Demographics of Jamaica

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	04 May 2024

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There are 1.40 million males and 1.42 million females in Jamaica. The percentage of the male population is 49.57%, compared to 50.43% of the female population. Jamaica has 25k more females than males. The sex ratio in Jamaica in 2024 will be 98.277 males per 100 females. Jamaica is in the 109th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Jamaica population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,407,470	3.15
1955	1,552,883	1.16
1960	1,642,331	1.36
1965	1,746,977	1.24
1970	1,859,091	1.39
1975	2,003,094	1.37
1980	2,135,546	1.40
1985	2,292,030	1.13
1990	2,392,030	0.77
1995	2,509,372	1.00
2000	2,612,205	0.52
2005	2,676,863	0.47
2010	2,733,896	0.41
2015	2,794,445	0.34
2020	2,820,436	0.42
2021	2,827,695	0.09
2022	2,827,377	-0.11
2023	2,825,544	-0.02
2024	2,824,738	-0.04

Population
Growth

Jamaica death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	15,618	46,404	11.144	33.109
1955	15,620	56,779	9.982	36.284
1960	14,655	66,880	8.838	40.333
1965	14,976	66,329	8.500	37.644
1970	15,848	65,966	8.469	35.252
1975	16,566	62,297	8.233	30.962
1980	17,118	63,343	7.984	29.544
1985	17,305	65,636	7.513	28.496
1990	16,496	60,878	6.861	25.322
1995	17,802	62,966	7.066	24.994
2000	18,061	50,087	6.894	19.120
2005	17,869	48,383	6.654	18.016
2010	16,494	42,004	6.019	15.329
2015	18,631	39,550	6.653	14.123
2020	21,386	33,317	7.583	11.813
2021	24,899	33,150	8.797	11.712
2022	24,890	32,663	8.787	11.531
2023	21,690	32,246	7.662	11.390
2024	22,031	31,863	7.784	11.258

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Jamaica
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	338,323	1,064,576	24.116
1955	442,709	1,097,914	28.736
1960	549,842	1,078,410	33.769
1965	658,574	1,097,692	37.499
1970	774,985	1,100,396	41.324
1975	892,476	1,135,261	44.013
1980	1,010,985	1,152,060	46.739
1985	1,132,462	1,206,176	48.424
1990	1,198,630	1,225,612	49.444
1995	1,284,333	1,253,107	50.615
2000	1,376,634	1,280,230	51.814
2005	1,449,489	1,295,184	52.811
2010	1,514,064	1,303,146	53.743
2015	1,574,768	1,297,166	54.833
2020	1,640,435	1,272,725	56.311
2021	1,653,746	1,265,382	56.652
2022	1,667,032	1,257,194	57.008
2023	1,680,272	1,248,173	57.378
2024	1,693,452	1,238,332	57.762

Population
Urbanization

Jamaica population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	81,706	78,826	160,531	5.68	103.654
05-09	90,425	87,187	177,612	6.29	103.714
10-14	101,091	97,471	198,561	7.03	103.714
15-19	111,429	107,556	218,986	7.75	103.601
20-24	114,141	110,212	224,352	7.94	103.565
25-29	130,788	126,502	257,291	9.11	103.388
30-34	130,637	126,640	257,276	9.11	103.156
35-39	123,397	120,526	243,923	8.64	102.382
40-44	109,225	107,546	216,771	7.67	101.561
45-49	90,358	90,884	181,242	6.42	99.421
50-54	82,177	87,204	169,381	6.00	94.235
55-59	74,045	83,605	157,650	5.58	88.565
60-64	60,081	71,882	131,963	4.67	83.583
65-69	43,478	54,247	97,725	3.46	80.148
70-74	26,357	34,075	60,431	2.14	77.350
75-79	16,978	21,884	38,862	1.38	77.582
80-84	9,534	12,268	21,802	0.77	77.714
85-89	3,157	4,513	7,670	0.27	69.953
90-94	949	1,383	2,331	0.08	68.619
95-99	138	211	349	0.01	65.403
100+	9	18	28	0.00	50.000
Total	1,400,100	1,424,640	2,824,737		98.277

Population pyramid
Gender ratio