Jamaica had 27,000 more women than men in 2024, says PIOJ survey

The Jamaican population had an estimated 27,000 more women than men at the end of last year.

That’s according to the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2024 (ESSJ), which is published annually by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ).

The population comprised an estimated 1,363,700 women and 1,336,700 men at the end of 2024, the ESSJ revealed.

Overall, the report said there was an estimated 0.1 per cent decline in Jamaica’s population, moving it to 2,700,400 people.

The ESSJ said at the end of last year Jamaica continued to display “features associated with the later stages of the demographic transition which includes the simultaneous occurrence of low fertility and low mortality rates, leading to low or negative population growth rates”.

The report singled out the child population between ages zero and 14, which it said continued to record a decline.

“This, coupled with net migration loss, below replacement level fertility rates and population ageing, have negatively impacted the population structure leading to a negative population growth rate,” the ESSJ said.

- Livern Barrett

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