Jamaica vs Namibia: Population

Jamaica

2.84 million people

in 2023

Namibia

2.96 million people

in 2023

Jamaica rank

142nd

Namibia rank

139th

Population over time

Namibia currently reports 2.96 million people against 2.84 million people in Jamaica, a difference of 123,320 people.

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

Jamaica ranks 142nd and Namibia ranks 139th of 238 countries.

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.