Jamaica Rural Population 1960-2024

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Jamaica rural population for 2023 was 1,204,303, a 0.92% decline from 2022.
  • Jamaica rural population for 2022 was 1,215,546, a 0.83% decline from 2021.
  • Jamaica rural population for 2021 was 1,225,749, a 0.53% decline from 2020.
  • Jamaica rural population for 2020 was 1,232,220, a 0.51% decline from 2019.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Rural Population
China 499,814,553
Russia 35,480,468
Thailand 33,310,049
Brazil 26,429,509
Mexico 23,658,946
Iran 20,280,562
Turkey 19,229,921
South Africa 18,837,844
Iraq 12,923,750
Algeria 11,279,395
Colombia 9,190,949
Romania 8,637,756
Kazakhstan 8,322,453
Guatemala 8,255,892
Malaysia 7,302,226
Peru 7,240,866
Ecuador 6,404,506
Azerbaijan 4,290,049
Venezuela 3,334,307
Turkmenistan 2,997,211
Serbia 2,838,273
Paraguay 2,528,540
Cuba 2,516,176
Belarus 1,768,566
Dominican Republic 1,762,730
Bosnia 1,596,786
Bulgaria 1,498,212
Libya 1,267,050
Jamaica 1,204,303
Namibia 1,174,846
Armenia 1,007,320
Albania 971,992
Costa Rica 905,771
Jordan 904,697
Mauritius 745,691
North Macedonia 734,232
Botswana 725,903
Guyana 592,780
Lebanon 565,803
Equatorial Guinea 438,133
Fiji 386,601
Maldives 302,343
Belize 219,348
Gabon 218,584
Suriname 209,339
Montenegro 194,083
Samoa 186,169
St. Lucia 145,693
Tonga 82,813
Grenada 79,421
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 47,391
Dominica 20,447
Marshall Islands 8,875
American Samoa 5,606
Tuvalu 3,847
Jamaica Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 1,204,303 42.62 -0.93%
2022 1,215,546 42.99 -0.84%
2021 1,225,749 43.35 -0.53%
2020 1,232,220 43.69 -0.51%
2019 1,238,482 44.02 -0.64%
2018 1,246,374 44.33 -0.54%
2017 1,253,154 44.62 -0.42%
2016 1,258,466 44.90 -0.29%
2015 1,262,167 45.17 -0.19%
2014 1,264,628 45.42 -0.10%
2013 1,265,933 45.65 0.00%
2012 1,265,873 45.87 0.06%
2011 1,265,160 46.07 0.04%
2010 1,264,618 46.26 0.02%
2009 1,264,365 46.44 0.01%
2008 1,264,286 46.63 -0.03%
2007 1,264,604 46.82 0.03%
2006 1,264,194 47.00 0.08%
2005 1,263,185 47.19 0.09%
2004 1,262,081 47.38 0.09%
2003 1,260,908 47.56 0.09%
2002 1,259,735 47.75 0.07%
2001 1,258,803 47.95 0.01%
2000 1,258,717 48.19 0.12%
1999 1,257,270 48.43 0.27%
1998 1,253,886 48.67 0.35%
1997 1,249,500 48.91 0.38%
1996 1,244,791 49.15 0.45%
1995 1,239,253 49.39 0.52%
1994 1,232,775 49.63 0.54%
1993 1,226,187 49.86 0.52%
1992 1,219,819 50.10 0.46%
1991 1,214,230 50.34 0.41%
1990 1,209,315 50.56 0.38%
1989 1,204,720 50.76 0.38%
1988 1,200,103 50.96 0.39%
1987 1,195,410 51.17 0.48%
1986 1,189,709 51.37 0.64%
1985 1,182,137 51.58 0.83%
1984 1,172,348 51.78 1.00%
1983 1,160,689 51.98 1.11%
1982 1,147,908 52.19 0.50%
1981 1,142,132 52.71 0.41%
1980 1,137,413 53.26 0.33%
1979 1,133,722 53.81 0.25%
1978 1,130,848 54.36 0.24%
1977 1,128,155 54.90 0.26%
1976 1,125,208 55.44 0.33%
1975 1,121,472 55.99 0.46%
1974 1,116,360 56.53 0.56%
1973 1,110,136 57.07 0.62%
1972 1,103,308 57.61 0.61%
1971 1,096,641 58.14 0.53%
1970 1,090,840 58.68 0.09%
1969 1,089,835 59.40 -0.08%
1968 1,090,678 60.19 -0.09%
1967 1,091,609 60.96 -0.03%
1966 1,091,971 61.74 0.01%
1965 1,091,878 62.50 0.05%
1964 1,091,350 63.26 0.06%
1963 1,090,731 64.02 0.03%
1962 1,090,420 64.76 0.06%
1961 1,089,759 65.50 0.19%
1960 1,087,732 66.23 %