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title: "Canada vs Jamaica — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Jamaica is 10,991 km² with 2,837,077. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-jamaica/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Jamaica

**Canada vs Jamaica: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 10,991 km² · 41,651,653 vs 2,837,077

Canada is 908 times larger than Jamaica — 9,984,670 against 10,991 km². Canada is 15 times more populous than Jamaica — 41,651,653 against 2,837,077 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Jamaica |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Kingston |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 10,991 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 2,837,077 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 258.1 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Jamaican dollar (JMD) |
| Official languages | English, French | English |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +1876 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | North America | North America |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | JM / JAM |

## Population density

Jamaica is 62 times more densely populated than Canada — 258 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Canada on the right, Jamaica on the left.
- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Jamaican dollar.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Jamaica

The Blue Mountains rise to 2,256 m within about 15 km of the coast, so the island is far steeper than its size suggests. Cockpit Country in the west is a karst landscape of conical hills and sinkholes, largely trackless, and holds most of Jamaica's endemic plants. The island is about 235 km long and 82 km at its widest.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Jamaica?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 10,991 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Jamaica?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 2,837,077.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Jamaica?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Jamaica is UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country/jamaica/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]