What is the difference in population between Albania and Jamaica?

28,120 people, with Jamaica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Jamaica?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Albania vs Jamaica: Population

Albania

2.81 million people

in 2023

Jamaica

2.84 million people

in 2023

Albania rank

143rd

Jamaica rank

142nd

Population over time

Albania
Jamaica

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 2.84 million people against 2.81 million people in Albania, a difference of 28,120 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Albania ahead.

Albania ranks 143rd and Jamaica ranks 142nd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Albania averaged higher in 36 and Jamaica in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Albania	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1000s	200,000 people	8,951 people	191,049 people	Albania
1100s	200,000 people	17,903 people	182,097 people	Albania
1200s	200,000 people	35,806 people	164,194 people	Albania
1300s	200,000 people	71,612 people	128,388 people	Albania
1400s	200,000 people	143,224 people	56,776 people	Albania
1500s	200,000 people	286,449 people	86,449 people	Jamaica
1600s	200,000 people	143,224 people	56,776 people	Albania
1700s	300,000 people	71,612 people	228,388 people	Albania
1710s	311,416 people	83,547 people	227,869 people	Albania
1720s	322,833 people	97,472 people	225,361 people	Albania
1730s	334,250 people	113,717 people	220,533 people	Albania
1740s	345,666 people	132,670 people	212,996 people	Albania
1750s	357,083 people	154,782 people	202,301 people	Albania
1760s	368,500 people	180,579 people	187,921 people	Albania
1770s	379,916 people	210,676 people	169,240 people	Albania
1780s	391,333 people	245,788 people	145,545 people	Albania
1790s	402,750 people	286,753 people	115,997 people	Albania
1800s	408,075 people	320,519 people	87,556 people	Albania
1810s	426,540 people	370,502 people	56,038 people	Albania
1820s	445,966 people	394,930 people	51,036 people	Albania
1830s	466,440 people	383,538 people	82,902 people	Albania
1840s	487,905 people	387,108 people	100,797 people	Albania
1850s	522,327 people	418,165 people	104,162 people	Albania
1860s	574,302 people	468,158 people	106,144 people	Albania
1870s	631,435 people	537,877 people	93,558 people	Albania
1880s	693,950 people	610,987 people	82,963 people	Albania
1890s	764,134 people	681,346 people	82,788 people	Albania
1900s	839,909 people	767,665 people	72,243 people	Albania
1910s	908,772 people	840,236 people	68,536 people	Albania
1920s	964,424 people	936,540 people	27,884 people	Albania
1930s	1.04 million people	1.11 million people	73,263 people	Jamaica
1940s	1.16 million people	1.31 million people	144,041 people	Jamaica
1950s	1.41 million people	1.53 million people	126,123 people	Jamaica
1960s	1.88 million people	1.75 million people	122,393 people	Albania
1970s	2.43 million people	2.00 million people	427,190 people	Albania
1980s	3.00 million people	2.27 million people	731,578 people	Albania
1990s	3.25 million people	2.49 million people	766,038 people	Albania
2000s	3.08 million people	2.68 million people	400,305 people	Albania
2010s	2.90 million people	2.79 million people	110,499 people	Albania
2020s	2.84 million people	2.84 million people	3,378 people	Albania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Albania or Jamaica?: Jamaica, at 2.84 million people against 2.81 million people in Albania as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Albania and Jamaica?: 28,120 people, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Jamaica?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Albania and Jamaica rank globally for population?: Albania ranks 143rd and Jamaica ranks 142nd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.