Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Kingston
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 2,837,077 (2025)
- Area
- 10,991 km²
- Currency
- Jamaican dollar (JMD)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +1-876
- Internet domain
- .jm
- ISO codes
- JM, JAM, 388
- Time zone
- UTC-5:00
- United Nations
- Member state
Land and position
Jamaica covers about 10,991 square kilometres. By area it ranks 168th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Gambia and a little larger than Kosovo. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 18° north, 78° west, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 2.84 million people live in Jamaica (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 141st most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 258 people to each square kilometre. About 59 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 72 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English. A person from Jamaica is called Jamaican.
Money and economy
The currency is the Jamaican dollar (code JMD, symbol $). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 22.7 billion (2025), which is about US$ 8,003 for each person (2025).
Time
Jamaica uses one time zone, UTC-5:00 (America/Jamaica). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Kingston | 937,700 |
| Spanish Town | 145,018 |
| Portmore | 102,861 |
| Montego Bay | 82,867 |
| Mandeville | 47,115 |
| May Pen | 44,755 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Caribbean
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.