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The following is a list of the most populous settlements in Jamaica.
Definitions
thumb|right|250px|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston, capital of Jamaica]]
thumb|right|250px|[[Montego Bay]]
The following definitions have been used:
- City: Official city status on a settlement is only conferred by Act of Parliament. Only three areas have the designation; Kingston when first incorporated in 1802 reflecting its early importance over the then capital Spanish Town, Montego Bay being granted the status in 1980, and Portmore, whose municipal council was given the city title in 2018. It is not necessarily based on population counts, and while a honorific title, can confer some increased autonomy.
- Town/Village: The Statistical Institute of Jamaica considers an urban area to be any area with 2,000 or more residents. A town would generally be considered to be ranked as a higher populated urban area, and a village as a minor urban area.
- Neighbourhood: Geographically obvious subdivisions of any of the above.
Cities
thumb|center|550px|A map of Jamaica, with main settlements and notable places
Cities
2022 figures awaiting full urban area populations.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="3" |Census population
! rowspan="2" |Coordinates
! rowspan="2" |Parish
! rowspan="2" |Granted
! rowspan="2" |Legal basis
|-
!2022
!2011
!2001
|-
| Kingston**
|
|584,627
|579,137|| || Kingston|| 1802||An Act for the Constituting a Corporation, for Better Ordering and Managing the Police of the Town and Parish of Kingston..., 1801
|-
|Portmore
|
|182,153
|156,469
|
|Saint Catherine
|2018
|Local Governance (Municipality of Portmore) (Change of Name) Order, Resolution, 2018
|-
| Montego Bay*
|
|110,115
|96,477|| || Saint James|| 1980||Montego Bay (Status of City) Act, 1980
|}
<small>** Country and parish capital</small>
<small>* Parish capital</small>
Chief Towns
These are settled areas with 10,000 residents or more.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="3" |Census population
! rowspan="2" |Coordinates
! rowspan="2" |Parish
|-
!2022
!2011
!2001
|-
|Spanish Town*
|17,993
|147,152
|131,515||||Saint Catherine
|-
| May Pen*
|8,016
|61,548
|57,334|| || Clarendon
|-
| Mandeville*
|21,686
|49,695
|47,467|| || Manchester
|-
|Old Harbour
|35,753
|28,912
|23,823
|
|Saint Catherine
|-
|Savanna-la-Mar*
|10,884
|22,633
|19,893
|
|Westmoreland
|-
|Ocho Rios
|8,587
|16,671
|15,769
|
|Saint Ann
|-
|Linstead
|20,693
|15,231
|15,660
|
|Saint Catherine
|-
|Port Antonio*
|6,514
|14,816
|14,568
|
|Portland
|-
|Constant Spring
|37,370
|11,801
|12,072
|
|Saint Andrew
|-
|Saint Ann's Bay*
|6,946
|11,173
|10,441
|
|Saint Ann
|-
|Morant Bay*
|1,063
|11,052
|10,782
|
|Saint Thomas
|-
|Yallahs
|5,085
|10,849
|9,888
|
|Saint Thomas
|-
|Hayes
|11,049
|10,639
|10,098
|
|Clarendon
|-
|Santa Cruz
|16,703
|10,423
|10,785
|
|Saint Elizabeth
|-
|Ewarton
|10,624
|9,753
|10,807
|
|Saint Catherine
|-
|Bog Walk
|13,039
|9,431
|11,241
|
|Saint Catherine
|-
|Brown's Town
|14,984
|9,031
|8,054
|
|Saint Ann
|-
|Falmouth*
|14,023
|8,686
|8,188
|
|Trelawny
|-
|Runaway Bay
|13,160
|8,640
|5,840
|
|Saint Ann
|-
|Lucea*
|10,042
|7,840
|6,245
|
|Hanover
|-
| rowspan="2" |Negril
|10,435
|7,680
|5,679
| rowspan="2" |
|Westmoreland
|-
|
|152
|184
|Hanover
|-
|Porus
|10,156
|6,009
|5,924
|
|Manchester
|-
|Old Harbour Bay
|20,133
|5,872
|6,344
|
|Saint Catherine
|-
|Half Way Tree*
|15,370
|5,163
|4,934
|
|Saint Andrew
|-
|Discovery Bay
|11,666
|2,446
|2,518
|
|Saint Ann
|-
|Kellits
|11,116
|2,106
|2,422
|
|Clarendon
|}
Towns and villages
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="4" |Census population