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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Syria	Cayman Islands	Syria
1960	8,428	4,673,500	-	-
1961	8,601	4,815,466	2.05%	3.04%
1962	8,781	4,959,340	2.09%	2.99%
1963	8,970	5,110,467	2.15%	3.05%
1964	9,166	5,269,087	2.19%	3.1%
1965	9,361	5,435,267	2.13%	3.15%
1966	9,560	5,609,047	2.13%	3.2%
1967	9,769	5,790,198	2.19%	3.23%
1968	9,971	5,978,742	2.07%	3.26%
1969	10,165	6,175,166	1.95%	3.29%
1970	10,517	6,380,609	3.46%	3.33%
1971	11,098	6,598,094	5.52%	3.41%
1972	11,764	6,826,024	6%	3.45%
1973	12,438	7,060,321	5.73%	3.43%
1974	13,114	7,302,160	5.43%	3.43%
1975	13,788	7,554,364	5.14%	3.45%
1976	14,454	7,817,320	4.83%	3.48%
1977	15,105	8,090,501	4.5%	3.49%
1978	15,727	8,372,759	4.12%	3.49%
1979	16,351	8,661,909	3.97%	3.45%
1980	17,079	8,957,663	4.45%	3.41%
1981	17,905	9,260,189	4.84%	3.38%
1982	18,750	9,572,511	4.72%	3.37%
1983	19,598	9,904,809	4.52%	3.47%
1984	20,454	10,258,398	4.37%	3.57%
1985	21,324	10,625,672	4.25%	3.58%
1986	22,197	11,002,844	4.09%	3.55%
1987	23,073	11,388,923	3.95%	3.51%
1988	23,951	11,782,264	3.81%	3.45%
1989	24,874	12,179,060	3.85%	3.37%
1990	25,999	12,579,208	4.52%	3.29%
1991	27,294	12,980,821	4.98%	3.19%
1992	28,621	13,385,571	4.86%	3.12%
1993	29,976	13,795,686	4.73%	3.06%
1994	31,352	14,208,583	4.59%	2.99%
1995	32,743	14,616,801	4.44%	2.87%
1996	34,143	15,018,104	4.28%	2.75%
1997	35,543	15,417,542	4.1%	2.66%
1998	36,922	15,820,413	3.88%	2.61%
1999	38,284	16,228,061	3.69%	2.58%
2000	39,674	16,637,888	3.63%	2.53%
2001	41,089	17,051,338	3.57%	2.48%
2002	42,514	17,468,332	3.47%	2.45%
2003	43,934	17,889,296	3.34%	2.41%
2004	45,352	18,336,875	3.23%	2.5%
2005	46,788	18,814,091	3.17%	2.6%
2006	48,232	19,637,022	3.09%	4.37%
2007	49,687	20,884,125	3.02%	6.35%
2008	51,151	21,636,564	2.95%	3.6%
2009	52,618	21,976,969	2.87%	1.57%
2010	54,099	22,482,421	2.81%	2.3%
2011	55,606	22,878,098	2.79%	1.76%
2012	57,136	22,759,763	2.75%	-0.52%
2013	58,655	21,666,917	2.66%	-4.8%
2014	60,160	20,273,659	2.57%	-6.43%
2015	61,642	19,424,618	2.46%	-4.19%
2016	63,100	19,193,834	2.37%	-1.19%
2017	64,535	19,224,668	2.27%	0.16%
2018	65,941	19,577,845	2.18%	1.84%
2019	67,327	20,353,534	2.1%	3.96%
2020	68,684	21,049,429	2.02%	3.42%
2021	70,108	21,628,839	2.07%	2.75%
2022	71,591	22,462,173	2.12%	3.85%
2023	73,038	23,594,623	2.02%	5.04%
2024	74,457	24,672,760	1.94%	4.57%
2025	75,842	25,620,422	1.86%	3.84%
2026	77,197	26,472,499	1.79%	3.33%
2027	78,532	27,261,544	1.73%	2.98%
2028	79,852	28,006,558	1.68%	2.73%
2029	81,146	28,719,309	1.62%	2.54%
2030	82,412	29,395,545	1.56%	2.35%
2031	83,676	30,029,824	1.53%	2.16%
2032	84,915	30,633,661	1.48%	2.01%
2033	86,125	31,212,478	1.42%	1.89%
2034	87,319	31,768,138	1.39%	1.78%
2035	88,457	32,294,792	1.3%	1.66%
2036	89,597	32,788,153	1.29%	1.53%
2037	90,741	33,258,407	1.28%	1.43%
2038	91,867	33,710,718	1.24%	1.36%
2039	92,983	34,131,238	1.21%	1.25%
2040	94,101	34,533,185	1.2%	1.18%
2041	95,206	34,916,936	1.17%	1.11%
2042	96,287	35,279,863	1.14%	1.04%
2043	97,352	35,623,325	1.11%	0.97%
2044	98,386	35,944,394	1.06%	0.9%
2045	99,371	36,265,295	1%	0.89%
2046	100,330	36,583,260	0.96%	0.88%
2047	101,257	36,878,640	0.92%	0.81%
2048	102,188	37,171,029	0.92%	0.79%
2049	103,075	37,477,690	0.87%	0.83%
2050	103,943	37,793,378	0.84%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.