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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Cayman Islands	Brunei	Cayman Islands
1960	88,347	8,428	-	-
1961	92,517	8,601	4.72%	2.05%
1962	96,719	8,781	4.54%	2.09%
1963	101,159	8,970	4.59%	2.15%
1964	105,922	9,166	4.71%	2.19%
1965	110,838	9,361	4.64%	2.13%
1966	115,874	9,560	4.54%	2.13%
1967	121,017	9,769	4.44%	2.19%
1968	126,222	9,971	4.3%	2.07%
1969	131,446	10,165	4.14%	1.95%
1970	135,138	10,517	2.81%	3.46%
1971	137,921	11,098	2.06%	5.52%
1972	142,189	11,764	3.09%	6%
1973	147,369	12,438	3.64%	5.73%
1974	152,656	13,114	3.59%	5.43%
1975	158,070	13,788	3.55%	5.14%
1976	163,607	14,454	3.5%	4.83%
1977	169,277	15,105	3.47%	4.5%
1978	174,884	15,727	3.31%	4.12%
1979	180,422	16,351	3.17%	3.97%
1980	186,111	17,079	3.15%	4.45%
1981	191,977	17,905	3.15%	4.84%
1982	198,165	18,750	3.22%	4.72%
1983	204,741	19,598	3.32%	4.52%
1984	211,661	20,454	3.38%	4.37%
1985	218,919	21,324	3.43%	4.25%
1986	226,495	22,197	3.46%	4.09%
1987	233,860	23,073	3.25%	3.95%
1988	240,913	23,951	3.02%	3.81%
1989	248,064	24,874	2.97%	3.85%
1990	255,292	25,999	2.91%	4.52%
1991	262,596	27,294	2.86%	4.98%
1992	269,839	28,621	2.76%	4.86%
1993	276,971	29,976	2.64%	4.73%
1994	284,091	31,352	2.57%	4.59%
1995	291,195	32,743	2.5%	4.44%
1996	298,276	34,143	2.43%	4.28%
1997	305,341	35,543	2.37%	4.1%
1998	312,385	36,922	2.31%	3.88%
1999	319,411	38,284	2.25%	3.69%
2000	326,424	39,674	2.2%	3.63%
2001	333,345	41,089	2.12%	3.57%
2002	340,099	42,514	2.03%	3.47%
2003	346,637	43,934	1.92%	3.34%
2004	352,911	45,352	1.81%	3.23%
2005	358,916	46,788	1.7%	3.17%
2006	364,663	48,232	1.6%	3.09%
2007	370,873	49,687	1.7%	3.02%
2008	377,793	51,151	1.87%	2.95%
2009	384,952	52,618	1.89%	2.87%
2010	392,332	54,099	1.92%	2.81%
2011	399,389	55,606	1.8%	2.79%
2012	405,557	57,136	1.54%	2.75%
2013	411,202	58,655	1.39%	2.66%
2014	416,750	60,160	1.35%	2.57%
2015	422,212	61,642	1.31%	2.46%
2016	427,564	63,100	1.27%	2.37%
2017	432,772	64,535	1.22%	2.27%
2018	437,810	65,941	1.16%	2.18%
2019	442,680	67,327	1.11%	2.1%
2020	447,404	68,684	1.07%	2.02%
2021	451,721	70,108	0.96%	2.07%
2022	455,370	71,591	0.81%	2.12%
2023	458,949	73,038	0.79%	2.02%
2024	462,721	74,457	0.82%	1.94%
2025	466,324	75,842	0.78%	1.86%
2026	469,766	77,197	0.74%	1.79%
2027	473,148	78,532	0.72%	1.73%
2028	476,428	79,852	0.69%	1.68%
2029	479,491	81,146	0.64%	1.62%
2030	482,438	82,412	0.61%	1.56%
2031	485,308	83,676	0.59%	1.53%
2032	487,943	84,915	0.54%	1.48%
2033	490,424	86,125	0.51%	1.42%
2034	492,887	87,319	0.5%	1.39%
2035	495,286	88,457	0.49%	1.3%
2036	497,544	89,597	0.46%	1.29%
2037	499,693	90,741	0.43%	1.28%
2038	501,910	91,867	0.44%	1.24%
2039	504,061	92,983	0.43%	1.21%
2040	505,968	94,101	0.38%	1.2%
2041	507,800	95,206	0.36%	1.17%
2042	509,531	96,287	0.34%	1.14%
2043	511,124	97,352	0.31%	1.11%
2044	512,586	98,386	0.29%	1.06%
2045	514,047	99,371	0.29%	1%
2046	515,409	100,330	0.26%	0.96%
2047	516,596	101,257	0.23%	0.92%
2048	517,693	102,188	0.21%	0.92%
2049	518,684	103,075	0.19%	0.87%
2050	519,542	103,943	0.17%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brunei increased by 62,901 people (a 17.2% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brunei gained 42,238 (a 9.88% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 14,111 (a 22.4% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2006 and is 170th 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) Brunei's population will grow by 10.6% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of the Cayman Islands will increase by 34.6% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.