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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Sri Lanka	Cayman Islands	Sri Lanka
1960	8,428	9,661,389	-	-
1961	8,601	9,899,372	2.05%	2.46%
1962	8,781	10,143,754	2.09%	2.47%
1963	8,970	10,395,040	2.15%	2.48%
1964	9,166	10,653,397	2.19%	2.49%
1965	9,361	10,916,965	2.13%	2.47%
1966	9,560	11,183,928	2.13%	2.45%
1967	9,769	11,457,328	2.19%	2.44%
1968	9,971	11,736,088	2.07%	2.43%
1969	10,165	12,013,858	1.95%	2.37%
1970	10,517	12,287,110	3.46%	2.27%
1971	11,098	12,551,910	5.52%	2.16%
1972	11,764	12,809,205	6%	2.05%
1973	12,438	13,060,916	5.73%	1.97%
1974	13,114	13,305,693	5.43%	1.87%
1975	13,788	13,548,984	5.14%	1.83%
1976	14,454	13,796,770	4.83%	1.83%
1977	15,105	14,049,371	4.5%	1.83%
1978	15,727	14,310,128	4.12%	1.86%
1979	16,351	14,579,614	3.97%	1.88%
1980	17,079	14,847,974	4.45%	1.84%
1981	17,905	15,099,414	4.84%	1.69%
1982	18,750	15,286,567	4.72%	1.24%
1983	19,598	15,388,794	4.52%	0.67%
1984	20,454	15,441,860	4.37%	0.34%
1985	21,324	15,544,154	4.25%	0.66%
1986	22,197	15,731,256	4.09%	1.2%
1987	23,073	15,916,576	3.95%	1.18%
1988	23,951	16,078,621	3.81%	1.02%
1989	24,874	16,248,557	3.85%	1.06%
1990	25,999	16,352,458	4.52%	0.64%
1991	27,294	16,475,354	4.98%	0.75%
1992	28,621	16,739,284	4.86%	1.6%
1993	29,976	17,025,918	4.73%	1.71%
1994	31,352	17,275,773	4.59%	1.47%
1995	32,743	17,564,068	4.44%	1.67%
1996	34,143	17,905,018	4.28%	1.94%
1997	35,543	18,248,200	4.1%	1.92%
1998	36,922	18,596,003	3.88%	1.91%
1999	38,284	18,944,731	3.69%	1.88%
2000	39,674	19,293,054	3.63%	1.84%
2001	41,089	19,600,362	3.57%	1.59%
2002	42,514	19,805,752	3.47%	1.05%
2003	43,934	19,951,521	3.34%	0.74%
2004	45,352	20,087,605	3.23%	0.68%
2005	46,788	20,216,524	3.17%	0.64%
2006	48,232	20,352,411	3.09%	0.67%
2007	49,687	20,492,545	3.02%	0.69%
2008	51,151	20,629,378	2.95%	0.67%
2009	52,618	20,756,435	2.87%	0.62%
2010	54,099	20,879,089	2.81%	0.59%
2011	55,606	21,009,048	2.79%	0.62%
2012	57,136	21,169,458	2.75%	0.76%
2013	58,655	20,585,000	2.66%	-2.76%
2014	60,160	20,778,000	2.57%	0.94%
2015	61,642	20,970,000	2.46%	0.92%
2016	63,100	21,209,000	2.37%	1.14%
2017	64,535	21,453,000	2.27%	1.15%
2018	65,941	21,670,000	2.18%	1.01%
2019	67,327	21,803,000	2.1%	0.61%
2020	68,684	21,919,000	2.02%	0.53%
2021	70,108	22,156,000	2.07%	1.08%
2022	71,591	22,181,000	2.12%	0.11%
2023	73,038	22,037,000	2.02%	-0.65%
2024	74,457	21,916,000	1.94%	-0.55%
2025	75,842	22,035,440	1.86%	0.54%
2026	77,197	22,148,172	1.79%	0.51%
2027	78,532	22,255,601	1.73%	0.49%
2028	79,852	22,357,682	1.68%	0.46%
2029	81,146	22,453,922	1.62%	0.43%
2030	82,412	22,546,245	1.56%	0.41%
2031	83,676	22,635,106	1.53%	0.39%
2032	84,915	22,720,118	1.48%	0.38%
2033	86,125	22,802,043	1.42%	0.36%
2034	87,319	22,879,527	1.39%	0.34%
2035	88,457	22,952,739	1.3%	0.32%
2036	89,597	23,022,027	1.29%	0.3%
2037	90,741	23,088,877	1.28%	0.29%
2038	91,867	23,152,480	1.24%	0.28%
2039	92,983	23,211,633	1.21%	0.26%
2040	94,101	23,265,986	1.2%	0.23%
2041	95,206	23,315,260	1.17%	0.21%
2042	96,287	23,359,578	1.14%	0.19%
2043	97,352	23,398,752	1.11%	0.17%
2044	98,386	23,433,096	1.06%	0.15%
2045	99,371	23,464,943	1%	0.14%
2046	100,330	23,492,738	0.96%	0.12%
2047	101,257	23,512,629	0.92%	0.08%
2048	102,188	23,525,953	0.92%	0.06%
2049	103,075	23,533,940	0.87%	0.03%
2050	103,943	23,538,230	0.84%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.