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Jamaica

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
2011-04-05	2,697,983

General Information

Official name	Jamaica
Official name [native]	Jamaica «English»
Capital	Kingston
Capital [native]	Kingston «English»
Region	the Caribbean
ISO code	JM
Statistical agency	Statistical Institute of Jamaica

Name in Chinese	牙买加
Name in Arabic	جامايكا
Name in Spanish	Jamaica
Name in Russian	Ямайка
Name in French	la Jamaïque

Administrative units

code	parish	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1991-04-07 census	population 2001-09-10 census	population 2011-04-05 census
01	Kingston	Kingston	21.8	100,637	96,052	89,057
02	St. Thomas	Morant Bay	742.8	85,079	91,604	93,902
03	Portland	Port Antonio	814.0	70,067	80,205	81,744
04	St. Mary	Port Maria	610.5	109,386	111,466	113,615
05	St. Ann	Saint Ann's Bay	1,212.6	152,967	166,762	172,362
06	Trelawny	Falmouth	874.6	72,124	73,066	75,164
07	St. James	Montego Bay	594.9	127,894	175,127	183,811
08	Hanover	Lucea	450.4	67,176	67,037	69,533
09	Westmoreland	Savanna-la-Mar	807.0	129,596	138,947	144,103
10	St. Elizabeth	Black River	1,212.4	144,384	146,404	150,205
11	Manchester	Mandeville	830.1	162,135	185,801	189,797
12	Clarendon	May Pen	1,196.3	215,515	237,024	245,103
13	St. Andrew	Half-Way-Tree	430.7	540,715	555,828	573,369
14	St. Catherine	Spanish Town	1,192.4	383,317	482,308	516,218
	total		10,991.0	2,391,273	2,607,632	2,697,983
source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica. note: (1) for the 2010 estimate the population of St. Andrew is included in the number for Kingston.

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.