Country profile · North America · JAM
Jamaica: area, population and density
Jamaica has 10,830 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 2,837,077; calculated population density is 262 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Jamaica ranks 159th of 196 by land area, 139th by population and 39th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 10,830 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 2,837,077World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 262 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Jamaica in the country comparison set
Jamaica has 10,830 sq km of land area and a population value of 2,837,077 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 159th by land area, 139th by population, and 39th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
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