Editing Demographics of Jamaica

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox place demographics
| place              = [[Jamaica]]
| image              = Jamaica single age population pyramid 2020.png
| image_size         = 350
| caption            = [[Population pyramid]] of Jamaica in 2020
| size_of_population = 2,824,913 (2024 est.)<ref name="uwi.edu">{{cite web | url=https://www.uwi.edu/jamaica.php#:~:text=Population%3A2%2C824%2C913%20(2024%20est.,%25%20Chinese%20and%200.8%25%20Other.&text=History%3A%20When%20Christopher%20Columbus%20first,by%20Arawak%20(Taino)%20Indians | title=Jamaica &#124; the University of the West Indies }}</ref>
| growth             = 0.08% (2022 est.)
| birth              = 11.4 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
| death              = 7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
| life               = 75.75 years
| net_migration      = −7.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
| infant_mortality   = 11.17 deaths/1,000 live births
| life_male          = 73.98 years
| life_female        = 77.6 years
| fertility          = 1.40 children
| official           = English
| spoken             = English; [[Jamaican Patois]]
|age_0–14_years = 21.11%
|age_15–64_years = 69.31%
|age_65_years = 9.58%
| nation             = Jamaican
| major_ethnic       = [[Afro-Jamaican|African]] (76.3%)<ref name="uwi.edu">{{cite web | url=https://www.uwi.edu/jamaica.php#:~:text=Population%3A2%2C824%2C913%20(2024%20est.,%25%20Chinese%20and%200.8%25%20Other.&text=History%3A%20When%20Christopher%20Columbus%20first,by%20Arawak%20(Taino)%20Indians | title=Jamaica &#124; the University of the West Indies }}</ref>
| minor_ethnic       =15.1% [[Mulatto|Afro-European]], 3.4% [[Indo-Jamaicans|Indian]] or [[Dougla people|Afro-Indian]], 3.2% [[White Jamaicans|White]], 1.2% [[Chinese Jamaicans|Chinese]] or [[Afro-Asians|Afro-Chinese]], 0.8% Others (2024 est.)<ref name="uwi.edu"/>
}}

{{Historical populations
| source = <ref>{{cite web |title=A rich history of census taking |url=https://census.statinja.gov.jm/history/ |website=Statistical Institute of Jamaica |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
| title       = Census population
| percentages = pagr
| 1844|377433
| 1861|441264
| 1871|506154
| 1881|580804
| 1891|639491
| 1911|831383
| 1921|858118
| 1943|1237063
| 1960|1609814
| 1970|1848512
| 1982|2190357
| 1991|2380666
| 2001|2607632
| 2011|2697983
}}
[[Jamaica]] is an [[island country]] in the Caribbean. The country had a population of 2,825,352 as of 2023, having the [[List of Caribbean countries by population|fourth largest population in the region]].

Jamaica's annual population growth rate stood at 0.08% in 2022. As of 2023,  68.9% of Jamaicans were Christians in 2011, predominantly [[Protestant]].

The racial demographics in the island of Jamaica are as follows: 76.3% African, 15.1% Afro-European, 3.4% Indian or Afro-Indian, 3.2% White, 1.2% Chinese or Afro-Chinese and 0.8% Others (2024 est.).<ref name="uwi.edu"/>

Wealth or economic power in Jamaica is disproportionately held by White Jamaicans, Chinese Jamaicans, Lebanese/Syrian Jamaicans, Indian Jamaicans and mixed-race Jamaicans (or locally called the ''Brown Man'' or ''Browning'')— despite being minority groups (less than 25% of the country's population), they control most of the country's wealth.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/stratificationpo0000ston/page/n9/mode/2up | isbn=978-0-8039-0144-5 | title=Stratification and political change in Trinidad and Jamaica | date=1972 | publisher=Beverly Hills [Calif.] Sage Publications }}</ref>

Roughly 10 per cent of the population, controls over 60% of Jamaica’s wealth.<ref>https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20250430/norris-r-mcdonald-unjust-enrichment-and-political-economy-racism</ref>

==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 0–14<br />(%)
! style="width:70pt;"|Proportion<br />aged 15–64<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===

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|-
! 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;" 
|| 0–4
|| 106 107
|| 103 764
|| 209 871
|| 7.78
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 5–9
|| 114 792
|| 111 586
|| 226 378
|| 8.39
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 10–14
|| 136 183
|| 130 403
|| 266 586
|| 9.88
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15–19
|| 139 777
|| 134 881
|| 274 658
|| 10.18
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 20–24
|| 125 243
|| 125 468
|| 250 711
|| 9.29
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 25–29
|| 109 919
|| 116 201
|| 226 120
|| 8.38
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 30–34
|| 87 810
|| 97 685
|| 185 495
|| 6.88
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 35–39
|| 86 647
|| 97 109
|| 183 756
|| 6.81
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 40–44
|| 85 656
|| 88 268
|| 173 924
|| 6.45
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 45–49
|| 79 201 
|| 76 188
|| 155 389
|| 5.76
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 50–54
|| 67 297
|| 70 598
|| 137 895
|| 5.11
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 55–59
|| 50 717
|| 50 081
|| 100 798
|| 3.74
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 60–64
|| 44 407
|| 43 650
|| 88 057
|| 3.26
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65–69
|| 32 543
|| 32 621
|| 65 164
|| 2.42
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 70–74
|| 24 627
|| 26 649
|| 51 276
|| 1.90
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 75–79
|| 19 847
|| 22 915
|| 42 762
|| 1.58
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 80–84
|| 13 258
|| 17 480
|| 30 738
|| 1.14
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 85–89
|| 7 267
|| 11 190
|| 18 457
|| 0.68
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 90–94
|| 2 303
|| 4 618
|| 6 921
|| 0.26
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 95–99
|| 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;" 
|| 0–14
|| 357 082
|| 345 753
|| 702 835
|| 26.05
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 15–64
|| 876 674
|| 900 129
|| 1 776 803
|| 65.86
|- style="text-align:right;" 
|| 65+
|| 100 777
|| 117 568
|| 218 345
|| 8.09
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! 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" | 0–4
| align="right" | 88 769
| align="right" | 85 290
| align="right" | 174 059
| align="right" | 6.37
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 97 299 
| align="right" | 93 948
| align="right" | 191 247
| align="right" | 7.00
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 106 720
| align="right" | 104 712
| align="right" | 211 432
| align="right" | 7.74
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 118 895
| align="right" | 113 888
| align="right" | 232 783
| align="right" | 8.52
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 130 614
| align="right" | 127 184
| align="right" | 257 798
| align="right" | 9.43
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 126 322
| align="right" | 123 540
| align="right" | 249 862
| align="right" | 9.14
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 109 010
| align="right" | 112 958
| align="right" | 221 968
| align="right" | 8.12
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 95 108
| align="right" | 103 970
| align="right" | 199 078
| align="right" | 7.29
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 77 021
| align="right" | 89 154
| align="right" | 166 175
| align="right" | 6.08
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 78 742
| align="right" | 87 344
| align="right" | 166 086
| align="right" | 6.08
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 75 767
| align="right" | 77 096
| align="right" | 152 863
| align="right" | 5.59
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 69 089
| align="right" | 67 139
| align="right" | 136 228
| align="right" | 4.99
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| 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" | 0–14
| align="right" | 292 788
| align="right" | 283 950
| align="right" | 576 738
| align="right" | 21.11
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| 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
|-
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| yAxisTitle= million
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| xGrid= 10
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| 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

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| yAxisTitle= ‰
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| 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)
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| 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, , , 


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}}

==Vital statistics==
===Registered births and deaths===
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|title=United Nations. Demographic Yearbooks|website=Unstats.unorg|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://statinja.gov.jm/Demo_SocialStats/birthdeathmarriage.aspx|title=Components of Population Growth: 2001–2013|website=Statinja.gov.jm|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/JM.pdf|title=DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE: JAMAICA|website=Caricomstats.org|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328205213/http://www.caricomstats.org/Files/Databases/Demography/JM.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|-
!
! style="width:70pt;"|Average population 
! style="width:70pt;"|Live births
! style="width:70pt;"|Deaths
! style="width:70pt;"|Natural change
! style="width:70pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:70pt;"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:70pt;"|Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:70pt;"|TFR
|-
| 1900
| 750,000
|style="color: red"|26,800
|16,200||10,600
|35.7||21.6||14.1
|-
| 1901
| 756,000
|32,100||17,200||14,900
| style="color:blue;"|42.5||22.8||19.7
|-
| 1902
| 760,000
|29,900||15,000||14,900
|39.3||19.8||19.5
|-
| 1903
| 770,000
|30,900||19,100||11,800
|40.1||24.8||15.3
|-
| 1904
| 780,000
|28,500||19,400||9,100
|36.5||24.9||11.6
|-
| 1905
| 790,000
|31,100||17,500||13,600
|39.4||22.2||17.2
|-
| 1906
| 790,000
|30,700||21,200||9,500
|38.9||26.8||12.1
|-
| 1907
| 800,000
|28,800||23,400||5,400
|36.0||29.2||6.8
|-
| 1908
| 810,000
|31,300||18,700||12,600
|38.7||23.1||15.6
|-
| 1909
| 820,000
|32,300||18,600||13,700
|39.4||22.7||16.7
|-
| 1910
| 820,000
|31,600||18,900||12,700
|38.5||23.1||15.4
|-
| 1911
| 831,000
|32,500||18,500||14,000
|39.1||22.3||16.8
|-
| 1912
| 830,000
|32,500||21,100||11,400
|39.2||25.4||13.8
|-
| 1913
| 840,000
|30,200||18,600||11,600
|36.0||22.1||13.9
|-
| 1914
| 840,000
|33,400||18,400||15,000
|39.8||21.9||17.9
|-
| 1915
| 840,000
|29,800||18,600||11,200
|35.5||22.1||13.4
|-
| 1916
| 840,000
|28,700||19,400||9,300
|34.2||23.1||11.1
|-
| 1917
| 850,000
|29,900||23,600||6,300
|35.2||27.8||7.4
|-
| 1918
| 850,000
|30,100
|style="color: red"|29,100
|style="color:red;"|1,000
|35.4|| style="color:red;"|34.2|| style="color:red;"|1.2
|-
| 1919
| 850,000
|29,700
|19,500||10,200
|34.9||22.9||12.0
|-
| 1920
| 860,000
|36,200||22,500||13,700
|42.1||26.2||15.9
|-
| 1921
| 858,000
|29,900||24,300||5,600
|34.9||28.3||6.6
|-
| 1922
| 870,000
|32,500||20,000||12,500
|37.4||23.0||14.4
|-
| 1923
| 890,000
|34,400||20,500||13,900
|38.7||23.0||15.7
|-
| 1924
| 910,000
|33,700||19,900||13,800
|37.0||21.9||15.1
|-
| 1925
| 930,000
|32,500||20,100||12,400
|34.9||21.6||13.3
|-
| 1926
| 950,000
|36,500||19,500||17,000
|38.4||20.5||17.9
|-
| 1927
| 960,000
|33,300||20,300||13,000
|34.7||21.1||13.6
|-
| 1928
| 980,000
|35,100||19,300||15,800
|35.8||19.7||16.1
|-
| 1929
|1,000,000
|34,200||18,400||15,800
|34.2||18.4||15.8
|-
| 1930
|1,020,000
|38,300||17,600||20,700
|37.5||17.3||20.2
|-
| 1931
|1,030,000
|36,400||19,500||16,900
|35.3||18.9||16.4
|-
| 1932
|1,047,000
|34,200||18,200||16,000
|32.7||17.4||15.3
|-
| 1933
|1,067,000
|35,600||21,000||14,600
|33.4||19.7||13.7
|-
| 1934
|1,081,000
|34,247||18,731||15,516
|31.7||17.3||14.4
|-
| 1935
|1,096,000
|37,379||19,706||17,673
|34.1||18.0||16.1
|-
| 1936
|1,111,000
|36,561||19,629||16,932
|32.9||17.7||15.2
|-
| 1937
|1,123,000
|35,352||17,481||17,871
|31.5||15.6||15.9
|-
| 1938
|1,142,000
|37,970||19,124||18,846
|33.3||16.8||16.5
|-
| 1939
|1,162,000
|37,474||17,536||19,938
|32.3||15.1||17.2
|-
| 1940
|1,183,000
|36,462||18,243||18,219
|30.8||15.4||15.4
|-
| 1941
|1,205,000
|37,829||17,317||20,512
|31.4||14.4||17.0
|-
| 1942
|1,227,000
|40,165||17,545||22,620
|32.7||14.3||18.4
|-
| 1943
|1,248,000
|39,371||17,558||21,813
|31.5||14.1||17.4
|-
| 1944
|1,260,000
|41,772||18,976||22,796
|33.2||15.1||18.1
|-
| 1945
|1,266,000
|37,954||18,874||19,080
|30.0||14.9||15.1
|-
| 1946
|1,292,000
|39,918||17,272||22,646
|30.9||13.4||17.5
|-
| 1947
|1,321,000
|43,267||18,770||24,497
|32.8||14.2||18.5
|-
| 1948
|1,345,000
|41,463||17,869||23,594
|30.8||13.3||17.5
|-
| 1949
|1,365,000
|44,377||16,859||27,518
|32.5||12.4||20.2
|-
| 1950
|1,403,000
|46,459||16,677||29,782
|33.1||11.9||21.2
|-
| 1951
|1,437,000
|48,561||17,250||31,311
|34.0||12.1||21.9
|-
| 1952
|1,468,000
|48,902||16,695||32,207
|33.6||11.5||22.1
|-
| 1953
|1,496,000
|51,131||15,442||35,689
|34.4||10.4||24.0
|-
| 1954
|1,521,000
|53,630||16,302||37,328
|36.5||11.1||25.4
|-
| 1955
|1,542,000
|55,767||15,328||40,439
|37.5||10.3||27.2
|-
| 1956
|1,560,000
|58,177||14,670||43,507
|38.5||9.7||28.8
|-
| 1957
|1,576,000
|60,445||14,129||46,316
|39.4||9.2||30.2
|-
| 1958
|1,592,000
|63,517||14,813||48,704
|40.6||9.5||31.1
|-
| 1959
|1,609,000
|63,874||16,549||47,325
|39.9||10.3||29.6
|-
| 1960
|1,629,000
|68,413||14,321||54,092
|42.5||8.9|| style="color:blue;"|33.6
|-
| 1961
|1,652,000
|66,128||14,193||51,935
|40.5||8.7||31.8
|-
| 1962
|1,679,000
|64,913||14,167||50,746
|39.1||8.5||30.6
|-
| 1963
|1,707,000
|66,189||15,159||51,030
|39.0||8.9||30.1
|-
| 1964
|1,735,000
|68,359||13,267||55,092
|39.3||7.6||31.7
|-
| 1965
|1,760,000
|69,768||14,084||55,684
|39.6||8.0||31.6
|-
| 1966
|1,783,000
|style="color: blue"|71,364
|14,288|| style="color:blue;"|57,076
|40.0||8.0||32.0
|-
| 1967
|1,804,000
|67,438||13,295||54,143
|37.4||7.4||30.0
|-
| 1968
|1,824,000
|65,402||14,557||50,845
|35.9||8.0||27.9
|-
| 1969
|1,845,000
|64,668||14,094||50,574
|35.1||7.6||27.4
|-
| 1970
|1,869,000
|64,375||14,352||50,023
|34.4||7.7||26.8
|-
| 1971
|1,896,000
|66,277||14,078||52,199
|34.9||7.4||27.5
|-
| 1972
|1,925,000
|66,219||13,970||52,249
|34.3||7.2||27.1
|-
| 1973
|1,955,000
|61,857||14,157||47,700
|31.6||7.2||24.3
|-
| 1974
|1,984,000
|61,506||14,374||47,132
|30.9||7.2||23.7
|-
| 1975
|2,012,000
|61,462||14,004||47,458
|30.3||6.9||23.4
|-
| 1976
|2,037,000
|60,658||14,671||45,987
|29.6||7.2||22.4
|-
| 1977
|2,059,000
|60,423||14,245||46,178
|29.1||6.9||22.3
|-
| 1978
|2,081,000
|58,189
|style="color: blue"|12,148
|46,041
|27.9||5.8||22.1
|-
| 1979
|2,105,000
|59,126||13,297||45,829
|28.0||6.3||21.7
|-
| 1980
|2,132,000
|58,589||12,706||45,883
|27.5||6.0||21.5
|style="color: blue" |3.56
|-
| 1981
|2,165,000
|59,435||13,315||46,120
|27.5||6.2||21.3
|style="color: blue" |3.50
|-
| 1982
|2,200,000
|61,477||12,698||48,779
|27.9||5.8||22.2
|style="color: blue" |3.40
|-
| 1983
|2,237,000
|61,417||12,588||48,829
|27.4||5.6||21.8
|style="color: blue" |3.21
|-
| 1984
|2,270,000
|57,533||13,405||44,128
|25.2||5.9||19.4
|style="color: blue" |2.73
|-
| 1985
|2,297,000
|56,210||13,918||42,292
|24.3||6.0||18.3
|style="color: blue" |2.56
|-
| 1986
|2,317,000
|54,067||13,341||40,726
|23.1||5.7||17.4
|style="color: blue" |2.40
|-
| 1987
|2,332,000
|52,270||12,352||39,918
|22.2||5.3||17.0
|style="color: blue" |2.27
|-
| 1988
|2,342,000
|53,623||12,167||41,456
|22.7||5.2||17.6
|style="color: blue" |2.31
|-
| 1989
|2,353,000
|59,104||14,315||44,789
|24.7||6.0||18.7
|style="color: blue" |2.43
|-
| 1990
|2,365,000
|59,606||12,174||47,432
|25.2|| style="color:blue;"|5.1||20.1
|style="color: blue" |2.45
|-
| 1991
|2,381,000
|59,879||13,319||46,560
|25.2||5.6||19.6
|style="color: blue" |2.44
|-
| 1992
|2,399,000
|56,276||13,225||43,051
|23.5||5.5||17.9
|style="color: blue" |2.34
|-
| 1993
|2,419,000
|58,627||13,927||44,700
|24.2||5.8||18.5
|style="color: blue" |2.44
|-
| 1994
|2,440,000
|57,404||13,503||43,901
|23.5||5.5||18.0
|style="color: blue" |2.38
|-
| 1995
|2,462,000
|57,607||12,776||44,831
|23.4||5.2||18.2
|style="color: blue" |2.37
|-
| 1996
|2,485,000
|57,370||14,854||42,516
|23.1||6.0||17.1
|style="color: blue" |2.33
|-
| 1997
|2,509,000
|59,385||15,967||43,418
|23.7||6.4||17.3
|style="color: blue" |2.42
|-
| 1998
|2,534,000
|56,937||16,150||40,787
|22.5||6.4||16.1
|style="color: blue" |2.29
|-
| 1999
|2,559,000
|56,911||17,550||39,361
|22.2||6.9||15.4
|style="color: blue" |2.29
|-
| 2000
|2,582,000
|54,035||16,400||37,635
|20.9||6.4||14.6
|style="color: blue" |2.13
|-
| 2001
|2,605,000
|49,291||16,615||32,676
|18.9||6.4||12.5
|1.92
|-
| 2002
|2,620,000
|47,464||16,728||30,736
|18.2||6.4||11.8
|1.84
|-
| 2003
|2,629,000
|45,559||17,267||28,292
|17.4||6.6||10.8
|1.77
|-
| 2004
|2,639,000
|44,843||16,332||28,511
|17.0||6.2||10.8
|1.73
|-
| 2005
|2,644,000
|46,370||17,413||28,957
|17.5||6.6||11.0
|1.81
|-
| 2006
|2,653,000
|43,243||18,960||24,283
|16.3||7.2||9.2
|1.70
|-
| 2007
|2,662,000
|43,385||20,550||22,835
|16.3||7.7||8.6
|1.71
|-
| 2008
|2,672,000
|43,112||19,966||23,146
|16.1||7.5||8.7||1.70
|-
| 2009
|2,681,000
|42,782||18,555||24,227
|16.0||7.0||8.9
|1.68
|-
| 2010
|2,691,000
|40,508||21,503||19,005
|15.1||8.0||7.1
|1.57
|-
| 2011
|2,700,000
|39,673||16,926||22,747
|14.7||6.3||8.4
|1.54
|-
| 2012
|2,708,000
|39,553||16,998||22,555
|14.5||6.3||8.3
|1.55
|-
| 2013
|2,715,000
|36,746||15,427||21,319
|13.5||5.7||7.8
|1.52
|-
| 2014
|2,721,000
|36,996||18,320||18,676
|13.6||6.7||6.9
|1.51
|-
| 2015
|2,723,000
|37,900||19,249||18,651
|13.9||7.1||6.8
|1.53
|-
|2016
|2,727,000
|36,160
|19,761
|16,399
|13.3
|7.2
|6.1
|1.50
|-
|2017
|2,728,000
|34,423
|19,661
|14,762
|12.6
|7.2
|5.4
|1.46
|-
|2018
|2,731,000
|34,209
|19,762
|14,447
|12.5
|7.2
|5.3
|style="color: red"|1.42
|-
|2019
|2,734,000
|34,632
|20,937
|13,695
|12.7
|7.7
|5.0
|style="color: red"|
|-
| 2020
|2,735,000
|33,941||20,238||13,703
|12.4||7.4||5.0
|
|-
| 2021
|2,737,000
|33,126
|26,974
|6,152
|12.1
|9.8
|2.3
|
|-
| 2022
|2,738,000
|31,276
|21,390
|9,886
|style="color: red"|11.4
|7.8
|3.6
|
|}

===Life expectancy at birth===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in
Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in
Years
|-
|1950–1955
|58.6
|1985–1990
|72.1
|-
|1955–1960
|62.7
|1990–1995
|72.0
|-
|1960–1965
|65.7
|1995–2000
|72.1
|-
|1965–1970
|67.2
|2000–2005
|72.8
|-
|1970–1975
|69.0
|2005–2010
|74.2
|-
|1975–1980
|70.7
|2010–2015
|75.5
|-
|1980–1985
|72.0
|
|
|}
Source: ''UN World Population Prospects''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref>

== Ethnic groups ==
76.3% African, 15.1% Afro-European, 3.4% Indian or Afro-Indian, 3.2% White, 1.2% Chinese or Afro-Chinese and 0.8% Others (2024 est.)<ref name="uwi.edu" />

=== Historical ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Population
![[White American|White]]
! %
W
![[African American|Black]]
! %
B
|-
|1661<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Wells |first=Robert V. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt13x154h |title=Population of the British Colonies in America Before 1776: A Survey of Census Data |date=1975 |publisher=Princeton University Press|jstor=j.ctt13x154h }}</ref>
|3,874
|N/A
|86.7%
|N/A
|13.3%
|-
|1673<ref name=":0" />
|17,272
|N/A
|45%
|N/A
|55%
|-
|1730<ref name=":0" />
|83,008
|N/A
|9.2%
|N/A
|90.8%
|-
|1774<ref name=":0" />
|209,617
|N/A
|6.1%
|N/A
|93.9%
|}

==Languages==
English, Jamaican Patois

==Religion==
Protestant 64.8% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%, Other Church of God 9.2%, New Testament Church of God 7.2%, Baptist 6.7%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.5%, Anglican 2.8%, United Church 2.1%, Methodist 1.6%, Revived 1.4%, Brethren 0.9%, and Moravian 0.7%), Roman Catholic 2.2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.9%, Rastafarian 1.1%, other 6.5%, none 21.3%, unspecified 2.3% (2011 est.)

==See also==
* [[Jamaicans]] 
* [[Afro-Jamaican]]
* [[Coromantee|Cromanty]] 
* [[List of cities and towns in Jamaica]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{CIA World Factbook}}

==External links==
*[https://www.uwi.edu/jamaica.php Jamaica Facts at a glance], [[The University of the West Indies]], Jamaica
*[http://statinja.gov.jm/ Statistics Institute of Jamaica] – Government agency responsible for census and statistical mapping

{{Ethnic groups in Jamaica}}
{{Jamaica topics}}
{{Americas topic|Demographics of}}
{{Population country lists}}

[[Category:Demographics of Jamaica| ]]
[[Category:Society of Jamaica]]
[[Category:Jamaican people of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Jamaica]]