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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belize	Cayman Islands	Belize	Cayman Islands
1960	91,318	8,428	-	-
1961	93,632	8,601	2.53%	2.05%
1962	96,042	8,781	2.57%	2.09%
1963	98,704	8,970	2.77%	2.15%
1964	101,603	9,166	2.94%	2.19%
1965	104,675	9,361	3.02%	2.13%
1966	107,906	9,560	3.09%	2.13%
1967	111,272	9,769	3.12%	2.19%
1968	114,713	9,971	3.09%	2.07%
1969	118,040	10,165	2.9%	1.95%
1970	120,736	10,517	2.28%	3.46%
1971	122,805	11,098	1.71%	5.52%
1972	124,676	11,764	1.52%	6%
1973	126,445	12,438	1.42%	5.73%
1974	128,185	13,114	1.38%	5.43%
1975	130,387	13,788	1.72%	5.14%
1976	133,099	14,454	2.08%	4.83%
1977	135,887	15,105	2.09%	4.5%
1978	138,713	15,727	2.08%	4.12%
1979	141,678	16,351	2.14%	3.97%
1980	145,062	17,079	2.39%	4.45%
1981	148,786	17,905	2.57%	4.84%
1982	152,548	18,750	2.53%	4.72%
1983	156,297	19,598	2.46%	4.52%
1984	160,044	20,454	2.4%	4.37%
1985	163,796	21,324	2.34%	4.25%
1986	167,554	22,197	2.29%	4.09%
1987	171,338	23,073	2.26%	3.95%
1988	175,180	23,951	2.24%	3.81%
1989	179,107	24,874	2.24%	3.85%
1990	183,076	25,999	2.22%	4.52%
1991	187,040	27,294	2.17%	4.98%
1992	190,983	28,621	2.11%	4.86%
1993	194,902	29,976	2.05%	4.73%
1994	199,097	31,352	2.15%	4.59%
1995	204,146	32,743	2.54%	4.44%
1996	210,310	34,143	3.02%	4.28%
1997	217,446	35,543	3.39%	4.1%
1998	225,173	36,922	3.55%	3.88%
1999	233,059	38,284	3.5%	3.69%
2000	240,799	39,674	3.32%	3.63%
2001	248,379	41,089	3.15%	3.57%
2002	256,009	42,514	3.07%	3.47%
2003	263,780	43,934	3.04%	3.34%
2004	271,688	45,352	3%	3.23%
2005	279,731	46,788	2.96%	3.17%
2006	287,878	48,232	2.91%	3.09%
2007	296,100	49,687	2.86%	3.02%
2008	304,361	51,151	2.79%	2.95%
2009	312,614	52,618	2.71%	2.87%
2010	320,245	54,099	2.44%	2.81%
2011	327,298	55,606	2.2%	2.79%
2012	334,414	57,136	2.17%	2.75%
2013	341,627	58,655	2.16%	2.66%
2014	348,923	60,160	2.14%	2.57%
2015	356,333	61,642	2.12%	2.46%
2016	364,705	63,100	2.35%	2.37%
2017	373,202	64,535	2.33%	2.27%
2018	380,226	65,941	1.88%	2.18%
2019	385,829	67,327	1.47%	2.1%
2020	390,812	68,684	1.29%	2.02%
2021	395,346	70,108	1.16%	2.07%
2022	402,733	71,591	1.87%	2.12%
2023	411,106	73,038	2.08%	2.02%
2024	417,072	74,457	1.45%	1.94%
2025	422,922	75,842	1.4%	1.86%
2026	428,651	77,197	1.35%	1.79%
2027	434,214	78,532	1.3%	1.73%
2028	439,588	79,852	1.24%	1.68%
2029	444,794	81,146	1.18%	1.62%
2030	449,845	82,412	1.14%	1.56%
2031	454,733	83,676	1.09%	1.53%
2032	459,517	84,915	1.05%	1.48%
2033	464,203	86,125	1.02%	1.42%
2034	468,777	87,319	0.99%	1.39%
2035	473,126	88,457	0.93%	1.3%
2036	477,230	89,597	0.87%	1.29%
2037	481,157	90,741	0.82%	1.28%
2038	484,877	91,867	0.77%	1.24%
2039	488,334	92,983	0.71%	1.21%
2040	491,592	94,101	0.67%	1.2%
2041	494,725	95,206	0.64%	1.17%
2042	497,695	96,287	0.6%	1.14%
2043	500,514	97,352	0.57%	1.11%
2044	503,171	98,386	0.53%	1.06%
2045	505,692	99,371	0.5%	1%
2046	508,116	100,330	0.48%	0.96%
2047	510,423	101,257	0.45%	0.92%
2048	512,657	102,188	0.44%	0.92%
2049	514,721	103,075	0.4%	0.87%
2050	516,621	103,943	0.37%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belize increased by 76,827 people (a 26.7% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belize gained 64,006 (a 17.6% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 14,111 (a 22.4% growth).

Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2006 and is 171st in 2026. The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th in 2006 and ranked 187th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Belize's population will grow by 20.5% to 516,621 people with a rank change from 171st to 172nd. The population of the Cayman Islands will increase by 34.6% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.