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Population in the Cayman Islands compared to Kiribati: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Cayman Islands was 74,457 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cayman Islands' population is 76,930 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • Kiribati's population is 1.79 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
  • The Cayman Islands is ranked the 187th most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.003% of the world: 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, the Cayman Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.19% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Cayman Islands has increased from 46.8K people to 76.9K (64.4% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • The Cayman Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2097 at 118K people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.

Cayman Islands vs Kiribati: live population counter

Cayman Islands Kiribati
Current population
76930
138067
Population rank 187/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.0009% 0.002%
One net population change
6.17 hours
4.41 hours
One birth every
10.1 hours
2.56 hours
One death every
1.04 days
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
9.78 hours
18.6 hours
Annual migration change +896 -471
Daily growth/decline +4 +5
Annual growth/decline +1,419 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate +1.94% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 56/197 74/197

the Cayman Islands and Kiribati: population history and growth rate by year chart

Cayman Islands
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cayman Islands Kiribati Cayman Islands Kiribati
1960 8,428 47,157 - -
1961 8,601 48,323 2.05% 2.47%
1962 8,781 49,538 2.09% 2.51%
1963 8,970 50,791 2.15% 2.53%
1964 9,166 52,088 2.19% 2.55%
1965 9,361 53,439 2.13% 2.59%
1966 9,560 54,425 2.13% 1.85%
1967 9,769 54,996 2.19% 1.05%
1968 9,971 55,529 2.07% 0.97%
1969 10,165 56,360 1.95% 1.5%
1970 10,517 57,510 3.46% 2.04%
1971 11,098 58,652 5.52% 1.99%
1972 11,764 59,778 6% 1.92%
1973 12,438 60,824 5.73% 1.75%
1974 13,114 61,219 5.43% 0.65%
1975 13,788 60,987 5.14% -0.38%
1976 14,454 60,661 4.83% -0.53%
1977 15,105 60,267 4.5% -0.65%
1978 15,727 59,864 4.12% -0.67%
1979 16,351 60,172 3.97% 0.51%
1980 17,079 61,148 4.45% 1.62%
1981 17,905 62,121 4.84% 1.59%
1982 18,750 63,134 4.72% 1.63%
1983 19,598 64,169 4.52% 1.64%
1984 20,454 65,228 4.37% 1.65%
1985 21,324 66,496 4.25% 1.94%
1986 22,197 68,059 4.09% 2.35%
1987 23,073 69,733 3.95% 2.46%
1988 23,951 71,427 3.81% 2.43%
1989 24,874 73,147 3.85% 2.41%
1990 25,999 74,855 4.52% 2.34%
1991 27,294 76,367 4.98% 2.02%
1992 28,621 77,641 4.86% 1.67%
1993 29,976 78,841 4.73% 1.55%
1994 31,352 80,021 4.59% 1.5%
1995 32,743 81,234 4.44% 1.52%
1996 34,143 82,623 4.28% 1.71%
1997 35,543 84,147 4.1% 1.84%
1998 36,922 85,657 3.88% 1.79%
1999 38,284 87,126 3.69% 1.71%
2000 39,674 88,613 3.63% 1.71%
2001 41,089 90,335 3.57% 1.94%
2002 42,514 92,264 3.47% 2.14%
2003 43,934 94,175 3.34% 2.07%
2004 45,352 96,085 3.23% 2.03%
2005 46,788 98,035 3.17% 2.03%
2006 48,232 100,017 3.09% 2.02%
2007 49,687 102,068 3.02% 2.05%
2008 51,151 104,222 2.95% 2.11%
2009 52,618 106,467 2.87% 2.15%
2010 54,099 108,704 2.81% 2.1%
2011 55,606 110,647 2.79% 1.79%
2012 57,136 112,284 2.75% 1.48%
2013 58,655 113,838 2.66% 1.38%
2014 60,160 115,326 2.57% 1.31%
2015 61,642 116,815 2.46% 1.29%
2016 63,100 118,478 2.37% 1.42%
2017 64,535 120,275 2.27% 1.52%
2018 65,941 122,084 2.18% 1.5%
2019 67,327 123,921 2.1% 1.5%
2020 68,684 126,099 2.02% 1.76%
2021 70,108 128,377 2.07% 1.81%
2022 71,591 130,469 2.12% 1.63%
2023 73,038 132,530 2.02% 1.58%
2024 74,457 134,518 1.94% 1.5%
2025 75,842 136,501 1.86% 1.47%
2026 77,197 138,451 1.79% 1.43%
2027 78,532 140,405 1.73% 1.41%
2028 79,852 142,335 1.68% 1.37%
2029 81,146 144,231 1.62% 1.33%
2030 82,412 146,130 1.56% 1.32%
2031 83,676 148,028 1.53% 1.3%
2032 84,915 149,915 1.48% 1.27%
2033 86,125 151,768 1.42% 1.24%
2034 87,319 153,602 1.39% 1.21%
2035 88,457 155,447 1.3% 1.2%
2036 89,597 157,316 1.29% 1.2%
2037 90,741 159,188 1.28% 1.19%
2038 91,867 161,050 1.24% 1.17%
2039 92,983 162,895 1.21% 1.15%
2040 94,101 164,711 1.2% 1.11%
2041 95,206 166,508 1.17% 1.09%
2042 96,287 168,325 1.14% 1.09%
2043 97,352 170,182 1.11% 1.1%
2044 98,386 172,012 1.06% 1.08%
2045 99,371 173,818 1% 1.05%
2046 100,330 175,629 0.96% 1.04%
2047 101,257 177,392 0.92% 1%
2048 102,188 179,152 0.92% 0.99%
2049 103,075 180,915 0.87% 0.98%
2050 103,943 182,629 0.84% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

Biggest cities by population

Cayman Islands
City Population
George Town 40.2K
Kiribati
City Population
South Tarawa 63.4K
London 1.9K

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