Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Latin America and the Caribbean · Caribbean
Jamaica is recorded at 2.84m people in 2024, with total annual change of -1,294 under the WPP medium variant.
Jamaica observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 32,508 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -23,298 |
| Natural change | +9,210 |
| Net migration | -10,506 |
| Total change | -1,294 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | -1,294 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -611 since 2023 |
| Projected 2100 | 1.07m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Jamaica 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 543.4k, ages 15-64 2.07m, ages 65+ 223.3k.
Jamaica 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 306.2k, ages 15-64 1.67m, ages 65+ 475.7k.
Jamaica 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 114.3k, ages 15-64 563.1k, ages 65+ 389.3k.
Stage since 2024.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2024.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.84m | -1,294 | 32.5k | 23.3k | 1.35 |
| 2030 | 2.81m | -7,969 | 29.3k | 25.8k | 1.33 |
| 2050 | 2.45m | -24,788 | 18.7k | 34.0k | 1.41 |
| 2080 | 1.56m | -30,271 | 10.0k | 35.3k | 1.47 |
| 2100 | 1.07m | -18,815 | 7.1k | 23.3k | 1.50 |