1990 | 2,379,877 |
| 1989 | 2,361,916 |
| 1988 | 2,345,777 |
| 1987 | 2,329,813 |
| 1986 | 2,312,125 |
| 1985 | 2,290,656 |
| 1984 | 2,264,562 |
| 1983 | 2,234,832 |
| 1982 | 2,203,889 |
| 1981 | 2,173,818 |
| 1980 | 2,145,658 |
| 1979 | 2,119,486 |
| 1978 | 2,094,836 |
| 1977 | 2,070,657 |
| 1976 | 2,045,578 |
| 1975 | 2,018,981 |
| 1974 | 1,990,906 |
| 1973 | 1,961,219 |
| 1972 | 1,931,542 |
| 1971 | 1,903,728 |
| 1970 | 1,878,196 |
| 1969 | 1,855,127 |
| 1968 | 1,833,765 |
| 1967 | 1,812,865 |
| 1966 | 1,791,475 |
| 1965 | 1,769,192 |
| 1964 | 1,745,568 |
| 1963 | 1,721,099 |
| 1962 | 1,696,932 |
| 1961 | 1,673,261 |
| 1960 | 1,650,005 |