The latest officially reported population of the Cayman Islands was 74,457 in 2024 vs 11,943,408 people in South Sudan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cayman Islands' population is 77,211 people compared to 12,438,782 in South Sudan.
Population statistics:
- South Sudan's population is 161.1 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
- The Cayman Islands is ranked the 187th most populous country in the world, while South Sudan is the 80th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands vs 0.15% for South Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, the Cayman Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.19% per year vs +0.65% in South Sudan.
- Since 2006, the population of the Cayman Islands has increased from 48.2K people to 77.2K (60.1% growth), while South Sudan has grown from 7.98M to 12.4M (55.9% growth).
- The Cayman Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2097 at 118K people compared to the peak of 23.8M people in 2100 for South Sudan.
Cayman Islands vs South Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
77211
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12438782
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| Population rank | 187/197 | 80/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0009% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
6.17 hours
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1.14 minutes
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| One birth every |
10.1 hours
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1.6 minutes
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| One death every |
1.04 days
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4.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
9.78 hours
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34.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +896 | +15,374 |
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | +1,260 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,419 | +460,034 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.94% | +4.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 54/197 | 7/197 |
the Cayman Islands and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,428 | 2,931,559 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,601 | 2,976,724 | 2.05% | 1.54% |
| 1962 | 8,781 | 3,024,308 | 2.09% | 1.6% |
| 1963 | 8,970 | 3,072,669 | 2.15% | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 9,166 | 3,129,918 | 2.19% | 1.86% |
| 1965 | 9,361 | 3,189,835 | 2.13% | 1.91% |
| 1966 | 9,560 | 3,236,423 | 2.13% | 1.46% |
| 1967 | 9,769 | 3,277,648 | 2.19% | 1.27% |
| 1968 | 9,971 | 3,321,528 | 2.07% | 1.34% |
| 1969 | 10,165 | 3,365,533 | 1.95% | 1.32% |
| 1970 | 10,517 | 3,409,614 | 3.46% | 1.31% |
| 1971 | 11,098 | 3,468,646 | 5.52% | 1.73% |
| 1972 | 11,764 | 3,542,497 | 6% | 2.13% |
| 1973 | 12,438 | 3,627,383 | 5.73% | 2.4% |
| 1974 | 13,114 | 3,723,259 | 5.43% | 2.64% |
| 1975 | 13,788 | 3,821,494 | 5.14% | 2.64% |
| 1976 | 14,454 | 3,921,910 | 4.83% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 15,105 | 4,024,032 | 4.5% | 2.6% |
| 1978 | 15,727 | 4,127,657 | 4.12% | 2.58% |
| 1979 | 16,351 | 4,232,605 | 3.97% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 17,079 | 4,339,030 | 4.45% | 2.51% |
| 1981 | 17,905 | 4,447,272 | 4.84% | 2.49% |
| 1982 | 18,750 | 4,557,686 | 4.72% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 19,598 | 4,661,574 | 4.52% | 2.28% |
| 1984 | 20,454 | 4,750,627 | 4.37% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 21,324 | 4,834,296 | 4.25% | 1.76% |
| 1986 | 22,197 | 4,921,240 | 4.09% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 23,073 | 4,962,395 | 3.95% | 0.84% |
| 1988 | 23,951 | 4,848,029 | 3.81% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 24,874 | 4,713,229 | 3.85% | -2.78% |
| 1990 | 25,999 | 4,737,633 | 4.52% | 0.52% |
| 1991 | 27,294 | 4,836,677 | 4.98% | 2.09% |
| 1992 | 28,621 | 4,909,749 | 4.86% | 1.51% |
| 1993 | 29,976 | 4,956,002 | 4.73% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 31,352 | 5,071,184 | 4.59% | 2.32% |
| 1995 | 32,743 | 5,225,836 | 4.44% | 3.05% |
| 1996 | 34,143 | 5,356,925 | 4.28% | 2.51% |
| 1997 | 35,543 | 5,509,136 | 4.1% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 36,922 | 5,620,068 | 3.88% | 2.01% |
| 1999 | 38,284 | 5,771,628 | 3.69% | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 39,674 | 6,032,267 | 3.63% | 4.52% |
| 2001 | 41,089 | 6,308,391 | 3.57% | 4.58% |
| 2002 | 42,514 | 6,596,806 | 3.47% | 4.57% |
| 2003 | 43,934 | 6,903,127 | 3.34% | 4.64% |
| 2004 | 45,352 | 7,233,041 | 3.23% | 4.78% |
| 2005 | 46,788 | 7,590,143 | 3.17% | 4.94% |
| 2006 | 48,232 | 7,976,526 | 3.09% | 5.09% |
| 2007 | 49,687 | 8,388,788 | 3.02% | 5.17% |
| 2008 | 51,151 | 8,817,647 | 2.95% | 5.11% |
| 2009 | 52,618 | 9,243,556 | 2.87% | 4.83% |
| 2010 | 54,099 | 9,745,953 | 2.81% | 5.44% |
| 2011 | 55,606 | 10,288,109 | 2.79% | 5.56% |
| 2012 | 57,136 | 10,756,240 | 2.75% | 4.55% |
| 2013 | 58,655 | 11,166,275 | 2.66% | 3.81% |
| 2014 | 60,160 | 11,235,073 | 2.57% | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 61,642 | 11,107,561 | 2.46% | -1.13% |
| 2016 | 63,100 | 10,830,102 | 2.37% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 64,535 | 10,259,154 | 2.27% | -5.27% |
| 2018 | 65,941 | 10,122,977 | 2.18% | -1.33% |
| 2019 | 67,327 | 10,423,384 | 2.1% | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 68,684 | 10,698,467 | 2.02% | 2.64% |
| 2021 | 70,108 | 10,865,780 | 2.07% | 1.56% |
| 2022 | 71,591 | 11,021,177 | 2.12% | 1.43% |
| 2023 | 73,038 | 11,483,374 | 2.02% | 4.19% |
| 2024 | 74,457 | 11,943,408 | 1.94% | 4.01% |
| 2025 | 75,842 | 12,188,793 | 1.86% | 2.05% |
| 2026 | 77,197 | 12,436,036 | 1.79% | 2.03% |
| 2027 | 78,532 | 12,687,301 | 1.73% | 2.02% |
| 2028 | 79,852 | 12,941,503 | 1.68% | 2% |
| 2029 | 81,146 | 13,198,080 | 1.62% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 82,412 | 13,457,446 | 1.56% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 83,676 | 13,725,413 | 1.53% | 1.99% |
| 2032 | 84,915 | 13,996,343 | 1.48% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 86,125 | 14,261,762 | 1.42% | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 87,319 | 14,527,550 | 1.39% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 88,457 | 14,798,602 | 1.3% | 1.87% |
| 2036 | 89,597 | 15,070,098 | 1.29% | 1.83% |
| 2037 | 90,741 | 15,335,700 | 1.28% | 1.76% |
| 2038 | 91,867 | 15,595,968 | 1.24% | 1.7% |
| 2039 | 92,983 | 15,850,696 | 1.21% | 1.63% |
| 2040 | 94,101 | 16,101,470 | 1.2% | 1.58% |
| 2041 | 95,206 | 16,350,149 | 1.17% | 1.54% |
| 2042 | 96,287 | 16,593,361 | 1.14% | 1.49% |
| 2043 | 97,352 | 16,829,209 | 1.11% | 1.42% |
| 2044 | 98,386 | 17,060,176 | 1.06% | 1.37% |
| 2045 | 99,371 | 17,286,412 | 1% | 1.33% |
| 2046 | 100,330 | 17,509,693 | 0.96% | 1.29% |
| 2047 | 101,257 | 17,728,331 | 0.92% | 1.25% |
| 2048 | 102,188 | 17,938,437 | 0.92% | 1.19% |
| 2049 | 103,075 | 18,142,893 | 0.87% | 1.14% |
| 2050 | 103,943 | 18,341,968 | 0.84% | 1.1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).
The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| George Town | 40.2K |
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Population differences between the Cayman Islands and South Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 80.9 years | 58 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 24.3 years |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.53 births per woman | 3.86 births per woman |
| Population density | 804 ppl/mi² | 49 ppl/mi² |
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