The latest officially reported population of the Cayman Islands was 74,457 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cayman Islands' population is 76,930 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 1,603 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
- The Cayman Islands is ranked the 187th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 1.49% of the world: 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, the Cayman Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.19% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of the Cayman Islands has increased from 46.8K people to 76.9K (64.4% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- The Cayman Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2097 at 118K people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Cayman Islands vs Japan: live population counter
Cayman Islands
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
76930
|
123324642
|
| Population rank | 187/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0009% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
6.17 hours
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58.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
10.1 hours
|
42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.04 days
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19.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
9.78 hours
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3.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +896 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,419 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.94% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 56/197 | 182/197 |
the Cayman Islands and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Cayman Islands
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cayman Islands
|
Japan
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Cayman Islands
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 8,428 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,601 | 94,055,000 | 2.05% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 8,781 | 94,933,000 | 2.09% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 8,970 | 95,900,000 | 2.15% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 9,166 | 96,903,000 | 2.19% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 9,361 | 97,952,000 | 2.13% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 9,560 | 98,851,000 | 2.13% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 9,769 | 99,879,000 | 2.19% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 9,971 | 101,011,000 | 2.07% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 10,165 | 102,219,000 | 1.95% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 10,517 | 103,403,000 | 3.46% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 11,098 | 105,697,000 | 5.52% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 11,764 | 107,188,000 | 6% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 12,438 | 108,707,000 | 5.73% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 13,114 | 110,162,000 | 5.43% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 13,788 | 111,573,000 | 5.14% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 14,454 | 112,775,000 | 4.83% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 15,105 | 113,872,000 | 4.5% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 15,727 | 114,913,000 | 4.12% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 16,351 | 115,890,000 | 3.97% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 17,079 | 116,807,000 | 4.45% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 17,905 | 117,661,000 | 4.84% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 18,750 | 118,480,000 | 4.72% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 19,598 | 119,307,000 | 4.52% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 20,454 | 120,083,000 | 4.37% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 21,324 | 120,837,000 | 4.25% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 22,197 | 121,482,000 | 4.09% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 23,073 | 122,069,000 | 3.95% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 23,951 | 122,578,000 | 3.81% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 24,874 | 123,069,000 | 3.85% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 25,999 | 123,478,000 | 4.52% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 27,294 | 123,964,000 | 4.98% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 28,621 | 124,425,000 | 4.86% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 29,976 | 124,829,000 | 4.73% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 31,352 | 125,178,000 | 4.59% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 32,743 | 125,472,000 | 4.44% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 34,143 | 125,757,000 | 4.28% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 35,543 | 126,057,000 | 4.1% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 36,922 | 126,400,000 | 3.88% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 38,284 | 126,631,000 | 3.69% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 39,674 | 126,843,000 | 3.63% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 41,089 | 127,149,000 | 3.57% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 42,514 | 127,445,000 | 3.47% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 43,934 | 127,718,000 | 3.34% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 45,352 | 127,761,000 | 3.23% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 46,788 | 127,773,000 | 3.17% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 48,232 | 127,854,000 | 3.09% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 49,687 | 128,001,000 | 3.02% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 51,151 | 128,063,000 | 2.95% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 52,618 | 128,047,000 | 2.87% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 54,099 | 128,070,000 | 2.81% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 55,606 | 127,833,000 | 2.79% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 57,136 | 127,629,000 | 2.75% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 58,655 | 127,445,000 | 2.66% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 60,160 | 127,276,000 | 2.57% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 61,642 | 127,141,000 | 2.46% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 63,100 | 127,076,000 | 2.37% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 64,535 | 126,972,000 | 2.27% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 65,941 | 126,811,000 | 2.18% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 67,327 | 126,633,000 | 2.1% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 68,684 | 126,261,000 | 2.02% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 70,108 | 125,681,593 | 2.07% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 71,591 | 125,124,989 | 2.12% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 73,038 | 124,516,650 | 2.02% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 74,457 | 123,975,371 | 1.94% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 75,842 | 123,324,642 | 1.86% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 77,197 | 122,647,678 | 1.79% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 78,532 | 121,951,038 | 1.73% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 79,852 | 121,241,776 | 1.68% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 81,146 | 120,524,230 | 1.62% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 82,412 | 119,798,959 | 1.56% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 83,676 | 119,065,610 | 1.53% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 84,915 | 118,326,333 | 1.48% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 86,125 | 117,583,337 | 1.42% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 87,319 | 116,836,274 | 1.39% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 88,457 | 116,084,328 | 1.3% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 89,597 | 115,332,395 | 1.29% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 90,741 | 114,582,890 | 1.28% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 91,867 | 113,837,760 | 1.24% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 92,983 | 113,097,352 | 1.21% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 94,101 | 112,359,802 | 1.2% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 95,206 | 111,622,622 | 1.17% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 96,287 | 110,891,223 | 1.14% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 97,352 | 110,169,955 | 1.11% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 98,386 | 109,455,823 | 1.06% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 99,371 | 108,747,012 | 1% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 100,330 | 108,044,346 | 0.96% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 101,257 | 107,350,486 | 0.92% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 102,188 | 106,665,616 | 0.92% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 103,075 | 105,986,908 | 0.87% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 103,943 | 105,312,022 | 0.84% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between the Cayman Islands and Japan
|
Cayman Islands
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 80.7 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.53 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 804 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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