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Cayman Islands vs South Korea statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Cayman Islands has a population of 74.5K (ranked 187/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). The Cayman Islands' land area is 92.7 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 190th vs. 105th).

By GDP, The Cayman Islands ranks 158/197 ($7.24B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, The Cayman Islands ranks 6/197 ($99,144), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Main facts and rankings

Cayman Islands South Korea
Population
77211
51633793
Population rank 187/197 31/197
GDP
$7.24B
2023
$1.88T
2024
GDP rank 158/197 12/197
GDP per capita
$99,144
2023
$36,239
2024
GDP per capita rank 6/197 31/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$88,428
2023
$58,895
2024
Government debt n/a
$984B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
55.7%
2026
Government debt per person n/a
$19,021
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 32/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$82,674
2026
$23,981
2026
Land area
92.7 sq mi
2026
37,684 sq mi
2026
Population density
804 ppl/mi²
2024
1,373 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.53
2023
0.72
2023
Median age
39.3 years
2024
46.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
80.9 years
2026
84.6 years
2026

Cayman Islands and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Cayman Islands and South Korea economies compared

GDP
Cayman Islands

South Korea
Year GDP
Cayman Islands South Korea
1960 - $3,973,069,307
1961 - $2,427,244,761
1962 - $2,826,923,077
1963 - $4,007,692,308
1964 - $3,476,789,682
1965 - $3,141,131,708
1966 - $3,957,064,541
1967 - $4,895,076,718
1968 - $6,167,109,472
1969 - $7,743,940,189
1970 - $9,085,001,794
1971 - $10,005,257,131
1972 - $10,990,490,570
1973 - $14,067,523,813
1974 - $19,860,929,977
1975 - $22,126,033,058
1976 - $30,371,074,380
1977 - $39,064,462,810
1978 - $52,824,793,388
1979 - $68,083,884,298
1980 - $66,547,970,351
1981 - $74,287,368,087
1982 - $79,921,300,447
1983 - $89,621,208,322
1984 - $99,749,645,089
1985 - $103,764,281,281
1986 - $119,965,960,795
1987 - $152,240,393,646
1988 - $205,477,530,605
1989 - $254,236,243,100
1990 - $292,064,221,389
1991 - $340,851,946,804
1992 - $366,921,291,825
1993 - $405,705,302,846
1994 - $479,181,794,217
1995 - $586,286,469,401
1996 - $631,196,863,758
1997 - $589,202,526,424
1998 - $397,297,216,492
1999 - $515,697,079,289
2000 - $597,487,173,479
2001 - $567,564,806,235
2002 - $650,014,391,470
2003 - $728,516,494,684
2004 - $823,251,107,639
2005 - $971,740,329,984
2006 $4,200,288,282 $1,095,175,538,508
2007 $4,466,278,031 $1,220,911,904,593
2008 $4,585,948,969 $1,091,580,692,542
2009 $4,281,714,618 $983,065,242,417
2010 $4,156,841,164 $1,192,830,015,738
2011 $4,186,073,160 $1,307,103,477,219
2012 $4,291,004,486 $1,335,343,586,438
2013 $4,405,796,081 $1,434,669,686,502
2014 $4,562,853,582 $1,556,252,422,020
2015 $4,708,167,255 $1,539,212,301,136
2016 $4,909,322,200 $1,579,150,518,945
2017 $5,166,281,293 $1,710,196,756,713
2018 $5,530,178,499 $1,824,251,454,307
2019 $5,941,896,600 $1,751,045,752,055
2020 $5,655,357,984 $1,744,070,276,373
2021 $6,060,813,808 $1,942,313,560,966
2022 $6,660,161,212 $1,799,363,116,867
2023 $7,241,244,269 $1,844,800,934,392
2024 - $1,875,388,209,407

Cayman Islands and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita
Cayman Islands

South Korea
Year GDP per capita
Cayman Islands South Korea
1960 - $158.8
1961 - $94.2
1962 - $106.6
1963 - $147
1964 - $124.2
1965 - $109.4
1966 - $134.4
1967 - $162.5
1968 - $200
1969 - $245.5
1970 - $281.8
1971 - $304
1972 - $328
1973 - $412
1974 - $572
1975 - $627
1976 - $847
1977 - $1,073
1978 - $1,429
1979 - $1,814
1980 - $1,746
1981 - $1,918
1982 - $2,032
1983 - $2,246
1984 - $2,469
1985 - $2,543
1986 - $2,911
1987 - $3,658
1988 - $4,889
1989 - $5,989
1990 - $6,813
1991 - $7,873
1992 - $8,387
1993 - $9,180
1994 - $10,734
1995 - $13,002
1996 - $13,865
1997 - $12,822
1998 - $8,583
1999 - $11,063
2000 - $12,710
2001 - $11,981
2002 - $13,643
2003 - $15,212
2004 - $17,122
2005 - $20,167
2006 $87,085 $22,610
2007 $89,888 $25,078
2008 $89,655 $22,252
2009 $81,374 $19,937
2010 $76,838 $24,071
2011 $75,281 $26,175
2012 $75,102 $26,601
2013 $75,114 $28,449
2014 $75,845 $30,667
2015 $76,379 $30,172
2016 $77,802 $30,832
2017 $80,054 $33,297
2018 $83,866 $35,364
2019 $88,254 $33,827
2020 $82,339 $33,646
2021 $86,450 $37,518
2022 $93,031 $34,822
2023 $99,144 $35,674
2024 - $36,239

Cayman Islands vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cayman Islands

South Korea
Year Life expectancy, years
Cayman Islands South Korea
1950 54 22.2
1951 54.5 26.6
1952 55 36.6
1953 55.4 40.5
1954 55.9 46.1
1955 56.4 48.4
1956 56.8 50.2
1957 57.3 51.6
1958 57.7 51.8
1959 58.2 52.9
1960 58.8 53.8
1961 59.4 54.4
1962 60.1 55
1963 60.8 55
1964 61.4 55.3
1965 62.2 55.8
1966 62.8 55.4
1967 63.2 60.9
1968 63.6 60.9
1969 64 61.4
1970 64.4 62.2
1971 64.8 62.7
1972 65.4 63.2
1973 65.9 63.8
1974 66.5 64.2
1975 67 64.7
1976 67.5 65
1977 68.1 64.6
1978 68.5 65
1979 69 66.1
1980 69.5 64.8
1981 70 67.1
1982 70.4 67.1
1983 70.8 66.7
1984 71.2 68.1
1985 71.6 68.4
1986 71.9 69
1987 72.1 69.3
1988 72.4 70.2
1989 72.5 70.7
1990 72.7 71
1991 72.9 71.4
1992 73.1 72.2
1993 73.2 72.7
1994 73.4 72.9
1995 73.6 73.4
1996 73.7 74
1997 73.9 74.5
1998 74.1 75
1999 74.2 75.6
2000 74.4 76.2
2001 74.5 76.9
2002 74.6 77.2
2003 74.6 77.5
2004 74.6 78
2005 74.9 78.4
2006 75 79
2007 75.2 79.4
2008 75.4 80
2009 75.7 80.6
2010 76.1 80.7
2011 76.6 81.2
2012 77.1 81.3
2013 77.7 81.8
2014 77.9 82.4
2015 78.1 82.5
2016 78.4 82.9
2017 78.6 83.3
2018 78.8 83.3
2019 79.1 83.7
2020 79.2 83.7
2021 79.3 83.9
2022 80 82.7
2023 80.4 84.3
2024 80.5 84.4
2025 80.7 84.5
2026 80.9 84.6

Cayman Islands and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population
Cayman Islands

South Korea
Year Population
Cayman Islands South Korea
1960 8,428 25,012,374
1961 8,601 25,765,673
1962 8,781 26,513,030
1963 8,970 27,261,747
1964 9,166 27,984,155
1965 9,361 28,704,674
1966 9,560 29,435,571
1967 9,769 30,130,983
1968 9,971 30,838,302
1969 10,165 31,544,266
1970 10,517 32,240,827
1971 11,098 32,882,704
1972 11,764 33,505,406
1973 12,438 34,103,149
1974 13,114 34,692,266
1975 13,788 35,280,725
1976 14,454 35,848,523
1977 15,105 36,411,795
1978 15,727 36,969,185
1979 16,351 37,534,236
1980 17,079 38,123,775
1981 17,905 38,723,248
1982 18,750 39,326,352
1983 19,598 39,910,403
1984 20,454 40,405,956
1985 21,324 40,805,744
1986 22,197 41,213,674
1987 23,073 41,621,690
1988 23,951 42,031,247
1989 24,874 42,449,038
1990 25,999 42,869,283
1991 27,294 43,295,704
1992 28,621 43,747,962
1993 29,976 44,194,628
1994 31,352 44,641,540
1995 32,743 45,092,991
1996 34,143 45,524,681
1997 35,543 45,953,580
1998 36,922 46,286,503
1999 38,284 46,616,677
2000 39,674 47,008,111
2001 41,089 47,370,164
2002 42,514 47,644,736
2003 43,934 47,892,330
2004 45,352 48,082,519
2005 46,788 48,184,561
2006 48,232 48,438,292
2007 49,687 48,683,638
2008 51,151 49,054,708
2009 52,618 49,307,835
2010 54,099 49,554,112
2011 55,606 49,936,638
2012 57,136 50,199,853
2013 58,655 50,428,893
2014 60,160 50,746,659
2015 61,642 51,014,947
2016 63,100 51,217,803
2017 64,535 51,361,911
2018 65,941 51,585,058
2019 67,327 51,764,822
2020 68,684 51,836,239
2021 70,108 51,769,539
2022 71,591 51,672,569
2023 73,038 51,712,619
2024 74,457 51,751,065

Fertility rates in Cayman Islands and South Korea

Fertility rate
Cayman Islands

South Korea
Year Fertility rate
Cayman Islands South Korea
1960 4.71 5.99
1961 4.78 5.8
1962 4.79 5.56
1963 4.69 5.33
1964 4.41 5.07
1965 4.16 4.89
1966 4.08 4.78
1967 4.05 4.62
1968 3.99 4.51
1969 3.52 4.45
1970 4.66 4.53
1971 3.47 4.54
1972 4.89 4.12
1973 3.56 4.07
1974 2.96 3.77
1975 2.72 3.43
1976 2.53 3
1977 2.41 2.99
1978 2.37 2.64
1979 2.37 2.9
1980 2.4 2.82
1981 2.38 2.57
1982 2.01 2.39
1983 1.83 2.06
1984 1.79 1.74
1985 1.75 1.66
1986 1.69 1.58
1987 1.58 1.53
1988 1.63 1.55
1989 1.76 1.56
1990 1.78 1.57
1991 1.85 1.71
1992 1.73 1.76
1993 1.67 1.65
1994 1.66 1.66
1995 1.67 1.63
1996 1.69 1.57
1997 1.7 1.54
1998 1.7 1.46
1999 1.71 1.43
2000 1.71 1.48
2001 1.7 1.31
2002 1.68 1.18
2003 1.67 1.19
2004 1.67 1.16
2005 1.67 1.09
2006 1.67 1.13
2007 1.68 1.26
2008 1.7 1.19
2009 1.72 1.15
2010 1.69 1.23
2011 1.64 1.24
2012 1.53 1.3
2013 1.45 1.19
2014 1.33 1.21
2015 1.27 1.24
2016 1.23 1.17
2017 1.22 1.05
2018 1.28 0.98
2019 1.51 0.92
2020 1.55 0.84
2021 1.55 0.81
2022 1.54 0.78
2023 1.53 0.72

Cayman Islands and South Korea demographics compared

Median age
Cayman Islands

South Korea
Year Median age, years
Cayman Islands South Korea
1960 23.5 19.3
1961 23.3 19.2
1962 22.9 19.1
1963 22.6 19
1964 22.3 18.8
1965 22.1 18.6
1966 21.8 18.5
1967 21.6 18.6
1968 21.3 18.7
1969 21.2 18.8
1970 21.2 18.9
1971 21.4 19
1972 21.8 19.1
1973 22.2 19.3
1974 22.6 19.6
1975 23.1 19.9
1976 23.7 20.2
1977 24.3 20.7
1978 25 21.1
1979 25.7 21.6
1980 26 22.1
1981 26.1 22.5
1982 26.2 22.8
1983 26.4 23.3
1984 26.8 23.7
1985 27.2 24.2
1986 27.6 24.8
1987 28.1 25.3
1988 28.6 25.8
1989 29.1 26.3
1990 29.5 26.7
1991 29.6 27.2
1992 29.9 27.8
1993 30.1 28.3
1994 30.5 28.9
1995 30.8 29.4
1996 31.3 29.8
1997 31.8 30.2
1998 32.3 30.7
1999 32.9 31.2
2000 33.2 31.7
2001 33.3 32.3
2002 33.4 32.8
2003 33.5 33.4
2004 33.7 33.9
2005 33.9 34.5
2006 34.2 35.2
2007 34.5 35.8
2008 34.8 36.4
2009 35.1 37
2010 35.4 37.6
2011 35.7 38.2
2012 35.8 38.8
2013 35.9 39.5
2014 36.1 40.2
2015 36.3 40.8
2016 36.5 41.4
2017 36.8 41.9
2018 37.1 42.5
2019 37.4 43.1
2020 37.8 43.8
2021 38.1 44.4
2022 38.5 44.9
2023 38.9 45.5
2024 39.3 46.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cayman Islands South Korea
GNI, Atlas method
$5.53B
2023
$1.9T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14%
2025
23.4%
2026
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
5.81%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.56%
2024
Armed forces personnel n/a
569,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-0.45%
2026
Unemployment rate
4.24%
2015
2.78%
2024
Services, % of GDP
86%
2023
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
7.84%
2023
33.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
74
2025
74
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
24.6%
2021
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.9%
2021
Number of millionaires n/a
1,295,674
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.95%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
30
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
4
2020
2,599
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$644M
2020
$1.56T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$234M
2023
$418B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10.2M
2024
$7.45B
2024
International tourist arrivals
660,000
2020
2,519,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
22.9%
2019
1.94%
2020
Banked people share n/a
96.9%
2024

Energy

Cayman Islands South Korea
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
5,337 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$10.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.37 megatons
2024
588 megatons
2024
CO2 emissions per capita
5 tons
2024
11.4 tons
2024
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
0%
2023
Renewable energy use share
0%
2022
3.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
18.5%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
84.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
11,426 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
2.94%
2021
6.59%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
1.23%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
29.6%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cayman Islands South Korea
% of world population
0.0009%
2024
0.64%
2024
Annual migration change
+896
2024
+75,963
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
81.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.76 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
83.2
2026
84.7
2026
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2025
64
2024
Higher education index
20
2026
86
2026
Homicides per 100K people
4.46
2020
0.53
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14
2025
8.6
2019
Visa free countries n/a
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2017
98.8%
2018
English speaking
76.6%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
81.1%
2017
97.9%
2024

Health

Cayman Islands South Korea
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$3,270
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$989
2023
Life expectancy
80.9 years
2026
84.6 years
2026
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0%
2023
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.94
1997
2.52
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
32.2 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
2.8
2023
Obesity rate n/a
7.24%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.1%
2024
9.6%
2024
Air quality index
78
2026
45
2026
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
20%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
7.79 liters
2020

Territory

Cayman Islands South Korea
% of world land
0.0002%
2026
0.07%
2026
Land area per capita
1,245 sq mi
2024
728 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
10.4 sq mi
2026
6,054 sq mi
2026
Forest area
48.6 sq mi
2026
24,158 sq mi
2026
Roads length
488 mi
2007
68,794 mi
2018

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