Skip to content

Cayman Islands vs Portugal statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Cayman Islands has a population of 74.5K (ranked 187/197), compared with 10.7M in Portugal (ranked 90/197). The Cayman Islands' land area is 92.7 sq mi versus 35,369 sq mi for Portugal (ranked 190th vs. 108th).

By GDP, The Cayman Islands ranks 159/197 ($7.14B) and Portugal ranks 47/197 ($309B). By GDP per capita, The Cayman Islands ranks 6/197 ($97,750), while Portugal ranks 44/197 ($28,844).

Main facts and rankings

Cayman Islands Portugal
Population
76930
10687819
Population rank 187/197 92/197
GDP
$7.14B
2023
$309B
2024
GDP rank 159/197 47/197
GDP per capita
$97,750
2023
$28,844
2024
GDP per capita rank 6/197 44/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$86,689
2023
$50,617
2024
Government debt n/a
$293B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
91.8%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$27,381
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 26/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$82,674
2025
$15,657
2025
Land area
92.7 sq mi
2025
35,369 sq mi
2025
Population density
804 ppl/mi²
2024
303 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.53
2023
1.44
2023
Median age
39.3 years
2024
47.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
82.7 years
2025

Cayman Islands and Portugal: Comparison Charts

Cayman Islands and Portugal economies compared

GDP
Cayman Islands

Portugal
Year GDP
Cayman Islands Portugal
1960 - $3,339,150,158
1961 - $3,573,719,085
1962 - $3,835,883,663
1963 - $4,084,251,593
1964 - $4,429,202,657
1965 - $4,901,711,248
1966 - $5,370,108,031
1967 - $6,002,607,030
1968 - $6,644,693,214
1969 - $7,287,555,035
1970 - $8,108,235,704
1971 - $9,201,604,240
1972 - $11,239,117,865
1973 - $15,090,564,186
1974 - $17,512,391,476
1975 - $19,347,607,843
1976 - $20,332,831,565
1977 - $21,439,523,311
1978 - $23,487,614,051
1979 - $26,622,819,672
1980 - $32,896,519,824
1981 - $31,977,276,873
1982 - $30,527,754,793
1983 - $27,239,650,742
1984 - $25,217,969,050
1985 - $27,115,807,742
1986 - $38,745,901,354
1987 - $48,182,925,857
1988 - $56,347,250,696
1989 - $60,594,092,182
1990 - $78,713,860,217
1991 - $89,233,599,278
1992 - $107,592,098,307
1993 - $95,009,751,901
1994 - $99,688,641,304
1995 - $118,122,007,430
1996 - $122,630,089,680
1997 - $117,016,535,163
1998 - $123,946,327,916
1999 - $127,470,385,557
2000 - $118,605,192,877
2001 - $121,604,107,165
2002 - $134,795,565,549
2003 - $165,226,175,537
2004 - $189,382,122,532
2005 - $197,253,876,705
2006 $4,200,288,241 $208,756,449,276
2007 $4,466,278,065 $240,496,147,317
2008 $4,585,949,024 $263,416,394,624
2009 $4,281,714,567 $244,667,762,836
2010 $4,156,841,107 $238,443,864,993
2011 $4,186,073,104 $245,426,767,676
2012 $4,291,004,524 $216,536,676,772
2013 $4,405,796,023 $226,677,408,292
2014 $4,562,853,611 $230,078,616,300
2015 $4,708,167,233 $199,038,523,120
2016 $4,909,322,237 $206,305,431,242
2017 $5,166,281,305 $220,862,990,767
2018 $5,530,178,441 $242,092,894,543
2019 $5,941,896,608 $240,115,970,063
2020 $5,655,358,021 $229,618,773,423
2021 $6,060,026,520 $256,055,879,091
2022 $6,600,843,963 $256,898,675,069
2023 $7,139,428,558 $289,696,962,620
2024 - $308,683,317,393

Cayman Islands and Portugal economies compared

GDP per capita
Cayman Islands

Portugal
Year GDP per capita
Cayman Islands Portugal
1960 - $377
1961 - $400
1962 - $426
1963 - $452
1964 - $490
1965 - $545
1966 - $601
1967 - $676
1968 - $752
1969 - $832
1970 - $934
1971 - $1,065
1972 - $1,302
1973 - $1,748
1974 - $2,000
1975 - $2,128
1976 - $2,173
1977 - $2,267
1978 - $2,457
1979 - $2,756
1980 - $3,368
1981 - $3,246
1982 - $3,080
1983 - $2,735
1984 - $2,523
1985 - $2,705
1986 - $3,862
1987 - $4,804
1988 - $5,624
1989 - $6,056
1990 - $7,885
1991 - $8,959
1992 - $10,811
1993 - $9,535
1994 - $9,977
1995 - $11,781
1996 - $12,185
1997 - $11,576
1998 - $12,199
1999 - $12,475
2000 - $11,526
2001 - $11,735
2002 - $12,937
2003 - $15,798
2004 - $18,064
2005 - $18,780
2006 $87,085 $19,839
2007 $89,888 $22,811
2008 $89,655 $24,949
2009 $81,374 $23,151
2010 $76,838 $22,552
2011 $75,281 $23,247
2012 $75,102 $20,593
2013 $75,114 $21,676
2014 $75,845 $22,121
2015 $76,379 $19,216
2016 $77,802 $19,980
2017 $80,054 $21,442
2018 $83,866 $23,541
2019 $88,254 $23,343
2020 $82,339 $22,299
2021 $86,438 $24,711
2022 $92,202 $24,621
2023 $97,750 $27,386
2024 - $28,844

Cayman Islands vs. Portugal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cayman Islands

Portugal
Year Life expectancy, years
Cayman Islands Portugal
1950 54 58.5
1951 54.5 58.7
1952 55 59.8
1953 55.4 61.1
1954 55.9 62.2
1955 56.4 61.4
1956 56.8 61.2
1957 57.3 61.4
1958 57.7 63.7
1959 58.2 62.9
1960 58.8 64.1
1961 59.4 62.8
1962 60.1 64.3
1963 60.8 64.9
1964 61.4 65.1
1965 62.2 66.1
1966 62.8 65.6
1967 63.2 66.5
1968 63.6 66.8
1969 64 66.4
1970 64.4 67.1
1971 64.8 66.8
1972 65.4 69.2
1973 65.9 68.6
1974 66.5 69.1
1975 67 68.8
1976 67.5 69.1
1977 68.1 70.3
1978 68.5 70.8
1979 69 71.6
1980 69.5 71.7
1981 70 71.9
1982 70.4 72.7
1983 70.8 72.7
1984 71.2 72.9
1985 71.6 73.2
1986 71.9 73.6
1987 72.1 74.1
1988 72.4 74.1
1989 72.5 74.7
1990 72.7 74.3
1991 72.9 74.2
1992 73.1 74.9
1993 73.2 74.8
1994 73.4 75.7
1995 73.6 75.5
1996 73.7 75.5
1997 73.9 75.9
1998 74.1 76.1
1999 74.2 76.3
2000 74.4 76.8
2001 74.5 77.2
2002 74.6 77.4
2003 74.6 77.6
2004 74.6 78.4
2005 74.9 78.3
2006 75 79.1
2007 75.2 79.3
2008 75.4 79.6
2009 75.7 79.8
2010 76.1 80.1
2011 76.6 80.6
2012 77.1 80.6
2013 77.7 80.9
2014 77.9 81.3
2015 78.1 81.3
2016 78.4 81.4
2017 78.6 81.7
2018 78.8 81.6
2019 79.1 82
2020 79.2 81.4
2021 79.3 81.4
2022 80 81.2
2023 80.4 82.4
2024 80.5 82.6
2025 80.7 82.7

Cayman Islands and Portugal population clocks and comparison

Population
Cayman Islands

Portugal
Year Population
Cayman Islands Portugal
1960 8,428 8,857,716
1961 8,601 8,929,316
1962 8,781 8,993,985
1963 8,970 9,030,355
1964 9,166 9,035,365
1965 9,361 8,998,595
1966 9,560 8,930,990
1967 9,769 8,874,520
1968 9,971 8,836,650
1969 10,165 8,757,705
1970 10,517 8,680,431
1971 11,098 8,643,756
1972 11,764 8,630,430
1973 12,438 8,633,100
1974 13,114 8,754,365
1975 13,788 9,093,470
1976 14,454 9,355,810
1977 15,105 9,455,675
1978 15,727 9,558,250
1979 16,351 9,661,265
1980 17,079 9,766,312
1981 17,905 9,851,362
1982 18,750 9,911,771
1983 19,598 9,957,865
1984 20,454 9,996,232
1985 21,324 10,023,613
1986 22,197 10,032,734
1987 23,073 10,030,031
1988 23,951 10,019,610
1989 24,874 10,005,000
1990 25,999 9,983,218
1991 27,294 9,960,235
1992 28,621 9,952,494
1993 29,976 9,964,675
1994 31,352 9,991,525
1995 32,743 10,026,176
1996 34,143 10,063,945
1997 35,543 10,108,977
1998 36,922 10,160,196
1999 38,284 10,217,828
2000 39,674 10,289,898
2001 41,089 10,362,722
2002 42,514 10,419,631
2003 43,934 10,458,821
2004 45,352 10,483,861
2005 46,788 10,503,330
2006 48,232 10,522,288
2007 49,687 10,542,964
2008 51,151 10,558,177
2009 52,618 10,568,247
2010 54,099 10,573,100
2011 55,606 10,557,560
2012 57,136 10,514,844
2013 58,655 10,457,295
2014 60,160 10,401,062
2015 61,642 10,358,076
2016 63,100 10,325,452
2017 64,535 10,300,300
2018 65,941 10,283,822
2019 67,327 10,286,263
2020 68,684 10,297,081
2021 70,108 10,361,831
2022 71,591 10,434,332
2023 73,038 10,578,174
2024 74,457 10,701,636

Fertility rates in Cayman Islands and Portugal

Fertility rate
Cayman Islands

Portugal
Year Fertility rate
Cayman Islands Portugal
1960 4.71 3.16
1961 4.78 3.21
1962 4.79 3.23
1963 4.69 3.12
1964 4.41 3.21
1965 4.16 3.15
1966 4.08 3.16
1967 4.05 3.16
1968 3.99 3.12
1969 3.52 3.12
1970 4.66 3.01
1971 3.47 3
1972 4.89 2.86
1973 3.56 2.77
1974 2.96 2.7
1975 2.72 2.75
1976 2.53 2.82
1977 2.41 2.69
1978 2.37 2.45
1979 2.37 2.31
1980 2.4 2.25
1981 2.38 2.13
1982 2.01 2.07
1983 1.83 1.95
1984 1.79 1.9
1985 1.75 1.72
1986 1.69 1.66
1987 1.58 1.62
1988 1.63 1.61
1989 1.76 1.57
1990 1.78 1.56
1991 1.85 1.56
1992 1.73 1.54
1993 1.67 1.52
1994 1.66 1.45
1995 1.67 1.41
1996 1.69 1.44
1997 1.7 1.47
1998 1.7 1.47
1999 1.71 1.5
2000 1.71 1.55
2001 1.7 1.45
2002 1.68 1.46
2003 1.67 1.44
2004 1.67 1.4
2005 1.67 1.41
2006 1.67 1.37
2007 1.68 1.35
2008 1.7 1.39
2009 1.72 1.34
2010 1.69 1.39
2011 1.64 1.35
2012 1.53 1.28
2013 1.45 1.21
2014 1.33 1.24
2015 1.27 1.31
2016 1.23 1.37
2017 1.22 1.38
2018 1.28 1.42
2019 1.51 1.44
2020 1.55 1.42
2021 1.55 1.35
2022 1.54 1.43
2023 1.53 1.44

Cayman Islands and Portugal demographics compared

Median age
Cayman Islands

Portugal
Year Median age, years
Cayman Islands Portugal
1960 23.5 27.9
1961 23.3 28.1
1962 22.9 28.3
1963 22.6 28.5
1964 22.3 28.7
1965 22.1 28.8
1966 21.8 29
1967 21.6 29.1
1968 21.3 29.2
1969 21.2 29.4
1970 21.2 29.6
1971 21.4 29.7
1972 21.8 29.6
1973 22.2 29.6
1974 22.6 29.7
1975 23.1 29.7
1976 23.7 29.8
1977 24.3 29.9
1978 25 30
1979 25.7 30.3
1980 26 30.6
1981 26.1 30.8
1982 26.2 31.1
1983 26.4 31.4
1984 26.8 31.7
1985 27.2 32.1
1986 27.6 32.5
1987 28.1 32.9
1988 28.6 33.3
1989 29.1 33.7
1990 29.5 34.2
1991 29.6 34.6
1992 29.9 35
1993 30.1 35.4
1994 30.5 35.7
1995 30.8 36.1
1996 31.3 36.4
1997 31.8 36.8
1998 32.3 37.1
1999 32.9 37.4
2000 33.2 37.7
2001 33.3 38
2002 33.4 38.3
2003 33.5 38.6
2004 33.7 39
2005 33.9 39.4
2006 34.2 39.8
2007 34.5 40.2
2008 34.8 40.6
2009 35.1 41
2010 35.4 41.5
2011 35.7 41.9
2012 35.8 42.4
2013 35.9 42.9
2014 36.1 43.4
2015 36.3 43.8
2016 36.5 44.3
2017 36.8 44.7
2018 37.1 45.2
2019 37.4 45.6
2020 37.8 46.1
2021 38.1 46.5
2022 38.5 46.8
2023 38.9 47.2
2024 39.3 47.5

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for the Cayman Islands and Portugal.

GDP per capita

GDP

Life expectancy

Population

Population density

Fertility rate

Median age

Land area

National statistics comparison

Finance

Cayman Islands Portugal
GNI, Atlas method
$4.42B
2022
$285B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14%
2025
43.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
4.55%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.52%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
52,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
+0.52%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.24%
2015
6.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
85.4%
2022
66.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
8.19%
2022
18.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
74
2025
70.5
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
26.9%
2023
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.7%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
171,797
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
1.95%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
4
2020
40
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$644M
2020
$61.9B
2018
Total reserves including gold
$234M
2023
$42.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10.2M
2024
$1.8B
2024
International tourist arrivals
660,000
2020
4,208,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
22.9%
2019
12.2%
2020
Banked people share n/a
91.4%
2024

Energy

Cayman Islands Portugal
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
1,853 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$25.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.36 megatons
2023
36.2 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.9 tons
2023
3.42 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
63.1%
2023
Renewable energy use share
0%
2022
32.3%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
14.9%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
77.2%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
5,146 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
2.94%
2021
64.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
30.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cayman Islands Portugal
% of world population
0.0009%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
+896
2024
+20,648
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
68.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.29 ft
2025
Quality of life index
83.2
2025
77.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2025
57
2024
Higher education index
20
2025
87
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.46
2020
0.8
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14
2025
8.2
2019
Visa free countries n/a
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2017
96.8%
2021
English speaking
76.6%
2023
27.3%
2023
People using the Internet
81.1%
2017
88.5%
2024

Health

Cayman Islands Portugal
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$2,744
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$817
2023
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
82.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0.08%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.94
1997
5.77
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
30.2 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
15
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
3.2
2023
Obesity rate n/a
22.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.1%
2024
10.5%
2024
Air quality index
78
2025
82
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
25.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
8.88 liters
2020

Territory

Cayman Islands Portugal
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.06%
2025
Land area per capita
1,245 sq mi
2024
3,305 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
10.4 sq mi
2025
15,328 sq mi
2025
Forest area
48.6 sq mi
2025
12,788 sq mi
2025
Roads length
488 mi
2007
n/a

In-depth comparisons

Facts comparisons

Facts vs Cayman Islands vs Portugal
Afghanistan Compare Compare
Albania Compare Compare
Algeria Compare Compare
Andorra Compare Compare
Angola Compare Compare
Antigua Compare Compare
Argentina Compare Compare
Armenia Compare Compare
Australia Compare Compare
Austria Compare Compare
Azerbaijan Compare Compare
Bahamas Compare Compare
Bahrain Compare Compare
Bangladesh Compare Compare
Barbados Compare Compare
Belarus Compare Compare
Belgium Compare Compare
Belize Compare Compare
Benin Compare Compare
Bhutan Compare Compare
Bolivia Compare Compare
Bosnia Compare Compare
Botswana Compare Compare
Brazil Compare Compare
Brunei Compare Compare
Bulgaria Compare Compare
Burkina Faso Compare Compare
Burundi Compare Compare
Cambodia Compare Compare
Cameroon Compare Compare
Canada Compare Compare
Cape Verde Compare Compare
CAR Compare Compare
Chad Compare Compare
Chile Compare Compare
China Compare Compare
Colombia Compare Compare
Comoros Compare Compare
Congo Compare Compare
Costa Rica Compare Compare
Croatia Compare Compare
Cuba Compare Compare
Curacao Compare Compare
Cyprus Compare Compare
Czech Republic Compare Compare
DR Congo Compare Compare
Denmark Compare Compare
Djibouti Compare Compare
Dominica Compare Compare
Dominican Republic Compare Compare
East Timor Compare Compare
Ecuador Compare Compare
Egypt Compare Compare
El Salvador Compare Compare
Equatorial Guinea Compare Compare
Eritrea Compare Compare
Estonia Compare Compare
Eswatini Compare Compare
Ethiopia Compare Compare
Fiji Compare Compare
Finland Compare Compare
France Compare Compare
Gabon Compare Compare
Gambia Compare Compare
Georgia Compare Compare
Germany Compare Compare
Ghana Compare Compare
Greece Compare Compare
Grenada Compare Compare
Guatemala Compare Compare
Guinea Compare Compare
Guinea-Bissau Compare Compare
Guyana Compare Compare
Haiti Compare Compare
Honduras Compare Compare
Hungary Compare Compare
Iceland Compare Compare
India Compare Compare
Indonesia Compare Compare
Iran Compare Compare
Iraq Compare Compare
Ireland Compare Compare
Israel Compare Compare
Italy Compare Compare
Ivory Coast Compare Compare
Jamaica Compare Compare
Japan Compare Compare
Jordan Compare Compare
Kazakhstan Compare Compare
Kenya Compare Compare
Kiribati Compare Compare
Kuwait Compare Compare
Kyrgyzstan Compare Compare
Laos Compare Compare
Latvia Compare Compare
Lebanon Compare Compare
Lesotho Compare Compare
Liberia Compare Compare
Libya Compare Compare
Liechtenstein Compare Compare
Lithuania Compare Compare
Luxembourg Compare Compare
Madagascar Compare Compare
Malawi Compare Compare
Malaysia Compare Compare
Maldives Compare Compare
Mali Compare Compare
Malta Compare Compare
Marshall Islands Compare Compare
Mauritania Compare Compare
Mauritius Compare Compare
Mexico Compare Compare
Moldova Compare Compare
Monaco Compare Compare
Mongolia Compare Compare
Montenegro Compare Compare
Morocco Compare Compare
Mozambique Compare Compare
Myanmar Compare Compare
Namibia Compare Compare
Nauru Compare Compare
Nepal Compare Compare
Netherlands Compare Compare
New Zealand Compare Compare
Nicaragua Compare Compare
Niger Compare Compare
Nigeria Compare Compare
North Korea Compare Compare
North Macedonia Compare Compare
Norway Compare Compare
Oman Compare Compare
Pakistan Compare Compare
Palau Compare Compare
Palestine Compare Compare
Panama Compare Compare
Papua New Guinea Compare Compare
Paraguay Compare Compare
Peru Compare Compare
Philippines Compare Compare
Poland Compare Compare
Qatar Compare Compare
Romania Compare Compare
Russia Compare Compare
Rwanda Compare Compare
Saint Kitts Compare Compare
Saint Lucia Compare Compare
Saint Vincent Compare Compare
Samoa Compare Compare
San Marino Compare Compare
Sao Tome Compare Compare
Saudi Arabia Compare Compare
Senegal Compare Compare
Serbia Compare Compare
Seychelles Compare Compare
Sierra Leone Compare Compare
Singapore Compare Compare
Slovakia Compare Compare
Slovenia Compare Compare
Solomon Islands Compare Compare
Somalia Compare Compare
South Africa Compare Compare
South Korea Compare Compare
South Sudan Compare Compare
Spain Compare Compare
Sri Lanka Compare Compare
Sudan Compare Compare
Suriname Compare Compare
Sweden Compare Compare
Switzerland Compare Compare
Syria Compare Compare
Taiwan Compare Compare
Tajikistan Compare Compare
Tanzania Compare Compare
Thailand Compare Compare
Togo Compare Compare
Tonga Compare Compare
Trinidad Compare Compare
Tunisia Compare Compare
Turkey Compare Compare
Turkmenistan Compare Compare
Tuvalu Compare Compare
Uganda Compare Compare
Ukraine Compare Compare
UAE Compare Compare
United Kingdom Compare Compare
United States Compare Compare
Uruguay Compare Compare
Uzbekistan Compare Compare
Vanuatu Compare Compare
Vatican Compare Compare
Venezuela Compare Compare
Vietnam Compare Compare
Yemen Compare Compare
Zambia Compare Compare
Zimbabwe Compare Compare