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Cayman Islands vs Japan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Cayman Islands has a population of 74.5K (ranked 187/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). The Cayman Islands' land area is 92.7 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 190th vs. 61st).

By GDP, The Cayman Islands ranks 159/197 ($7.14B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, The Cayman Islands ranks 6/197 ($97,750), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Main facts and rankings

Cayman Islands Japan
Population
76930
123324642
Population rank 187/197 12/197
GDP
$7.14B
2023
$4.03T
2024
GDP rank 159/197 4/197
GDP per capita
$97,750
2023
$32,476
2024
GDP per capita rank 6/197 37/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$86,689
2023
$51,685
2024
Government debt n/a
$9.53T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
234.9%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$76,857
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 3/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$82,674
2025
$23,719
2025
Land area
92.7 sq mi
2025
140,761 sq mi
2025
Population density
804 ppl/mi²
2024
881 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.53
2023
1.2
2023
Median age
39.3 years
2024
50.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
85 years
2025

Cayman Islands and Japan: Comparison Charts

Cayman Islands and Japan economies compared

GDP
Cayman Islands

Japan
Year GDP
Cayman Islands Japan
1960 - $47,419,238,274
1961 - $57,266,758,180
1962 - $64,987,857,542
1963 - $74,379,284,603
1964 - $87,490,590,818
1965 - $97,338,107,606
1966 - $113,046,784,179
1967 - $132,475,614,227
1968 - $156,897,496,759
1969 - $184,298,841,305
1970 - $217,223,652,719
1971 - $245,364,056,622
1972 - $324,933,841,269
1973 - $441,460,582,536
1974 - $490,035,789,970
1975 - $532,861,438,885
1976 - $598,883,902,156
1977 - $737,069,290,928
1978 - $1,035,611,588,217
1979 - $1,077,910,077,676
1980 - $1,129,377,244,854
1981 - $1,245,221,410,764
1982 - $1,158,731,426,906
1983 - $1,270,859,919,743
1984 - $1,345,824,500,837
1985 - $1,427,019,759,717
1986 - $2,120,083,812,110
1987 - $2,580,748,422,781
1988 - $3,125,724,434,401
1989 - $3,109,455,047,824
1990 - $3,185,904,656,664
1991 - $3,648,065,760,649
1992 - $3,980,702,922,118
1993 - $4,536,940,479,038
1994 - $4,998,797,547,741
1995 - $5,545,563,663,890
1996 - $4,923,391,533,852
1997 - $4,492,448,605,639
1998 - $4,098,362,709,531
1999 - $4,635,982,224,064
2000 - $4,968,359,075,957
2001 - $4,374,711,694,091
2002 - $4,182,846,045,874
2003 - $4,519,561,645,254
2004 - $4,893,116,005,657
2005 - $4,831,467,035,390
2006 $4,200,288,241 $4,601,663,122,650
2007 $4,466,278,065 $4,579,750,920,355
2008 $4,585,949,024 $5,106,679,115,127
2009 $4,281,714,567 $5,289,493,117,994
2010 $4,156,841,107 $5,759,071,769,013
2011 $4,186,073,104 $6,233,147,172,341
2012 $4,291,004,524 $6,272,362,996,105
2013 $4,405,796,023 $5,212,328,181,166
2014 $4,562,853,611 $4,896,994,405,353
2015 $4,708,167,233 $4,444,930,651,964
2016 $4,909,322,237 $5,003,677,627,544
2017 $5,166,281,305 $4,930,837,369,151
2018 $5,530,178,441 $5,040,880,939,325
2019 $5,941,896,608 $5,117,993,853,017
2020 $5,655,358,021 $5,054,068,005,376
2021 $6,060,026,520 $5,039,148,168,861
2022 $6,600,843,963 $4,262,463,317,797
2023 $7,139,428,558 $4,213,167,237,906
2024 - $4,026,210,821,147

Cayman Islands and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita
Cayman Islands

Japan
Year GDP per capita
Cayman Islands Japan
1960 - $509
1961 - $609
1962 - $685
1963 - $776
1964 - $903
1965 - $994
1966 - $1,144
1967 - $1,326
1968 - $1,553
1969 - $1,803
1970 - $2,101
1971 - $2,321
1972 - $3,031
1973 - $4,061
1974 - $4,448
1975 - $4,776
1976 - $5,310
1977 - $6,473
1978 - $9,012
1979 - $9,301
1980 - $9,669
1981 - $10,583
1982 - $9,780
1983 - $10,652
1984 - $11,207
1985 - $11,809
1986 - $17,452
1987 - $21,142
1988 - $25,500
1989 - $25,266
1990 - $25,801
1991 - $29,428
1992 - $31,993
1993 - $36,345
1994 - $39,934
1995 - $44,198
1996 - $39,150
1997 - $35,638
1998 - $32,424
1999 - $36,610
2000 - $39,169
2001 - $34,406
2002 - $32,821
2003 - $35,387
2004 - $38,299
2005 - $37,813
2006 $87,085 $35,992
2007 $89,888 $35,779
2008 $89,655 $39,876
2009 $81,374 $41,309
2010 $76,838 $44,968
2011 $75,281 $48,760
2012 $75,102 $49,145
2013 $75,114 $40,899
2014 $75,845 $38,475
2015 $76,379 $34,961
2016 $77,802 $39,375
2017 $80,054 $38,834
2018 $83,866 $39,751
2019 $88,254 $40,416
2020 $82,339 $40,029
2021 $86,438 $40,095
2022 $92,202 $34,066
2023 $97,750 $33,836
2024 - $32,476

Cayman Islands vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cayman Islands

Japan
Year Life expectancy, years
Cayman Islands Japan
1950 54 59.3
1951 54.5 61
1952 55 63
1953 55.4 63.3
1954 55.9 64.5
1955 56.4 65.7
1956 56.8 65.6
1957 57.3 65.4
1958 57.7 67
1959 58.2 67.5
1960 58.8 67.7
1961 59.4 68.4
1962 60.1 68.7
1963 60.8 69.7
1964 61.4 70.2
1965 62.2 70.3
1966 62.8 71.1
1967 63.2 71.4
1968 63.6 71.7
1969 64 71.9
1970 64.4 72
1971 64.8 72.8
1972 65.4 73.3
1973 65.9 73.4
1974 66.5 73.8
1975 67 74.4
1976 67.5 74.8
1977 68.1 75.3
1978 68.5 75.7
1979 69 76.2
1980 69.5 76.1
1981 70 76.6
1982 70.4 77.1
1983 70.8 77.1
1984 71.2 77.5
1985 71.6 77.8
1986 71.9 78.2
1987 72.1 78.6
1988 72.4 78.5
1989 72.5 79
1990 72.7 79
1991 72.9 79.3
1992 73.1 79.3
1993 73.2 79.4
1994 73.4 79.8
1995 73.6 79.7
1996 73.7 80.4
1997 73.9 80.6
1998 74.1 80.6
1999 74.2 80.6
2000 74.4 81.2
2001 74.5 81.5
2002 74.6 81.8
2003 74.6 81.9
2004 74.6 82.1
2005 74.9 82
2006 75 82.4
2007 75.2 82.5
2008 75.4 82.6
2009 75.7 83
2010 76.1 82.9
2011 76.6 82.7
2012 77.1 83.2
2013 77.7 83.4
2014 77.9 83.6
2015 78.1 83.9
2016 78.4 84.1
2017 78.6 84.2
2018 78.8 84.3
2019 79.1 84.4
2020 79.2 84.7
2021 79.3 84.6
2022 80 84.1
2023 80.4 84.7
2024 80.5 84.9
2025 80.7 85

Cayman Islands and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population
Cayman Islands

Japan
Year Population
Cayman Islands Japan
1960 8,428 93,216,000
1961 8,601 94,055,000
1962 8,781 94,933,000
1963 8,970 95,900,000
1964 9,166 96,903,000
1965 9,361 97,952,000
1966 9,560 98,851,000
1967 9,769 99,879,000
1968 9,971 101,011,000
1969 10,165 102,219,000
1970 10,517 103,403,000
1971 11,098 105,697,000
1972 11,764 107,188,000
1973 12,438 108,707,000
1974 13,114 110,162,000
1975 13,788 111,573,000
1976 14,454 112,775,000
1977 15,105 113,872,000
1978 15,727 114,913,000
1979 16,351 115,890,000
1980 17,079 116,807,000
1981 17,905 117,661,000
1982 18,750 118,480,000
1983 19,598 119,307,000
1984 20,454 120,083,000
1985 21,324 120,837,000
1986 22,197 121,482,000
1987 23,073 122,069,000
1988 23,951 122,578,000
1989 24,874 123,069,000
1990 25,999 123,478,000
1991 27,294 123,964,000
1992 28,621 124,425,000
1993 29,976 124,829,000
1994 31,352 125,178,000
1995 32,743 125,472,000
1996 34,143 125,757,000
1997 35,543 126,057,000
1998 36,922 126,400,000
1999 38,284 126,631,000
2000 39,674 126,843,000
2001 41,089 127,149,000
2002 42,514 127,445,000
2003 43,934 127,718,000
2004 45,352 127,761,000
2005 46,788 127,773,000
2006 48,232 127,854,000
2007 49,687 128,001,000
2008 51,151 128,063,000
2009 52,618 128,047,000
2010 54,099 128,070,000
2011 55,606 127,833,000
2012 57,136 127,629,000
2013 58,655 127,445,000
2014 60,160 127,276,000
2015 61,642 127,141,000
2016 63,100 127,076,000
2017 64,535 126,972,000
2018 65,941 126,811,000
2019 67,327 126,633,000
2020 68,684 126,261,000
2021 70,108 125,681,593
2022 71,591 125,124,989
2023 73,038 124,516,650
2024 74,457 123,975,371

Fertility rates in Cayman Islands and Japan

Fertility rate
Cayman Islands

Japan
Year Fertility rate
Cayman Islands Japan
1960 4.71 2
1961 4.78 1.96
1962 4.79 1.98
1963 4.69 2
1964 4.41 2.05
1965 4.16 2.14
1966 4.08 1.58
1967 4.05 2.23
1968 3.99 2.13
1969 3.52 2.13
1970 4.66 2.13
1971 3.47 2.16
1972 4.89 2.14
1973 3.56 2.14
1974 2.96 2.05
1975 2.72 1.91
1976 2.53 1.85
1977 2.41 1.8
1978 2.37 1.79
1979 2.37 1.77
1980 2.4 1.75
1981 2.38 1.74
1982 2.01 1.77
1983 1.83 1.8
1984 1.79 1.81
1985 1.75 1.76
1986 1.69 1.72
1987 1.58 1.69
1988 1.63 1.66
1989 1.76 1.57
1990 1.78 1.54
1991 1.85 1.53
1992 1.73 1.5
1993 1.67 1.46
1994 1.66 1.5
1995 1.67 1.42
1996 1.69 1.43
1997 1.7 1.39
1998 1.7 1.38
1999 1.71 1.34
2000 1.71 1.36
2001 1.7 1.33
2002 1.68 1.32
2003 1.67 1.29
2004 1.67 1.29
2005 1.67 1.26
2006 1.67 1.32
2007 1.68 1.34
2008 1.7 1.37
2009 1.72 1.37
2010 1.69 1.39
2011 1.64 1.39
2012 1.53 1.41
2013 1.45 1.43
2014 1.33 1.42
2015 1.27 1.45
2016 1.23 1.44
2017 1.22 1.43
2018 1.28 1.42
2019 1.51 1.36
2020 1.55 1.33
2021 1.55 1.3
2022 1.54 1.26
2023 1.53 1.2

Cayman Islands and Japan demographics compared

Median age
Cayman Islands

Japan
Year Median age, years
Cayman Islands Japan
1960 23.5 25.8
1961 23.3 26.2
1962 22.9 26.5
1963 22.6 26.9
1964 22.3 27.2
1965 22.1 27.6
1966 21.8 28
1967 21.6 28.4
1968 21.3 28.6
1969 21.2 28.9
1970 21.2 29.2
1971 21.4 29.6
1972 21.8 29.9
1973 22.2 30.2
1974 22.6 30.4
1975 23.1 30.6
1976 23.7 30.9
1977 24.3 31.5
1978 25 32
1979 25.7 32.4
1980 26 32.8
1981 26.1 33.1
1982 26.2 33.7
1983 26.4 34.3
1984 26.8 34.9
1985 27.2 35.4
1986 27.6 35.9
1987 28.1 36.3
1988 28.6 36.8
1989 29.1 37.2
1990 29.5 37.7
1991 29.6 38.2
1992 29.9 38.7
1993 30.1 39.2
1994 30.5 39.6
1995 30.8 40
1996 31.3 40.3
1997 31.8 40.7
1998 32.3 41
1999 32.9 41.4
2000 33.2 41.8
2001 33.3 42.1
2002 33.4 42.5
2003 33.5 42.8
2004 33.7 43.2
2005 33.9 43.6
2006 34.2 43.9
2007 34.5 44.2
2008 34.8 44.6
2009 35.1 44.9
2010 35.4 45.2
2011 35.7 45.5
2012 35.8 45.8
2013 35.9 46.2
2014 36.1 46.6
2015 36.3 47
2016 36.5 47.3
2017 36.8 47.6
2018 37.1 48
2019 37.4 48.3
2020 37.8 48.7
2021 38.1 49.1
2022 38.5 49.5
2023 38.9 50
2024 39.3 50.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cayman Islands Japan
GNI, Atlas method
$4.42B
2022
$4.47T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14%
2025
39.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
3.24%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.2%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
261,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-2.85%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.24%
2015
2.5%
2024
Services, % of GDP
85.4%
2022
69.8%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
8.19%
2022
28.6%
2023
Economic freedom index
74
2025
70.2
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
23.9%
2020
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.4%
2020
Number of millionaires n/a
2,827,956
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.72%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
42
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
4
2020
3,971
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$644M
2020
$6.31T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$234M
2023
$1.23T
2024
Personal remittances received
$10.2M
2024
$4.64B
2024
International tourist arrivals
660,000
2020
4,115,799
2020
International tourism as share of exports
22.9%
2019
1.43%
2020
Banked people share n/a
98.5%
2024

Energy

Cayman Islands Japan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
3,039 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$16.4
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.36 megatons
2023
945 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.9 tons
2023
7.59 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
84.8%
2023
Renewable energy use share
0%
2022
8.8%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
10.8%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
87.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
7,655 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
2.94%
2021
21.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
8.48%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
8.38%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cayman Islands Japan
% of world population
0.0009%
2024
1.52%
2024
Annual migration change
+896
2024
+153,357
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
92.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
83.2
2025
88.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2025
71
2024
Higher education index
20
2025
98
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.46
2020
0.23
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14
2025
3.6
2019
Visa free countries n/a
173
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2017
99%
2002
English speaking
76.6%
2023
15%
2025
People using the Internet
81.1%
2017
87%
2023

Health

Cayman Islands Japan
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$3,889
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$427
2022
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
85 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.94
1997
2.61
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
30.7 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
2.4
2023
Obesity rate n/a
5.57%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.1%
2024
8.1%
2024
Air quality index
78
2025
78
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
19.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
6.38 liters
2020

Territory

Cayman Islands Japan
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.24%
2025
Land area per capita
1,245 sq mi
2024
1,135 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
10.4 sq mi
2025
17,788 sq mi
2025
Forest area
48.6 sq mi
2025
96,275 sq mi
2025
Roads length
488 mi
2007
757,310 mi
2021

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