The current population of the Cayman Islands is 76,930 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 74,457 in 2024.
Population facts:
- The Cayman Islands is projected to reach 118K people in 2097.
- The Cayman Islands accounts for 0.0009% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, the Cayman Islands has had an average growth rate of 3.22% per year.
- The Cayman Islands is ranked 187/197 by population and was ranked 189th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 46.8K people to 76.9K (64.4% growth in 20 years).
The Cayman Islands population clock
Cayman Islands
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
76930
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 187/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.0009% | N/A |
| One net population change |
6.17 hours
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
10.1 hours
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.04 days
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,419 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.94% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 56/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
9.78 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +896 | N/A |
The Cayman Islands population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8,428 | - |
| 1961 | 8,601 | 2.05% |
| 1962 | 8,781 | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 8,970 | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 9,166 | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 9,361 | 2.13% |
| 1966 | 9,560 | 2.13% |
| 1967 | 9,769 | 2.19% |
| 1968 | 9,971 | 2.07% |
| 1969 | 10,165 | 1.95% |
| 1970 | 10,517 | 3.46% |
| 1971 | 11,098 | 5.52% |
| 1972 | 11,764 | 6% |
| 1973 | 12,438 | 5.73% |
| 1974 | 13,114 | 5.43% |
| 1975 | 13,788 | 5.14% |
| 1976 | 14,454 | 4.83% |
| 1977 | 15,105 | 4.5% |
| 1978 | 15,727 | 4.12% |
| 1979 | 16,351 | 3.97% |
| 1980 | 17,079 | 4.45% |
| 1981 | 17,905 | 4.84% |
| 1982 | 18,750 | 4.72% |
| 1983 | 19,598 | 4.52% |
| 1984 | 20,454 | 4.37% |
| 1985 | 21,324 | 4.25% |
| 1986 | 22,197 | 4.09% |
| 1987 | 23,073 | 3.95% |
| 1988 | 23,951 | 3.81% |
| 1989 | 24,874 | 3.85% |
| 1990 | 25,999 | 4.52% |
| 1991 | 27,294 | 4.98% |
| 1992 | 28,621 | 4.86% |
| 1993 | 29,976 | 4.73% |
| 1994 | 31,352 | 4.59% |
| 1995 | 32,743 | 4.44% |
| 1996 | 34,143 | 4.28% |
| 1997 | 35,543 | 4.1% |
| 1998 | 36,922 | 3.88% |
| 1999 | 38,284 | 3.69% |
| 2000 | 39,674 | 3.63% |
| 2001 | 41,089 | 3.57% |
| 2002 | 42,514 | 3.47% |
| 2003 | 43,934 | 3.34% |
| 2004 | 45,352 | 3.23% |
| 2005 | 46,788 | 3.17% |
| 2006 | 48,232 | 3.09% |
| 2007 | 49,687 | 3.02% |
| 2008 | 51,151 | 2.95% |
| 2009 | 52,618 | 2.87% |
| 2010 | 54,099 | 2.81% |
| 2011 | 55,606 | 2.79% |
| 2012 | 57,136 | 2.75% |
| 2013 | 58,655 | 2.66% |
| 2014 | 60,160 | 2.57% |
| 2015 | 61,642 | 2.46% |
| 2016 | 63,100 | 2.37% |
| 2017 | 64,535 | 2.27% |
| 2018 | 65,941 | 2.18% |
| 2019 | 67,327 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 68,684 | 2.02% |
| 2021 | 70,108 | 2.07% |
| 2022 | 71,591 | 2.12% |
| 2023 | 73,038 | 2.02% |
| 2024 | 74,457 | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 75,842 | 1.86% |
| 2026 | 77,197 | 1.79% |
| 2027 | 78,532 | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 79,852 | 1.68% |
| 2029 | 81,146 | 1.62% |
| 2030 | 82,412 | 1.56% |
| 2031 | 83,676 | 1.53% |
| 2032 | 84,915 | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 86,125 | 1.42% |
| 2034 | 87,319 | 1.39% |
| 2035 | 88,457 | 1.3% |
| 2036 | 89,597 | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 90,741 | 1.28% |
| 2038 | 91,867 | 1.24% |
| 2039 | 92,983 | 1.21% |
| 2040 | 94,101 | 1.2% |
| 2041 | 95,206 | 1.17% |
| 2042 | 96,287 | 1.14% |
| 2043 | 97,352 | 1.11% |
| 2044 | 98,386 | 1.06% |
| 2045 | 99,371 | 1% |
| 2046 | 100,330 | 0.96% |
| 2047 | 101,257 | 0.92% |
| 2048 | 102,188 | 0.92% |
| 2049 | 103,075 | 0.87% |
| 2050 | 103,943 | 0.84% |
The Cayman Islands has a population of 76.9K as of 2025, compared to 61.6K in 2015, 46.8K in 2005, and 32.7K in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.48% per year. The Cayman Islands is ranked 52nd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) the Cayman Islands will have 99,371 people (29.2% growth) with a rank change from 187th to 184th.
By the year 2100, the Cayman Islands' population is projected to grow by 53.4% to 118K people.
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Cayman Islands population statistics
|
Cayman Islands
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 80.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.53 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 804 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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