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Net migration — Jamaica

Net migration in Jamaica in 2025 — -11,053 people. Ranked 155 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 61.8%.

2025 -11,053 people −5.21% vs 2024
World rank 155of 217
Period maximum 0 people2020
Period minimum -29,147 people1967

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Jamaica, 1960–2025-30,000-20,000-10,000019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -28,952 people1962: -27,936 people1964: -28,066 people1966: -29,065 people1968: -28,424 people1970: -23,371 people1972: -17,934 people1974: -16,769 people1976: -18,084 people1978: -18,483 people1980: -15,277 people1982: -12,952 people1984: -17,211 people1986: -25,339 people1988: -28,247 people1990: -25,085 people1992: -21,426 people1994: -19,960 people1996: -18,285 people1998: -17,623 people2000: -17,498 people2002: -17,428 people2004: -17,256 people2006: -16,840 people2008: -16,191 people2010: -13,248 people2012: -10,498 people2014: -10,335 people2016: -10,335 people2018: -10,335 people2020: 0 people2022: -10,003 people2024: -10,506 people2025: -11,053 people
Change over the period: +17,899 (+61.82%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jamaica

Jamaica -11,053 people
World 0 people
Latin America & Caribbean -401,848 people
Caribbean computed -93,953 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed -681,750 people
Net migration — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 -11,053 −547 −5.21%
2024 -10,506 −503 −5.03%
2023 -10,003 +0 +0%
2022 -10,003 −5,338 −114.43%
2021 -4,665 −4,665 —
2020 0 +10,335 +100%
2019 -10,335 +0 +0%
2018 -10,335 +0 +0%
2017 -10,335 +0 +0%
2016 -10,335 +0 +0%
2015 -10,335 +0 +0%
2014 -10,335 +0 +0%
2013 -10,335 +163 +1.55%
2012 -10,498 +1,079 +9.32%
2011 -11,577 +1,671 +12.61%
2010 -13,248 +1,693 +11.33%
2009 -14,941 +1,250 +7.72%
2008 -16,191 +397 +2.39%
2007 -16,588 +252 +1.5%
2006 -16,840 +231 +1.35%
2005 -17,071 +185 +1.07%
2004 -17,256 +124 +0.71%
2003 -17,380 +48 +0.28%
2002 -17,428 +38 +0.22%
2001 -17,466 +32 +0.18%
2000 -17,498 +44 +0.25%
1999 -17,542 +81 +0.46%
1998 -17,623 +133 +0.75%
1997 -17,756 +529 +2.89%
1996 -18,285 +807 +4.23%
1995 -19,092 +868 +4.35%
1994 -19,960 +771 +3.72%
1993 -20,731 +695 +3.24%
1992 -21,426 +1,588 +6.9%
1991 -23,014 +2,071 +8.26%
1990 -25,085 +1,964 +7.26%
1989 -27,049 +1,198 +4.24%
1988 -28,247 −289 −1.03%
1987 -27,958 −2,619 −10.34%
1986 -25,339 −3,968 −18.57%
1985 -21,371 −4,160 −24.17%
1984 -17,211 −3,146 −22.37%
1983 -14,065 −1,113 −8.59%
1982 -12,952 +667 +4.9%
1981 -13,619 +1,658 +10.85%
1980 -15,277 +1,866 +10.88%
1979 -17,143 +1,340 +7.25%
1978 -18,483 +147 +0.79%
1977 -18,630 −546 −3.02%
1976 -18,084 −744 −4.29%
1975 -17,340 −571 −3.41%
1974 -16,769 +53 +0.32%
1973 -16,822 +1,112 +6.2%
1972 -17,934 +2,388 +11.75%
1971 -20,322 +3,049 +13.05%
1970 -23,371 +2,933 +11.15%
1969 -26,304 +2,120 +7.46%
1968 -28,424 +723 +2.48%
1967 -29,147 −82 −0.28%
1966 -29,065 −454 −1.59%
1965 -28,611 −545 −1.94%
1964 -28,066 −309 −1.11%
1963 -27,757 +179 +0.64%
1962 -27,936 +480 +1.69%
1961 -28,416 +536 +1.85%
1960 -28,952 — —

Caribbean, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PR Puerto Rico 5,495 BS Bahamas 935 KY Cayman Islands 888 TT Trinidad and Tobago 691 SX Sint Maarten 530 CW Curaçao 470 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 177 VG British Virgin Islands 153 AW Aruba 111 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 18 AG Antigua and Barbuda 12 LC Saint Lucia -23 BB Barbados -87 GD Grenada -185 DM Dominica -242 VI United States Virgin Islands -357 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -714 MF Saint Martin -1,170 JM Jamaica -11,053 CU Cuba -22,244 HT Haiti -32,052 DO Dominican Republic -35,306
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About the indicator

Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.

Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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