Population in Australia compared to the Cayman Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and the Cayman Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Cayman Islands	Australia	Cayman Islands
1960	10,276,477	8,428	-	-
1961	10,483,000	8,601	2.01%	2.05%
1962	10,742,000	8,781	2.47%	2.09%
1963	10,950,000	8,970	1.94%	2.15%
1964	11,167,000	9,166	1.98%	2.19%
1965	11,388,000	9,361	1.98%	2.13%
1966	11,651,000	9,560	2.31%	2.13%
1967	11,799,000	9,769	1.27%	2.19%
1968	12,009,000	9,971	1.78%	2.07%
1969	12,263,000	10,165	2.12%	1.95%
1970	12,507,000	10,517	1.99%	3.46%
1971	12,937,000	11,098	3.44%	5.52%
1972	13,177,000	11,764	1.86%	6%
1973	13,380,000	12,438	1.54%	5.73%
1974	13,723,000	13,114	2.56%	5.43%
1975	13,893,000	13,788	1.24%	5.14%
1976	14,033,000	14,454	1.01%	4.83%
1977	14,192,000	15,105	1.13%	4.5%
1978	14,358,000	15,727	1.17%	4.12%
1979	14,514,000	16,351	1.09%	3.97%
1980	14,692,000	17,079	1.23%	4.45%
1981	14,923,260	17,905	1.57%	4.84%
1982	15,184,247	18,750	1.75%	4.72%
1983	15,393,472	19,598	1.38%	4.52%
1984	15,579,391	20,454	1.21%	4.37%
1985	15,788,312	21,324	1.34%	4.25%
1986	16,018,350	22,197	1.46%	4.09%
1987	16,263,874	23,073	1.53%	3.95%
1988	16,532,164	23,951	1.65%	3.81%
1989	16,814,416	24,874	1.71%	3.85%
1990	17,065,128	25,999	1.49%	4.52%
1991	17,284,036	27,294	1.28%	4.98%
1992	17,478,635	28,621	1.13%	4.86%
1993	17,634,808	29,976	0.89%	4.73%
1994	17,805,468	31,352	0.97%	4.59%
1995	18,004,882	32,743	1.12%	4.44%
1996	18,224,767	34,143	1.22%	4.28%
1997	18,423,037	35,543	1.09%	4.1%
1998	18,607,584	36,922	1%	3.88%
1999	18,812,264	38,284	1.1%	3.69%
2000	19,028,802	39,674	1.15%	3.63%
2001	19,274,701	41,089	1.29%	3.57%
2002	19,495,210	42,514	1.14%	3.47%
2003	19,720,737	43,934	1.16%	3.34%
2004	19,932,722	45,352	1.07%	3.23%
2005	20,176,844	46,788	1.22%	3.17%
2006	20,450,966	48,232	1.36%	3.09%
2007	20,827,622	49,687	1.84%	3.02%
2008	21,249,199	51,151	2.02%	2.95%
2009	21,691,653	52,618	2.08%	2.87%
2010	22,031,750	54,099	1.57%	2.81%
2011	22,340,024	55,606	1.4%	2.79%
2012	22,733,465	57,136	1.76%	2.75%
2013	23,128,129	58,655	1.74%	2.66%
2014	23,475,686	60,160	1.5%	2.57%
2015	23,815,995	61,642	1.45%	2.46%
2016	24,190,907	63,100	1.57%	2.37%
2017	24,592,588	64,535	1.66%	2.27%
2018	24,963,258	65,941	1.51%	2.18%
2019	25,334,826	67,327	1.49%	2.1%
2020	25,649,248	68,684	1.24%	2.02%
2021	25,685,412	70,108	0.14%	2.07%
2022	26,014,399	71,591	1.28%	2.12%
2023	26,652,777	73,038	2.45%	2.02%
2024	27,204,809	74,457	2.07%	1.94%
2025	27,470,426	75,842	0.98%	1.86%
2026	27,728,157	77,197	0.94%	1.79%
2027	27,979,877	78,532	0.91%	1.73%
2028	28,228,958	79,852	0.89%	1.68%
2029	28,471,054	81,146	0.86%	1.62%
2030	28,707,292	82,412	0.83%	1.56%
2031	28,940,769	83,676	0.81%	1.53%
2032	29,169,013	84,915	0.79%	1.48%
2033	29,392,748	86,125	0.77%	1.42%
2034	29,614,137	87,319	0.75%	1.39%
2035	29,835,307	88,457	0.75%	1.3%
2036	30,056,752	89,597	0.74%	1.29%
2037	30,273,692	90,741	0.72%	1.28%
2038	30,488,994	91,867	0.71%	1.24%
2039	30,703,245	92,983	0.7%	1.21%
2040	30,916,122	94,101	0.69%	1.2%
2041	31,132,858	95,206	0.7%	1.17%
2042	31,352,893	96,287	0.71%	1.14%
2043	31,572,750	97,352	0.7%	1.11%
2044	31,790,565	98,386	0.69%	1.06%
2045	32,009,555	99,371	0.69%	1%
2046	32,232,946	100,330	0.7%	0.96%
2047	32,452,651	101,257	0.68%	0.92%
2048	32,672,016	102,188	0.68%	0.92%
2049	32,891,546	103,075	0.67%	0.87%
2050	33,105,190	103,943	0.65%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 15,288 (a 24.8% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th in 2005 and ranked 187th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of the Cayman Islands will increase by 35.1% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.