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Urban population share — Jamaica

Urban population share in Jamaica in 2025 — 59.4%. Ranked 129 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 29.7 pp.

2025 59.4% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 129of 217
Period maximum 59.4%2025
Period minimum 29.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Jamaica, 1960–2025203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 29.7%1962: 31.9%1964: 34.5%1966: 37.2%1968: 39.6%1970: 41.4%1972: 42.9%1974: 44.2%1976: 45.3%1978: 46.3%1980: 47.2%1982: 47.8%1984: 48.3%1986: 48.7%1988: 49.1%1990: 49.4%1992: 49.9%1994: 50.3%1996: 50.8%1998: 51.3%2000: 51.7%2002: 52.1%2004: 52.6%2006: 53%2008: 53.4%2010: 53.8%2012: 54.2%2014: 54.9%2016: 55.5%2018: 56.3%2020: 57.1%2022: 58%2024: 58.9%2025: 59.4%
Change over the period: +29.7 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Jamaica 59.4%
World 57.8%
Latin America & Caribbean 81.5%
Caribbean computed 69%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 69.8%
Urban population share — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 59.4 +0.5 pp
2024 58.9 +0.5 pp
2023 58.5 +0.5 pp
2022 58 +0.4 pp
2021 57.5 +0.4 pp
2020 57.1 +0.4 pp
2019 56.7 +0.4 pp
2018 56.3 +0.4 pp
2017 55.9 +0.4 pp
2016 55.5 +0.3 pp
2015 55.2 +0.3 pp
2014 54.9 +0.3 pp
2013 54.5 +0.3 pp
2012 54.2 +0.3 pp
2011 54 +0.2 pp
2010 53.8 +0.2 pp
2009 53.6 +0.2 pp
2008 53.4 +0.2 pp
2007 53.2 +0.2 pp
2006 53 +0.2 pp
2005 52.8 +0.2 pp
2004 52.6 +0.2 pp
2003 52.4 +0.2 pp
2002 52.1 +0.2 pp
2001 51.9 +0.2 pp
2000 51.7 +0.2 pp
1999 51.5 +0.2 pp
1998 51.3 +0.2 pp
1997 51 +0.2 pp
1996 50.8 +0.2 pp
1995 50.6 +0.2 pp
1994 50.3 +0.2 pp
1993 50.1 +0.2 pp
1992 49.9 +0.2 pp
1991 49.7 +0.2 pp
1990 49.4 +0.2 pp
1989 49.3 +0.2 pp
1988 49.1 +0.2 pp
1987 48.9 +0.2 pp
1986 48.7 +0.2 pp
1985 48.5 +0.2 pp
1984 48.3 +0.2 pp
1983 48.1 +0.3 pp
1982 47.8 +0.3 pp
1981 47.5 +0.4 pp
1980 47.2 +0.4 pp
1979 46.8 +0.4 pp
1978 46.3 +0.5 pp
1977 45.8 +0.5 pp
1976 45.3 +0.6 pp
1975 44.8 +0.6 pp
1974 44.2 +0.6 pp
1973 43.5 +0.7 pp
1972 42.9 +0.7 pp
1971 42.2 +0.7 pp
1970 41.4 +0.8 pp
1969 40.6 +1 pp
1968 39.6 +1.2 pp
1967 38.4 +1.3 pp
1966 37.2 +1.3 pp
1965 35.8 +1.4 pp
1964 34.5 +1.3 pp
1963 33.2 +1.3 pp
1962 31.9 +1.2 pp
1961 30.7 +1 pp
1960 29.7 —

Caribbean, 2025

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

SX Sint Maarten 100 KY Cayman Islands 100 MF Saint Martin 100 VI United States Virgin Islands 95.4 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 94.4 PR Puerto Rico 94.3 CW Curaçao 91.5 BS Bahamas 81.3 CU Cuba 77.2 DM Dominica 74 DO Dominican Republic 72.5 AW Aruba 61.7 BB Barbados 59.7 JM Jamaica 59.4 VG British Virgin Islands 57.4 HT Haiti 55.6 TT Trinidad and Tobago 54 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48 GD Grenada 36.7 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 31.9 LC Saint Lucia 29.1 AG Antigua and Barbuda 24.3
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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

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