Croatia vs Jamaica: Number of children under 5

Croatia
168,800 people
in 2023
Jamaica
165,500 people
in 2023
Croatia rank
143rd
Jamaica rank
144th

Number of children under 5 over time

  • Croatia
  • Jamaica
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k195019862023

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 168,800 people against 165,500 people in Jamaica, a difference of 3,300 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 143rd and Jamaica ranks 144th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 6 and Jamaica in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Jamaica Difference Ahead
1950s 405,955 people 226,788 people 179,167 people Croatia
1960s 353,460 people 301,311 people 52,149 people Croatia
1970s 325,822 people 296,037 people 29,785 people Croatia
1980s 325,050 people 295,609 people 29,441 people Croatia
1990s 259,024 people 298,965 people 39,941 people Jamaica
2000s 211,874 people 251,631 people 39,757 people Jamaica
2010s 198,114 people 197,276 people 838.7 people Croatia
2020s 170,030 people 168,524 people 1,506 people Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children under 5, Croatia or Jamaica?
Croatia, at 168,800 people against 165,500 people in Jamaica as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children under 5 between Croatia and Jamaica?
3,300 people, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Jamaica?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Jamaica rank globally for number of children under 5?
Croatia ranks 143rd and Jamaica ranks 144th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children under 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Croatia vs Jamaica: Number of children under 5. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/children-under-age-5/croatia/jamaica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/children-under-age-5/croatia/jamaica/">Croatia vs Jamaica: Number of children under 5</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of children under 5
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-4.