Jamaica: flag, capital & map
Get to know Jamaica, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Kingston
- Region
- North America
- Subregion
- Caribbean
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 2,837,077
- Area
- 10,991 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, Jamaican Patois
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
Jamaica is a country in the Caribbean. Its capital is Kingston.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Jamaica
The flag of Jamaica is divided by a gold diagonal cross into four alternating triangular areas of green at the top and bottom, and black on the hoist and fly sides.
Where it is
Jamaica is grouped in Caribbean, within Roam’s North America region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Jamaica has a recorded area of 10,991 square kilometres. Among the 13 countries assigned to Caribbean in this dataset, it ranks 5 by area, from largest to smallest. Bahamas is immediately above it in that ordering, at 13,943 km². Trinidad and Tobago is immediately below it, at 5,130 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 2,837,077 people for Jamaica in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 258 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English and Jamaican Patois. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Jamaican Dollar (JMD). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Jamaica?
Reveal answer
Kingston. Jamaica is a country in the Caribbean. Its capital is Kingston.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Jamaica?
Reveal answer
The flag of Jamaica is divided by a gold diagonal cross into four alternating triangular areas of green at the top and bottom, and black on the hoist and fly sides.
Which land neighbours of Jamaica are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Jamaica. It is grouped in Caribbean, within Roam’s North America region.
Which languages does the source list for Jamaica?
Reveal answer
English and Jamaican Patois. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Jamaica.
Which currency codes are listed for Jamaica?
Reveal answer
Jamaican Dollar (JMD). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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