The latest officially reported population of the Cayman Islands was 74,457 in 2024 vs 2,839,175 people in Jamaica in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cayman Islands' population is 77,211 people compared to 2,833,401 in Jamaica.
Population statistics:
- Jamaica's population is 36.7 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
- The Cayman Islands is ranked the 187th most populous country in the world, while Jamaica is the 139th.
- The countries together account for 0.04% of the world: 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands vs 0.03% for Jamaica.
- For the last 10 years, the Cayman Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.19% per year vs +0.18% in Jamaica.
- Since 2006, the population of the Cayman Islands has increased from 48.2K people to 77.2K (60.1% growth), while Jamaica has grown from 2.7M to 2.83M (4.9% growth).
- The Cayman Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2097 at 118K people, while Jamaica's population already peaked in 2023 at 2.84M people and is projected to decrease to 1.07M people by 2100.
Cayman Islands vs Jamaica: live population counter
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| Current population |
77211
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2833401
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| Population rank | 187/197 | 139/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0009% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
6.17 hours
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14.3 hours
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| One birth every |
10.1 hours
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15.9 minutes
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| One death every |
1.04 days
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22.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
9.78 hours
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50 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +896 | -10,506 |
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | -2 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,419 | -611 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.94% | -0.02% |
| Population growth rate rank | 54/197 | 167/197 |
the Cayman Islands and Jamaica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,428 | 1,650,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,601 | 1,673,261 | 2.05% | 1.41% |
| 1962 | 8,781 | 1,696,932 | 2.09% | 1.41% |
| 1963 | 8,970 | 1,721,099 | 2.15% | 1.42% |
| 1964 | 9,166 | 1,745,568 | 2.19% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 9,361 | 1,769,192 | 2.13% | 1.35% |
| 1966 | 9,560 | 1,791,475 | 2.13% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 9,769 | 1,812,865 | 2.19% | 1.19% |
| 1968 | 9,971 | 1,833,765 | 2.07% | 1.15% |
| 1969 | 10,165 | 1,855,127 | 1.95% | 1.16% |
| 1970 | 10,517 | 1,878,196 | 3.46% | 1.24% |
| 1971 | 11,098 | 1,903,728 | 5.52% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 11,764 | 1,931,542 | 6% | 1.46% |
| 1973 | 12,438 | 1,961,219 | 5.73% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 13,114 | 1,990,906 | 5.43% | 1.51% |
| 1975 | 13,788 | 2,018,981 | 5.14% | 1.41% |
| 1976 | 14,454 | 2,045,578 | 4.83% | 1.32% |
| 1977 | 15,105 | 2,070,657 | 4.5% | 1.23% |
| 1978 | 15,727 | 2,094,836 | 4.12% | 1.17% |
| 1979 | 16,351 | 2,119,486 | 3.97% | 1.18% |
| 1980 | 17,079 | 2,145,658 | 4.45% | 1.23% |
| 1981 | 17,905 | 2,173,818 | 4.84% | 1.31% |
| 1982 | 18,750 | 2,203,889 | 4.72% | 1.38% |
| 1983 | 19,598 | 2,234,832 | 4.52% | 1.4% |
| 1984 | 20,454 | 2,264,562 | 4.37% | 1.33% |
| 1985 | 21,324 | 2,290,656 | 4.25% | 1.15% |
| 1986 | 22,197 | 2,312,125 | 4.09% | 0.94% |
| 1987 | 23,073 | 2,329,813 | 3.95% | 0.77% |
| 1988 | 23,951 | 2,345,777 | 3.81% | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 24,874 | 2,361,916 | 3.85% | 0.69% |
| 1990 | 25,999 | 2,379,877 | 4.52% | 0.76% |
| 1991 | 27,294 | 2,400,869 | 4.98% | 0.88% |
| 1992 | 28,621 | 2,424,701 | 4.86% | 0.99% |
| 1993 | 29,976 | 2,449,916 | 4.73% | 1.04% |
| 1994 | 31,352 | 2,475,220 | 4.59% | 1.03% |
| 1995 | 32,743 | 2,500,151 | 4.44% | 1.01% |
| 1996 | 34,143 | 2,524,463 | 4.28% | 0.97% |
| 1997 | 35,543 | 2,547,848 | 4.1% | 0.93% |
| 1998 | 36,922 | 2,569,736 | 3.88% | 0.86% |
| 1999 | 38,284 | 2,589,795 | 3.69% | 0.78% |
| 2000 | 39,674 | 2,607,826 | 3.63% | 0.7% |
| 2001 | 41,089 | 2,624,403 | 3.57% | 0.64% |
| 2002 | 42,514 | 2,640,572 | 3.47% | 0.62% |
| 2003 | 43,934 | 2,656,623 | 3.34% | 0.61% |
| 2004 | 45,352 | 2,672,225 | 3.23% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 46,788 | 2,687,066 | 3.17% | 0.56% |
| 2006 | 48,232 | 2,700,968 | 3.09% | 0.52% |
| 2007 | 49,687 | 2,713,800 | 3.02% | 0.48% |
| 2008 | 51,151 | 2,725,635 | 2.95% | 0.44% |
| 2009 | 52,618 | 2,736,995 | 2.87% | 0.42% |
| 2010 | 54,099 | 2,748,568 | 2.81% | 0.42% |
| 2011 | 55,606 | 2,760,494 | 2.79% | 0.43% |
| 2012 | 57,136 | 2,772,430 | 2.75% | 0.43% |
| 2013 | 58,655 | 2,783,687 | 2.66% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 60,160 | 2,793,749 | 2.57% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 61,642 | 2,802,534 | 2.46% | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 63,100 | 2,809,915 | 2.37% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 64,535 | 2,815,764 | 2.27% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 65,941 | 2,820,097 | 2.18% | 0.15% |
| 2019 | 67,327 | 2,823,271 | 2.1% | 0.11% |
| 2020 | 68,684 | 2,830,739 | 2.02% | 0.26% |
| 2021 | 70,108 | 2,837,682 | 2.07% | 0.25% |
| 2022 | 71,591 | 2,839,144 | 2.12% | 0.05% |
| 2023 | 73,038 | 2,839,786 | 2.02% | 0.02% |
| 2024 | 74,457 | 2,839,175 | 1.94% | -0.02% |
| 2025 | 75,842 | 2,837,071 | 1.86% | -0.07% |
| 2026 | 77,197 | 2,833,401 | 1.79% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 78,532 | 2,828,530 | 1.73% | -0.17% |
| 2028 | 79,852 | 2,822,861 | 1.68% | -0.2% |
| 2029 | 81,146 | 2,816,391 | 1.62% | -0.23% |
| 2030 | 82,412 | 2,808,946 | 1.56% | -0.26% |
| 2031 | 83,676 | 2,800,607 | 1.53% | -0.3% |
| 2032 | 84,915 | 2,791,130 | 1.48% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 86,125 | 2,780,468 | 1.42% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 87,319 | 2,768,714 | 1.39% | -0.42% |
| 2035 | 88,457 | 2,755,929 | 1.3% | -0.46% |
| 2036 | 89,597 | 2,742,071 | 1.29% | -0.5% |
| 2037 | 90,741 | 2,726,892 | 1.28% | -0.55% |
| 2038 | 91,867 | 2,710,812 | 1.24% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 92,983 | 2,693,901 | 1.21% | -0.62% |
| 2040 | 94,101 | 2,676,087 | 1.2% | -0.66% |
| 2041 | 95,206 | 2,657,558 | 1.17% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 96,287 | 2,638,085 | 1.14% | -0.73% |
| 2043 | 97,352 | 2,617,576 | 1.11% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 98,386 | 2,596,160 | 1.06% | -0.82% |
| 2045 | 99,371 | 2,574,074 | 1% | -0.85% |
| 2046 | 100,330 | 2,551,347 | 0.96% | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 101,257 | 2,528,004 | 0.92% | -0.91% |
| 2048 | 102,188 | 2,504,191 | 0.92% | -0.94% |
| 2049 | 103,075 | 2,479,744 | 0.87% | -0.98% |
| 2050 | 103,943 | 2,454,935 | 0.84% | -1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while Jamaica gained 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 23,486 (a 0.84% growth).
The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. Jamaica was ranked 136th in 2006 and ranked 139th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Cayman Islands' population will grow by 34.6% to 103,943 people with a rank change from 187th to 184th. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.4% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 139th to 144th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| George Town | 40.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Kingston | 580K |
| Spanish Town | 131K |
| Montego Bay | 124K |
| Half Way Tree | 96.5K |
| May Pen | 61.5K |
| Mandeville | 48.3K |
| Old Harbour | 28.7K |
| Linstead | 22.8K |
| Savanna-la-Mar | 22.6K |
| Port Antonio | 14.8K |
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Population differences between the Cayman Islands and Jamaica
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| Life expectancy | 80.9 years | 71.9 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 34.9 years |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 33.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.53 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 804 ppl/mi² | 679 ppl/mi² |
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