Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean. The country had a population of 2,825,352 as of 2023, having the 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.).
Roughly 10 per cent of the population, controls over 60% of Jamaica’s wealth.
Population size and structure
According to the total population was in , 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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|-
!
! 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
|2 734||20.8||69.5||9.7
|}
Structure of the population
{| 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;"
|| 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
|}