What is the difference in population between Armenia and Jamaica?

103,620 people, with Armenia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia 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.

Armenia vs Jamaica: Population

Armenia

2.94 million people

in 2023

Jamaica

2.84 million people

in 2023

Armenia rank

140th

Jamaica rank

142nd

Population over time

Armenia
Jamaica

How they compare

Armenia currently reports 2.94 million people against 2.84 million people in Jamaica, a difference of 103,620 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Armenia ahead.

Armenia ranks 140th and Jamaica ranks 142nd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 38 and Jamaica in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Armenia	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1000s	87,000 people	8,951 people	78,049 people	Armenia
1100s	130,500 people	17,903 people	112,597 people	Armenia
1200s	174,000 people	35,806 people	138,194 people	Armenia
1300s	218,000 people	71,612 people	146,388 people	Armenia
1400s	174,000 people	143,224 people	30,776 people	Armenia
1500s	218,000 people	286,449 people	68,449 people	Jamaica
1600s	261,000 people	143,224 people	117,776 people	Armenia
1700s	308,704 people	71,612 people	237,092 people	Armenia
1710s	324,952 people	83,547 people	241,405 people	Armenia
1720s	342,054 people	97,472 people	244,582 people	Armenia
1730s	360,057 people	113,717 people	246,340 people	Armenia
1740s	379,008 people	132,670 people	246,338 people	Armenia
1750s	398,955 people	154,782 people	244,173 people	Armenia
1760s	419,953 people	180,579 people	239,374 people	Armenia
1770s	442,056 people	210,676 people	231,380 people	Armenia
1780s	465,322 people	245,788 people	219,534 people	Armenia
1790s	489,813 people	286,753 people	203,060 people	Armenia
1800s	413,326 people	320,519 people	92,807 people	Armenia
1810s	413,402 people	370,502 people	42,900 people	Armenia
1820s	431,155 people	394,930 people	36,225 people	Armenia
1830s	472,066 people	383,538 people	88,528 people	Armenia
1840s	517,219 people	387,108 people	130,111 people	Armenia
1850s	566,981 people	418,165 people	148,816 people	Armenia
1860s	621,907 people	468,158 people	153,749 people	Armenia
1870s	682,153 people	537,877 people	144,276 people	Armenia
1880s	748,234 people	610,987 people	137,247 people	Armenia
1890s	820,716 people	681,346 people	139,370 people	Armenia
1900s	900,218 people	767,665 people	132,552 people	Armenia
1910s	987,386 people	840,236 people	147,149 people	Armenia
1920s	1.08 million people	936,540 people	145,618 people	Armenia
1930s	1.19 million people	1.11 million people	72,164 people	Armenia
1940s	1.30 million people	1.31 million people	6,457 people	Jamaica
1950s	1.57 million people	1.53 million people	39,113 people	Armenia
1960s	2.15 million people	1.75 million people	393,836 people	Armenia
1970s	2.75 million people	2.00 million people	744,618 people	Armenia
1980s	3.25 million people	2.27 million people	984,097 people	Armenia
1990s	3.38 million people	2.49 million people	890,165 people	Armenia
2000s	3.02 million people	2.68 million people	343,805 people	Armenia
2010s	2.92 million people	2.79 million people	126,020 people	Armenia
2020s	2.90 million people	2.84 million people	59,540 people	Armenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Armenia or Jamaica?: Armenia, at 2.94 million people against 2.84 million people in Jamaica as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Armenia and Jamaica?: 103,620 people, with Armenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Jamaica?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Armenia and Jamaica rank globally for population?: Armenia ranks 140th 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.