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How many babies are born in Jamaica?

31.3 thousand babies born in Jamaica in 2026. That is 0.02% of all births worldwide, and the 142nd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Jamaica: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Jamaica’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~0 ~8 48.1 Modelled estimate
1000 ~420 ~9K 47.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~12K ~290K 42.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~10.9K ~300K 36.3 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~26K ~728K 35.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 46K 1.41M 32.7 UN estimate
2000 52.5K 2.61M 20.1 UN estimate
2023 33K 2.84M 11.6 UN estimate
2026 31.3K 2.83M 11.1 UN projection
2050 18.7K 2.45M 7.6 UN projection
2075 11.1K 1.71M 6.5 UN projection
2100 7.1K 1.07M 6.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Jamaica among estimates through 2023 were in 1964, at about 67.9K. That is roughly 176,335 times the estimated ~0 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.33 children per woman, fertility in Jamaica is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Jamaica each year?

An estimated 31.3 thousand babies are born in Jamaica in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 86 a day and 0.02% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Jamaica?

Jamaica has an estimated 11.1 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.33 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.