Jamaica

Official name:
Jamaica
Name in native language:
Jamaica /
Capital:
Kingston
ISO country code
JM
Nat. statistical agency:
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
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

codeparishcapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1991-04-07
census
population
2001-09-10
census
population
2010-12-31
estimate
source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica.
note: (1) for the 2010 estimate the population of St. Andrew is included in the number for Kingston.
01KingstonKingston21.8100,63796,052669,512
02St. ThomasMorant Bay742.885,07991,60494,716
03PortlandPort Antonio814.070,06780,20582,656
04St. MaryPort Maria610.5109,386111,466114,889
05St. AnnSaint Ann's Bay1,212.6152,967166,762174,281
06TrelawnyFalmouth874.672,12473,06675,996
07St. JamesMontego Bay594.9127,894175,127185,334
08HanoverLucea450.467,17667,03770,276
09WestmorelandSavanna-la-Mar807.0129,596138,947145,712
10St. ElizabethBlack River1,212.4144,384146,404151,887
11ManchesterMandeville830.1162,135185,801191,875
12ClarendonMay Pen1,196.3215,515237,024247,751
13St. AndrewHalf-Way-Tree430.7540,715555,828(1)
14St. CatherineSpanish Town1,192.4383,317482,308500,942
 total 10,991.02,391,2732,607,6322,705,827

Main cities

namepopulation
1991
estimate
latitude /
longitude
Kingston103,77117.99/-76.74
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.