Jamaica: cities by population
Jamaica has a population of 2,934,855, with Kingston as its capital. The 50 largest of its 98 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kingston | Kingston | 937,700 |
| 2 | Spanish Town | Saint Catherine Parish | 145,018 |
| 3 | Portmore | Saint Catherine Parish | 102,861 |
| 4 | Montego Bay | Saint James Parish | 82,867 |
| 5 | Mandeville | Manchester | 47,115 |
| 6 | May Pen | Clarendon | 44,755 |
| 7 | Ocho Rios | Saint Ann Parish | 26,503 |
| 8 | Old Harbour | Saint Catherine Parish | 26,024 |
| 9 | Linstead | Saint Catherine Parish | 20,660 |
| 10 | Half Way Tree | Saint Andrew Parish | 18,552 |
| 11 | Barrett Town | Saint James Parish | 17,169 |
| 12 | Savanna-la-Mar | Westmoreland | 16,553 |
| 13 | Port Antonio | Portland Parish | 14,400 |
| 14 | Negril | Westmoreland | 13,779 |
| 15 | Saint Ann’s Bay | Saint Ann Parish | 13,671 |
| 16 | Bog Walk | Saint Catherine Parish | 12,873 |
| 17 | Constant Spring | Saint Andrew Parish | 12,830 |
| 18 | Ewarton | Saint Catherine Parish | 12,797 |
| 19 | Runaway Bay | Saint Ann Parish | 12,358 |
| 20 | Tower Hill | Saint Andrew Parish | 12,184 |
| 21 | Grange Hill | Westmoreland | 10,429 |
| 22 | Barbican | Hanover | 10,337 |
| 23 | Hayes | Clarendon | 9,701 |
| 24 | Morant Bay | Saint Thomas Parish | 9,368 |
| 25 | Stony Hill | Saint Andrew Parish | 8,551 |
| 26 | Discovery Bay | Saint Ann Parish | 8,257 |
| 27 | Santa Cruz | St. Elizabeth | 8,217 |
| 28 | Old Harbour Bay | Saint Catherine Parish | 7,912 |
| 29 | Port Maria | Saint Mary Parish | 7,906 |
| 30 | Falmouth | Trelawny Parish | 7,779 |
| 31 | Yallahs | Saint Thomas Parish | 7,644 |
| 32 | Lucea | Hanover | 7,377 |
| 33 | Bull Savannah | St. Elizabeth | 6,962 |
| 34 | Porus | Manchester | 5,923 |
| 35 | Annotto Bay | Saint Mary Parish | 5,504 |
| 36 | Lionel Town | Clarendon | 5,362 |
| 37 | Point Hill | Saint Catherine Parish | 5,344 |
| 38 | Above Rocks | Saint Catherine Parish | 5,261 |
| 39 | Duncans | Trelawny Parish | 5,153 |
| 40 | Little London | Westmoreland | 4,954 |
| 41 | Seaforth | Saint Thomas Parish | 4,550 |
| 42 | Sandy Bay | Hanover | 4,520 |
| 43 | Chapelton | Clarendon | 4,514 |
| 44 | Whithorn | Westmoreland | 4,284 |
| 45 | Bamboo | Saint Ann Parish | 4,264 |
| 46 | Black River | St. Elizabeth | 4,229 |
| 47 | Anchovy | Saint James Parish | 4,161 |
| 48 | Oracabessa | Saint Mary Parish | 4,100 |
| 49 | Riversdale | Saint Catherine Parish | 4,085 |
| 50 | Coleyville | Manchester | 3,860 |
Twenty years earlier: Jamaica in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 2,675,504.