The latest officially reported population of the Cayman Islands was 74,457 in 2024 vs 831,087 people in Guyana in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cayman Islands' population is 76,930 people compared to 839,919 in Guyana.
Population statistics:
- Guyana's population is 10.9 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
- The Cayman Islands is ranked the 187th most populous country in the world, while Guyana is the 162nd.
- The countries together account for 0.01% of the world: 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands vs 0.01% for Guyana.
- For the last 10 years, the Cayman Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.19% per year vs +0.94% in Guyana.
- Since 2005, the population of the Cayman Islands has increased from 46.8K people to 76.9K (64.4% growth), while Guyana has grown from 761K to 840K (10.4% growth).
- The Cayman Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2097 at 118K people compared to the peak of 960K people in 2067 for Guyana.
Cayman Islands vs Guyana: live population counter
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| Current population |
76930
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839919
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| Population rank | 187/197 | 162/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0009% | 0.01% |
| One net population change |
6.17 hours
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1.85 hours
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| One birth every |
10.1 hours
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31.4 minutes
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| One death every |
1.04 days
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1.45 hours
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| One migration net change every |
9.78 hours
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1.62 hours
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| Annual migration change | +896 | -5,407 |
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | +13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,419 | +4,734 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.94% | +0.57% |
| Population growth rate rank | 56/197 | 129/197 |
the Cayman Islands and Guyana: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,428 | 569,143 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,601 | 582,568 | 2.05% | 2.36% |
| 1962 | 8,781 | 595,461 | 2.09% | 2.21% |
| 1963 | 8,970 | 608,537 | 2.15% | 2.2% |
| 1964 | 9,166 | 621,764 | 2.19% | 2.17% |
| 1965 | 9,361 | 635,128 | 2.13% | 2.15% |
| 1966 | 9,560 | 648,646 | 2.13% | 2.13% |
| 1967 | 9,769 | 662,311 | 2.19% | 2.11% |
| 1968 | 9,971 | 676,160 | 2.07% | 2.09% |
| 1969 | 10,165 | 690,223 | 1.95% | 2.08% |
| 1970 | 10,517 | 702,705 | 3.46% | 1.81% |
| 1971 | 11,098 | 712,662 | 5.52% | 1.42% |
| 1972 | 11,764 | 721,617 | 6% | 1.26% |
| 1973 | 12,438 | 730,138 | 5.73% | 1.18% |
| 1974 | 13,114 | 738,057 | 5.43% | 1.08% |
| 1975 | 13,788 | 745,393 | 5.14% | 0.99% |
| 1976 | 14,454 | 752,253 | 4.83% | 0.92% |
| 1977 | 15,105 | 758,654 | 4.5% | 0.85% |
| 1978 | 15,727 | 764,586 | 4.12% | 0.78% |
| 1979 | 16,351 | 770,062 | 3.97% | 0.72% |
| 1980 | 17,079 | 774,367 | 4.45% | 0.56% |
| 1981 | 17,905 | 776,453 | 4.84% | 0.27% |
| 1982 | 18,750 | 776,712 | 4.72% | 0.03% |
| 1983 | 19,598 | 775,891 | 4.52% | -0.11% |
| 1984 | 20,454 | 774,111 | 4.37% | -0.23% |
| 1985 | 21,324 | 771,477 | 4.25% | -0.34% |
| 1986 | 22,197 | 768,098 | 4.09% | -0.44% |
| 1987 | 23,073 | 764,120 | 3.95% | -0.52% |
| 1988 | 23,951 | 759,663 | 3.81% | -0.58% |
| 1989 | 24,874 | 754,865 | 3.85% | -0.63% |
| 1990 | 25,999 | 749,894 | 4.52% | -0.66% |
| 1991 | 27,294 | 747,861 | 4.98% | -0.27% |
| 1992 | 28,621 | 749,911 | 4.86% | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 29,976 | 752,965 | 4.73% | 0.41% |
| 1994 | 31,352 | 755,822 | 4.59% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 32,743 | 758,388 | 4.44% | 0.34% |
| 1996 | 34,143 | 760,526 | 4.28% | 0.28% |
| 1997 | 35,543 | 762,245 | 4.1% | 0.23% |
| 1998 | 36,922 | 763,586 | 3.88% | 0.18% |
| 1999 | 38,284 | 764,483 | 3.69% | 0.12% |
| 2000 | 39,674 | 764,832 | 3.63% | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 41,089 | 764,477 | 3.57% | -0.05% |
| 2002 | 42,514 | 763,652 | 3.47% | -0.11% |
| 2003 | 43,934 | 763,101 | 3.34% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 45,352 | 762,418 | 3.23% | -0.09% |
| 2005 | 46,788 | 760,914 | 3.17% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 48,232 | 758,966 | 3.09% | -0.26% |
| 2007 | 49,687 | 756,861 | 3.02% | -0.28% |
| 2008 | 51,151 | 754,606 | 2.95% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 52,618 | 752,094 | 2.87% | -0.33% |
| 2010 | 54,099 | 749,256 | 2.81% | -0.38% |
| 2011 | 55,606 | 746,153 | 2.79% | -0.41% |
| 2012 | 57,136 | 746,288 | 2.75% | 0.02% |
| 2013 | 58,655 | 750,021 | 2.66% | 0.5% |
| 2014 | 60,160 | 754,229 | 2.57% | 0.56% |
| 2015 | 61,642 | 758,781 | 2.46% | 0.6% |
| 2016 | 63,100 | 763,548 | 2.37% | 0.63% |
| 2017 | 64,535 | 768,479 | 2.27% | 0.65% |
| 2018 | 65,941 | 791,556 | 2.18% | 3% |
| 2019 | 67,327 | 807,665 | 2.1% | 2.04% |
| 2020 | 68,684 | 807,481 | 2.02% | -0.02% |
| 2021 | 70,108 | 815,482 | 2.07% | 0.99% |
| 2022 | 71,591 | 821,637 | 2.12% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 73,038 | 826,353 | 2.02% | 0.57% |
| 2024 | 74,457 | 831,087 | 1.94% | 0.57% |
| 2025 | 75,842 | 835,986 | 1.86% | 0.59% |
| 2026 | 77,197 | 840,883 | 1.79% | 0.59% |
| 2027 | 78,532 | 846,019 | 1.73% | 0.61% |
| 2028 | 79,852 | 851,161 | 1.68% | 0.61% |
| 2029 | 81,146 | 856,040 | 1.62% | 0.57% |
| 2030 | 82,412 | 861,037 | 1.56% | 0.58% |
| 2031 | 83,676 | 866,080 | 1.53% | 0.59% |
| 2032 | 84,915 | 871,237 | 1.48% | 0.6% |
| 2033 | 86,125 | 876,346 | 1.42% | 0.59% |
| 2034 | 87,319 | 881,223 | 1.39% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 88,457 | 885,935 | 1.3% | 0.53% |
| 2036 | 89,597 | 890,320 | 1.29% | 0.49% |
| 2037 | 90,741 | 894,649 | 1.28% | 0.49% |
| 2038 | 91,867 | 899,021 | 1.24% | 0.49% |
| 2039 | 92,983 | 903,316 | 1.21% | 0.48% |
| 2040 | 94,101 | 907,506 | 1.2% | 0.46% |
| 2041 | 95,206 | 911,723 | 1.17% | 0.46% |
| 2042 | 96,287 | 915,811 | 1.14% | 0.45% |
| 2043 | 97,352 | 919,575 | 1.11% | 0.41% |
| 2044 | 98,386 | 923,121 | 1.06% | 0.39% |
| 2045 | 99,371 | 926,355 | 1% | 0.35% |
| 2046 | 100,330 | 929,478 | 0.96% | 0.34% |
| 2047 | 101,257 | 932,483 | 0.92% | 0.32% |
| 2048 | 102,188 | 935,329 | 0.92% | 0.31% |
| 2049 | 103,075 | 938,062 | 0.87% | 0.29% |
| 2050 | 103,943 | 940,601 | 0.84% | 0.27% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while Guyana lost 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 81,138 (a 10.7% growth).
The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2005 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| George Town | 40.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Georgetown | 235K |
| Linden | 28.7K |
| New Amsterdam | 17.3K |
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Population differences between the Cayman Islands and Guyana
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| Life expectancy | 80.7 years | 70.4 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 26.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.53 births per woman | 2.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 804 ppl/mi² | 10.2 ppl/mi² |
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