Population in Jamaica

252 indicators covering population for Jamaica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
GDP, PPP 29.13 billion constant 2011 international $ 2024 up 7.3% 145th
GDP per capita, PPP 10,260 constant 2011 international $ 2024 up 5.6% 131st
GDP, PPP 33.11 billion current international $ 2024 up 35.7% 147th
GDP per capita, PPP 11,662 current international $ 2024 up 33.5% 132nd
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange 0.6019 2024 up 5.7% 64th
PPP conversion factor, GDP 94.16 LCU per international $ 2024 up 49.0% 52nd
GNI per capita, PPP 11,410 current international $ 2024 up 33.5% 129th
Sanitation facilities usage 73.6% 2024 up 16.5% 65th
PPP conversion factor, private consumption 97.01 LCU per international $ 2024 up 38.8% 54th
Share of population who haver never drunk alcohol 35.4% 2020 down 4.0% 107th
Voter turnout of voting-age population 41.3% 2025 down 6.6% 130th
Prevalence of HIV, total 1.1% 2024 down 21.4% 33rd
Proportion of population using of on-site sanitation facilities with 0 2024 83rd
Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services 73.61 2024 up 16.5% 63rd
Proportion of population using basic sanitation services 18.01 2024 down 22.3% 69th
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 9.94 2024 up 12.9% 101st
Proportion of population using on-site sanitation facilities with 63.67 2024 up 17.1% 4th
Proportion of population using improved drinking water sources 98.05 2024 up 1.7% 135th
Proportion of population using limited drinking water services 10.5 2024 up 88.6% 28th
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 21.68 2024 up 6.7% 131st
Proportion of population using unimproved sanitation facilites 0.7121 2024 down 39.2% 127th
Proportion of population using limited sanitation services 7.09 2024 down 39.7% 74th
Proportion of population using at least basic sanitation services 91.63 2024 up 6.1% 131st
Proportion of population using improved sanitation facilities 98.71 2024 up 0.6% 106th
Proportion of population using improved latrines and other improved 73.39 2024 up 26.5% 11th
Proportion of population using sanitation facilities connected to 3.64 2024 down 81.6% 173rd
People using improved sanitation facilities 2.80 million people 2024 up 2.3% 134th
Using safely managed sanitation facilities: urban vs. rural population 63.2% 2024 up 21.1% 55th
Proportion of population practising open defecation 0.575 2024 down 20.3% 89th
Number of people living in cities, towns and rural areas 782,524 people 2020 up 13.9% 136th
Share of population living in cities, towns and rural areas 46.1% 2020 down 0.2% 75th
Share of population living in cities 46.1% 2020 down 0.2% 75th
Share of population living in cities, towns and suburbs vs. GDP per capita 72.4% 2020 down 3.5% 133rd
Share of population living in rural areas 27.6% 2020 up 10.6% 104th
Share of babies born with a low birthweight 13.7% 2020 down 5.4% 44th
Share of urban population who live in the largest city 29.1% 2020 down 1.2% 76th
Stillbirth rate 1.37 deaths per 100 births 2023 down 6.4% 52nd
Share of population living in the capital city 21.1% 2020 down 4.7% 60th
Total debt service 12.7% 2023 up 46.0% 10th
1.4.1.b Proportion of the population using basic sanitation services 86.55 2022 up 1.6% 118th
1.4.1.a Proportion of the population using basic drinking water 91.1 2022 up 0.7% 135th
6.2.1.c Proportion of population practising open defecation 0.8002 2022 down 1.5% 81st
New internal displacements 279,000 2025 up 7,817.1% 30th
Share of urban and rural population using safely managed sanitation services 87.8% 2024 up 15.0% 14th
Share of the population at risk of catastrophic spending when surgical care is required 3.1% 2022 down 11.4% 92nd
Birth rate among adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 34.76 per 1,000 population 2018 down 36.3% 92nd
Prison population rate 124 prisoners per 100,000 people 2023 down 16.2% 123rd
Birth rate among girls aged 10 to 14 0 per 1,000 population 2018 157th
Share of urban population living in slums 0.9% 2024 down 14.9% 145th
Annual growth rate of population share in cities with at least 300,000 inhabitants 0.2% 2020 up 270.3% 90th
International migrants, by country of destination 24,007 2024 up 3.6% 187th
Total number of international immigrants 24,007 immigrants 2024 up 3.6% 187th
Share of the population born in another country 0.8% 2024 up 2.3% 195th
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population 39.2% 2023 up 131.3% 51st
Share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity 56.4 percent 2023 up 16.8% 22nd
Share of population with severe food insecurity 27.8 percent 2023 up 9.9% 10th
Population ages 25 to 54 835.81 2023 up 1,695.5% 57th
Total population 2,837 2025 up 1.2% 21st
Share of population below and above $30 per day 2.40 million people 2021 94th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (PPP) 5.1% 2021 56th