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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	South Africa	Cayman Islands	South Africa
1960	8,428	16,440,172	-	-
1961	8,601	16,908,035	2.05%	2.85%
1962	8,781	17,418,522	2.09%	3.02%
1963	8,970	17,954,564	2.15%	3.08%
1964	9,166	18,511,361	2.19%	3.1%
1965	9,361	19,089,380	2.13%	3.12%
1966	9,560	19,690,087	2.13%	3.15%
1967	9,769	20,314,066	2.19%	3.17%
1968	9,971	20,957,287	2.07%	3.17%
1969	10,165	21,614,676	1.95%	3.14%
1970	10,517	22,279,984	3.46%	3.08%
1971	11,098	22,942,143	5.52%	2.97%
1972	11,764	23,609,456	6%	2.91%
1973	12,438	24,294,263	5.73%	2.9%
1974	13,114	24,989,108	5.43%	2.86%
1975	13,788	25,690,940	5.14%	2.81%
1976	14,454	26,395,450	4.83%	2.74%
1977	15,105	27,118,952	4.5%	2.74%
1978	15,727	27,869,507	4.12%	2.77%
1979	16,351	28,634,162	3.97%	2.74%
1980	17,079	29,518,857	4.45%	3.09%
1981	17,905	30,541,044	4.84%	3.46%
1982	18,750	31,615,339	4.72%	3.52%
1983	19,598	32,739,304	4.52%	3.56%
1984	20,454	33,892,788	4.37%	3.52%
1985	21,324	35,042,093	4.25%	3.39%
1986	22,197	36,180,515	4.09%	3.25%
1987	23,073	37,326,190	3.95%	3.17%
1988	23,951	38,480,649	3.81%	3.09%
1989	24,874	39,628,575	3.85%	2.98%
1990	25,999	40,746,268	4.52%	2.82%
1991	27,294	41,687,898	4.98%	2.31%
1992	28,621	42,443,509	4.86%	1.81%
1993	29,976	43,297,156	4.73%	2.01%
1994	31,352	44,004,139	4.59%	1.63%
1995	32,743	44,541,554	4.44%	1.22%
1996	34,143	45,123,018	4.28%	1.31%
1997	35,543	45,666,838	4.1%	1.21%
1998	36,922	46,223,880	3.88%	1.22%
1999	38,284	46,730,335	3.69%	1.1%
2000	39,674	47,159,719	3.63%	0.92%
2001	41,089	47,566,800	3.57%	0.86%
2002	42,514	48,019,415	3.47%	0.95%
2003	43,934	48,500,348	3.34%	1%
2004	45,352	48,991,421	3.23%	1.01%
2005	46,788	49,490,033	3.17%	1.02%
2006	48,232	49,998,277	3.09%	1.03%
2007	49,687	50,528,584	3.02%	1.06%
2008	51,151	51,114,599	2.95%	1.16%
2009	52,618	51,728,516	2.87%	1.2%
2010	54,099	52,344,051	2.81%	1.19%
2011	55,606	52,995,205	2.79%	1.24%
2012	57,136	53,782,567	2.75%	1.49%
2013	58,655	54,678,791	2.66%	1.67%
2014	60,160	55,594,838	2.57%	1.68%
2015	61,642	56,723,537	2.46%	2.03%
2016	63,100	57,259,551	2.37%	0.94%
2017	64,535	57,635,162	2.27%	0.66%
2018	65,941	58,613,001	2.18%	1.7%
2019	67,327	59,587,885	2.1%	1.66%
2020	68,684	60,562,381	2.02%	1.64%
2021	70,108	61,502,603	2.07%	1.55%
2022	71,591	62,378,410	2.12%	1.42%
2023	73,038	63,212,384	2.02%	1.34%
2024	74,457	64,007,187	1.94%	1.26%
2025	75,842	64,747,317	1.86%	1.16%
2026	77,197	65,453,086	1.79%	1.09%
2027	78,532	66,143,018	1.73%	1.05%
2028	79,852	66,830,384	1.68%	1.04%
2029	81,146	67,506,850	1.62%	1.01%
2030	82,412	68,161,357	1.56%	0.97%
2031	83,676	68,798,574	1.53%	0.93%
2032	84,915	69,426,441	1.48%	0.91%
2033	86,125	70,040,484	1.42%	0.88%
2034	87,319	70,641,572	1.39%	0.86%
2035	88,457	71,234,749	1.3%	0.84%
2036	89,597	71,816,372	1.29%	0.82%
2037	90,741	72,387,807	1.28%	0.8%
2038	91,867	72,949,611	1.24%	0.78%
2039	92,983	73,496,152	1.21%	0.75%
2040	94,101	74,035,615	1.2%	0.73%
2041	95,206	74,575,444	1.17%	0.73%
2042	96,287	75,111,899	1.14%	0.72%
2043	97,352	75,641,512	1.11%	0.71%
2044	98,386	76,164,461	1.06%	0.69%
2045	99,371	76,681,448	1%	0.68%
2046	100,330	77,199,542	0.96%	0.68%
2047	101,257	77,716,650	0.92%	0.67%
2048	102,188	78,215,323	0.92%	0.64%
2049	103,075	78,699,584	0.87%	0.62%
2050	103,943	79,177,329	0.84%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.