What is the difference in population between Jamaica and Lithuania?

14,320 people, with Lithuania ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Jamaica vs Lithuania: Population

Jamaica

2.84 million people

in 2023

Lithuania

2.85 million people

in 2023

Jamaica rank

142nd

Lithuania rank

141st

Population over time

Jamaica
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 2.85 million people against 2.84 million people in Jamaica, a difference of 14,320 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lithuania ahead.

Jamaica ranks 142nd and Lithuania ranks 141st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jamaica	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1.53 million people	2.57 million people	1.03 million people	Lithuania
1960s	1.75 million people	2.94 million people	1.19 million people	Lithuania
1970s	2.00 million people	3.28 million people	1.28 million people	Lithuania
1980s	2.27 million people	3.56 million people	1.29 million people	Lithuania
1990s	2.49 million people	3.63 million people	1.14 million people	Lithuania
2000s	2.68 million people	3.34 million people	662,848 people	Lithuania
2010s	2.79 million people	2.92 million people	127,742 people	Lithuania
2020s	2.84 million people	2.82 million people	21,518 people	Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Jamaica or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 2.85 million people against 2.84 million people in Jamaica as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Jamaica and Lithuania?: 14,320 people, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Lithuania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Jamaica and Lithuania rank globally for population?: Jamaica ranks 142nd and Lithuania ranks 141st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed 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: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.