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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Sierra Leone	Cayman Islands	Sierra Leone
1960	8,428	2,268,356	-	-
1961	8,601	2,304,227	2.05%	1.58%
1962	8,781	2,342,242	2.09%	1.65%
1963	8,970	2,382,258	2.15%	1.71%
1964	9,166	2,424,390	2.19%	1.77%
1965	9,361	2,468,666	2.13%	1.83%
1966	9,560	2,514,638	2.13%	1.86%
1967	9,769	2,562,384	2.19%	1.9%
1968	9,971	2,611,532	2.07%	1.92%
1969	10,165	2,661,365	1.95%	1.91%
1970	10,517	2,712,286	3.46%	1.91%
1971	11,098	2,763,222	5.52%	1.88%
1972	11,764	2,814,388	6%	1.85%
1973	12,438	2,866,955	5.73%	1.87%
1974	13,114	2,920,459	5.43%	1.87%
1975	13,788	2,974,657	5.14%	1.86%
1976	14,454	3,028,820	4.83%	1.82%
1977	15,105	3,085,354	4.5%	1.87%
1978	15,727	3,145,517	4.12%	1.95%
1979	16,351	3,207,499	3.97%	1.97%
1980	17,079	3,272,089	4.45%	2.01%
1981	17,905	3,338,940	4.84%	2.04%
1982	18,750	3,408,183	4.72%	2.07%
1983	19,598	3,481,646	4.52%	2.16%
1984	20,454	3,558,758	4.37%	2.21%
1985	21,324	3,638,438	4.25%	2.24%
1986	22,197	3,728,380	4.09%	2.47%
1987	23,073	3,829,718	3.95%	2.72%
1988	23,951	3,934,517	3.81%	2.74%
1989	24,874	4,034,037	3.85%	2.53%
1990	25,999	4,196,828	4.52%	4.04%
1991	27,294	4,246,267	4.98%	1.18%
1992	28,621	4,166,366	4.86%	-1.88%
1993	29,976	4,157,130	4.73%	-0.22%
1994	31,352	4,173,105	4.59%	0.38%
1995	32,743	4,179,179	4.44%	0.15%
1996	34,143	4,199,210	4.28%	0.48%
1997	35,543	4,253,716	4.1%	1.3%
1998	36,922	4,295,785	3.88%	0.99%
1999	38,284	4,318,043	3.69%	0.52%
2000	39,674	4,423,611	3.63%	2.44%
2001	41,089	4,692,716	3.57%	6.08%
2002	42,514	4,971,435	3.47%	5.94%
2003	43,934	5,177,687	3.34%	4.15%
2004	45,352	5,355,717	3.23%	3.44%
2005	46,788	5,501,712	3.17%	2.73%
2006	48,232	5,624,466	3.09%	2.23%
2007	49,687	5,749,352	3.02%	2.22%
2008	51,151	5,894,722	2.95%	2.53%
2009	52,618	6,055,646	2.87%	2.73%
2010	54,099	6,222,714	2.81%	2.76%
2011	55,606	6,387,251	2.79%	2.64%
2012	57,136	6,551,080	2.75%	2.56%
2013	58,655	6,714,051	2.66%	2.49%
2014	60,160	6,876,385	2.57%	2.42%
2015	61,642	7,037,655	2.46%	2.35%
2016	63,100	7,205,328	2.37%	2.38%
2017	64,535	7,379,299	2.27%	2.41%
2018	65,941	7,554,563	2.18%	2.38%
2019	67,327	7,731,991	2.1%	2.35%
2020	68,684	7,912,558	2.02%	2.34%
2021	70,108	8,094,602	2.07%	2.3%
2022	71,591	8,276,807	2.12%	2.25%
2023	73,038	8,460,512	2.02%	2.22%
2024	74,457	8,642,022	1.94%	2.15%
2025	75,842	8,819,789	1.86%	2.06%
2026	77,197	8,996,743	1.79%	2.01%
2027	78,532	9,174,695	1.73%	1.98%
2028	79,852	9,349,021	1.68%	1.9%
2029	81,146	9,520,811	1.62%	1.84%
2030	82,412	9,694,851	1.56%	1.83%
2031	83,676	9,870,295	1.53%	1.81%
2032	84,915	10,047,193	1.48%	1.79%
2033	86,125	10,221,006	1.42%	1.73%
2034	87,319	10,391,485	1.39%	1.67%
2035	88,457	10,563,163	1.3%	1.65%
2036	89,597	10,734,341	1.29%	1.62%
2037	90,741	10,902,263	1.28%	1.56%
2038	91,867	11,066,143	1.24%	1.5%
2039	92,983	11,230,060	1.21%	1.48%
2040	94,101	11,398,391	1.2%	1.5%
2041	95,206	11,566,213	1.17%	1.47%
2042	96,287	11,728,787	1.14%	1.41%
2043	97,352	11,887,934	1.11%	1.36%
2044	98,386	12,049,424	1.06%	1.36%
2045	99,371	12,208,872	1%	1.32%
2046	100,330	12,363,446	0.96%	1.27%
2047	101,257	12,512,739	0.92%	1.21%
2048	102,188	12,659,609	0.92%	1.17%
2049	103,075	12,805,136	0.87%	1.15%
2050	103,943	12,948,320	0.84%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.