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==Population size and structure== According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Jamaica}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, 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.<ref name="WPP 2012">{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|title=Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision|publisher=United Nations|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" |- ! ! style="width:70pt;"|Total population<br /> (x 1000) ! style="width:70pt;"|Proportion<br />aged 0β14<br />(%) ! style="width:70pt;"|Proportion<br />aged 15β64<br />(%) ! style="width:70pt;"|Proportion<br />aged 65+<br />(%) |- | 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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statinja.gov.jm/Demo_SocialStats/PopulationStats.aspx|title=Population Statistics|publisher=Statistical Institute of Jamaica}}</ref> |2 734||20.8||69.5||9.7 |} === Structure of the population=== {{Hidden begin |title= Population by sex and age group (Census 04.IV.2011): <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=UNSD β Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:80pt;"|Age group ! style="width:80pt;"|Male ! style="width:80pt;"|Female ! style="width:80pt;"|Total ! style="width:80pt;"|% |- style="text-align:right;" || Total || 1 334 533 || 1 363 450 || 2 697 983 || 100 |- style="text-align:right;" || 0β4 || 106 107 || 103 764 || 209 871 || 7.78 |- style="text-align:right;" || 5β9 || 114 792 || 111 586 || 226 378 || 8.39 |- style="text-align:right;" || 10β14 || 136 183 || 130 403 || 266 586 || 9.88 |- style="text-align:right;" || 15β19 || 139 777 || 134 881 || 274 658 || 10.18 |- style="text-align:right;" || 20β24 || 125 243 || 125 468 || 250 711 || 9.29 |- style="text-align:right;" || 25β29 || 109 919 || 116 201 || 226 120 || 8.38 |- style="text-align:right;" || 30β34 || 87 810 || 97 685 || 185 495 || 6.88 |- style="text-align:right;" || 35β39 || 86 647 || 97 109 || 183 756 || 6.81 |- style="text-align:right;" || 40β44 || 85 656 || 88 268 || 173 924 || 6.45 |- style="text-align:right;" || 45β49 || 79 201 || 76 188 || 155 389 || 5.76 |- style="text-align:right;" || 50β54 || 67 297 || 70 598 || 137 895 || 5.11 |- style="text-align:right;" || 55β59 || 50 717 || 50 081 || 100 798 || 3.74 |- style="text-align:right;" || 60β64 || 44 407 || 43 650 || 88 057 || 3.26 |- style="text-align:right;" || 65β69 || 32 543 || 32 621 || 65 164 || 2.42 |- style="text-align:right;" || 70β74 || 24 627 || 26 649 || 51 276 || 1.90 |- style="text-align:right;" || 75β79 || 19 847 || 22 915 || 42 762 || 1.58 |- style="text-align:right;" || 80β84 || 13 258 || 17 480 || 30 738 || 1.14 |- style="text-align:right;" || 85β89 || 7 267 || 11 190 || 18 457 || 0.68 |- style="text-align:right;" || 90β94 || 2 303 || 4 618 || 6 921 || 0.26 |- style="text-align:right;" || 95β99 || 808 || 1 695 || 2 503 || 0.09 |- style="text-align:right;" || 100+ || 124 || 400 || 524 || 0.02 |- ! style="width:50px;"|Age group ! style="width:80pt;"|Male ! style="width:80px;"|Female ! style="width:80px;"|Total ! style="width:50px;"|Percent |- style="text-align:right;" || 0β14 || 357 082 || 345 753 || 702 835 || 26.05 |- style="text-align:right;" || 15β64 || 876 674 || 900 129 || 1 776 803 || 65.86 |- style="text-align:right;" || 65+ || 100 777 || 117 568 || 218 345 || 8.09 |} {{Hidden end}} {{Hidden begin |title= Population estimates by sex and age group (01.VII.2019): <ref name="auto"/> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="80pt"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 1 351 515 | align="right" | 1 381 024 | align="right" | 2 732 539 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0β4 | align="right" | 88 769 | align="right" | 85 290 | align="right" | 174 059 | align="right" | 6.37 |- | align="right" | 5β9 | align="right" | 97 299 | align="right" | 93 948 | align="right" | 191 247 | align="right" | 7.00 |- | align="right" | 10β14 | align="right" | 106 720 | align="right" | 104 712 | align="right" | 211 432 | align="right" | 7.74 |- | align="right" | 15β19 | align="right" | 118 895 | align="right" | 113 888 | align="right" | 232 783 | align="right" | 8.52 |- | align="right" | 20β24 | align="right" | 130 614 | align="right" | 127 184 | align="right" | 257 798 | align="right" | 9.43 |- | align="right" | 25β29 | align="right" | 126 322 | align="right" | 123 540 | align="right" | 249 862 | align="right" | 9.14 |- | align="right" | 30β34 | align="right" | 109 010 | align="right" | 112 958 | align="right" | 221 968 | align="right" | 8.12 |- | align="right" | 35β39 | align="right" | 95 108 | align="right" | 103 970 | align="right" | 199 078 | align="right" | 7.29 |- | align="right" | 40β44 | align="right" | 77 021 | align="right" | 89 154 | align="right" | 166 175 | align="right" | 6.08 |- | align="right" | 45β49 | align="right" | 78 742 | align="right" | 87 344 | align="right" | 166 086 | align="right" | 6.08 |- | align="right" | 50β54 | align="right" | 75 767 | align="right" | 77 096 | align="right" | 152 863 | align="right" | 5.59 |- | align="right" | 55β59 | align="right" | 69 089 | align="right" | 67 139 | align="right" | 136 228 | align="right" | 4.99 |- | align="right" | 60β64 | align="right" | 54 822 | align="right" | 56 388 | align="right" | 111 210 | align="right" | 4.07 |- | align="right" | 65-69 | align="right" | 41 595 | align="right" | 41 171 | align="right" | 82 766 | align="right" | 3.03 |- | align="right" | 70-74 | align="right" | 32 319 | align="right" | 33 155 | align="right" | 65 474 | align="right" | 2.40 |- | align="right" | 75-79 | align="right" | 21 380 | align="right" | 23 690 | align="right" | 45 070 | align="right" | 1.65 |- | align="right" | 80+ | align="right" | 28 043 | align="right" | 40 397 | align="right" | 68 440 | align="right" | 2.50 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0β14 | align="right" | 292 788 | align="right" | 283 950 | align="right" | 576 738 | align="right" | 21.11 |- | align="right" | 15β64 | align="right" | 935 390 | align="right" | 958 661 | align="right" | 1 894 051 | align="right" | 69.31 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 123 337 | align="right" | 138 413 | align="right" | 261 750 | align="right" | 9.58 |- |} {{Hidden end}} {{GraphChart | width = 750 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=year | yAxisTitle= million | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | legend= | type = line | x = 1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 0.75,0.76,0.76,0.77,0.78,0.79,0.79,0.8,0.81,0.82,0.82,0.83,0.83,0.84,0.84,0.84,0.84,0.85,0.85,0.85,0.86,0.86,0.87,0.89,0.91,0.93,0.95,0.96,0.98,1,1.02,1.03,1.05,1.07,1.08,1.1,1.11,1.12,1.14,1.16,1.18,1.21,1.23,1.25,1.26,1.27,1.29,1.32,1.35,1.37,1.4, 1.44,1.47,1.5,1.52,1.54,1.56,1.58,1.59,1.61,1.63,1.65,1.68,1.71,1.74,1.76,1.78,1.8,1.82,1.85,1.87,1.9,1.93,1.96,1.98,2.01,2.04,2.06,2.08,2.11,2.13,2.17,2.2,2.24,2.27,2.3,2.32,2.33,2.34,2.35,2.37,2.38,2.4,2.42,2.44,2.46,2.48,2.51,2.53,2.56,2.58,2.61,2.62,2.63,2.64,2.64,2.65,2.66,2.67,2.68,2.69,2.7,2.71,2.72,2.72,2.72,2.73,2.73,2.73,2.73, , 2.74 | y1Title= population (million) }} {{GraphChart | width = 750 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= β° | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | legend= | type = line | hAnnotatonsLine=0 | hAnnotatonsLabel= | x = 1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 14.1, 19.7, 19.5, 15.3, 11.6, 17.2, 12.1, 6.8, 15.6, 16.7, 15.4, 16.8, 13.8, 13.9, 17.9, 13.4, 11.1, 7.4, 1.2, 12.0, 15.9, 6.6, 14.4, 15.7, 15.1, 13.3, 17.9, 13.6, 16.1, 15.8, 20.2, 16.4, 15.3, 13.7, 14.4, 16.1, 15.2, 15.9, 16.5, 17.2, 15.4, 17.0, 18.4, 17.4, 18.1, 15.1, 17.5, 18.5, 17.5, 20.2, 21.2, 21.9, 22.1, 24.0, 25.4, 27.2, 28.8, 30.2, 31.1, 29.6, 33.6, 31.8, 30.6, 30.1, 31.7, 31.6, 32.0, 30.0, 27.9, 27.4, 26.8, 27.5, 27.1, 24.3, 23.7, 23.4, 22.4, 22.3, 22.1, 21.7, 21.5, 21.3, 22.2, 21.8, 19.4, 18.3, 17.4, 17.0, 17.6, 18.7, 20.1, 19.6, 17.9, 18.5, 18.0, 18.2, 17.1, 17.3, 16.1, 15.4, 14.6, 12.5, 11.8, 10.8, 10.8, 11.0, 9.2, 8.6, 8.7, 8.9, 7.1, 8.4, 8.3, 7.8, 6.9, 6.8, 6.1, 5.4, 5.3, 6.0, , 3.2 | y1Title=Natural change (per 1000) }} {{GraphChart | width = 250 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= TFR | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | legend= | type = line | hAnnotatonsLine=2.1 | hAnnotatonsLabel= | x = 1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 3.56, 3.50, 3.40, 3.21, 2.73, 2.56, 2.40, 2.27, 2.31, 2.43, 2.45, 2.44, 2.34, 2.44, 2.38, 2.37, 2.33, 2.42, 2.29, 2.29, 2.13, 1.92, 1.84, 1.77, 1.73, 1.81, 1.70, 1.71, 1.70,1.68,1.57, 1.54, 1.55, 1.52, 1.51, 1.53, 1.50, 1.46, 1.42, , , | y1Title=Total Fertility Rate }}
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