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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Malaysia	Cayman Islands	Malaysia
1960	8,428	7,956,197	-	-
1961	8,601	8,164,443	2.05%	2.62%
1962	8,781	8,380,172	2.09%	2.64%
1963	8,970	8,602,160	2.15%	2.65%
1964	9,166	8,828,406	2.19%	2.63%
1965	9,361	9,056,408	2.13%	2.58%
1966	9,560	9,284,688	2.13%	2.52%
1967	9,769	9,507,099	2.19%	2.4%
1968	9,971	9,725,281	2.07%	2.29%
1969	10,165	9,947,597	1.95%	2.29%
1970	10,517	10,178,802	3.46%	2.32%
1971	11,098	10,423,453	5.52%	2.4%
1972	11,764	10,676,835	6%	2.43%
1973	12,438	10,935,621	5.73%	2.42%
1974	13,114	11,200,906	5.43%	2.43%
1975	13,788	11,471,914	5.14%	2.42%
1976	14,454	11,750,097	4.83%	2.42%
1977	15,105	12,035,713	4.5%	2.43%
1978	15,727	12,328,157	4.12%	2.43%
1979	16,351	12,627,862	3.97%	2.43%
1980	17,079	12,983,363	4.45%	2.82%
1981	17,905	13,399,203	4.84%	3.2%
1982	18,750	13,832,798	4.72%	3.24%
1983	19,598	14,285,907	4.52%	3.28%
1984	20,454	14,759,009	4.37%	3.31%
1985	21,324	15,252,258	4.25%	3.34%
1986	22,197	15,760,419	4.09%	3.33%
1987	23,073	16,276,737	3.95%	3.28%
1988	23,951	16,796,605	3.81%	3.19%
1989	24,874	17,314,997	3.85%	3.09%
1990	25,999	17,833,171	4.52%	2.99%
1991	27,294	18,342,464	4.98%	2.86%
1992	28,621	18,834,572	4.86%	2.68%
1993	29,976	19,322,664	4.73%	2.59%
1994	31,352	19,820,446	4.59%	2.58%
1995	32,743	20,330,599	4.44%	2.57%
1996	34,143	20,850,087	4.28%	2.56%
1997	35,543	21,375,218	4.1%	2.52%
1998	36,922	21,906,713	3.88%	2.49%
1999	38,284	22,435,531	3.69%	2.41%
2000	39,674	22,967,816	3.63%	2.37%
2001	41,089	23,526,538	3.57%	2.43%
2002	42,514	24,102,477	3.47%	2.45%
2003	43,934	24,679,602	3.34%	2.39%
2004	45,352	25,256,772	3.23%	2.34%
2005	46,788	25,836,071	3.17%	2.29%
2006	48,232	26,417,909	3.09%	2.25%
2007	49,687	26,998,389	3.02%	2.2%
2008	51,151	27,570,059	2.95%	2.12%
2009	52,618	28,124,778	2.87%	2.01%
2010	54,099	28,655,776	2.81%	1.89%
2011	55,606	29,162,039	2.79%	1.77%
2012	57,136	29,662,831	2.75%	1.72%
2013	58,655	30,174,265	2.66%	1.72%
2014	60,160	30,696,137	2.57%	1.73%
2015	61,642	31,232,798	2.46%	1.75%
2016	63,100	31,789,685	2.37%	1.78%
2017	64,535	32,355,644	2.27%	1.78%
2018	65,941	32,910,967	2.18%	1.72%
2019	67,327	33,440,596	2.1%	1.61%
2020	68,684	33,889,558	2.02%	1.34%
2021	70,108	34,282,399	2.07%	1.16%
2022	71,591	34,695,493	2.12%	1.2%
2023	73,038	35,126,298	2.02%	1.24%
2024	74,457	35,557,673	1.94%	1.23%
2025	75,842	35,977,838	1.86%	1.18%
2026	77,197	36,385,119	1.79%	1.13%
2027	78,532	36,785,089	1.73%	1.1%
2028	79,852	37,182,773	1.68%	1.08%
2029	81,146	37,574,292	1.62%	1.05%
2030	82,412	37,961,722	1.56%	1.03%
2031	83,676	38,347,786	1.53%	1.02%
2032	84,915	38,728,383	1.48%	0.99%
2033	86,125	39,097,871	1.42%	0.95%
2034	87,319	39,457,849	1.39%	0.92%
2035	88,457	39,814,834	1.3%	0.9%
2036	89,597	40,166,904	1.29%	0.88%
2037	90,741	40,512,289	1.28%	0.86%
2038	91,867	40,853,318	1.24%	0.84%
2039	92,983	41,185,892	1.21%	0.81%
2040	94,101	41,509,646	1.2%	0.79%
2041	95,206	41,828,594	1.17%	0.77%
2042	96,287	42,144,474	1.14%	0.76%
2043	97,352	42,455,952	1.11%	0.74%
2044	98,386	42,754,140	1.06%	0.7%
2045	99,371	43,038,205	1%	0.66%
2046	100,330	43,313,754	0.96%	0.64%
2047	101,257	43,580,459	0.92%	0.62%
2048	102,188	43,831,577	0.92%	0.58%
2049	103,075	44,065,538	0.87%	0.53%
2050	103,943	44,289,765	0.84%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.