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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Portugal	Cayman Islands	Portugal
1960	8,428	8,857,716	-	-
1961	8,601	8,929,316	2.05%	0.81%
1962	8,781	8,993,985	2.09%	0.72%
1963	8,970	9,030,355	2.15%	0.4%
1964	9,166	9,035,365	2.19%	0.06%
1965	9,361	8,998,595	2.13%	-0.41%
1966	9,560	8,930,990	2.13%	-0.75%
1967	9,769	8,874,520	2.19%	-0.63%
1968	9,971	8,836,650	2.07%	-0.43%
1969	10,165	8,757,705	1.95%	-0.89%
1970	10,517	8,680,431	3.46%	-0.88%
1971	11,098	8,643,756	5.52%	-0.42%
1972	11,764	8,630,430	6%	-0.15%
1973	12,438	8,633,100	5.73%	0.03%
1974	13,114	8,754,365	5.43%	1.4%
1975	13,788	9,093,470	5.14%	3.87%
1976	14,454	9,355,810	4.83%	2.88%
1977	15,105	9,455,675	4.5%	1.07%
1978	15,727	9,558,250	4.12%	1.08%
1979	16,351	9,661,265	3.97%	1.08%
1980	17,079	9,766,312	4.45%	1.09%
1981	17,905	9,851,362	4.84%	0.87%
1982	18,750	9,911,771	4.72%	0.61%
1983	19,598	9,957,865	4.52%	0.47%
1984	20,454	9,996,232	4.37%	0.39%
1985	21,324	10,023,613	4.25%	0.27%
1986	22,197	10,032,734	4.09%	0.09%
1987	23,073	10,030,031	3.95%	-0.03%
1988	23,951	10,019,610	3.81%	-0.1%
1989	24,874	10,005,000	3.85%	-0.15%
1990	25,999	9,983,218	4.52%	-0.22%
1991	27,294	9,960,235	4.98%	-0.23%
1992	28,621	9,952,494	4.86%	-0.08%
1993	29,976	9,964,675	4.73%	0.12%
1994	31,352	9,991,525	4.59%	0.27%
1995	32,743	10,026,176	4.44%	0.35%
1996	34,143	10,063,945	4.28%	0.38%
1997	35,543	10,108,977	4.1%	0.45%
1998	36,922	10,160,196	3.88%	0.51%
1999	38,284	10,217,828	3.69%	0.57%
2000	39,674	10,289,898	3.63%	0.71%
2001	41,089	10,362,722	3.57%	0.71%
2002	42,514	10,419,631	3.47%	0.55%
2003	43,934	10,458,821	3.34%	0.38%
2004	45,352	10,483,861	3.23%	0.24%
2005	46,788	10,503,330	3.17%	0.19%
2006	48,232	10,522,288	3.09%	0.18%
2007	49,687	10,542,964	3.02%	0.2%
2008	51,151	10,558,177	2.95%	0.14%
2009	52,618	10,568,247	2.87%	0.1%
2010	54,099	10,573,100	2.81%	0.05%
2011	55,606	10,557,560	2.79%	-0.15%
2012	57,136	10,514,844	2.75%	-0.4%
2013	58,655	10,457,295	2.66%	-0.55%
2014	60,160	10,401,062	2.57%	-0.54%
2015	61,642	10,358,076	2.46%	-0.41%
2016	63,100	10,325,452	2.37%	-0.31%
2017	64,535	10,300,300	2.27%	-0.24%
2018	65,941	10,283,822	2.18%	-0.16%
2019	67,327	10,286,263	2.1%	0.02%
2020	68,684	10,297,081	2.02%	0.11%
2021	70,108	10,361,831	2.07%	0.63%
2022	71,591	10,434,332	2.12%	0.7%
2023	73,038	10,578,174	2.02%	1.38%
2024	74,457	10,701,636	1.94%	1.17%
2025	75,842	10,687,819	1.86%	-0.13%
2026	77,197	10,670,917	1.79%	-0.16%
2027	78,532	10,653,073	1.73%	-0.17%
2028	79,852	10,632,868	1.68%	-0.19%
2029	81,146	10,611,484	1.62%	-0.2%
2030	82,412	10,591,436	1.56%	-0.19%
2031	83,676	10,571,418	1.53%	-0.19%
2032	84,915	10,549,456	1.48%	-0.21%
2033	86,125	10,526,482	1.42%	-0.22%
2034	87,319	10,502,882	1.39%	-0.22%
2035	88,457	10,478,843	1.3%	-0.23%
2036	89,597	10,454,630	1.29%	-0.23%
2037	90,741	10,430,128	1.28%	-0.23%
2038	91,867	10,404,947	1.24%	-0.24%
2039	92,983	10,377,968	1.21%	-0.26%
2040	94,101	10,349,515	1.2%	-0.27%
2041	95,206	10,321,577	1.17%	-0.27%
2042	96,287	10,294,106	1.14%	-0.27%
2043	97,352	10,264,596	1.11%	-0.29%
2044	98,386	10,233,543	1.06%	-0.3%
2045	99,371	10,201,832	1%	-0.31%
2046	100,330	10,168,932	0.96%	-0.32%
2047	101,257	10,135,159	0.92%	-0.33%
2048	102,188	10,101,419	0.92%	-0.33%
2049	103,075	10,066,064	0.87%	-0.35%
2050	103,943	10,029,252	0.84%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.