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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Netherlands	Cayman Islands	Netherlands
1960	8,428	11,486,631	-	-
1961	8,601	11,638,712	2.05%	1.32%
1962	8,781	11,805,689	2.09%	1.43%
1963	8,970	11,965,966	2.15%	1.36%
1964	9,166	12,127,120	2.19%	1.35%
1965	9,361	12,294,732	2.13%	1.38%
1966	9,560	12,456,251	2.13%	1.31%
1967	9,769	12,598,201	2.19%	1.14%
1968	9,971	12,729,721	2.07%	1.04%
1969	10,165	12,877,984	1.95%	1.16%
1970	10,517	13,038,526	3.46%	1.25%
1971	11,098	13,194,497	5.52%	1.2%
1972	11,764	13,328,593	6%	1.02%
1973	12,438	13,439,322	5.73%	0.83%
1974	13,114	13,545,056	5.43%	0.79%
1975	13,788	13,666,335	5.14%	0.9%
1976	14,454	13,774,037	4.83%	0.79%
1977	15,105	13,856,185	4.5%	0.6%
1978	15,727	13,941,700	4.12%	0.62%
1979	16,351	14,038,270	3.97%	0.69%
1980	17,079	14,149,800	4.45%	0.79%
1981	17,905	14,247,208	4.84%	0.69%
1982	18,750	14,312,690	4.72%	0.46%
1983	19,598	14,367,070	4.52%	0.38%
1984	20,454	14,424,211	4.37%	0.4%
1985	21,324	14,491,632	4.25%	0.47%
1986	22,197	14,572,278	4.09%	0.56%
1987	23,073	14,665,037	3.95%	0.64%
1988	23,951	14,760,094	3.81%	0.65%
1989	24,874	14,848,907	3.85%	0.6%
1990	25,999	14,951,510	4.52%	0.69%
1991	27,294	15,069,798	4.98%	0.79%
1992	28,621	15,184,166	4.86%	0.76%
1993	29,976	15,290,368	4.73%	0.7%
1994	31,352	15,382,838	4.59%	0.6%
1995	32,743	15,459,006	4.44%	0.5%
1996	34,143	15,530,498	4.28%	0.46%
1997	35,543	15,610,650	4.1%	0.52%
1998	36,922	15,707,209	3.88%	0.62%
1999	38,284	15,812,088	3.69%	0.67%
2000	39,674	15,925,513	3.63%	0.72%
2001	41,089	16,046,180	3.57%	0.76%
2002	42,514	16,148,929	3.47%	0.64%
2003	43,934	16,225,302	3.34%	0.47%
2004	45,352	16,281,779	3.23%	0.35%
2005	46,788	16,319,868	3.17%	0.23%
2006	48,232	16,346,101	3.09%	0.16%
2007	49,687	16,381,696	3.02%	0.22%
2008	51,151	16,445,593	2.95%	0.39%
2009	52,618	16,530,388	2.87%	0.52%
2010	54,099	16,615,394	2.81%	0.51%
2011	55,606	16,693,074	2.79%	0.47%
2012	57,136	16,754,962	2.75%	0.37%
2013	58,655	16,804,432	2.66%	0.3%
2014	60,160	16,865,008	2.57%	0.36%
2015	61,642	16,939,923	2.46%	0.44%
2016	63,100	17,030,314	2.37%	0.53%
2017	64,535	17,131,296	2.27%	0.59%
2018	65,941	17,231,624	2.18%	0.59%
2019	67,327	17,344,874	2.1%	0.66%
2020	68,684	17,441,500	2.02%	0.56%
2021	70,108	17,533,044	2.07%	0.52%
2022	71,591	17,700,982	2.12%	0.96%
2023	73,038	17,877,117	2.02%	1%
2024	74,457	17,994,237	1.94%	0.66%
2025	75,842	18,110,800	1.86%	0.65%
2026	77,197	18,211,436	1.79%	0.56%
2027	78,532	18,299,531	1.73%	0.48%
2028	79,852	18,379,573	1.68%	0.44%
2029	81,146	18,452,044	1.62%	0.39%
2030	82,412	18,515,913	1.56%	0.35%
2031	83,676	18,571,934	1.53%	0.3%
2032	84,915	18,621,087	1.48%	0.26%
2033	86,125	18,664,975	1.42%	0.24%
2034	87,319	18,702,456	1.39%	0.2%
2035	88,457	18,733,223	1.3%	0.16%
2036	89,597	18,760,054	1.29%	0.14%
2037	90,741	18,781,793	1.28%	0.12%
2038	91,867	18,798,283	1.24%	0.09%
2039	92,983	18,810,276	1.21%	0.06%
2040	94,101	18,817,745	1.2%	0.04%
2041	95,206	18,820,870	1.17%	0.02%
2042	96,287	18,819,607	1.14%	-0.007%
2043	97,352	18,815,261	1.11%	-0.02%
2044	98,386	18,807,564	1.06%	-0.04%
2045	99,371	18,797,005	1%	-0.06%
2046	100,330	18,785,724	0.96%	-0.06%
2047	101,257	18,771,651	0.92%	-0.07%
2048	102,188	18,754,325	0.92%	-0.09%
2049	103,075	18,735,299	0.87%	-0.1%
2050	103,943	18,714,579	0.84%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.