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Entity:
Jamaica
Capital:
Kingston
Population (2009-07-01):
2,825,928 (CIA)
Area:
10,991 sq.km.
Country code:
jm
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
2008-12-31
estimate
source:
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
.
note: (1) for the 2008 estimate the population of St. Andrew is included in the number for Kingston.
Clarendon
May Pen
1,196.3
215,515
237,024
246,518
Hanover
Lucea
450.4
67,176
67,037
69,926
Kingston
Kingston
21.8
100,637
96,052
666,182
Manchester
Mandeville
830.1
162,135
185,801
190,920
Portland
Port Antonio
814.0
70,067
80,205
82,245
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
173,414
St. Catherine
Spanish Town
1,192.4
383,317
482,308
498,451
St. Elizabeth
Black River
1,212.4
144,384
146,404
151,122
St. James
Montego Bay
594.9
127,894
175,127
184,412
St. Mary
Port Maria
610.5
109,386
111,466
114,317
St. Thomas
Morant Bay
742.8
85,079
91,604
94,245
Trelawny
Falmouth
874.6
72,124
73,066
75,618
Westmoreland
Savanna-la-Mar
807.0
129,596
138,947
144,988
total
10,991.0
2,391,273
2,607,632
2,692,358
Main cities
name
population
1991
estimate
Kingston
103,771
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.