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Cayman Islands vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Cayman Islands has a population of 74.5K (ranked 187/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). The Cayman Islands' land area is 92.7 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 190th vs. 54th).

By GDP, The Cayman Islands ranks 159/197 ($7.14B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, The Cayman Islands ranks 6/197 ($97,750), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Main facts and rankings

Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
Population
76930
10911445
Population rank 187/197 90/197
GDP
$7.14B
2023
$32.5B
2024
GDP rank 159/197 109/197
GDP per capita
$97,750
2023
$3,076
2024
GDP per capita rank 6/197 140/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$86,689
2023
$4,889
2024
Government debt n/a
$17.5B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
52%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$1,652
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 123/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$82,674
2025
$2,561
2025
Land area
92.7 sq mi
2025
174,850 sq mi
2025
Population density
804 ppl/mi²
2024
60.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.53
2023
3.1
2023
Median age
39.3 years
2024
23.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
66.4 years
2025

Cayman Islands and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Cayman Islands and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP
Cayman Islands

Papua New Guinea
Year GDP
Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
1960 - $230,496,037
1961 - $244,832,039
1962 - $261,184,042
1963 - $275,968,044
1964 - $305,312,049
1965 - $344,176,055
1966 - $390,992,063
1967 - $441,728,183
1968 - $485,184,190
1969 - $551,263,864
1970 - $645,568,215
1971 - $717,750,278
1972 - $858,761,926
1973 - $1,299,079,410
1974 - $1,467,417,672
1975 - $1,356,603,608
1976 - $1,511,843,235
1977 - $1,640,746,619
1978 - $1,947,878,831
1979 - $2,293,760,511
1980 - $2,545,808,456
1981 - $2,498,190,847
1982 - $2,368,719,683
1983 - $2,562,351,551
1984 - $2,552,662,617
1985 - $2,423,339,172
1986 - $2,647,995,602
1987 - $3,143,851,794
1988 - $3,656,177,881
1989 - $3,546,472,566
1990 - $3,219,729,083
1991 - $3,787,394,958
1992 - $4,377,980,510
1993 - $4,974,550,286
1994 - $5,502,786,070
1995 - $4,636,057,476
1996 - $5,155,311,077
1997 - $4,936,615,299
1998 - $3,789,443,015
1999 - $3,477,038,204
2000 - $3,521,339,699
2001 - $3,081,024,212
2002 - $2,999,511,040
2003 - $3,536,411,824
2004 - $3,927,157,867
2005 - $4,865,892,972
2006 $4,200,288,241 $8,354,911,041
2007 $4,466,278,065 $9,545,028,944
2008 $4,585,949,024 $11,670,892,801
2009 $4,281,714,567 $11,619,456,449
2010 $4,156,841,107 $14,250,786,675
2011 $4,186,073,104 $17,985,138,066
2012 $4,291,004,524 $21,295,168,666
2013 $4,405,796,023 $21,261,338,065
2014 $4,562,853,611 $23,210,823,987
2015 $4,708,167,233 $21,723,437,010
2016 $4,909,322,237 $20,758,876,953
2017 $5,166,281,305 $22,742,699,138
2018 $5,530,178,441 $24,109,780,708
2019 $5,941,896,608 $24,750,626,030
2020 $5,655,358,021 $23,848,447,850
2021 $6,060,026,520 $26,109,413,521
2022 $6,600,843,963 $31,653,185,953
2023 $7,139,428,558 $30,816,367,067
2024 - $32,538,480,024

Cayman Islands and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita
Cayman Islands

Papua New Guinea
Year GDP per capita
Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
1960 - $115.5
1961 - $119.7
1962 - $124.7
1963 - $128.9
1964 - $139.5
1965 - $153.9
1966 - $171.1
1967 - $189
1968 - $202.9
1969 - $225.3
1970 - $257.6
1971 - $279.7
1972 - $327
1973 - $483
1974 - $533
1975 - $482
1976 - $525
1977 - $558
1978 - $648
1979 - $748
1980 - $813
1981 - $781
1982 - $726
1983 - $769
1984 - $750
1985 - $697
1986 - $745
1987 - $865
1988 - $985
1989 - $934
1990 - $826
1991 - $942
1992 - $1,051
1993 - $1,151
1994 - $1,228
1995 - $998
1996 - $1,071
1997 - $990
1998 - $733
1999 - $650
2000 - $636
2001 - $538
2002 - $506
2003 - $577
2004 - $621
2005 - $744
2006 $87,085 $1,238
2007 $89,888 $1,371
2008 $89,655 $1,625
2009 $81,374 $1,569
2010 $76,838 $1,867
2011 $75,281 $2,288
2012 $75,102 $2,635
2013 $75,114 $2,561
2014 $75,845 $2,723
2015 $76,379 $2,485
2016 $77,802 $2,316
2017 $80,054 $2,478
2018 $83,866 $2,566
2019 $88,254 $2,576
2020 $82,339 $2,430
2021 $86,438 $2,608
2022 $92,202 $3,102
2023 $97,750 $2,966
2024 - $3,076

Cayman Islands vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cayman Islands

Papua New Guinea
Year Life expectancy, years
Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
1950 54 39.4
1951 54.5 35.5
1952 55 40.7
1953 55.4 41.3
1954 55.9 42
1955 56.4 42.6
1956 56.8 43.3
1957 57.3 43.9
1958 57.7 44.6
1959 58.2 45.1
1960 58.8 45.8
1961 59.4 46.4
1962 60.1 46.7
1963 60.8 47.7
1964 61.4 48.3
1965 62.2 48.9
1966 62.8 49.6
1967 63.2 50.2
1968 63.6 50.9
1969 64 51.5
1970 64.4 52.1
1971 64.8 52.6
1972 65.4 53.3
1973 65.9 53.9
1974 66.5 54.4
1975 67 55
1976 67.5 55.5
1977 68.1 56
1978 68.5 56.5
1979 69 57
1980 69.5 57.4
1981 70 57.8
1982 70.4 58.1
1983 70.8 58.3
1984 71.2 58.6
1985 71.6 58.8
1986 71.9 59
1987 72.1 59.2
1988 72.4 59.4
1989 72.5 59.6
1990 72.7 59.8
1991 72.9 59.9
1992 73.1 60.3
1993 73.2 60.5
1994 73.4 60.7
1995 73.6 60.9
1996 73.7 61.1
1997 73.9 61.3
1998 74.1 60.4
1999 74.2 61.5
2000 74.4 61.6
2001 74.5 61.6
2002 74.6 61.6
2003 74.6 61.7
2004 74.6 61.8
2005 74.9 61.9
2006 75 62
2007 75.2 62.2
2008 75.4 62.5
2009 75.7 62.8
2010 76.1 63.1
2011 76.6 63.4
2012 77.1 63.6
2013 77.7 63.9
2014 77.9 64.2
2015 78.1 64.5
2016 78.4 64.7
2017 78.6 64.9
2018 78.8 65.1
2019 79.1 65.3
2020 79.2 65.1
2021 79.3 64.4
2022 80 65.3
2023 80.4 66.1
2024 80.5 66.3
2025 80.7 66.4

Cayman Islands and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population
Cayman Islands

Papua New Guinea
Year Population
Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
1960 8,428 1,995,110
1961 8,601 2,046,127
1962 8,781 2,093,919
1963 8,970 2,141,376
1964 9,166 2,188,325
1965 9,361 2,235,820
1966 9,560 2,285,774
1967 9,769 2,337,532
1968 9,971 2,390,803
1969 10,165 2,446,927
1970 10,517 2,505,628
1971 11,098 2,566,421
1972 11,764 2,628,432
1973 12,438 2,690,629
1974 13,114 2,752,671
1975 13,788 2,814,820
1976 14,454 2,877,327
1977 15,105 2,940,327
1978 15,727 3,003,714
1979 16,351 3,067,341
1980 17,079 3,131,512
1981 17,905 3,197,019
1982 18,750 3,264,291
1983 19,598 3,333,633
1984 20,454 3,405,198
1985 21,324 3,478,936
1986 22,197 3,554,793
1987 23,073 3,632,543
1988 23,951 3,711,880
1989 24,874 3,796,078
1990 25,999 3,896,481
1991 27,294 4,021,837
1992 28,621 4,166,699
1993 29,976 4,320,872
1994 31,352 4,480,208
1995 32,743 4,644,278
1996 34,143 4,813,361
1997 35,543 4,987,883
1998 36,922 5,166,390
1999 38,284 5,349,333
2000 39,674 5,537,064
2001 41,089 5,728,435
2002 42,514 5,924,003
2003 43,934 6,123,997
2004 45,352 6,328,041
2005 46,788 6,535,905
2006 48,232 6,747,720
2007 49,687 6,963,345
2008 51,151 7,183,002
2009 52,618 7,406,438
2010 54,099 7,633,523
2011 55,606 7,859,346
2012 57,136 8,081,390
2013 58,655 8,302,698
2014 60,160 8,523,441
2015 61,642 8,743,246
2016 63,100 8,961,718
2017 64,535 9,178,714
2018 65,941 9,394,513
2019 67,327 9,609,010
2020 68,684 9,815,746
2021 70,108 10,012,896
2022 71,591 10,203,169
2023 73,038 10,389,635
2024 74,457 10,576,502

Fertility rates in Cayman Islands and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate
Cayman Islands

Papua New Guinea
Year Fertility rate
Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
1960 4.71 6.02
1961 4.78 6.07
1962 4.79 6.14
1963 4.69 6.15
1964 4.41 6.19
1965 4.16 6.2
1966 4.08 6.23
1967 4.05 6.24
1968 3.99 6.25
1969 3.52 6.26
1970 4.66 6.25
1971 3.47 6.23
1972 4.89 6.2
1973 3.56 6.16
1974 2.96 6.11
1975 2.72 6.07
1976 2.53 6.02
1977 2.41 5.96
1978 2.37 5.88
1979 2.37 5.79
1980 2.4 5.71
1981 2.38 5.65
1982 2.01 5.59
1983 1.83 5.56
1984 1.79 5.51
1985 1.75 5.47
1986 1.69 5.42
1987 1.58 5.36
1988 1.63 5.3
1989 1.76 5.24
1990 1.78 5.18
1991 1.85 5.11
1992 1.73 5.03
1993 1.67 4.96
1994 1.66 4.87
1995 1.67 4.78
1996 1.69 4.73
1997 1.7 4.68
1998 1.7 4.63
1999 1.71 4.59
2000 1.71 4.53
2001 1.7 4.47
2002 1.68 4.42
2003 1.67 4.36
2004 1.67 4.28
2005 1.67 4.22
2006 1.67 4.15
2007 1.68 4.08
2008 1.7 4.01
2009 1.72 3.94
2010 1.69 3.88
2011 1.64 3.82
2012 1.53 3.75
2013 1.45 3.68
2014 1.33 3.63
2015 1.27 3.56
2016 1.23 3.5
2017 1.22 3.43
2018 1.28 3.38
2019 1.51 3.32
2020 1.55 3.27
2021 1.55 3.22
2022 1.54 3.17
2023 1.53 3.1

Cayman Islands and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age
Cayman Islands

Papua New Guinea
Year Median age, years
Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
1960 23.5 18.5
1961 23.3 18.4
1962 22.9 18.3
1963 22.6 18.1
1964 22.3 18
1965 22.1 17.9
1966 21.8 17.8
1967 21.6 17.6
1968 21.3 17.5
1969 21.2 17.4
1970 21.2 17.3
1971 21.4 17.2
1972 21.8 17.1
1973 22.2 17.2
1974 22.6 17.2
1975 23.1 17.3
1976 23.7 17.4
1977 24.3 17.5
1978 25 17.7
1979 25.7 17.8
1980 26 18
1981 26.1 18.1
1982 26.2 18.2
1983 26.4 18.3
1984 26.8 18.3
1985 27.2 18.4
1986 27.6 18.5
1987 28.1 18.5
1988 28.6 18.6
1989 29.1 18.6
1990 29.5 18.7
1991 29.6 18.8
1992 29.9 18.9
1993 30.1 19
1994 30.5 19.1
1995 30.8 19.2
1996 31.3 19.4
1997 31.8 19.5
1998 32.3 19.6
1999 32.9 19.7
2000 33.2 19.8
2001 33.3 19.9
2002 33.4 19.9
2003 33.5 20
2004 33.7 20.2
2005 33.9 20.3
2006 34.2 20.4
2007 34.5 20.6
2008 34.8 20.7
2009 35.1 20.9
2010 35.4 21
2011 35.7 21.2
2012 35.8 21.3
2013 35.9 21.5
2014 36.1 21.7
2015 36.3 21.9
2016 36.5 22
2017 36.8 22.2
2018 37.1 22.4
2019 37.4 22.6
2020 37.8 22.8
2021 38.1 23
2022 38.5 23.2
2023 38.9 23.4
2024 39.3 23.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
GNI, Atlas method
$4.42B
2022
$31.1B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14%
2025
21.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
0.78%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
0.31%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
4,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-2.61%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.24%
2015
2.69%
2022
Services, % of GDP
85.4%
2022
41.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
8.19%
2022
37.2%
2024
Economic freedom index
74
2025
52.5
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
31%
2009
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
1.9%
2009
Listed domestic companies
4
2020
6
2016
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$644M
2020
$1.68B
2017
Total reserves including gold
$234M
2023
$3.9B
2023
Personal remittances received
$10.2M
2024
$3.87M
2024
International tourist arrivals
660,000
2020
39,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
22.9%
2019
0.04%
2018

Energy

Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.36 megatons
2023
5.95 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.9 tons
2023
0.57 tons
2023
Renewable energy use share
0%
2022
54.6%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
2.94%
2021
40%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
35.3%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
20.5%
2023

Society

Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
% of world population
0.0009%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
+896
2024
-707
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
13.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.35 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
83.2
2025
38.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2025
31
2024
Higher education index
20
2025
29
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.46
2020
9.4
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14
2025
12.6
2019
Visa free countries n/a
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2017
87.1%
2022
English speaking
76.6%
2023
70.4%
2023
People using the Internet
81.1%
2017
24.1%
2023

Health

Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$81.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$7.51
2022
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
66.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
32.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.94
1997
0.06
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
21.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
189
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
40.3
2023
Obesity rate n/a
21.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.1%
2024
14.1%
2024
Air quality index
78
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
39.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
1.13 liters
2020

Territory

Cayman Islands Papua New Guinea
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.3%
2025
Land area per capita
1,245 sq mi
2024
16,532 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
10.4 sq mi
2025
5,425 sq mi
2025
Forest area
48.6 sq mi
2025
138,051 sq mi
2025
Roads length
488 mi
2007
5,809 mi
2011

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