The latest officially reported population of the Cayman Islands was 74,457 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cayman Islands' population is 76,930 people compared to 4,614,993 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Panama's population is 60 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
- The Cayman Islands is ranked the 187th most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.06% of the world: 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, the Cayman Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.19% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2005, the population of the Cayman Islands has increased from 46.8K people to 76.9K (64.4% growth), while Panama has grown from 3.31M to 4.61M (39.3% growth).
- The Cayman Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2097 at 118K people compared to the peak of 6.03M people in 2080 for Panama.
Cayman Islands vs Panama: live population counter
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| Current population |
76930
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4614993
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| Population rank | 187/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0009% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
6.17 hours
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9.25 minutes
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| One birth every |
10.1 hours
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7.35 minutes
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| One death every |
1.04 days
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24.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
9.78 hours
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1.31 hours
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| Annual migration change | +896 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,419 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.94% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 56/197 | 85/197 |
the Cayman Islands and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,428 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,601 | 1,159,870 | 2.05% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 8,781 | 1,195,301 | 2.09% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 8,970 | 1,232,124 | 2.15% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 9,166 | 1,270,065 | 2.19% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 9,361 | 1,308,835 | 2.13% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 9,560 | 1,348,388 | 2.13% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 9,769 | 1,388,628 | 2.19% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 9,971 | 1,429,447 | 2.07% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 10,165 | 1,470,886 | 1.95% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 10,517 | 1,513,070 | 3.46% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 11,098 | 1,556,081 | 5.52% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 11,764 | 1,599,723 | 6% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 12,438 | 1,643,690 | 5.73% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 13,114 | 1,687,926 | 5.43% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 13,788 | 1,732,389 | 5.14% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 14,454 | 1,776,935 | 4.83% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 15,105 | 1,821,543 | 4.5% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 15,727 | 1,866,311 | 4.12% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 16,351 | 1,911,552 | 3.97% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 17,079 | 1,957,534 | 4.45% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 17,905 | 2,004,418 | 4.84% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 18,750 | 2,052,271 | 4.72% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 19,598 | 2,101,106 | 4.52% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 20,454 | 2,150,782 | 4.37% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 21,324 | 2,200,915 | 4.25% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 22,197 | 2,251,325 | 4.09% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 23,073 | 2,301,970 | 3.95% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 23,951 | 2,352,848 | 3.81% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 24,874 | 2,403,820 | 3.85% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 25,999 | 2,455,583 | 4.52% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 27,294 | 2,508,265 | 4.98% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 28,621 | 2,561,336 | 4.86% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 29,976 | 2,615,099 | 4.73% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 31,352 | 2,669,546 | 4.59% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 32,743 | 2,724,557 | 4.44% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 34,143 | 2,780,227 | 4.28% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 35,543 | 2,836,695 | 4.1% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 36,922 | 2,893,914 | 3.88% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 38,284 | 2,951,822 | 3.69% | 2% |
| 2000 | 39,674 | 3,010,369 | 3.63% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 41,089 | 3,069,537 | 3.57% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 42,514 | 3,129,344 | 3.47% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 43,934 | 3,189,807 | 3.34% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 45,352 | 3,251,155 | 3.23% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 46,788 | 3,313,026 | 3.17% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 48,232 | 3,375,024 | 3.09% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 49,687 | 3,437,490 | 3.02% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 51,151 | 3,500,648 | 2.95% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 52,618 | 3,564,381 | 2.87% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 54,099 | 3,628,535 | 2.81% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 55,606 | 3,693,505 | 2.79% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 57,136 | 3,759,256 | 2.75% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 58,655 | 3,825,329 | 2.66% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 60,160 | 3,892,101 | 2.57% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 61,642 | 3,960,035 | 2.46% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 63,100 | 4,029,086 | 2.37% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 64,535 | 4,098,707 | 2.27% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 65,941 | 4,167,860 | 2.18% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 67,327 | 4,234,700 | 2.1% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 68,684 | 4,293,261 | 2.02% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 70,108 | 4,345,405 | 2.07% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 71,591 | 4,400,773 | 2.12% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 73,038 | 4,458,759 | 2.02% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 74,457 | 4,515,577 | 1.94% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 75,842 | 4,571,195 | 1.86% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 77,197 | 4,625,720 | 1.79% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 78,532 | 4,679,241 | 1.73% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 79,852 | 4,731,818 | 1.68% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 81,146 | 4,783,378 | 1.62% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 82,412 | 4,833,856 | 1.56% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 83,676 | 4,883,390 | 1.53% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 84,915 | 4,932,075 | 1.48% | 1% |
| 2033 | 86,125 | 4,979,812 | 1.42% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 87,319 | 5,026,494 | 1.39% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 88,457 | 5,072,267 | 1.3% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 89,597 | 5,117,124 | 1.29% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 90,741 | 5,161,085 | 1.28% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 91,867 | 5,204,053 | 1.24% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 92,983 | 5,245,902 | 1.21% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 94,101 | 5,286,595 | 1.2% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 95,206 | 5,326,183 | 1.17% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 96,287 | 5,364,671 | 1.14% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 97,352 | 5,402,037 | 1.11% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 98,386 | 5,438,259 | 1.06% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 99,371 | 5,473,283 | 1% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 100,330 | 5,507,148 | 0.96% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 101,257 | 5,539,873 | 0.92% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 102,188 | 5,571,404 | 0.92% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 103,075 | 5,601,670 | 0.87% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 103,943 | 5,630,681 | 0.84% | 0.52% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while Panama gained 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while Panama's population increased by 654,958 (a 16.5% growth).
The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. Panama was ranked 128th in 2005 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 22% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| George Town | 40.2K |
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Population differences between the Cayman Islands and Panama
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| Life expectancy | 80.7 years | 80 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 1.53 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 804 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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