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Cayman Islands vs Malta statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Cayman Islands has a population of 74.5K (ranked 187/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). The Cayman Islands' land area is 92.7 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 190th vs. 187th).

By GDP, The Cayman Islands ranks 159/197 ($7.14B) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, The Cayman Islands ranks 6/197 ($97,750), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Main facts and rankings

Cayman Islands Malta
Population
76930
583596
Population rank 187/197 167/197
GDP
$7.14B
2023
$24.3B
2024
GDP rank 159/197 120/197
GDP per capita
$97,750
2023
$42,347
2024
GDP per capita rank 6/197 28/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$86,689
2023
$67,364
2024
Government debt n/a
$11.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
49.3%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$20,574
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 30/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$82,674
2025
$21,451
2025
Land area
92.7 sq mi
2025
123.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
804 ppl/mi²
2024
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.53
2023
1.06
2023
Median age
39.3 years
2024
41.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Cayman Islands and Malta: Comparison Charts

Cayman Islands and Malta economies compared

GDP
Cayman Islands

Malta
Year GDP
Cayman Islands Malta
1970 - $250,728,796
1971 - $264,578,485
1972 - $295,106,628
1973 - $345,616,106
1974 - $376,081,124
1975 - $474,618,321
1976 - $527,936,989
1977 - $625,563,171
1978 - $793,673,402
1979 - $1,001,288,847
1980 - $1,250,198,601
1981 - $1,243,509,394
1982 - $1,234,474,404
1983 - $1,165,729,707
1984 - $1,101,807,023
1985 - $1,117,797,439
1986 - $1,435,038,441
1987 - $1,751,293,461
1988 - $2,019,503,068
1989 - $2,118,655,677
1990 - $2,547,328,748
1991 - $2,750,216,747
1992 - $3,021,942,759
1993 - $2,709,193,538
1994 - $2,998,505,428
1995 - $3,709,360,097
1996 - $3,822,489,746
1997 - $3,787,070,704
1998 - $4,010,092,091
1999 - $4,111,891,845
2000 - $4,036,809,865
2001 - $4,070,867,153
2002 - $4,455,127,398
2003 - $5,418,315,225
2004 - $6,104,141,501
2005 - $6,393,234,965
2006 $4,200,288,241 $6,749,838,862
2007 $4,466,278,065 $7,908,412,374
2008 $4,585,949,024 $9,135,419,490
2009 $4,281,714,567 $8,734,745,632
2010 $4,156,841,107 $9,097,044,182
2011 $4,186,073,104 $9,789,361,705
2012 $4,291,004,524 $9,609,532,106
2013 $4,405,796,023 $10,796,782,634
2014 $4,562,853,611 $11,888,032,862
2015 $4,708,167,233 $11,340,795,033
2016 $4,909,322,237 $12,025,782,885
2017 $5,166,281,305 $14,161,366,733
2018 $5,530,178,441 $16,153,779,511
2019 $5,941,896,608 $16,337,793,531
2020 $5,655,358,021 $16,409,900,599
2021 $6,060,026,520 $19,723,563,355
2022 $6,600,843,963 $19,239,187,084
2023 $7,139,428,558 $22,210,718,401
2024 - $24,322,006,608

Cayman Islands and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita
Cayman Islands

Malta
Year GDP per capita
Cayman Islands Malta
1970 - $828
1971 - $874
1972 - $976
1973 - $1,144
1974 - $1,245
1975 - $1,560
1976 - $1,727
1977 - $2,038
1978 - $2,559
1979 - $3,196
1980 - $3,948
1981 - $3,898
1982 - $3,788
1983 - $3,527
1984 - $3,333
1985 - $3,322
1986 - $4,195
1987 - $5,084
1988 - $5,814
1989 - $6,041
1990 - $7,192
1991 - $7,559
1992 - $8,220
1993 - $7,296
1994 - $8,000
1995 - $9,828
1996 - $10,062
1997 - $9,893
1998 - $10,408
1999 - $10,609
2000 - $10,348
2001 - $10,358
2002 - $11,251
2003 - $13,594
2004 - $15,212
2005 - $15,831
2006 $87,085 $16,654
2007 $89,888 $19,444
2008 $89,655 $22,315
2009 $81,374 $21,176
2010 $76,838 $21,947
2011 $75,281 $23,517
2012 $75,102 $22,878
2013 $75,114 $25,416
2014 $75,845 $27,425
2015 $76,379 $25,530
2016 $77,802 $26,459
2017 $80,054 $30,317
2018 $83,866 $33,382
2019 $88,254 $32,422
2020 $82,339 $31,834
2021 $86,438 $38,065
2022 $92,202 $36,224
2023 $97,750 $40,182
2024 - $42,347

Cayman Islands vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cayman Islands

Malta
Year Life expectancy, years
Cayman Islands Malta
1950 54 63.5
1951 54.5 63.9
1952 55 64.1
1953 55.4 64.3
1954 55.9 65.1
1955 56.4 66.3
1956 56.8 66.8
1957 57.3 67.5
1958 57.7 67.8
1959 58.2 68.4
1960 58.8 68.4
1961 59.4 68.4
1962 60.1 69.2
1963 60.8 69.2
1964 61.4 69.3
1965 62.2 69.5
1966 62.8 69.7
1967 63.2 69.8
1968 63.6 69.9
1969 64 70.1
1970 64.4 70.4
1971 64.8 70.1
1972 65.4 70.7
1973 65.9 71.3
1974 66.5 71.9
1975 67 72.1
1976 67.5 72.2
1977 68.1 72.3
1978 68.5 72.3
1979 69 72.5
1980 69.5 72.3
1981 70 72.4
1982 70.4 72.8
1983 70.8 73.1
1984 71.2 73.3
1985 71.6 73.9
1986 71.9 74.5
1987 72.1 75.3
1988 72.4 75.9
1989 72.5 76.2
1990 72.7 76.2
1991 72.9 76.5
1992 73.1 76.7
1993 73.2 76.8
1994 73.4 76.9
1995 73.6 77
1996 73.7 76.3
1997 73.9 77.3
1998 74.1 77.8
1999 74.2 77.8
2000 74.4 77.9
2001 74.5 78.9
2002 74.6 78.5
2003 74.6 78.7
2004 74.6 79.2
2005 74.9 79.5
2006 75 79.6
2007 75.2 79.7
2008 75.4 79.7
2009 75.7 80.4
2010 76.1 81.4
2011 76.6 80.8
2012 77.1 81.1
2013 77.7 81.8
2014 77.9 82.3
2015 78.1 82.6
2016 78.4 82.7
2017 78.6 83.1
2018 78.8 82.9
2019 79.1 82.8
2020 79.2 82.3
2021 79.3 82.3
2022 80 82.2
2023 80.4 83.3
2024 80.5 83.5
2025 80.7 83.6

Cayman Islands and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population
Cayman Islands

Malta
Year Population
Cayman Islands Malta
1960 8,428 326,550
1961 8,601 325,250
1962 8,781 323,900
1963 8,970 322,550
1964 9,166 321,250
1965 9,361 318,800
1966 9,560 315,200
1967 9,769 311,550
1968 9,971 307,900
1969 10,165 304,300
1970 10,517 302,650
1971 11,098 302,700
1972 11,764 302,450
1973 12,438 302,200
1974 13,114 301,996
1975 13,788 304,222
1976 14,454 305,774
1977 15,105 306,970
1978 15,727 310,182
1979 16,351 313,342
1980 17,079 316,645
1981 17,905 318,982
1982 18,750 325,898
1983 19,598 330,524
1984 20,454 330,593
1985 21,324 336,452
1986 22,197 342,121
1987 23,073 344,485
1988 23,951 347,325
1989 24,874 350,722
1990 25,999 354,170
1991 27,294 363,845
1992 28,621 367,618
1993 29,976 371,308
1994 31,352 374,797
1995 32,743 377,419
1996 34,143 379,905
1997 35,543 382,791
1998 36,922 385,287
1999 38,284 387,578
2000 39,674 390,087
2001 41,089 393,028
2002 42,514 395,969
2003 43,934 398,582
2004 45,352 401,268
2005 46,788 403,834
2006 48,232 405,308
2007 49,687 406,724
2008 51,151 409,379
2009 52,618 412,477
2010 54,099 414,508
2011 55,606 416,268
2012 57,136 420,028
2013 58,655 424,810
2014 60,160 433,481
2015 61,642 444,220
2016 63,100 454,505
2017 64,535 467,106
2018 65,941 483,903
2019 67,327 503,912
2020 68,684 515,490
2021 70,108 518,150
2022 71,591 531,113
2023 73,038 552,747
2024 74,457 574,346

Fertility rates in Cayman Islands and Malta

Fertility rate
Cayman Islands

Malta
Year Fertility rate
Cayman Islands Malta
1960 4.71 3.62
1961 4.78 3.27
1962 4.79 3.24
1963 4.69 2.9
1964 4.41 2.79
1965 4.16 2.52
1966 4.08 2.33
1967 4.05 2.24
1968 3.99 2.12
1969 3.52 2.02
1970 4.66 2.03
1971 3.47 2.06
1972 4.89 2.01
1973 3.56 1.65
1974 2.96 1.64
1975 2.72 2.27
1976 2.53 2.21
1977 2.41 2.14
1978 2.37 2.05
1979 2.37 2.1
1980 2.4 1.99
1981 2.38 1.87
1982 2.01 1.9
1983 1.83 1.92
1984 1.79 1.95
1985 1.75 1.95
1986 1.69 1.93
1987 1.58 1.97
1988 1.63 2.06
1989 1.76 2.1
1990 1.78 2.02
1991 1.85 1.99
1992 1.73 2.07
1993 1.67 1.96
1994 1.66 1.84
1995 1.67 1.77
1996 1.69 1.99
1997 1.7 1.93
1998 1.7 1.84
1999 1.71 1.73
2000 1.71 1.68
2001 1.7 1.48
2002 1.68 1.45
2003 1.67 1.48
2004 1.67 1.4
2005 1.67 1.38
2006 1.67 1.36
2007 1.68 1.35
2008 1.7 1.43
2009 1.72 1.42
2010 1.69 1.36
2011 1.64 1.45
2012 1.53 1.42
2013 1.45 1.36
2014 1.33 1.38
2015 1.27 1.37
2016 1.23 1.37
2017 1.22 1.26
2018 1.28 1.23
2019 1.51 1.14
2020 1.55 1.13
2021 1.55 1.13
2022 1.54 1.08
2023 1.53 1.06

Cayman Islands and Malta demographics compared

Median age
Cayman Islands

Malta
Year Median age, years
Cayman Islands Malta
1960 23.5 23.6
1961 23.3 23.8
1962 22.9 24
1963 22.6 24.2
1964 22.3 24.4
1965 22.1 24.5
1966 21.8 24.6
1967 21.6 24.8
1968 21.3 25
1969 21.2 25.5
1970 21.2 25.9
1971 21.4 26.3
1972 21.8 26.8
1973 22.2 27.2
1974 22.6 27.6
1975 23.1 28
1976 23.7 28.4
1977 24.3 28.7
1978 25 29.2
1979 25.7 29.6
1980 26 30
1981 26.1 30.3
1982 26.2 30.6
1983 26.4 30.9
1984 26.8 31.2
1985 27.2 31.4
1986 27.6 31.7
1987 28.1 32
1988 28.6 32.4
1989 29.1 32.7
1990 29.5 33
1991 29.6 33.3
1992 29.9 33.7
1993 30.1 34
1994 30.5 34.3
1995 30.8 34.7
1996 31.3 35.1
1997 31.8 35.5
1998 32.3 35.8
1999 32.9 36.1
2000 33.2 36.4
2001 33.3 36.7
2002 33.4 37
2003 33.5 37.4
2004 33.7 37.7
2005 33.9 38.1
2006 34.2 38.4
2007 34.5 38.7
2008 34.8 39
2009 35.1 39.3
2010 35.4 39.6
2011 35.7 39.9
2012 35.8 40.2
2013 35.9 40.4
2014 36.1 40.6
2015 36.3 40.6
2016 36.5 40.6
2017 36.8 40.5
2018 37.1 40.2
2019 37.4 39.9
2020 37.8 39.9
2021 38.1 40.2
2022 38.5 40.8
2023 38.9 41.4
2024 39.3 41.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cayman Islands Malta
GNI, Atlas method
$4.42B
2022
$19.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14%
2025
36.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
4.72%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
0.56%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-3.35%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.24%
2015
3.12%
2024
Services, % of GDP
85.4%
2022
80.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
8.19%
2022
11.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
74
2025
66.8
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
27.7%
2022
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.7%
2022
Listed domestic companies
4
2020
34
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$644M
2020
$4.29B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$234M
2023
$1.42B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10.2M
2024
$15.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
660,000
2020
718,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
22.9%
2019
11.5%
2007
Banked people share n/a
96.6%
2024

Energy

Cayman Islands Malta
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
1,398 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$45.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.36 megatons
2023
1.68 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.9 tons
2023
3.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
87.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
0%
2022
8.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
3.81%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
404%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
5,042 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
2.94%
2021
11.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cayman Islands Malta
% of world population
0.0009%
2024
0.007%
2024
Annual migration change
+896
2024
+6,323
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
95%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
83.2
2025
80.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2025
46
2024
Higher education index
20
2025
72
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.46
2020
0.56
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14
2025
4.1
2019
Visa free countries n/a
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2017
94.9%
2021
English speaking
76.6%
2023
88.3%
2023
People using the Internet
81.1%
2017
92.1%
2023

Health

Cayman Islands Malta
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$3,353
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$1,007
2022
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.94
1997
4.28
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
29.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
8
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
5.5
2023
Obesity rate n/a
32.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.1%
2024
10%
2024
Air quality index
78
2025
66
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
24.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
7.11 liters
2020

Territory

Cayman Islands Malta
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
1,245 sq mi
2024
215.1 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
10.4 sq mi
2025
32 sq mi
2025
Forest area
48.6 sq mi
2025
1.78 sq mi
2025
Roads length
488 mi
2007
1,401 mi
2001

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