Jamaica Labour Exchange

Population Distribution by Age Grouping Click here for Chart
	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
Total Population	2,696,200	2,686,000	2,674,000	2,665,425	2,652,900	2,646,167	2,630,333	2,617,450	2,621,115	2,605,787
Male	1,328,800	1,323,600	1,317,600	1,313,175	1,306,900	1,303,467	1,295,633	1,289,250	1,309,363	1,300,735
Female	1,367,400	1,362,400	1,356,400	1,352,250	1,346,000	1,342,700	1,334,700	1,328,200	1,311,752	1,305,052
Working Age Population (Age 14+)	1,999,650	1,985,450	1,968,000	1,936,375	1,905,825	1,857,867	1,846,867	1,837,850	1,871,803	1,856,373
Total Population Age 0-4	221,600	224,000	225,700	218,800	233,470	243,165	251,139	260,597	271,736	272,633
Male Population Age 0-4	112,600	113,800	115,000	111,500	117,800	121,723	126,716	131,846	136,823	137,501
Female Population Age 0-4	109,000	110,200	110,700	107,300	115,670	121,442	124,423	128,751	134,913	135,132
Total Population Age 5-9	240,900	247,400	253,600	265,500	275,160	278,302	287,230	292,635	279,323	276,159
Male Population Age 5-9	122,500	125,800	128,900	133,000	138,800	140,247	144,762	147,915	138,859	137,634
Female Population Age 5-9	118,400	121,600	124,700	132,500	136,360	138,055	142,468	144,720	140,464	138,525
Total Population Age 10-14	288,300	283,550	277,300	279,300	287,150	280,698	279,454	276,966	248,217	251,394
Male Population Age 10-14	149,500	146,700	143,000	139,600	144,850	142,893	140,774	139,830	122,505	124,379
Female Population Age 10-14	138,800	136,850	134,300	139,700	142,300	137,805	138,680	137,136	125,712	127,015
Total Population Age 15-19	249,400	250,100	249,100	258,225	259,295	252,448	249,943	251,814	249,692	249,694
Male Population Age 15-19	127,600	128,000	127,200	128,875	129,000	125,432	125,020	125,857	121,965	122,191
Female Population Age 15-19	121,800	122,100	121,900	129,350	130,295	127,016	124,923	125,957	127,727	127,503
Total Population Age 20-24	207,800	208,600	208,700	236,500	233,425	232,684	227,112	218,778	227,266	227,664
Male Population Age 20-24	100,800	101,100	101,200	116,500	114,875	113,785	111,562	107,493	110,369	111,186
Female Population Age 20-24	107,000	107,500	107,500	120,000	118,550	118,899	115,550	111,285	116,897	116,478
Total Population Age 25-29	215,300	214,900	214,200	204,000	204,900	200,142	198,997	203,108	224,648	227,955
Male Population Age 25-29	102,300	102,000	101,700	97,200	97,800	95,329	94,912	96,514	109,727	111,773
Female Population Age 25-29	113,000	112,900	112,500	106,800	107,100	104,813	104,085	106,594	114,921	116,182
Total Population Age 30-34	222,100	219,900	218,200	197,500	199,000	202,338	203,982	201,212	214,690	213,956
Male Population Age 30-34	105,100	104,000	103,300	93,900	95,550	97,825	98,502	97,212	108,283	108,535
Female Population Age 30-34	117,000	115,900	114,900	103,600	103,450	104,513	105,480	104,000	106,407	105,421
Total Population Age 35-39	229,400	226,600	221,300	195,000	183,500	191,158	187,133	186,640	199,783	195,545
Male Population Age 35-39	107,400	107,000	104,600	97,000	90,500	93,133	90,526	88,930	107,047	103,720
Female Population Age 35-39	122,000	119,600	116,700	98,000	93,000	98,025	96,607	97,710	92,736	91,825
Total Population Age 40-44	191,400	187,450	187,800	177,200	180,875	171,194	167,792	161,488	159,658	154,205
Male Population Age 40-44	95,000	92,900	93,000	84,600	86,200	82,652	81,055	78,848	80,558	77,097
Female Population Age 40-44	96,400	94,550	94,800	92,600	94,675	88,542	86,737	82,640	79,100	77,108
Total Population Age 45-49	134,900	132,800	130,500	146,900	124,425	131,066	124,124	118,671	118,840	114,100
Male Population Age 45-49	67,000	65,800	64,700	71,700	61,150	65,084	61,812	59,086	60,400	58,077
Female Population Age 45-49	67,900	67,000	65,800	75,200	63,275	65,982	62,312	59,585	58,440	56,023
Total Population Age 50-54	113,700	112,700	112,600	111,900	115,600	107,800	104,085	100,706	96,222	93,439
Male Population Age 50-54	59,700	59,000	58,800	57,700	60,000	55,600	53,638	51,600	51,783	49,705
Female Population Age 50-54	54,000	53,700	53,800	54,200	55,600	52,200	50,447	49,106	44,439	43,734
Total Population Age 55-59	85,900	85,000	83,800	91,900	80,100	80,456	78,960	77,350	76,854	75,538
Male Population Age 55-59	45,300	44,600	43,800	47,600	41,600	40,927	40,178	39,525	40,415	39,487
Female Population Age 55-59	40,600	40,400	40,000	44,300	38,500	39,529	38,782	37,825	36,439	36,051
Total Population Age 60-64	68,000	67,850	68,000	70,300	70,250	69,476	67,496	66,970	64,843	64,725
Male Population Age 60-64	33,300	33,100	33,200	36,500	35,425	36,036	34,396	33,235	34,918	34,594
Female Population Age 60-64	34,700	34,750	34,800	33,800	34,825	33,440	33,100	33,735	29,925	30,131
Total Population Age 65-69	65,100	64,850	64,200	63,400	60,500	61,090	60,020	59,585	60,139	58,728
Male Population Age 65-69	31,400	31,200	30,900	32,000	29,650	29,847	28,920	28,645	32,023	30,780
Female Population Age 65-69	33,700	33,650	33,300	31,400	30,850	31,243	31,100	30,940	28,116	27,948
Total Population Age 70-74	59,600	58,950	58,100	51,100	49,550	51,608	51,943	51,500	48,486	48,694
Male Population Age 70-74	28,300	27,900	27,600	23,300	22,700	24,158	24,625	24,550	22,678	22,435
Female Population Age 70-74	31,300	31,050	30,500	27,800	26,850	27,450	27,318	26,950	25,808	26,259
Total Population Age 75+	102,800	101,350	100,900	97,900	95,700	92,542	90,923	89,430	80,718	81,358
Male Population Age 75+	41,000	40,700	40,800	42,200	41,000	38,796	38,235	38,164	31,010	31,641
Female Population Age 75+	61,800	60,650	60,100	55,700	54,700	53,746	52,688	51,266	49,708	49,717
Total Population	2,696,200	2,686,000	2,674,000	2,665,425	2,652,900	2,646,167	2,630,333	2,617,450	2,621,115	2,605,787
Male Population	1,328,800	1,323,600	1,317,600	1,313,175	1,306,900	1,303,467	1,295,633	1,289,250	1,309,363	1,300,735
Female Population	1,367,400	1,362,400	1,356,400	1,352,250	1,346,000	1,342,700	1,334,700	1,328,200	1,311,752	1,305,052
Age Dependency Ratio	48.92	49.36	47.22	46.97	48.44	51.90	51.80	51.80	48.40	48.90
Employment Dependency Ratio	86.87	84.33	80.49	83.39	87.76	87.94	87.20	91.73	91.40	92.90
Population over pensionable age rate	8.44	8.38	8.35	7.97	7.76	7.80	7.70	7.70	7.20	7.20
Life expectancy rate at birth	74.13	74.13	74.13	74.13	74.13	74.13	74.13	72	72	72.20
Net Migration	-20,000	-17,600	-16,000	-17,000	-20,700	-18,200	-17,900	-25,900	-24,000	-23,300
Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica

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