1962 disestablishments in the British Empire

Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean, covering . It is the third-largest island in the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean, after Cuba and the island of Hispaniola. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and southeast of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory). With million people, Jamaica is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas and the fourth most populous country in the Caribbean. Kingston is the country's capital and largest city.

federation of British colonies (1958–1962)

former British protectorate

organization of states within the British Aden Protectorate in what would become South Yemen

British colony on the island of Jamaica, 1655–1962