Atlas Country Page: Jamaica
Jamaica
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Population and Migration


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Demographics

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Population, total 1629000 1869000 2133000 2403500 2633000
Graph Population density (people per sq km)   172.57 196.95 221.92 243.12
Graph Population growth (annual %) 1.09 1.29 1.35 1.19 1.64
Graph Urban population growth (annual %) 3.31 3.19 2.51 2.09 2.5
Graph Urban population (% of total) 33.8 41.5 46.8 51.5 56.1
Graph Rural population growth (annual %)   -0.02 0.34 0.25 0.56
Graph Rural population (% of total population) 66.2 58.5 53.2 48.5 43.9

Migration

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Foreign population (% of total population)          
Graph Foreign labor force (% of total labor force)          
Graph Inflows of asylum seekers          
Graph Inflows of foreign population          
Graph Inflows of foreign workers