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Cayman Islands vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Cayman Islands has a population of 74.5K (ranked 187/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). The Cayman Islands' land area is 92.7 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 190th vs. 90th).

By GDP, The Cayman Islands ranks 159/197 ($7.14B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, The Cayman Islands ranks 6/197 ($97,750), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Cayman Islands Suriname
Population
76930
644193
Population rank 187/197 165/197
GDP
$7.14B
2023
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 159/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$97,750
2023
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 6/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$86,689
2023
$22,067
2024
Government debt n/a
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$82,674
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
92.7 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
804 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.53
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
39.3 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Cayman Islands and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Cayman Islands and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Cayman Islands

Suriname
Year GDP
Cayman Islands Suriname
1960 - $99,650,000
1961 - $107,700,000
1962 - $116,150,000
1963 - $125,950,000
1964 - $134,400,000
1965 - $154,150,000
1966 - $190,350,000
1967 - $220,700,000
1968 - $241,350,000
1969 - $259,650,000
1970 - $274,900,000
1971 - $301,000,000
1972 - $311,950,000
1973 - $339,450,000
1974 - $409,850,000
1975 - $465,500,000
1976 - $505,500,000
1977 - $641,500,000
1978 - $735,500,000
1979 - $782,500,000
1980 - $795,000,000
1981 - $889,000,000
1982 - $915,000,000
1983 - $883,500,000
1984 - $864,000,000
1985 - $873,000,000
1986 - $891,000,000
1987 - $980,000,000
1988 - $1,161,000,000
1989 - $542,600,000
1990 - $388,400,000
1991 - $448,100,000
1992 - $404,600,000
1993 - $428,764,706
1994 - $605,492,537
1995 - $691,590,498
1996 - $861,372,806
1997 - $926,422,500
1998 - $1,110,850,000
1999 - $886,290,698
2000 - $947,671,970
2001 - $834,279,358
2002 - $1,093,574,468
2003 - $1,274,190,311
2004 - $1,484,092,538
2005 - $1,793,410,397
2006 $4,200,288,241 $2,626,380,435
2007 $4,466,278,065 $2,936,612,022
2008 $4,585,949,024 $3,532,969,035
2009 $4,281,714,567 $3,875,409,836
2010 $4,156,841,107 $4,368,370,998
2011 $4,186,073,104 $4,422,276,622
2012 $4,291,004,524 $4,980,000,000
2013 $4,405,796,023 $5,145,757,576
2014 $4,562,853,611 $5,240,606,061
2015 $4,708,167,233 $5,126,237,646
2016 $4,909,322,237 $3,317,421,648
2017 $5,166,281,305 $3,591,679,431
2018 $5,530,178,441 $3,996,198,867
2019 $5,941,896,608 $4,016,040,575
2020 $5,655,358,021 $2,911,807,496
2021 $6,060,026,520 $3,107,923,198
2022 $6,600,843,963 $3,791,603,200
2023 $7,139,428,558 $3,455,146,281
2024 - $4,714,267,822

Cayman Islands and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Cayman Islands

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Cayman Islands Suriname
1960 - $378
1961 - $395
1962 - $409
1963 - $424
1964 - $435
1965 - $482
1966 - $575
1967 - $644
1968 - $681
1969 - $708
1970 - $724
1971 - $768
1972 - $785
1973 - $858
1974 - $1,041
1975 - $1,190
1976 - $1,302
1977 - $1,666
1978 - $1,928
1979 - $2,072
1980 - $2,118
1981 - $2,368
1982 - $2,430
1983 - $2,333
1984 - $2,261
1985 - $2,256
1986 - $2,271
1987 - $2,469
1988 - $2,886
1989 - $1,329
1990 - $942
1991 - $1,080
1992 - $969
1993 - $1,022
1994 - $1,434
1995 - $1,610
1996 - $1,963
1997 - $2,068
1998 - $2,429
1999 - $1,898
2000 - $1,988
2001 - $1,715
2002 - $2,202
2003 - $2,516
2004 - $2,888
2005 - $3,453
2006 $87,085 $5,003
2007 $89,888 $5,530
2008 $89,655 $6,576
2009 $81,374 $7,130
2010 $76,838 $7,944
2011 $75,281 $7,950
2012 $75,102 $8,851
2013 $75,114 $9,043
2014 $75,845 $9,108
2015 $76,379 $8,814
2016 $77,802 $5,644
2017 $80,054 $6,050
2018 $83,866 $6,666
2019 $88,254 $6,630
2020 $82,339 $4,755
2021 $86,438 $5,030
2022 $92,202 $6,084
2023 $97,750 $5,494
2024 - $7,431

Cayman Islands vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cayman Islands

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Cayman Islands Suriname
1950 54 50.7
1951 54.5 51.1
1952 55 51.4
1953 55.4 52.1
1954 55.9 52.8
1955 56.4 53.5
1956 56.8 54.1
1957 57.3 54.7
1958 57.7 55.4
1959 58.2 55.9
1960 58.8 56.6
1961 59.4 57.3
1962 60.1 58
1963 60.8 58.5
1964 61.4 58.9
1965 62.2 59.1
1966 62.8 59.2
1967 63.2 59.2
1968 63.6 59.3
1969 64 59.4
1970 64.4 59.5
1971 64.8 59.6
1972 65.4 59.7
1973 65.9 59.8
1974 66.5 59.9
1975 67 60
1976 67.5 60.2
1977 68.1 60.3
1978 68.5 60.4
1979 69 60.5
1980 69.5 60.7
1981 70 60.8
1982 70.4 60.9
1983 70.8 61.1
1984 71.2 61.2
1985 71.6 61.4
1986 71.9 61.2
1987 72.1 61.3
1988 72.4 61.5
1989 72.5 62
1990 72.7 62.1
1991 72.9 62.2
1992 73.1 62.2
1993 73.2 62.4
1994 73.4 62.5
1995 73.6 62.8
1996 73.7 63.1
1997 73.9 63.4
1998 74.1 63.7
1999 74.2 64
2000 74.4 64.4
2001 74.5 64.8
2002 74.6 65.3
2003 74.6 65.8
2004 74.6 66.4
2005 74.9 67
2006 75 67.6
2007 75.2 68.3
2008 75.4 68.9
2009 75.7 69.3
2010 76.1 69.6
2011 76.6 69.8
2012 77.1 70
2013 77.7 70.1
2014 77.9 70.3
2015 78.1 70.6
2016 78.4 71
2017 78.6 71.2
2018 78.8 71.5
2019 79.1 71.8
2020 79.2 72.3
2021 79.3 68.9
2022 80 73.3
2023 80.4 73.6
2024 80.5 73.8
2025 80.7 73.9

Cayman Islands and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Cayman Islands

Suriname
Year Population
Cayman Islands Suriname
1960 8,428 263,918
1961 8,601 272,791
1962 8,781 283,912
1963 8,970 297,034
1964 9,166 309,041
1965 9,361 320,000
1966 9,560 331,135
1967 9,769 342,679
1968 9,971 354,616
1969 10,165 366,906
1970 10,517 379,442
1971 11,098 391,932
1972 11,764 397,413
1973 12,438 395,772
1974 13,114 393,676
1975 13,788 391,170
1976 14,454 388,289
1977 15,105 385,067
1978 15,727 381,502
1979 16,351 377,602
1980 17,079 375,377
1981 17,905 375,459
1982 18,750 376,555
1983 19,598 378,746
1984 20,454 382,193
1985 21,324 386,972
1986 22,197 392,330
1987 23,073 396,911
1988 23,951 402,227
1989 24,874 408,409
1990 25,999 412,493
1991 27,294 415,013
1992 28,621 417,589
1993 29,976 419,352
1994 31,352 422,375
1995 32,743 429,606
1996 34,143 438,830
1997 35,543 448,067
1998 36,922 457,406
1999 38,284 466,916
2000 39,674 476,643
2001 41,089 486,560
2002 42,514 496,551
2003 43,934 506,414
2004 45,352 513,923
2005 46,788 519,313
2006 48,232 524,997
2007 49,687 531,016
2008 51,151 537,245
2009 52,618 543,568
2010 54,099 549,923
2011 55,606 556,269
2012 57,136 562,633
2013 58,655 569,020
2014 60,160 575,373
2015 61,642 581,627
2016 63,100 587,757
2017 64,535 593,713
2018 65,941 599,513
2019 67,327 605,768
2020 68,684 612,317
2021 70,108 617,896
2022 71,591 623,164
2023 73,038 628,886
2024 74,457 634,431

Fertility rates in Cayman Islands and Suriname

Fertility rate
Cayman Islands

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Cayman Islands Suriname
1960 4.71 6.59
1961 4.78 6.58
1962 4.79 6.57
1963 4.69 6.51
1964 4.41 6.43
1965 4.16 6.32
1966 4.08 6.2
1967 4.05 6.04
1968 3.99 5.86
1969 3.52 5.7
1970 4.66 5.53
1971 3.47 5.36
1972 4.89 5.18
1973 3.56 5.01
1974 2.96 4.81
1975 2.72 4.63
1976 2.53 4.45
1977 2.41 4.26
1978 2.37 4.08
1979 2.37 3.93
1980 2.4 3.79
1981 2.38 3.75
1982 2.01 3.82
1983 1.83 3.87
1984 1.79 3.8
1985 1.75 3.71
1986 1.69 3.61
1987 1.58 3.53
1988 1.63 3.46
1989 1.76 3.39
1990 1.78 3.23
1991 1.85 3.09
1992 1.73 3.01
1993 1.67 2.94
1994 1.66 2.9
1995 1.67 2.9
1996 1.69 2.92
1997 1.7 2.95
1998 1.7 2.99
1999 1.71 3.02
2000 1.71 3.05
2001 1.7 3.06
2002 1.68 2.96
2003 1.67 2.84
2004 1.67 2.74
2005 1.67 2.71
2006 1.67 2.73
2007 1.68 2.74
2008 1.7 2.73
2009 1.72 2.71
2010 1.69 2.69
2011 1.64 2.67
2012 1.53 2.67
2013 1.45 2.65
2014 1.33 2.62
2015 1.27 2.57
2016 1.23 2.5
2017 1.22 2.43
2018 1.28 2.38
2019 1.51 2.35
2020 1.55 2.31
2021 1.55 2.3
2022 1.54 2.27
2023 1.53 2.25

Cayman Islands and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Cayman Islands

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Cayman Islands Suriname
1960 23.5 18.1
1961 23.3 18.2
1962 22.9 17.8
1963 22.6 17.3
1964 22.3 16.8
1965 22.1 16.4
1966 21.8 16.1
1967 21.6 15.8
1968 21.3 15.6
1969 21.2 15.6
1970 21.2 15.6
1971 21.4 15.7
1972 21.8 16
1973 22.2 16.3
1974 22.6 16.7
1975 23.1 17
1976 23.7 17.4
1977 24.3 17.6
1978 25 17.9
1979 25.7 18.1
1980 26 18.4
1981 26.1 18.7
1982 26.2 18.9
1983 26.4 19.2
1984 26.8 19.5
1985 27.2 19.7
1986 27.6 20
1987 28.1 20.2
1988 28.6 20.4
1989 29.1 20.6
1990 29.5 20.8
1991 29.6 21
1992 29.9 21.2
1993 30.1 21.5
1994 30.5 21.7
1995 30.8 22
1996 31.3 22.4
1997 31.8 22.8
1998 32.3 23.2
1999 32.9 23.6
2000 33.2 24
2001 33.3 24.4
2002 33.4 24.7
2003 33.5 25
2004 33.7 25.3
2005 33.9 25.5
2006 34.2 25.6
2007 34.5 25.8
2008 34.8 26.1
2009 35.1 26.3
2010 35.4 26.5
2011 35.7 26.7
2012 35.8 26.9
2013 35.9 27.1
2014 36.1 27.3
2015 36.3 27.5
2016 36.5 27.7
2017 36.8 27.9
2018 37.1 28.1
2019 37.4 28.3
2020 37.8 28.6
2021 38.1 28.7
2022 38.5 28.9
2023 38.9 29.2
2024 39.3 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cayman Islands Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$4.42B
2022
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
2.87%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.24%
2015
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
85.4%
2022
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
8.19%
2022
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
74
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.2%
2022
Listed domestic companies
4
2020
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$644M
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$234M
2023
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10.2M
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
660,000
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
22.9%
2019
0.78%
2020

Energy

Cayman Islands Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.36 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.9 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
0%
2022
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
2.94%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Cayman Islands Suriname
% of world population
0.0009%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
+896
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
83.2
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2025
40
2024
Higher education index
20
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.46
2020
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14
2025
15.3
2019
Visa free countries n/a
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2017
95%
2021
English speaking
76.6%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
81.1%
2017
78.4%
2023

Health

Cayman Islands Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.94
1997
1.48
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
16.2
2023
Obesity rate n/a
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.1%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
78
2025
63
2025
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Cayman Islands Suriname
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
1,245 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
10.4 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
48.6 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
488 mi
2007
2,674 mi
2003

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