North America · Caribbean
Jamaica
Jamaica covers about 11,000 km² (4,260 mi²), the 166th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Qatar, at about 11,200 km².
- 11,000km²Area, main territory
- 2.7 millionPopulation
- 0.36In Belgiums
50 km
- Jamaica
Facts
| Area, main territory | 11,000 km²4,260 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 11,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.36 |
| Capital | Kingston |
| Population | 2.7 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 245 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 19°N |
| In other languages | Jamaika Deutsch · Jamaïque Français · ジャマイカ 日本語 · 牙买加 中文 · 자메이카 한국어 |
| Continent | North America#16 of 27 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Jamaica
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 1,539× the size of Jamaica.
- Jamaica ranks 140th of 237 by population but only 165th of 239 by area: it holds more people than its size suggests.
- At 245 people per km², Jamaica is the 29th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Jamaica lies at 18°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Jamaica's main territory stretches about 91 km north to south and 231 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,000 km², to within 2%.
How Jamaica measures up
Jamaica holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.5% of the people of the 27 countries listed for North America. In Caribbean it is the 5th largest of 16.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 11,000 km² | 165th of 239 |
| Population | 2.7 million | 140th of 237 |
| Density | 245 per km² | 29th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 18.2°N | 106th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Jamaica is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.36× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.05× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 286 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 768 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 856 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 1,539 its size |
Where Jamaica sits
- Jamaica's centre lies at 18.2°N, 77.3°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 2,020 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 18°N to 19°N, about 90 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Jamaica had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Jamaica would have 13.8 million people. It has 2.7 million.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Jamaica would have 41,000 people. It has 2.7 million.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 798,000.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2011; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11