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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Marshall Islands	Cayman Islands	Marshall Islands
1960	8,428	14,703	-	-
1961	8,601	15,219	2.05%	3.51%
1962	8,781	15,755	2.09%	3.52%
1963	8,970	16,302	2.15%	3.47%
1964	9,166	16,852	2.19%	3.37%
1965	9,361	17,402	2.13%	3.26%
1966	9,560	17,927	2.13%	3.02%
1967	9,769	18,655	2.19%	4.06%
1968	9,971	19,862	2.07%	6.47%
1969	10,165	21,305	1.95%	7.27%
1970	10,517	22,530	3.46%	5.75%
1971	11,098	23,366	5.52%	3.71%
1972	11,764	23,992	6%	2.68%
1973	12,438	24,581	5.73%	2.45%
1974	13,114	25,296	5.43%	2.91%
1975	13,788	26,154	5.14%	3.39%
1976	14,454	27,021	4.83%	3.31%
1977	15,105	27,906	4.5%	3.28%
1978	15,727	28,809	4.12%	3.24%
1979	16,351	29,738	3.97%	3.22%
1980	17,079	30,774	4.45%	3.48%
1981	17,905	32,017	4.84%	4.04%
1982	18,750	33,397	4.72%	4.31%
1983	19,598	34,811	4.52%	4.23%
1984	20,454	36,264	4.37%	4.17%
1985	21,324	37,761	4.25%	4.13%
1986	22,197	39,286	4.09%	4.04%
1987	23,073	40,828	3.95%	3.93%
1988	23,951	42,321	3.81%	3.66%
1989	24,874	43,586	3.85%	2.99%
1990	25,999	44,629	4.52%	2.39%
1991	27,294	45,568	4.98%	2.1%
1992	28,621	46,388	4.86%	1.8%
1993	29,976	47,093	4.73%	1.52%
1994	31,352	47,712	4.59%	1.31%
1995	32,743	48,266	4.44%	1.16%
1996	34,143	48,775	4.28%	1.05%
1997	35,543	49,259	4.1%	0.99%
1998	36,922	49,717	3.88%	0.93%
1999	38,284	50,202	3.69%	0.98%
2000	39,674	50,706	3.63%	1%
2001	41,089	51,123	3.57%	0.82%
2002	42,514	51,425	3.47%	0.59%
2003	43,934	51,639	3.34%	0.42%
2004	45,352	51,791	3.23%	0.29%
2005	46,788	51,906	3.17%	0.22%
2006	48,232	51,992	3.09%	0.17%
2007	49,687	52,035	3.02%	0.08%
2008	51,151	52,030	2.95%	-0.01%
2009	52,618	52,019	2.87%	-0.02%
2010	54,099	52,044	2.81%	0.05%
2011	55,606	51,907	2.79%	-0.26%
2012	57,136	51,419	2.75%	-0.94%
2013	58,655	50,681	2.66%	-1.44%
2014	60,160	49,796	2.57%	-1.75%
2015	61,642	48,800	2.46%	-2%
2016	63,100	47,709	2.37%	-2.24%
2017	64,535	46,529	2.27%	-2.47%
2018	65,941	45,285	2.18%	-2.67%
2019	67,327	44,007	2.1%	-2.82%
2020	68,684	42,706	2.02%	-2.96%
2021	70,108	41,367	2.07%	-3.14%
2022	71,591	40,077	2.12%	-3.12%
2023	73,038	38,827	2.02%	-3.12%
2024	74,457	37,548	1.94%	-3.29%
2025	75,842	36,281	1.86%	-3.37%
2026	77,197	35,078	1.79%	-3.32%
2027	78,532	33,976	1.73%	-3.14%
2028	79,852	32,977	1.68%	-2.94%
2029	81,146	32,054	1.62%	-2.8%
2030	82,412	31,191	1.56%	-2.69%
2031	83,676	30,420	1.53%	-2.47%
2032	84,915	29,740	1.48%	-2.23%
2033	86,125	29,142	1.42%	-2.01%
2034	87,319	28,608	1.39%	-1.83%
2035	88,457	28,147	1.3%	-1.61%
2036	89,597	27,751	1.29%	-1.41%
2037	90,741	27,405	1.28%	-1.25%
2038	91,867	27,092	1.24%	-1.14%
2039	92,983	26,836	1.21%	-0.94%
2040	94,101	26,598	1.2%	-0.89%
2041	95,206	26,396	1.17%	-0.76%
2042	96,287	26,217	1.14%	-0.68%
2043	97,352	26,054	1.11%	-0.62%
2044	98,386	25,913	1.06%	-0.54%
2045	99,371	25,777	1%	-0.52%
2046	100,330	25,653	0.96%	-0.48%
2047	101,257	25,543	0.92%	-0.43%
2048	102,188	25,429	0.92%	-0.45%
2049	103,075	25,311	0.87%	-0.46%
2050	103,943	25,195	0.84%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.