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Jamaica
Official name:
Jamaica
Native name:
Jamaica
Capital:
Kingston
ISO country code
JM
Nat. statistical agency:
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
Population (2010-07-01):
2,847,232 (CIA)
Area:
10,991 sq.km.
Region:
the Caribbean
Census Results
1960-04-07 : 1,609,814
1970-04-07 : 1,813,594
1982-06-08 : 2,190,357
1991-04-07 : 2,314,479
2001-09-10 : 2,607,633
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Jamaica
Administrative units
parish
capital
area (sq.km.)
population
1991-04-07
census
population
2001-09-10
census
population
2009-12-31
estimate
source:
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
.
note: (1) for the 2009 estimate the population of St. Andrew is included in the number for Kingston.
Clarendon
May Pen
1,196.3
215,515
237,024
247,109
Hanover
Lucea
450.4
67,176
67,037
70,094
Kingston
Kingston
21.8
100,637
96,052
667,778
Manchester
Mandeville
830.1
162,135
185,801
191,378
Portland
Port Antonio
814.0
70,067
80,205
82,442
St. Andrew
Half-Way-Tree
430.7
540,715
555,828
(1)
St. Ann
Saint Ann's Bay
1,212.6
152,967
166,762
173,830
St. Catherine
Spanish Town
1,192.4
383,317
482,308
499,645
St. Elizabeth
Black River
1,212.4
144,384
146,404
151,484
St. James
Montego Bay
594.9
127,894
175,127
184,854
St. Mary
Port Maria
610.5
109,386
111,466
114,591
St. Thomas
Morant Bay
742.8
85,079
91,604
94,471
Trelawny
Falmouth
874.6
72,124
73,066
75,799
Westmoreland
Savanna-la-Mar
807.0
129,596
138,947
145,335
total
10,991.0
2,391,273
2,607,632
2,698,810
Main cities
name
population
1991
estimate
latitude /
longitude
Kingston
103,771
17.99/-76.74
Spanish Town
92,383
Portmore
90,138
Montego Bay
83,446
May Pen
46,785
source:
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
.
note: the agglomeration of Kingston counted 587,798 people in 1991.