The latest officially reported population of the Cayman Islands was 74,457 in 2024 vs 2,538,952 people in Gabon in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cayman Islands' population is 76,930 people compared to 2,636,721 in Gabon.
Population statistics:
- Gabon's population is 34.3 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
- The Cayman Islands is ranked the 187th most populous country in the world, while Gabon is the 142nd.
- The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands vs 0.03% for Gabon.
- For the last 10 years, the Cayman Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.19% per year vs +2.61% in Gabon.
- Since 2005, the population of the Cayman Islands has increased from 46.8K people to 76.9K (64.4% growth), while Gabon has grown from 1.46M to 2.64M (80.2% growth).
- The Cayman Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2097 at 118K people compared to the peak of 6.9M people in 2100 for Gabon.
Cayman Islands vs Gabon: live population counter
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| Current population |
76930
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2636721
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| Population rank | 187/197 | 142/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0009% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
6.17 hours
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9.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
10.1 hours
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7.65 minutes
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| One death every |
1.04 days
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33.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
9.78 hours
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7.93 hours
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| Annual migration change | +896 | +1,105 |
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | +148 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,419 | +54,163 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.94% | +2.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 56/197 | 46/197 |
the Cayman Islands and Gabon: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,428 | 512,316 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,601 | 518,266 | 2.05% | 1.16% |
| 1962 | 8,781 | 524,649 | 2.09% | 1.23% |
| 1963 | 8,970 | 531,452 | 2.15% | 1.3% |
| 1964 | 9,166 | 538,657 | 2.19% | 1.36% |
| 1965 | 9,361 | 546,308 | 2.13% | 1.42% |
| 1966 | 9,560 | 554,463 | 2.13% | 1.49% |
| 1967 | 9,769 | 563,108 | 2.19% | 1.56% |
| 1968 | 9,971 | 572,257 | 2.07% | 1.62% |
| 1969 | 10,165 | 583,276 | 1.95% | 1.93% |
| 1970 | 10,517 | 595,846 | 3.46% | 2.16% |
| 1971 | 11,098 | 608,348 | 5.52% | 2.1% |
| 1972 | 11,764 | 620,960 | 6% | 2.07% |
| 1973 | 12,438 | 633,995 | 5.73% | 2.1% |
| 1974 | 13,114 | 647,691 | 5.43% | 2.16% |
| 1975 | 13,788 | 662,197 | 5.14% | 2.24% |
| 1976 | 14,454 | 677,628 | 4.83% | 2.33% |
| 1977 | 15,105 | 693,984 | 4.5% | 2.41% |
| 1978 | 15,727 | 711,245 | 4.12% | 2.49% |
| 1979 | 16,351 | 729,375 | 3.97% | 2.55% |
| 1980 | 17,079 | 748,389 | 4.45% | 2.61% |
| 1981 | 17,905 | 768,385 | 4.84% | 2.67% |
| 1982 | 18,750 | 789,286 | 4.72% | 2.72% |
| 1983 | 19,598 | 811,005 | 4.52% | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 20,454 | 833,501 | 4.37% | 2.77% |
| 1985 | 21,324 | 856,726 | 4.25% | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 22,197 | 880,705 | 4.09% | 2.8% |
| 1987 | 23,073 | 905,479 | 3.95% | 2.81% |
| 1988 | 23,951 | 931,020 | 3.81% | 2.82% |
| 1989 | 24,874 | 957,138 | 3.85% | 2.81% |
| 1990 | 25,999 | 983,734 | 4.52% | 2.78% |
| 1991 | 27,294 | 1,010,818 | 4.98% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 28,621 | 1,038,380 | 4.86% | 2.73% |
| 1993 | 29,976 | 1,066,405 | 4.73% | 2.7% |
| 1994 | 31,352 | 1,094,720 | 4.59% | 2.66% |
| 1995 | 32,743 | 1,123,213 | 4.44% | 2.6% |
| 1996 | 34,143 | 1,152,015 | 4.28% | 2.56% |
| 1997 | 35,543 | 1,181,439 | 4.1% | 2.55% |
| 1998 | 36,922 | 1,211,736 | 3.88% | 2.56% |
| 1999 | 38,284 | 1,243,016 | 3.69% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 39,674 | 1,275,572 | 3.63% | 2.62% |
| 2001 | 41,089 | 1,309,589 | 3.57% | 2.67% |
| 2002 | 42,514 | 1,345,135 | 3.47% | 2.71% |
| 2003 | 43,934 | 1,382,350 | 3.34% | 2.77% |
| 2004 | 45,352 | 1,421,609 | 3.23% | 2.84% |
| 2005 | 46,788 | 1,463,495 | 3.17% | 2.95% |
| 2006 | 48,232 | 1,508,337 | 3.09% | 3.06% |
| 2007 | 49,687 | 1,556,237 | 3.02% | 3.18% |
| 2008 | 51,151 | 1,607,175 | 2.95% | 3.27% |
| 2009 | 52,618 | 1,661,556 | 2.87% | 3.38% |
| 2010 | 54,099 | 1,719,879 | 2.81% | 3.51% |
| 2011 | 55,606 | 1,781,985 | 2.79% | 3.61% |
| 2012 | 57,136 | 1,846,889 | 2.75% | 3.64% |
| 2013 | 58,655 | 1,913,059 | 2.66% | 3.58% |
| 2014 | 60,160 | 1,978,399 | 2.57% | 3.42% |
| 2015 | 61,642 | 2,040,989 | 2.46% | 3.16% |
| 2016 | 63,100 | 2,100,306 | 2.37% | 2.91% |
| 2017 | 64,535 | 2,156,900 | 2.27% | 2.69% |
| 2018 | 65,941 | 2,212,318 | 2.18% | 2.57% |
| 2019 | 67,327 | 2,267,706 | 2.1% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 68,684 | 2,322,539 | 2.02% | 2.42% |
| 2021 | 70,108 | 2,376,722 | 2.07% | 2.33% |
| 2022 | 71,591 | 2,430,747 | 2.12% | 2.27% |
| 2023 | 73,038 | 2,484,789 | 2.02% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 74,457 | 2,538,952 | 1.94% | 2.18% |
| 2025 | 75,842 | 2,593,130 | 1.86% | 2.13% |
| 2026 | 77,197 | 2,647,397 | 1.79% | 2.09% |
| 2027 | 78,532 | 2,701,860 | 1.73% | 2.06% |
| 2028 | 79,852 | 2,756,474 | 1.68% | 2.02% |
| 2029 | 81,146 | 2,811,348 | 1.62% | 1.99% |
| 2030 | 82,412 | 2,866,668 | 1.56% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 83,676 | 2,922,503 | 1.53% | 1.95% |
| 2032 | 84,915 | 2,978,812 | 1.48% | 1.93% |
| 2033 | 86,125 | 3,035,711 | 1.42% | 1.91% |
| 2034 | 87,319 | 3,093,221 | 1.39% | 1.89% |
| 2035 | 88,457 | 3,151,467 | 1.3% | 1.88% |
| 2036 | 89,597 | 3,210,584 | 1.29% | 1.88% |
| 2037 | 90,741 | 3,270,304 | 1.28% | 1.86% |
| 2038 | 91,867 | 3,330,507 | 1.24% | 1.84% |
| 2039 | 92,983 | 3,391,378 | 1.21% | 1.83% |
| 2040 | 94,101 | 3,452,985 | 1.2% | 1.82% |
| 2041 | 95,206 | 3,515,218 | 1.17% | 1.8% |
| 2042 | 96,287 | 3,577,745 | 1.14% | 1.78% |
| 2043 | 97,352 | 3,640,570 | 1.11% | 1.76% |
| 2044 | 98,386 | 3,703,794 | 1.06% | 1.74% |
| 2045 | 99,371 | 3,767,430 | 1% | 1.72% |
| 2046 | 100,330 | 3,831,211 | 0.96% | 1.69% |
| 2047 | 101,257 | 3,894,840 | 0.92% | 1.66% |
| 2048 | 102,188 | 3,958,294 | 0.92% | 1.63% |
| 2049 | 103,075 | 4,021,470 | 0.87% | 1.6% |
| 2050 | 103,943 | 4,084,535 | 0.84% | 1.57% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while Gabon gained 577,494 people (a 39.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while Gabon's population increased by 595,732 (a 29.2% growth).
The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. Gabon was ranked 147th in 2005 and ranked 142nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Cayman Islands' population will grow by 35.1% to 103,943 people with a rank change from 187th to 184th. The population of Gabon will increase by 54.9% to 4,084,535 people and rank change from 142nd to 133rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| George Town | 40.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Libreville | 899K |
| Port-Gentil | 136K |
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Population differences between the Cayman Islands and Gabon
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| Life expectancy | 80.7 years | 68.7 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 26.2 years |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 22.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.53 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman |
| Population density | 804 ppl/mi² | 25.5 ppl/mi² |
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