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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	New Zealand	Cayman Islands	New Zealand
1960	8,428	2,371,800	-	-
1961	8,601	2,419,700	2.05%	2.02%
1962	8,781	2,482,000	2.09%	2.57%
1963	8,970	2,531,800	2.15%	2.01%
1964	9,166	2,585,400	2.19%	2.12%
1965	9,361	2,628,400	2.13%	1.66%
1966	9,560	2,675,900	2.13%	1.81%
1967	9,769	2,724,100	2.19%	1.8%
1968	9,971	2,748,100	2.07%	0.88%
1969	10,165	2,772,800	1.95%	0.9%
1970	10,517	2,810,700	3.46%	1.37%
1971	11,098	2,853,000	5.52%	1.5%
1972	11,764	2,903,900	6%	1.78%
1973	12,438	2,961,300	5.73%	1.98%
1974	13,114	3,023,700	5.43%	2.11%
1975	13,788	3,083,100	5.14%	1.96%
1976	14,454	3,110,500	4.83%	0.89%
1977	15,105	3,120,200	4.5%	0.31%
1978	15,727	3,121,200	4.12%	0.03%
1979	16,351	3,109,000	3.97%	-0.39%
1980	17,079	3,112,900	4.45%	0.13%
1981	17,905	3,124,900	4.84%	0.39%
1982	18,750	3,156,100	4.72%	1%
1983	19,598	3,199,300	4.52%	1.37%
1984	20,454	3,227,100	4.37%	0.87%
1985	21,324	3,247,100	4.25%	0.62%
1986	22,197	3,246,300	4.09%	-0.02%
1987	23,073	3,274,400	3.95%	0.87%
1988	23,951	3,283,400	3.81%	0.27%
1989	24,874	3,299,200	3.85%	0.48%
1990	25,999	3,329,800	4.52%	0.93%
1991	27,294	3,495,100	4.98%	4.96%
1992	28,621	3,531,700	4.86%	1.05%
1993	29,976	3,572,200	4.73%	1.15%
1994	31,352	3,620,000	4.59%	1.34%
1995	32,743	3,673,400	4.44%	1.48%
1996	34,143	3,732,000	4.28%	1.6%
1997	35,543	3,781,300	4.1%	1.32%
1998	36,922	3,815,000	3.88%	0.89%
1999	38,284	3,835,100	3.69%	0.53%
2000	39,674	3,857,700	3.63%	0.59%
2001	41,089	3,880,500	3.57%	0.59%
2002	42,514	3,948,500	3.47%	1.75%
2003	43,934	4,027,200	3.34%	1.99%
2004	45,352	4,087,500	3.23%	1.5%
2005	46,788	4,133,900	3.17%	1.14%
2006	48,232	4,184,600	3.09%	1.23%
2007	49,687	4,223,800	3.02%	0.94%
2008	51,151	4,259,800	2.95%	0.85%
2009	52,618	4,302,600	2.87%	1%
2010	54,099	4,350,700	2.81%	1.12%
2011	55,606	4,384,000	2.79%	0.77%
2012	57,136	4,408,100	2.75%	0.55%
2013	58,655	4,442,100	2.66%	0.77%
2014	60,160	4,516,500	2.57%	1.67%
2015	61,642	4,609,400	2.46%	2.06%
2016	63,100	4,714,100	2.37%	2.27%
2017	64,535	4,813,600	2.27%	2.11%
2018	65,941	4,900,600	2.18%	1.81%
2019	67,327	4,970,300	2.1%	1.42%
2020	68,684	5,072,400	2.02%	2.05%
2021	70,108	5,084,600	2.07%	0.24%
2022	71,591	5,081,700	2.12%	-0.06%
2023	73,038	5,200,000	2.02%	2.33%
2024	74,457	5,287,500	1.94%	1.68%
2025	75,842	5,325,989	1.86%	0.73%
2026	77,197	5,362,071	1.79%	0.68%
2027	78,532	5,395,933	1.73%	0.63%
2028	79,852	5,427,327	1.68%	0.58%
2029	81,146	5,456,502	1.62%	0.54%
2030	82,412	5,483,630	1.56%	0.5%
2031	83,676	5,509,118	1.53%	0.46%
2032	84,915	5,533,087	1.48%	0.44%
2033	86,125	5,555,912	1.42%	0.41%
2034	87,319	5,577,658	1.39%	0.39%
2035	88,457	5,598,481	1.3%	0.37%
2036	89,597	5,618,949	1.29%	0.37%
2037	90,741	5,638,796	1.28%	0.35%
2038	91,867	5,658,606	1.24%	0.35%
2039	92,983	5,677,983	1.21%	0.34%
2040	94,101	5,696,537	1.2%	0.33%
2041	95,206	5,715,286	1.17%	0.33%
2042	96,287	5,733,881	1.14%	0.33%
2043	97,352	5,750,997	1.11%	0.3%
2044	98,386	5,766,545	1.06%	0.27%
2045	99,371	5,780,970	1%	0.25%
2046	100,330	5,794,046	0.96%	0.23%
2047	101,257	5,805,663	0.92%	0.2%
2048	102,188	5,816,692	0.92%	0.19%
2049	103,075	5,826,512	0.87%	0.17%
2050	103,943	5,836,471	0.84%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.