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Cayman Islands vs Iceland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Cayman Islands has a population of 74.5K (ranked 187/197), compared with 405K in Iceland (ranked 172/197). The Cayman Islands' land area is 92.7 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 190th vs. 104th).

By GDP, The Cayman Islands ranks 159/197 ($7.14B) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B). By GDP per capita, The Cayman Islands ranks 6/197 ($97,750), while Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704).

Main facts and rankings

Cayman Islands Iceland
Population
76930
412970
Population rank 187/197 172/197
GDP
$7.14B
2023
$33.5B
2024
GDP rank 159/197 108/197
GDP per capita
$97,750
2023
$82,704
2024
GDP per capita rank 6/197 10/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$86,689
2023
$78,259
2024
Government debt n/a
$19.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
52.9%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$48,859
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 9/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$82,674
2025
$54,155
2025
Land area
92.7 sq mi
2025
38,931 sq mi
2025
Population density
804 ppl/mi²
2024
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.53
2023
1.59
2023
Median age
39.3 years
2024
37.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
83.2 years
2025

Cayman Islands and Iceland: Comparison Charts

Cayman Islands and Iceland economies compared

GDP
Cayman Islands

Iceland
Year GDP
Cayman Islands Iceland
1960 - $252,169,712
1961 - $257,703,245
1962 - $289,200,704
1963 - $345,175,036
1964 - $440,797,869
1965 - $531,569,564
1966 - $638,349,755
1967 - $630,567,116
1968 - $481,532,848
1969 - $420,945,148
1970 - $526,704,545
1971 - $670,251,136
1972 - $839,652,164
1973 - $1,154,440,253
1974 - $1,515,190,595
1975 - $1,406,875,081
1976 - $1,669,488,390
1977 - $2,208,509,076
1978 - $2,511,826,196
1979 - $2,853,435,054
1980 - $3,381,419,251
1981 - $3,492,997,010
1982 - $3,206,626,645
1983 - $2,765,950,336
1984 - $2,864,441,387
1985 - $2,984,052,357
1986 - $3,989,622,739
1987 - $5,520,318,405
1988 - $6,106,635,816
1989 - $5,672,569,449
1990 - $6,468,736,356
1991 - $6,909,730,288
1992 - $7,080,981,738
1993 - $6,218,581,532
1994 - $6,389,460,343
1995 - $7,123,633,418
1996 - $7,426,082,271
1997 - $7,569,672,925
1998 - $8,503,746,468
1999 - $8,982,047,589
2000 - $9,025,660,362
2001 - $8,234,846,805
2002 - $9,318,395,055
2003 - $11,429,333,038
2004 - $13,825,302,536
2005 - $16,852,963,067
2006 $4,200,288,241 $17,465,318,552
2007 $4,466,278,065 $21,652,505,597
2008 $4,585,949,024 $18,074,622,987
2009 $4,281,714,567 $13,154,414,219
2010 $4,156,841,107 $13,751,161,918
2011 $4,186,073,104 $15,221,622,926
2012 $4,291,004,524 $14,751,508,134
2013 $4,405,796,023 $16,125,060,515
2014 $4,562,853,611 $17,867,662,178
2015 $4,708,167,233 $17,517,210,519
2016 $4,909,322,237 $20,793,168,031
2017 $5,166,281,305 $24,728,285,177
2018 $5,530,178,441 $26,260,850,582
2019 $5,941,896,608 $24,681,343,649
2020 $5,655,358,021 $21,629,953,194
2021 $6,060,026,520 $25,770,339,317
2022 $6,600,843,963 $28,696,453,180
2023 $7,139,428,558 $31,452,223,862
2024 - $33,462,807,983

Cayman Islands and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita
Cayman Islands

Iceland
Year GDP per capita
Cayman Islands Iceland
1960 - $1,436
1961 - $1,439
1962 - $1,586
1963 - $1,859
1964 - $2,332
1965 - $2,764
1966 - $3,264
1967 - $3,173
1968 - $2,390
1969 - $2,070
1970 - $2,576
1971 - $3,252
1972 - $4,015
1973 - $5,437
1974 - $7,041
1975 - $6,454
1976 - $7,583
1977 - $9,957
1978 - $11,237
1979 - $12,641
1980 - $14,822
1981 - $15,137
1982 - $13,712
1983 - $11,672
1984 - $11,960
1985 - $12,361
1986 - $16,406
1987 - $22,453
1988 - $24,452
1989 - $22,434
1990 - $25,385
1991 - $26,803
1992 - $27,124
1993 - $23,580
1994 - $24,019
1995 - $26,634
1996 - $27,615
1997 - $27,919
1998 - $31,030
1999 - $32,382
2000 - $32,096
2001 - $28,897
2002 - $32,409
2003 - $39,477
2004 - $47,335
2005 - $56,795
2006 $87,085 $57,493
2007 $89,888 $69,496
2008 $89,655 $56,943
2009 $81,374 $41,301
2010 $76,838 $43,237
2011 $75,281 $47,715
2012 $75,102 $45,996
2013 $75,114 $49,805
2014 $75,845 $54,577
2015 $76,379 $52,952
2016 $77,802 $61,988
2017 $80,054 $72,010
2018 $83,866 $74,452
2019 $88,254 $68,452
2020 $82,339 $59,024
2021 $86,438 $69,178
2022 $92,202 $75,121
2023 $97,750 $79,960
2024 - $82,704

Cayman Islands vs. Iceland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cayman Islands

Iceland
Year Life expectancy, years
Cayman Islands Iceland
1950 54 71
1951 54.5 71
1952 55 72.4
1953 55.4 72.3
1954 55.9 73.3
1955 56.4 73.3
1956 56.8 72.9
1957 57.3 73.4
1958 57.7 73.3
1959 58.2 72.6
1960 58.8 74
1961 59.4 73.4
1962 60.1 73.6
1963 60.8 72.9
1964 61.4 73.5
1965 62.2 73.8
1966 62.8 73.1
1967 63.2 73.7
1968 63.6 73.9
1969 64 73.7
1970 64.4 73.8
1971 64.8 73.5
1972 65.4 74.4
1973 65.9 74.3
1974 66.5 74.1
1975 67 75.3
1976 67.5 76.6
1977 68.1 76.1
1978 68.5 76.4
1979 69 76.5
1980 69.5 76.6
1981 70 76.2
1982 70.4 76.8
1983 70.8 76.4
1984 71.2 77.3
1985 71.6 77.4
1986 71.9 77.9
1987 72.1 77.1
1988 72.4 76.9
1989 72.5 77.9
1990 72.7 77.7
1991 72.9 77.8
1992 73.1 78.6
1993 73.2 78.8
1994 73.4 79
1995 73.6 77.5
1996 73.7 78.6
1997 73.9 78.7
1998 74.1 79.4
1999 74.2 79.2
2000 74.4 79.5
2001 74.5 80.4
2002 74.6 80.3
2003 74.6 80.8
2004 74.6 80.7
2005 74.9 81.2
2006 75 80.9
2007 75.2 81.1
2008 75.4 81.2
2009 75.7 81.4
2010 76.1 81.6
2011 76.6 82
2012 77.1 82.3
2013 77.7 81.7
2014 77.9 82.4
2015 78.1 82.2
2016 78.4 81.8
2017 78.6 82.2
2018 78.8 82.5
2019 79.1 82.8
2020 79.2 82.7
2021 79.3 82.8
2022 80 81.6
2023 80.4 82.7
2024 80.5 83
2025 80.7 83.2

Cayman Islands and Iceland population clocks and comparison

Population
Cayman Islands

Iceland
Year Population
Cayman Islands Iceland
1960 8,428 175,574
1961 8,601 179,029
1962 8,781 182,378
1963 8,970 185,653
1964 9,166 188,983
1965 9,361 192,286
1966 9,560 195,570
1967 9,769 198,751
1968 9,971 201,488
1969 10,165 203,369
1970 10,517 204,438
1971 11,098 206,098
1972 11,764 209,137
1973 12,438 212,317
1974 13,114 215,209
1975 13,788 217,979
1976 14,454 220,154
1977 15,105 221,799
1978 15,727 223,537
1979 16,351 225,735
1980 17,079 228,138
1981 17,905 230,755
1982 18,750 233,860
1983 19,598 236,977
1984 20,454 239,511
1985 21,324 241,405
1986 22,197 243,180
1987 23,073 245,859
1988 23,951 249,740
1989 24,874 252,852
1990 25,999 254,826
1991 27,294 257,797
1992 28,621 261,057
1993 29,976 263,725
1994 31,352 266,021
1995 32,743 267,468
1996 34,143 268,916
1997 35,543 271,128
1998 36,922 274,047
1999 38,284 277,381
2000 39,674 281,205
2001 41,089 284,968
2002 42,514 287,523
2003 43,934 289,521
2004 45,352 292,074
2005 46,788 296,734
2006 48,232 303,782
2007 49,687 311,566
2008 51,151 317,414
2009 52,618 318,499
2010 54,099 318,041
2011 55,606 319,014
2012 57,136 320,716
2013 58,655 323,764
2014 60,160 327,386
2015 61,642 330,815
2016 63,100 335,439
2017 64,535 343,400
2018 65,941 352,721
2019 67,327 360,563
2020 68,684 366,463
2021 70,108 372,520
2022 71,591 382,003
2023 73,038 393,349
2024 74,457 404,610

Fertility rates in Cayman Islands and Iceland

Fertility rate
Cayman Islands

Iceland
Year Fertility rate
Cayman Islands Iceland
1960 4.71 4.29
1961 4.78 3.88
1962 4.79 3.98
1963 4.69 3.99
1964 4.41 3.88
1965 4.16 3.73
1966 4.08 3.59
1967 4.05 3.28
1968 3.99 3.06
1969 3.52 2.99
1970 4.66 2.81
1971 3.47 2.92
1972 4.89 3.09
1973 3.56 2.94
1974 2.96 2.66
1975 2.72 2.65
1976 2.53 2.52
1977 2.41 2.31
1978 2.37 2.35
1979 2.37 2.49
1980 2.4 2.48
1981 2.38 2.33
1982 2.01 2.27
1983 1.83 2.24
1984 1.79 2.08
1985 1.75 1.93
1986 1.69 1.92
1987 1.58 2.06
1988 1.63 2.26
1989 1.76 2.19
1990 1.78 2.3
1991 1.85 2.18
1992 1.73 2.21
1993 1.67 2.22
1994 1.66 2.14
1995 1.67 2.08
1996 1.69 2.12
1997 1.7 2.04
1998 1.7 2.05
1999 1.71 1.99
2000 1.71 2.08
2001 1.7 1.95
2002 1.68 1.93
2003 1.67 1.99
2004 1.67 2.04
2005 1.67 2.05
2006 1.67 2.08
2007 1.68 2.09
2008 1.7 2.15
2009 1.72 2.23
2010 1.69 2.2
2011 1.64 2.02
2012 1.53 2.04
2013 1.45 1.93
2014 1.33 1.93
2015 1.27 1.8
2016 1.23 1.74
2017 1.22 1.71
2018 1.28 1.71
2019 1.51 1.74
2020 1.55 1.72
2021 1.55 1.82
2022 1.54 1.59
2023 1.53 1.59

Cayman Islands and Iceland demographics compared

Median age
Cayman Islands

Iceland
Year Median age, years
Cayman Islands Iceland
1960 23.5 25.4
1961 23.3 25.2
1962 22.9 24.9
1963 22.6 24.7
1964 22.3 24.4
1965 22.1 24.2
1966 21.8 24.1
1967 21.6 24.1
1968 21.3 24.2
1969 21.2 24.3
1970 21.2 24.5
1971 21.4 24.7
1972 21.8 24.8
1973 22.2 24.9
1974 22.6 25.1
1975 23.1 25.4
1976 23.7 25.7
1977 24.3 26
1978 25 26.4
1979 25.7 26.7
1980 26 26.9
1981 26.1 27.2
1982 26.2 27.5
1983 26.4 27.7
1984 26.8 28
1985 27.2 28.4
1986 27.6 28.8
1987 28.1 29.1
1988 28.6 29.3
1989 29.1 29.6
1990 29.5 30
1991 29.6 30.2
1992 29.9 30.5
1993 30.1 30.8
1994 30.5 31.1
1995 30.8 31.5
1996 31.3 31.8
1997 31.8 32.1
1998 32.3 32.4
1999 32.9 32.6
2000 33.2 32.8
2001 33.3 33
2002 33.4 33.4
2003 33.5 33.7
2004 33.7 34
2005 33.9 34.2
2006 34.2 34.5
2007 34.5 34.6
2008 34.8 34.5
2009 35.1 34.6
2010 35.4 34.9
2011 35.7 35.1
2012 35.8 35.4
2013 35.9 35.5
2014 36.1 35.7
2015 36.3 36
2016 36.5 36.2
2017 36.8 36.3
2018 37.1 36.4
2019 37.4 36.5
2020 37.8 36.6
2021 38.1 36.7
2022 38.5 36.7
2023 38.9 36.9
2024 39.3 37.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cayman Islands Iceland
GNI, Atlas method
$4.42B
2022
$31.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14%
2025
44.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
7.29%
2022
Armed forces personnel n/a
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-1.64%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.24%
2015
3.56%
2024
Services, % of GDP
85.4%
2022
65.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
8.19%
2022
19.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
74
2025
72.8
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
22.4%
2019
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
3.7%
2019
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
4
2020
34
2004
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$644M
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$234M
2023
$6.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10.2M
2024
$246M
2024
International tourist arrivals
660,000
2020
488,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
22.9%
2019
11.9%
2008
Banked people share n/a
99.9%
2024

Energy

Cayman Islands Iceland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
15,379 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$4.99
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.36 megatons
2023
3.09 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.9 tons
2023
7.85 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
10.3%
2023
Renewable energy use share
0%
2022
82.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
88.8%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
20.5%
2009
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
49,956 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
2.94%
2021
100%
2016
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
70.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cayman Islands Iceland
% of world population
0.0009%
2024
0.005%
2024
Annual migration change
+896
2024
+3,543
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
94.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.97 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.54 ft
2025
Quality of life index
83.2
2025
92.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2025
77
2024
Higher education index
20
2025
79
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.46
2020
1.07
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14
2025
2
2019
Visa free countries n/a
171
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2017
99%
2003
English speaking
76.6%
2023
98%
2023
People using the Internet
81.1%
2017
99.8%
2023

Health

Cayman Islands Iceland
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$7,197
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$1,035
2023
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
83.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.94
1997
4.52
2022
Age at first childbirth n/a
28.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
2.6
2023
Obesity rate n/a
21.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.1%
2024
6.9%
2024
Air quality index
78
2025
98
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
9.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
7.94 liters
2020

Territory

Cayman Islands Iceland
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.07%
2025
Land area per capita
1,245 sq mi
2024
96,218 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
10.4 sq mi
2025
6,324 sq mi
2025
Forest area
48.6 sq mi
2025
205.8 sq mi
2025
Roads length
488 mi
2007
8,014 mi
2012

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