The latest officially reported population of the Cayman Islands was 74,457 in 2024 vs 130,861,007 people in Mexico in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cayman Islands' population is 76,930 people compared to 132,790,957 in Mexico.
Population statistics:
- Mexico's population is 1,726 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
- The Cayman Islands is ranked the 187th most populous country in the world, while Mexico is the 11th.
- The countries together account for 1.61% of the world: 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands vs 1.61% for Mexico.
- For the last 10 years, the Cayman Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.19% per year vs +0.92% in Mexico.
- Since 2005, the population of the Cayman Islands has increased from 46.8K people to 76.9K (64.4% growth), while Mexico has grown from 106M to 133M (25.5% growth).
- The Cayman Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2097 at 118K people compared to the peak of 150M people in 2058 for Mexico.
Cayman Islands vs Mexico: live population counter
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| Current population |
76930
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132790957
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| Population rank | 187/197 | 11/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0009% | 1.61% |
| One net population change |
6.17 hours
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28.1 seconds
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| One birth every |
10.1 hours
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15.5 seconds
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| One death every |
1.04 days
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39.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
9.78 hours
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5.03 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +896 | -104,581 |
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | +3,072 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,419 | +1,121,248 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.94% | +0.86% |
| Population growth rate rank | 56/197 | 113/197 |
the Cayman Islands and Mexico: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,428 | 36,724,615 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,601 | 37,890,118 | 2.05% | 3.17% |
| 1962 | 8,781 | 39,129,200 | 2.09% | 3.27% |
| 1963 | 8,970 | 40,424,065 | 2.15% | 3.31% |
| 1964 | 9,166 | 41,772,049 | 2.19% | 3.33% |
| 1965 | 9,361 | 43,174,477 | 2.13% | 3.36% |
| 1966 | 9,560 | 44,629,106 | 2.13% | 3.37% |
| 1967 | 9,769 | 46,129,608 | 2.19% | 3.36% |
| 1968 | 9,971 | 47,668,303 | 2.07% | 3.34% |
| 1969 | 10,165 | 49,233,194 | 1.95% | 3.28% |
| 1970 | 10,517 | 50,814,953 | 3.46% | 3.21% |
| 1971 | 11,098 | 52,412,558 | 5.52% | 3.14% |
| 1972 | 11,764 | 54,030,168 | 6% | 3.09% |
| 1973 | 12,438 | 55,667,284 | 5.73% | 3.03% |
| 1974 | 13,114 | 57,320,149 | 5.43% | 2.97% |
| 1975 | 13,788 | 58,982,400 | 5.14% | 2.9% |
| 1976 | 14,454 | 60,645,512 | 4.83% | 2.82% |
| 1977 | 15,105 | 62,308,493 | 4.5% | 2.74% |
| 1978 | 15,727 | 63,979,046 | 4.12% | 2.68% |
| 1979 | 16,351 | 65,648,865 | 3.97% | 2.61% |
| 1980 | 17,079 | 67,300,334 | 4.45% | 2.52% |
| 1981 | 17,905 | 68,892,108 | 4.84% | 2.37% |
| 1982 | 18,750 | 70,433,260 | 4.72% | 2.24% |
| 1983 | 19,598 | 71,971,240 | 4.52% | 2.18% |
| 1984 | 20,454 | 73,506,846 | 4.37% | 2.13% |
| 1985 | 21,324 | 75,043,414 | 4.25% | 2.09% |
| 1986 | 22,197 | 76,585,637 | 4.09% | 2.06% |
| 1987 | 23,073 | 78,136,651 | 3.95% | 2.03% |
| 1988 | 23,951 | 79,695,531 | 3.81% | 2% |
| 1989 | 24,874 | 81,247,182 | 3.85% | 1.95% |
| 1990 | 25,999 | 82,820,170 | 4.52% | 1.94% |
| 1991 | 27,294 | 84,430,572 | 4.98% | 1.94% |
| 1992 | 28,621 | 86,044,809 | 4.86% | 1.91% |
| 1993 | 29,976 | 87,653,807 | 4.73% | 1.87% |
| 1994 | 31,352 | 89,259,205 | 4.59% | 1.83% |
| 1995 | 32,743 | 90,862,455 | 4.44% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 34,143 | 92,452,702 | 4.28% | 1.75% |
| 1997 | 35,543 | 94,021,207 | 4.1% | 1.7% |
| 1998 | 36,922 | 95,575,245 | 3.88% | 1.65% |
| 1999 | 38,284 | 97,115,707 | 3.69% | 1.61% |
| 2000 | 39,674 | 98,625,552 | 3.63% | 1.55% |
| 2001 | 41,089 | 100,099,099 | 3.57% | 1.49% |
| 2002 | 42,514 | 101,548,624 | 3.47% | 1.45% |
| 2003 | 43,934 | 102,978,515 | 3.34% | 1.41% |
| 2004 | 45,352 | 104,394,131 | 3.23% | 1.37% |
| 2005 | 46,788 | 105,811,504 | 3.17% | 1.36% |
| 2006 | 48,232 | 107,253,666 | 3.09% | 1.36% |
| 2007 | 49,687 | 108,774,360 | 3.02% | 1.42% |
| 2008 | 51,151 | 110,374,288 | 2.95% | 1.47% |
| 2009 | 52,618 | 111,999,721 | 2.87% | 1.47% |
| 2010 | 54,099 | 113,623,895 | 2.81% | 1.45% |
| 2011 | 55,606 | 115,243,504 | 2.79% | 1.43% |
| 2012 | 57,136 | 116,818,208 | 2.75% | 1.37% |
| 2013 | 58,655 | 118,343,573 | 2.66% | 1.31% |
| 2014 | 60,160 | 119,784,261 | 2.57% | 1.22% |
| 2015 | 61,642 | 121,072,306 | 2.46% | 1.08% |
| 2016 | 63,100 | 122,251,351 | 2.37% | 0.97% |
| 2017 | 64,535 | 123,400,057 | 2.27% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 65,941 | 124,573,711 | 2.18% | 0.95% |
| 2019 | 67,327 | 125,762,982 | 2.1% | 0.95% |
| 2020 | 68,684 | 126,799,054 | 2.02% | 0.82% |
| 2021 | 70,108 | 127,648,148 | 2.07% | 0.67% |
| 2022 | 71,591 | 128,613,117 | 2.12% | 0.76% |
| 2023 | 73,038 | 129,739,759 | 2.02% | 0.88% |
| 2024 | 74,457 | 130,861,007 | 1.94% | 0.86% |
| 2025 | 75,842 | 131,946,905 | 1.86% | 0.83% |
| 2026 | 77,197 | 132,997,664 | 1.79% | 0.8% |
| 2027 | 78,532 | 134,017,711 | 1.73% | 0.77% |
| 2028 | 79,852 | 135,008,697 | 1.68% | 0.74% |
| 2029 | 81,146 | 135,970,893 | 1.62% | 0.71% |
| 2030 | 82,412 | 136,904,747 | 1.56% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 83,676 | 137,811,068 | 1.53% | 0.66% |
| 2032 | 84,915 | 138,690,189 | 1.48% | 0.64% |
| 2033 | 86,125 | 139,542,087 | 1.42% | 0.61% |
| 2034 | 87,319 | 140,362,026 | 1.39% | 0.59% |
| 2035 | 88,457 | 141,150,818 | 1.3% | 0.56% |
| 2036 | 89,597 | 141,909,168 | 1.29% | 0.54% |
| 2037 | 90,741 | 142,637,546 | 1.28% | 0.51% |
| 2038 | 91,867 | 143,336,222 | 1.24% | 0.49% |
| 2039 | 92,983 | 143,998,296 | 1.21% | 0.46% |
| 2040 | 94,101 | 144,624,328 | 1.2% | 0.43% |
| 2041 | 95,206 | 145,217,780 | 1.17% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 96,287 | 145,777,459 | 1.14% | 0.39% |
| 2043 | 97,352 | 146,300,011 | 1.11% | 0.36% |
| 2044 | 98,386 | 146,787,722 | 1.06% | 0.33% |
| 2045 | 99,371 | 147,240,096 | 1% | 0.31% |
| 2046 | 100,330 | 147,654,160 | 0.96% | 0.28% |
| 2047 | 101,257 | 148,030,153 | 0.92% | 0.25% |
| 2048 | 102,188 | 148,372,233 | 0.92% | 0.23% |
| 2049 | 103,075 | 148,677,894 | 0.87% | 0.21% |
| 2050 | 103,943 | 148,946,272 | 0.84% | 0.18% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).
The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| George Town | 40.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Mexico | 9.21M |
| Tijuana | 1.96M |
| Ecatepec de Morelos | 1.93M |
| Leon | 1.58M |
| Zapopan | 1.48M |
| Guadalajara | 1.46M |
| Puebla | 1.43M |
| Ciudad Juarez | 1.32M |
| Monterrey | 1.14M |
| Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl | 1.07M |
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Population differences between the Cayman Islands and Mexico
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| Life expectancy | 80.7 years | 75.4 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 32.7 years |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 30.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.53 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 804 ppl/mi² | 174.4 ppl/mi² |
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