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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Belgium was 11,876,844 in 2024 vs 74,457 people in the Cayman Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belgium's population is 11,909,960 people compared to 76,930 in the Cayman Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Belgium's population is 154.8 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
  • Belgium is ranked the 83rd most populous country in the world, while the Cayman Islands is the 187th.
  • The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.14% for Belgium vs 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Belgium has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +2.19% in the Cayman Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Belgium has increased from 10.5M people to 11.9M (13.7% growth), while the Cayman Islands has grown from 46.8K to 76.9K (64.4% growth).
  • Belgium is projected to reach its peak in 2044 at 12M people compared to the peak of 118K people in 2097 for the Cayman Islands.

Belgium vs Cayman Islands: live population counter

Belgium Cayman Islands
Current population
11909960
76930
Population rank 83/197 187/197
Percent of world population 0.14% 0.0009%
One net population change
5.88 minutes
6.17 hours
One birth every
4.74 minutes
10.1 hours
One death every
4.74 minutes
1.04 days
One migration net change every
14.5 minutes
9.78 hours
Annual migration change +36,243 +896
Daily growth/decline +245 +4
Annual growth/decline +89,421 +1,419
Annual growth/decline rate +0.76% +1.94%
Population growth rate rank 119/197 56/197

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

Belgium
Population

Growth rate
Cayman Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Belgium Cayman Islands Belgium Cayman Islands
1960 9,153,489 8,428 - -
1961 9,183,948 8,601 0.33% 2.05%
1962 9,220,578 8,781 0.4% 2.09%
1963 9,289,770 8,970 0.75% 2.15%
1964 9,378,113 9,166 0.95% 2.19%
1965 9,463,667 9,361 0.91% 2.13%
1966 9,527,807 9,560 0.68% 2.13%
1967 9,580,991 9,769 0.56% 2.19%
1968 9,618,756 9,971 0.39% 2.07%
1969 9,646,032 10,165 0.28% 1.95%
1970 9,655,549 10,517 0.1% 3.46%
1971 9,673,162 11,098 0.18% 5.52%
1972 9,711,115 11,764 0.39% 6%
1973 9,741,720 12,438 0.32% 5.73%
1974 9,772,419 13,114 0.32% 5.43%
1975 9,800,700 13,788 0.29% 5.14%
1976 9,818,227 14,454 0.18% 4.83%
1977 9,830,358 15,105 0.12% 4.5%
1978 9,839,534 15,727 0.09% 4.12%
1979 9,848,382 16,351 0.09% 3.97%
1980 9,859,242 17,079 0.11% 4.45%
1981 9,858,982 17,905 -0.003% 4.84%
1982 9,856,303 18,750 -0.03% 4.72%
1983 9,855,520 19,598 -0.008% 4.52%
1984 9,855,372 20,454 -0.002% 4.37%
1985 9,858,308 21,324 0.03% 4.25%
1986 9,861,823 22,197 0.04% 4.09%
1987 9,870,234 23,073 0.09% 3.95%
1988 9,901,664 23,951 0.32% 3.81%
1989 9,937,697 24,874 0.36% 3.85%
1990 9,967,379 25,999 0.3% 4.52%
1991 10,004,486 27,294 0.37% 4.98%
1992 10,045,158 28,621 0.41% 4.86%
1993 10,084,475 29,976 0.39% 4.73%
1994 10,115,603 31,352 0.31% 4.59%
1995 10,136,811 32,743 0.21% 4.44%
1996 10,156,637 34,143 0.2% 4.28%
1997 10,181,245 35,543 0.24% 4.1%
1998 10,203,008 36,922 0.21% 3.88%
1999 10,226,419 38,284 0.23% 3.69%
2000 10,251,250 39,674 0.24% 3.63%
2001 10,286,570 41,089 0.34% 3.57%
2002 10,332,785 42,514 0.45% 3.47%
2003 10,376,133 43,934 0.42% 3.34%
2004 10,421,137 45,352 0.43% 3.23%
2005 10,478,617 46,788 0.55% 3.17%
2006 10,547,958 48,232 0.66% 3.09%
2007 10,625,700 49,687 0.74% 3.02%
2008 10,709,973 51,151 0.79% 2.95%
2009 10,796,493 52,618 0.81% 2.87%
2010 10,895,586 54,099 0.92% 2.81%
2011 11,038,264 55,606 1.31% 2.79%
2012 11,106,932 57,136 0.62% 2.75%
2013 11,159,407 58,655 0.47% 2.66%
2014 11,209,057 60,160 0.44% 2.57%
2015 11,274,196 61,642 0.58% 2.46%
2016 11,331,422 63,100 0.51% 2.37%
2017 11,375,158 64,535 0.39% 2.27%
2018 11,427,054 65,941 0.46% 2.18%
2019 11,488,980 67,327 0.54% 2.1%
2020 11,538,604 68,684 0.43% 2.02%
2021 11,586,195 70,108 0.41% 2.07%
2022 11,680,210 71,591 0.81% 2.12%
2023 11,787,423 73,038 0.92% 2.02%
2024 11,876,844 74,457 0.76% 1.94%
2025 11,896,918 75,842 0.17% 1.86%
2026 11,913,154 77,197 0.14% 1.79%
2027 11,927,312 78,532 0.12% 1.73%
2028 11,940,447 79,852 0.11% 1.68%
2029 11,952,623 81,146 0.1% 1.62%
2030 11,963,228 82,412 0.09% 1.56%
2031 11,972,203 83,676 0.08% 1.53%
2032 11,980,413 84,915 0.07% 1.48%
2033 11,988,622 86,125 0.07% 1.42%
2034 11,996,340 87,319 0.06% 1.39%
2035 12,003,132 88,457 0.06% 1.3%
2036 12,009,585 89,597 0.05% 1.29%
2037 12,016,237 90,741 0.06% 1.28%
2038 12,022,688 91,867 0.05% 1.24%
2039 12,027,954 92,983 0.04% 1.21%
2040 12,032,091 94,101 0.03% 1.2%
2041 12,035,890 95,206 0.03% 1.17%
2042 12,038,939 96,287 0.03% 1.14%
2043 12,040,642 97,352 0.01% 1.11%
2044 12,041,547 98,386 0.008% 1.06%
2045 12,040,973 99,371 -0.005% 1%
2046 12,038,516 100,330 -0.02% 0.96%
2047 12,034,474 101,257 -0.03% 0.92%
2048 12,028,475 102,188 -0.05% 0.92%
2049 12,020,405 103,075 -0.07% 0.87%
2050 12,010,542 103,943 -0.08% 0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belgium increased by 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belgium gained 635,764 (a 5.64% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 15,288 (a 24.8% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2005 and is 83rd 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) Belgium's population will grow by 0.84% to 12,010,542 people with a rank change from 83rd to 92nd. The population of the Cayman Islands will increase by 35.1% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.

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