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Cayman Islands vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Cayman Islands has a population of 74.5K (ranked 187/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). The Cayman Islands' land area is 92.7 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 190th vs. 117th).

By GDP, The Cayman Islands ranks 159/197 ($7.14B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, The Cayman Islands ranks 6/197 ($97,750), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Main facts and rankings

Cayman Islands UAE
Population
76930
11372700
Population rank 187/197 86/197
GDP
$7.14B
2023
$537B
2024
GDP rank 159/197 29/197
GDP per capita
$97,750
2023
$49,378
2024
GDP per capita rank 6/197 24/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$86,689
2023
$77,959
2024
Government debt n/a
$172B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
32.8%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$15,857
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 39/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$82,674
2025
$40,921
2025
Land area
92.7 sq mi
2025
27,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
804 ppl/mi²
2024
397 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.53
2023
1.2
2023
Median age
39.3 years
2024
32.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
83.2 years
2025

Cayman Islands and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Cayman Islands and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP
Cayman Islands

United Arab Emirates
Year GDP
Cayman Islands UAE
1970 - $685,986,701
1971 - $939,893,600
1972 - $1,415,086,929
1973 - $4,231,243,616
1974 - $11,651,505,689
1975 - $14,720,728,249
1976 - $19,213,158,779
1977 - $24,871,775,165
1978 - $23,775,764,225
1979 - $31,225,659,621
1980 - $43,599,160,050
1981 - $49,333,424,135
1982 - $46,622,718,605
1983 - $42,803,323,345
1984 - $41,807,954,236
1985 - $40,603,650,232
1986 - $33,943,612,095
1987 - $36,384,908,744
1988 - $36,275,674,203
1989 - $41,464,995,914
1990 - $50,701,443,748
1991 - $51,552,165,622
1992 - $54,239,171,888
1993 - $55,625,170,253
1994 - $59,305,093,980
1995 - $65,743,666,576
1996 - $73,571,233,996
1997 - $78,839,008,445
1998 - $75,674,336,283
1999 - $84,445,473,111
2000 - $104,337,372,362
2001 - $103,311,640,572
2002 - $109,816,201,498
2003 - $124,346,358,067
2004 - $147,824,370,320
2005 - $180,617,467,965
2006 $4,200,288,241 $222,116,541,865
2007 $4,466,278,065 $257,916,133,424
2008 $4,585,949,024 $315,474,615,739
2009 $4,281,714,567 $253,547,358,747
2010 $4,156,841,107 $300,189,052,689
2011 $4,186,073,104 $360,832,739,551
2012 $4,291,004,524 $384,610,125,391
2013 $4,405,796,023 $400,218,529,748
2014 $4,562,853,611 $414,105,366,753
2015 $4,708,167,233 $370,275,469,571
2016 $4,909,322,237 $369,255,326,236
2017 $5,166,281,305 $390,516,804,030
2018 $5,530,178,441 $427,049,432,158
2019 $5,941,896,608 $417,989,721,743
2020 $5,655,358,021 $349,473,015,330
2021 $6,060,026,520 $415,178,792,757
2022 $6,600,843,963 $502,731,935,194
2023 $7,139,428,558 $514,130,432,648
2024 - $537,078,829,135

Cayman Islands and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita
Cayman Islands

United Arab Emirates
Year GDP per capita
Cayman Islands UAE
1970 - $2,394
1971 - $2,805
1972 - $3,675
1973 - $9,696
1974 - $23,823
1975 - $27,117
1976 - $31,197
1977 - $35,020
1978 - $29,379
1979 - $34,238
1980 - $42,925
1981 - $44,854
1982 - $39,972
1983 - $34,650
1984 - $32,012
1985 - $29,468
1986 - $23,132
1987 - $23,113
1988 - $21,570
1989 - $23,167
1990 - $26,710
1991 - $25,691
1992 - $25,648
1993 - $25,033
1994 - $25,473
1995 - $27,003
1996 - $28,323
1997 - $27,983
1998 - $24,889
1999 - $25,856
2000 - $29,866
2001 - $27,745
2002 - $27,754
2003 - $29,660
2004 - $33,377
2005 - $38,719
2006 $87,085 $44,343
2007 $89,888 $45,855
2008 $89,655 $50,054
2009 $81,374 $37,803
2010 $76,838 $43,697
2011 $75,281 $50,789
2012 $75,102 $52,034
2013 $75,114 $52,024
2014 $75,845 $51,381
2015 $76,379 $43,535
2016 $77,802 $41,326
2017 $80,054 $42,341
2018 $83,866 $45,690
2019 $88,254 $44,251
2020 $82,339 $37,174
2021 $86,438 $43,360
2022 $92,202 $49,899
2023 $97,750 $49,041
2024 - $49,378

Cayman Islands vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cayman Islands

United Arab Emirates
Year Life expectancy, years
Cayman Islands UAE
1950 54 42.1
1951 54.5 42.9
1952 55 43.6
1953 55.4 44.4
1954 55.9 45.2
1955 56.4 46
1956 56.8 46.9
1957 57.3 47.8
1958 57.7 48.8
1959 58.2 49.7
1960 58.8 50.7
1961 59.4 51.6
1962 60.1 52.5
1963 60.8 53.5
1964 61.4 54.5
1965 62.2 55.5
1966 62.8 56.6
1967 63.2 57.6
1968 63.6 58.7
1969 64 59.8
1970 64.4 60.8
1971 64.8 61.8
1972 65.4 62.7
1973 65.9 63.5
1974 66.5 64.4
1975 67 65.1
1976 67.5 65.8
1977 68.1 66.5
1978 68.5 67.1
1979 69 67.6
1980 69.5 68.2
1981 70 68.6
1982 70.4 69.1
1983 70.8 69.4
1984 71.2 69.8
1985 71.6 70.1
1986 71.9 70.4
1987 72.1 70.6
1988 72.4 70.8
1989 72.5 71
1990 72.7 71.1
1991 72.9 71.1
1992 73.1 71.2
1993 73.2 71.2
1994 73.4 71.2
1995 73.6 71.4
1996 73.7 71.8
1997 73.9 72.6
1998 74.1 73.7
1999 74.2 75
2000 74.4 76.3
2001 74.5 77.6
2002 74.6 78.7
2003 74.6 79.6
2004 74.6 80.3
2005 74.9 80.8
2006 75 81.2
2007 75.2 81.4
2008 75.4 81.6
2009 75.7 81.7
2010 76.1 81.9
2011 76.6 81.9
2012 77.1 81.9
2013 77.7 82
2014 77.9 82
2015 78.1 82.1
2016 78.4 82.2
2017 78.6 82.4
2018 78.8 82.4
2019 79.1 82.6
2020 79.2 81.9
2021 79.3 79.1
2022 80 80.5
2023 80.4 82.9
2024 80.5 83.1
2025 80.7 83.2

Cayman Islands and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population
Cayman Islands

United Arab Emirates
Year Population
Cayman Islands UAE
1960 8,428 131,334
1961 8,601 137,989
1962 8,781 144,946
1963 8,970 152,211
1964 9,166 159,692
1965 9,361 167,103
1966 9,560 173,976
1967 9,769 179,700
1968 9,971 199,416
1969 10,165 239,660
1970 10,517 286,536
1971 11,098 335,027
1972 11,764 385,014
1973 12,438 436,399
1974 13,114 489,087
1975 13,788 542,856
1976 14,454 615,866
1977 15,105 710,209
1978 15,727 809,274
1979 16,351 912,010
1980 17,079 1,015,700
1981 17,905 1,099,855
1982 18,750 1,166,370
1983 19,598 1,235,305
1984 20,454 1,305,996
1985 21,324 1,377,911
1986 22,197 1,467,383
1987 23,073 1,574,244
1988 23,951 1,681,788
1989 24,874 1,789,851
1990 25,999 1,898,220
1991 27,294 2,006,626
1992 28,621 2,114,730
1993 29,976 2,222,093
1994 31,352 2,328,188
1995 32,743 2,434,662
1996 34,143 2,597,564
1997 35,543 2,817,410
1998 36,922 3,040,421
1999 38,284 3,266,009
2000 39,674 3,493,575
2001 41,089 3,723,590
2002 42,514 3,956,826
2003 43,934 4,192,457
2004 45,352 4,428,967
2005 46,788 4,664,790
2006 48,232 5,009,100
2007 49,687 5,624,635
2008 51,151 6,302,664
2009 52,618 6,707,058
2010 54,099 6,869,838
2011 55,606 7,104,538
2012 57,136 7,391,448
2013 58,655 7,693,031
2014 60,160 8,059,440
2015 61,642 8,505,237
2016 63,100 8,935,095
2017 64,535 9,223,225
2018 65,941 9,346,701
2019 67,327 9,445,785
2020 68,684 9,401,038
2021 70,108 9,575,152
2022 71,591 10,074,977
2023 73,038 10,483,751
2024 74,457 10,876,981

Fertility rates in Cayman Islands and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate
Cayman Islands

United Arab Emirates
Year Fertility rate
Cayman Islands UAE
1960 4.71 6.5
1961 4.78 6.49
1962 4.79 6.49
1963 4.69 6.5
1964 4.41 6.49
1965 4.16 6.5
1966 4.08 6.5
1967 4.05 6.51
1968 3.99 6.53
1969 3.52 6.52
1970 4.66 6.52
1971 3.47 6.52
1972 4.89 6.5
1973 3.56 6.46
1974 2.96 6.41
1975 2.72 6.35
1976 2.53 6.29
1977 2.41 6.22
1978 2.37 6.15
1979 2.37 6.06
1980 2.4 5.95
1981 2.38 5.81
1982 2.01 5.66
1983 1.83 5.48
1984 1.79 5.3
1985 1.75 5.13
1986 1.69 5
1987 1.58 4.88
1988 1.63 4.77
1989 1.76 4.65
1990 1.78 4.51
1991 1.85 4.25
1992 1.73 4.09
1993 1.67 3.82
1994 1.66 3.76
1995 1.67 3.28
1996 1.69 3.06
1997 1.7 2.83
1998 1.7 2.77
1999 1.71 2.79
2000 1.71 2.73
2001 1.7 2.62
2002 1.68 2.54
2003 1.67 2.49
2004 1.67 2.38
2005 1.67 2.23
2006 1.67 1.96
2007 1.68 1.79
2008 1.7 1.52
2009 1.72 1.58
2010 1.69 1.57
2011 1.64 1.54
2012 1.53 1.53
2013 1.45 1.53
2014 1.33 1.48
2015 1.27 1.42
2016 1.23 1.37
2017 1.22 1.35
2018 1.28 1.29
2019 1.51 1.25
2020 1.55 1.29
2021 1.55 1.16
2022 1.54 1.15
2023 1.53 1.2

Cayman Islands and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age
Cayman Islands

United Arab Emirates
Year Median age, years
Cayman Islands UAE
1960 23.5 19.6
1961 23.3 20.1
1962 22.9 20.6
1963 22.6 21
1964 22.3 21.5
1965 22.1 22
1966 21.8 22.6
1967 21.6 23.3
1968 21.3 23.5
1969 21.2 23.1
1970 21.2 23
1971 21.4 23.2
1972 21.8 23.6
1973 22.2 24.1
1974 22.6 24.7
1975 23.1 25.4
1976 23.7 25.6
1977 24.3 25.4
1978 25 25.5
1979 25.7 25.8
1980 26 26.2
1981 26.1 26.4
1982 26.2 26.4
1983 26.4 26.4
1984 26.8 26.4
1985 27.2 26.6
1986 27.6 26.5
1987 28.1 26.1
1988 28.6 25.9
1989 29.1 25.8
1990 29.5 25.8
1991 29.6 26
1992 29.9 26.4
1993 30.1 26.8
1994 30.5 27.4
1995 30.8 28
1996 31.3 28.1
1997 31.8 27.9
1998 32.3 27.9
1999 32.9 28
2000 33.2 28.2
2001 33.3 28.6
2002 33.4 29.1
2003 33.5 29.6
2004 33.7 30.3
2005 33.9 30.9
2006 34.2 31.4
2007 34.5 31.6
2008 34.8 31.6
2009 35.1 31.6
2010 35.4 31.7
2011 35.7 31.7
2012 35.8 31.7
2013 35.9 31.7
2014 36.1 31.8
2015 36.3 31.8
2016 36.5 31.8
2017 36.8 31.8
2018 37.1 31.8
2019 37.4 31.8
2020 37.8 31.8
2021 38.1 31.9
2022 38.5 31.9
2023 38.9 32.2
2024 39.3 32.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cayman Islands UAE
GNI, Atlas method
$4.42B
2022
$538B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14%
2025
24%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.57%
2023
3.89%
2021
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
5.64%
2014
Armed forces personnel n/a
63,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
+2.89%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.24%
2015
1.88%
2024
Services, % of GDP
85.4%
2022
51.6%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
8.19%
2022
47.7%
2023
Economic freedom index
74
2025
71.6
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
20.5%
2018
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.8%
2018
Number of millionaires n/a
202,201
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.34%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
4
2020
154
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$644M
2020
$1.05T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$234M
2023
$238B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10.2M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
660,000
2020
8,084,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
22.9%
2019
n/a
Banked people share n/a
85.7%
2021

Energy

Cayman Islands UAE
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
8,336 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$8.85
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.36 megatons
2023
206 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.9 tons
2023
19.6 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
92.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
0%
2022
1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
7.24%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-171.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
14,688 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
2.94%
2021
4.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
13.3%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cayman Islands UAE
% of world population
0.0009%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
+896
2024
+278,439
2024
Urban population
100%
2024
88%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.71 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
83.2
2025
83.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2025
68
2024
Higher education index
20
2025
65
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.46
2020
0.75
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
14
2025
8.9
2019
Visa free countries n/a
179
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2017
98.8%
2024
English speaking
76.6%
2023
65%
2025
People using the Internet
81.1%
2017
100%
2024

Health

Cayman Islands UAE
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$2,315
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$284.4
2022
Life expectancy
80.7 years
2025
83.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.94
1997
2.91
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
5
2023
Obesity rate n/a
32.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.1%
2024
20.7%
2024
Air quality index
78
2025
11
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
2.08 liters
2020

Territory

Cayman Islands UAE
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.05%
2025
Land area per capita
1,245 sq mi
2024
2,521 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
10.4 sq mi
2025
1,512 sq mi
2025
Forest area
48.6 sq mi
2025
1,225 sq mi
2025
Roads length
488 mi
2007
2,535 mi
2008

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