Population of Jamaica (2025)

Jamaica population

3,258,005

Births this year: 458,228 Births today 30
Deaths this year 170,563 Deaths today 11

Jamaica Population by Religions

Region Name Percents Number
Protestant (includes Seventh Day Adventist, Pentecostal, Other Church of God, New Testament Church of God, Baptist, Church of God in Jamaica, Church of God of Prophecy, Anglican, United Church, Methodist, Revived, Brethren, and Moravian) 64.8% 1,924,780 people
Roman Catholic 2.2% 65,347 people
other 33% 980,212 people

Jamaica Population by Ethnic groups (2011 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
black 92.1% 2,735,683 people
mixed 6.1% 181,191 people
East Indian 0.8% 23,763 people
other 0.4% 11,881 people
unspecified 0.7% 20,792 people

Jamaica population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 2,866,922 1,425,273 1,441,649 100 100 100 98.9
00-04 207,750 106,388 101,362 7.2 7.5 7 105
05-09 224,511 114,966 109,545 7.8 8.1 7.6 104.9
10-14 198,749 102,046 96,703 6.9 7.2 6.7 105.5
15-19 205,810 104,818 100,992 7.2 7.4 7 103.8
20-24 209,179 107,653 101,526 7.3 7.6 7 106
25-29 236,973 121,561 115,412 8.3 8.5 8 105.3
30-34 232,559 117,068 115,491 8.1 8.2 8 101.4
35-39 216,679 109,218 107,461 7.6 7.7 7.5 101.6
40-44 187,613 88,088 99,525 6.5 6.2 6.9 88.5
45-49 162,468 74,761 87,707 5.7 5.2 6.1 85.2
50-54 159,163 77,175 81,988 5.6 5.4 5.7 94.1
55-59 153,054 76,674 76,380 5.3 5.4 5.3 100.4
60-64 138,578 68,756 69,822 4.8 4.8 4.8 98.5
65-69 112,484 52,587 59,897 3.9 3.7 4.2 87.8
70-74 85,149 42,325 42,824 3 3 3 98.8
75-79 58,954 28,412 30,542 2.1 2 2.1 93
80-84 38,176 17,412 20,764 1.3 1.2 1.4 83.9
85-89 23,262 9,704 13,558 0.8 0.7 0.9 71.6
90-94 11,444 4,214 7,230 0.4 0.3 0.5 58.3
95-99 3,673 1,246 2,427 0.1 0.1 0.2 51.3
100+ 694 201 493 0 0 0 40.8

Jamaica Age structure and Population pyramid

Jamaica Age structure and Population pyramid

Jamaica Sex ratio

Jamaica Sex ratio

Jamaica Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Jamaica

Jamaica Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Sex ratio Density
(P/KmĀ²)
2024 2,863,694 0.15 4,374 98.92 264.42
2023 2,859,320 0.19 5,457 98.96 264.02
2022 2,853,863 0.23 6,436 98.99 263.51
2021 2,847,427 0.26 7,317 99.02 262.92
2020 2,840,110 0.29 8,195 99.06 262.24
2019 2,831,915 0.32 9,018 99.10 261.49
2018 2,822,897 0.34 9,612 99.14 260.66
2017 2,813,285 0.35 9,923 99.18 259.77
2016 2,803,362 0.36 10,027 99.20 258.85
2015 2,793,335 0.36 10,034 99.20 257.93
2014 2,783,301 0.36 10,086 99.16 257.00
2013 2,773,215 0.37 10,250 99.11 256.07
2012 2,762,965 0.39 10,607 99.03 255.12
2011 2,752,358 0.41 11,105 98.92 254.14
2010 2,741,253 0.43 11,678 98.78 253.12
2005 2,677,888 2.99 77,793 98.06 247.27
2000 2,600,095 4.44 110,555 98.92 240.08
1995 2,489,540 4.35 103,734 97.88 229.87
1990 2,385,806 3.18 73,469 97.32 220.30
1985 2,312,337 7.93 169,899 98.97 213.51
1980 2,142,438 6.18 124,608 97.91 197.82
1975 2,017,830 7.71 144,477 96.20 186.32
1970 1,873,353 6.23 109,917 95.73 172.98
1965 1,763,436 8.13 132,522 91.79 162.83
1960 1,630,914 5.73 88,391 92.75 150.59
1955 1,542,523 9.95 139,627 94.82 142.43
1950 1,402,896 94.74 129.54
Chart population Jamaica Population (1950 - 2025)