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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
code
parish
capital
area (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.
01
Kingston
Kingston
21.8
100,637
96,052
669,512
02
St. Thomas
Morant Bay
742.8
85,079
91,604
94,716
03
Portland
Port Antonio
814.0
70,067
80,205
82,656
04
St. Mary
Port Maria
610.5
109,386
111,466
114,889
05
St. Ann
Saint Ann's Bay
1,212.6
152,967
166,762
174,281
06
Trelawny
Falmouth
874.6
72,124
73,066
75,996
07
St. James
Montego Bay
594.9
127,894
175,127
185,334
08
Hanover
Lucea
450.4
67,176
67,037
70,276
09
Westmoreland
Savanna-la-Mar
807.0
129,596
138,947
145,712
10
St. Elizabeth
Black River
1,212.4
144,384
146,404
151,887
11
Manchester
Mandeville
830.1
162,135
185,801
191,875
12
Clarendon
May Pen
1,196.3
215,515
237,024
247,751
13
St. Andrew
Half-Way-Tree
430.7
540,715
555,828
(1)
14
St. Catherine
Spanish Town
1,192.4
383,317
482,308
500,942
total
10,991.0
2,391,273
2,607,632
2,705,827
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.