Population in the Cayman Islands compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Cayman Islands and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Sao Tome	Cayman Islands	Sao Tome
1960	8,428	68,012	-	-
1961	8,601	68,707	2.05%	1.02%
1962	8,781	69,403	2.09%	1.01%
1963	8,970	70,112	2.15%	1.02%
1964	9,166	70,865	2.19%	1.07%
1965	9,361	71,680	2.13%	1.15%
1966	9,560	72,576	2.13%	1.25%
1967	9,769	73,596	2.19%	1.41%
1968	9,971	74,765	2.07%	1.59%
1969	10,165	76,083	1.95%	1.76%
1970	10,517	77,626	3.46%	2.03%
1971	11,098	79,330	5.52%	2.2%
1972	11,764	81,041	6%	2.16%
1973	12,438	82,798	5.73%	2.17%
1974	13,114	84,672	5.43%	2.26%
1975	13,788	86,708	5.14%	2.4%
1976	14,454	88,922	4.83%	2.55%
1977	15,105	91,301	4.5%	2.68%
1978	15,727	93,794	4.12%	2.73%
1979	16,351	96,252	3.97%	2.62%
1980	17,079	98,544	4.45%	2.38%
1981	17,905	100,615	4.84%	2.1%
1982	18,750	102,508	4.72%	1.88%
1983	19,598	104,380	4.52%	1.83%
1984	20,454	106,394	4.37%	1.93%
1985	21,324	108,658	4.25%	2.13%
1986	22,197	111,150	4.09%	2.29%
1987	23,073	113,919	3.95%	2.49%
1988	23,951	116,939	3.81%	2.65%
1989	24,874	119,979	3.85%	2.6%
1990	25,999	122,980	4.52%	2.5%
1991	27,294	125,697	4.98%	2.21%
1992	28,621	128,110	4.86%	1.92%
1993	29,976	130,467	4.73%	1.84%
1994	31,352	132,732	4.59%	1.74%
1995	32,743	134,895	4.44%	1.63%
1996	34,143	136,962	4.28%	1.53%
1997	35,543	138,922	4.1%	1.43%
1998	36,922	140,751	3.88%	1.32%
1999	38,284	142,442	3.69%	1.2%
2000	39,674	144,018	3.63%	1.11%
2001	41,089	146,375	3.57%	1.64%
2002	42,514	149,922	3.47%	2.42%
2003	43,934	153,814	3.34%	2.6%
2004	45,352	157,705	3.23%	2.53%
2005	46,788	161,639	3.17%	2.49%
2006	48,232	165,638	3.09%	2.47%
2007	49,687	169,700	3.02%	2.45%
2008	51,151	173,793	2.95%	2.41%
2009	52,618	177,853	2.87%	2.34%
2010	54,099	181,802	2.81%	2.22%
2011	55,606	185,649	2.79%	2.12%
2012	57,136	189,439	2.75%	2.04%
2013	58,655	193,148	2.66%	1.96%
2014	60,160	196,767	2.57%	1.87%
2015	61,642	200,291	2.46%	1.79%
2016	63,100	203,689	2.37%	1.7%
2017	64,535	206,970	2.27%	1.61%
2018	65,941	210,187	2.18%	1.55%
2019	67,327	213,392	2.1%	1.52%
2020	68,684	217,435	2.02%	1.89%
2021	70,108	221,961	2.07%	2.08%
2022	71,591	226,305	2.12%	1.96%
2023	73,038	230,871	2.02%	2.02%
2024	74,457	235,536	1.94%	2.02%
2025	75,842	240,251	1.86%	2%
2026	77,197	244,987	1.79%	1.97%
2027	78,532	249,783	1.73%	1.96%
2028	79,852	254,657	1.68%	1.95%
2029	81,146	259,597	1.62%	1.94%
2030	82,412	264,560	1.56%	1.91%
2031	83,676	269,566	1.53%	1.89%
2032	84,915	274,643	1.48%	1.88%
2033	86,125	279,761	1.42%	1.86%
2034	87,319	284,911	1.39%	1.84%
2035	88,457	290,082	1.3%	1.81%
2036	89,597	295,269	1.29%	1.79%
2037	90,741	300,439	1.28%	1.75%
2038	91,867	305,590	1.24%	1.71%
2039	92,983	310,729	1.21%	1.68%
2040	94,101	315,833	1.2%	1.64%
2041	95,206	320,875	1.17%	1.6%
2042	96,287	325,888	1.14%	1.56%
2043	97,352	330,908	1.11%	1.54%
2044	98,386	335,919	1.06%	1.51%
2045	99,371	340,911	1%	1.49%
2046	100,330	345,883	0.96%	1.46%
2047	101,257	350,758	0.92%	1.41%
2048	102,188	355,569	0.92%	1.37%
2049	103,075	360,353	0.87%	1.35%
2050	103,943	365,103	0.84%	1.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,051 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 41,350 (a 20.3% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2006 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.