Where is Jamaica?
Jamaica is an island country in Caribbean, with no land borders.
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Crazy but True
Jamaica, a country with no snow, sent a bobsled team to the 1988 Winter Olympics. The team was assembled largely from military sprinters who had never seen a bobsled, they borrowed equipment from other countries, and they crashed. They came back and have qualified repeatedly since.
Jamaica facts
- Capital
- Kingston
- Population
- 2,837,077 (2025)
- Area
- 10,991 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- Caribbean
- Currency
- Jamaican dollar (JMD)
- Languages
- English and Jamaican Patois
- Coordinates
- 18.25°, -77.5°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- JM · JAM
How Jamaica compares
- Jamaica is the 161st largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Qatar and larger than the Gambia.
- It is the 137th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It has no land borders, one of 16 such countries on our map.
- Within North America, it is the 16th largest of 17 countries by area.