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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Somalia	Cayman Islands	Somalia
1960	8,428	2,876,331	-	-
1961	8,601	2,952,054	2.05%	2.63%
1962	8,781	3,030,091	2.09%	2.64%
1963	8,970	3,110,361	2.15%	2.65%
1964	9,166	3,192,796	2.19%	2.65%
1965	9,361	3,277,874	2.13%	2.66%
1966	9,560	3,365,106	2.13%	2.66%
1967	9,769	3,454,537	2.19%	2.66%
1968	9,971	3,546,590	2.07%	2.66%
1969	10,165	3,641,015	1.95%	2.66%
1970	10,517	3,738,448	3.46%	2.68%
1971	11,098	3,837,691	5.52%	2.65%
1972	11,764	3,939,436	6%	2.65%
1973	12,438	4,045,592	5.73%	2.69%
1974	13,114	4,151,842	5.43%	2.63%
1975	13,788	4,257,535	5.14%	2.55%
1976	14,454	4,365,812	4.83%	2.54%
1977	15,105	4,484,050	4.5%	2.71%
1978	15,727	4,814,892	4.12%	7.38%
1979	16,351	5,449,117	3.97%	13.2%
1980	17,079	5,936,154	4.45%	8.94%
1981	17,905	5,982,849	4.84%	0.79%
1982	18,750	6,003,840	4.72%	0.35%
1983	19,598	6,198,430	4.52%	3.24%
1984	20,454	6,428,389	4.37%	3.71%
1985	21,324	6,693,289	4.25%	4.12%
1986	22,197	6,974,788	4.09%	4.21%
1987	23,073	7,228,302	3.95%	3.63%
1988	23,951	7,235,360	3.81%	0.1%
1989	24,874	7,114,817	3.85%	-1.67%
1990	25,999	7,082,811	4.52%	-0.45%
1991	27,294	6,813,760	4.98%	-3.8%
1992	28,621	6,495,107	4.86%	-4.68%
1993	29,976	6,681,399	4.73%	2.87%
1994	31,352	7,026,797	4.59%	5.17%
1995	32,743	7,285,007	4.44%	3.67%
1996	34,143	7,554,474	4.28%	3.7%
1997	35,543	7,824,525	4.1%	3.57%
1998	36,922	8,155,417	3.88%	4.23%
1999	38,284	8,492,059	3.69%	4.13%
2000	39,674	8,838,713	3.63%	4.08%
2001	41,089	9,198,493	3.57%	4.07%
2002	42,514	9,550,063	3.47%	3.82%
2003	43,934	9,909,157	3.34%	3.76%
2004	45,352	10,280,998	3.23%	3.75%
2005	46,788	10,644,228	3.17%	3.53%
2006	48,232	10,975,502	3.09%	3.11%
2007	49,687	11,322,582	3.02%	3.16%
2008	51,151	11,663,084	2.95%	3.01%
2009	52,618	11,961,201	2.87%	2.56%
2010	54,099	12,261,756	2.81%	2.51%
2011	55,606	12,348,830	2.79%	0.71%
2012	57,136	12,461,160	2.75%	0.91%
2013	58,655	12,869,594	2.66%	3.28%
2014	60,160	13,339,491	2.57%	3.65%
2015	61,642	13,806,963	2.46%	3.5%
2016	63,100	14,348,740	2.37%	3.92%
2017	64,535	14,916,629	2.27%	3.96%
2018	65,941	15,452,487	2.18%	3.59%
2019	67,327	16,030,971	2.1%	3.74%
2020	68,684	16,651,191	2.02%	3.87%
2021	70,108	17,271,431	2.07%	3.72%
2022	71,591	17,801,897	2.12%	3.07%
2023	73,038	18,358,615	2.02%	3.13%
2024	74,457	19,009,151	1.94%	3.54%
2025	75,842	19,654,737	1.86%	3.4%
2026	77,197	20,305,905	1.79%	3.31%
2027	78,532	20,959,056	1.73%	3.22%
2028	79,852	21,601,810	1.68%	3.07%
2029	81,146	22,247,714	1.62%	2.99%
2030	82,412	22,915,042	1.56%	3%
2031	83,676	23,589,793	1.53%	2.94%
2032	84,915	24,258,789	1.48%	2.84%
2033	86,125	24,921,830	1.42%	2.73%
2034	87,319	25,593,666	1.39%	2.7%
2035	88,457	26,294,943	1.3%	2.74%
2036	89,597	27,009,199	1.29%	2.72%
2037	90,741	27,731,170	1.28%	2.67%
2038	91,867	28,455,755	1.24%	2.61%
2039	92,983	29,167,897	1.21%	2.5%
2040	94,101	29,896,286	1.2%	2.5%
2041	95,206	30,635,956	1.17%	2.47%
2042	96,287	31,350,028	1.14%	2.33%
2043	97,352	32,057,980	1.11%	2.26%
2044	98,386	32,780,417	1.06%	2.25%
2045	99,371	33,510,163	1%	2.23%
2046	100,330	34,248,030	0.96%	2.2%
2047	101,257	34,996,366	0.92%	2.19%
2048	102,188	35,743,960	0.92%	2.14%
2049	103,075	36,474,683	0.87%	2.04%
2050	103,943	37,206,497	0.84%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.