General info

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

Jamaica

Administrative units

parishcapitalarea (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.
ClarendonMay Pen1,196.3215,515237,024246,518
HanoverLucea450.467,17667,03769,926
KingstonKingston21.8100,63796,052666,182
ManchesterMandeville830.1162,135185,801190,920
PortlandPort Antonio814.070,06780,20582,245
St. AndrewHalf-Way-Tree430.7540,715555,828(1)
St. AnnSaint Ann's Bay1,212.6152,967166,762173,414
St. CatherineSpanish Town1,192.4383,317482,308498,451
St. ElizabethBlack River1,212.4144,384146,404151,122
St. JamesMontego Bay594.9127,894175,127184,412
St. MaryPort Maria610.5109,386111,466114,317
St. ThomasMorant Bay742.885,07991,60494,245
TrelawnyFalmouth874.672,12473,06675,618
WestmorelandSavanna-la-Mar807.0129,596138,947144,988
total 10,991.02,391,2732,607,6322,692,358

Main cities

namepopulation
1991
estimate
Kingston103,771
Spanish Town92,383
Portmore90,138
Montego Bay83,446
May Pen46,785
source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica.
note: the agglomeration of Kingston counted 587,798 people in 1991.