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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Seychelles	Cayman Islands	Seychelles
1960	8,428	41,700	-	-
1961	8,601	42,889	2.05%	2.85%
1962	8,781	44,042	2.09%	2.69%
1963	8,970	45,176	2.15%	2.57%
1964	9,166	46,322	2.19%	2.54%
1965	9,361	47,500	2.13%	2.54%
1966	9,560	48,699	2.13%	2.52%
1967	9,769	49,911	2.19%	2.49%
1968	9,971	51,134	2.07%	2.45%
1969	10,165	52,365	1.95%	2.41%
1970	10,517	53,600	3.46%	2.36%
1971	11,098	54,695	5.52%	2.04%
1972	11,764	56,029	6%	2.44%
1973	12,438	56,892	5.73%	1.54%
1974	13,114	57,937	5.43%	1.84%
1975	13,788	59,292	5.14%	2.34%
1976	14,454	60,504	4.83%	2.04%
1977	15,105	61,786	4.5%	2.12%
1978	15,727	62,150	4.12%	0.59%
1979	16,351	62,686	3.97%	0.86%
1980	17,079	63,261	4.45%	0.92%
1981	17,905	64,035	4.84%	1.22%
1982	18,750	64,413	4.72%	0.59%
1983	19,598	64,335	4.52%	-0.12%
1984	20,454	64,717	4.37%	0.59%
1985	21,324	65,244	4.25%	0.81%
1986	22,197	65,652	4.09%	0.63%
1987	23,073	68,499	3.95%	4.34%
1988	23,951	68,755	3.81%	0.37%
1989	24,874	69,167	3.85%	0.6%
1990	25,999	69,507	4.52%	0.49%
1991	27,294	70,439	4.98%	1.34%
1992	28,621	70,763	4.86%	0.46%
1993	29,976	72,253	4.73%	2.11%
1994	31,352	74,205	4.59%	2.7%
1995	32,743	75,304	4.44%	1.48%
1996	34,143	76,417	4.28%	1.48%
1997	35,543	77,319	4.1%	1.18%
1998	36,922	78,846	3.88%	1.97%
1999	38,284	80,410	3.69%	1.98%
2000	39,674	81,131	3.63%	0.9%
2001	41,089	81,202	3.57%	0.09%
2002	42,514	83,723	3.47%	3.1%
2003	43,934	82,781	3.34%	-1.13%
2004	45,352	82,475	3.23%	-0.37%
2005	46,788	82,858	3.17%	0.46%
2006	48,232	84,600	3.09%	2.1%
2007	49,687	85,033	3.02%	0.51%
2008	51,151	86,956	2.95%	2.26%
2009	52,618	87,298	2.87%	0.39%
2010	54,099	89,770	2.81%	2.83%
2011	55,606	87,441	2.79%	-2.59%
2012	57,136	88,303	2.75%	0.99%
2013	58,655	89,949	2.66%	1.86%
2014	60,160	91,359	2.57%	1.57%
2015	61,642	93,419	2.46%	2.25%
2016	63,100	94,677	2.37%	1.35%
2017	64,535	95,843	2.27%	1.23%
2018	65,941	96,762	2.18%	0.96%
2019	67,327	97,625	2.1%	0.89%
2020	68,684	98,462	2.02%	0.86%
2021	70,108	99,258	2.07%	0.81%
2022	71,591	119,878	2.12%	20.8%
2023	73,038	119,773	2.02%	-0.09%
2024	74,457	121,354	1.94%	1.32%
2025	75,842	123,549	1.86%	1.81%
2026	77,197	125,581	1.79%	1.64%
2027	78,532	127,380	1.73%	1.43%
2028	79,852	128,883	1.68%	1.18%
2029	81,146	130,011	1.62%	0.87%
2030	82,412	130,635	1.56%	0.48%
2031	83,676	130,989	1.53%	0.27%
2032	84,915	131,305	1.48%	0.24%
2033	86,125	131,578	1.42%	0.21%
2034	87,319	131,816	1.39%	0.18%
2035	88,457	132,027	1.3%	0.16%
2036	89,597	132,202	1.29%	0.13%
2037	90,741	132,348	1.28%	0.11%
2038	91,867	132,467	1.24%	0.09%
2039	92,983	132,552	1.21%	0.06%
2040	94,101	132,631	1.2%	0.06%
2041	95,206	132,681	1.17%	0.04%
2042	96,287	132,700	1.14%	0.01%
2043	97,352	132,698	1.11%	-0.001%
2044	98,386	132,665	1.06%	-0.03%
2045	99,371	132,613	1%	-0.04%
2046	100,330	132,531	0.96%	-0.06%
2047	101,257	132,415	0.92%	-0.09%
2048	102,188	132,264	0.92%	-0.11%
2049	103,075	132,085	0.87%	-0.14%
2050	103,943	131,885	0.84%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.