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| Demographics of Jamaica | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Jamaica in 2020 | |
| 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: [1] | ||
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.
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.[2] 68.9% of Jamaicans were Christians in 2011, predominantly Protestant.
Population
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects[3][4] 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.
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| 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[6] | 2 734 | 20.8 | 69.5 | 9.7 |
Structure of the population
| Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1 334 533 | 1 363 450 | 2 697 983 | 100 |
| 0–4 | 106 107 | 103 764 | 209 871 | 7.78 |
| 5–9 | 114 792 | 111 586 | 226 378 | 8.39 |
| 10–14 | 136 183 | 130 403 | 266 586 | 9.88 |
| 15–19 | 139 777 | 134 881 | 274 658 | 10.18 |
| 20–24 | 125 243 | 125 468 | 250 711 | 9.29 |
| 25–29 | 109 919 | 116 201 | 226 120 | 8.38 |
| 30–34 | 87 810 | 97 685 | 185 495 | 6.88 |
| 35–39 | 86 647 | 97 109 | 183 756 | 6.81 |
| 40–44 | 85 656 | 88 268 | 173 924 | 6.45 |
| 45–49 | 79 201 | 76 188 | 155 389 | 5.76 |
| 50–54 | 67 297 | 70 598 | 137 895 | 5.11 |
| 55–59 | 50 717 | 50 081 | 100 798 | 3.74 |
| 60–64 | 44 407 | 43 650 | 88 057 | 3.26 |
| 65–69 | 32 543 | 32 621 | 65 164 | 2.42 |
| 70–74 | 24 627 | 26 649 | 51 276 | 1.90 |
| 75–79 | 19 847 | 22 915 | 42 762 | 1.58 |
| 80–84 | 13 258 | 17 480 | 30 738 | 1.14 |
| 85–89 | 7 267 | 11 190 | 18 457 | 0.68 |
| 90–94 | 2 303 | 4 618 | 6 921 | 0.26 |
| 95–99 | 808 | 1 695 | 2 503 | 0.09 |
| 100+ | 124 | 400 | 524 | 0.02 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
| 0–14 | 357 082 | 345 753 | 702 835 | 26.05 |
| 15–64 | 876 674 | 900 129 | 1 776 803 | 65.86 |
| 65+ | 100 777 | 117 568 | 218 345 | 8.09 |