The latest officially reported population of the Cayman Islands was 74,457 in 2024 vs 1,368,333 people in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cayman Islands' population is 77,211 people compared to 1,373,327 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Population statistics:
- Trinidad and Tobago's population is 17.8 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
- The Cayman Islands is ranked the 187th most populous country in the world, while Trinidad and Tobago is the 154th.
- The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands vs 0.02% for Trinidad and Tobago.
- For the last 10 years, the Cayman Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.19% per year vs +0.19% in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Since 2006, the population of the Cayman Islands has increased from 48.2K people to 77.2K (60.1% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago has grown from 1.3M to 1.37M (5.81% growth).
- The Cayman Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2097 at 118K people compared to the peak of 1.37M people in 2028 for Trinidad and Tobago.
Cayman Islands vs Trinidad and Tobago: live population counter
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| Current population |
77211
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1373327
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| Population rank | 187/197 | 154/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0009% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
6.17 hours
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10.6 hours
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| One birth every |
10.1 hours
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35.9 minutes
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| One death every |
1.04 days
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45.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
9.78 hours
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6.57 hours
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| Annual migration change | +896 | +1,334 |
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | +2 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,419 | +823 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.94% | +0.06% |
| Population growth rate rank | 54/197 | 162/197 |
the Cayman Islands and Trinidad and Tobago: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,428 | 844,943 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,601 | 863,144 | 2.05% | 2.15% |
| 1962 | 8,781 | 880,194 | 2.09% | 1.98% |
| 1963 | 8,970 | 896,804 | 2.15% | 1.89% |
| 1964 | 9,166 | 912,963 | 2.19% | 1.8% |
| 1965 | 9,361 | 928,425 | 2.13% | 1.69% |
| 1966 | 9,560 | 942,937 | 2.13% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 9,769 | 956,418 | 2.19% | 1.43% |
| 1968 | 9,971 | 969,006 | 2.07% | 1.32% |
| 1969 | 10,165 | 980,706 | 1.95% | 1.21% |
| 1970 | 10,517 | 991,471 | 3.46% | 1.1% |
| 1971 | 11,098 | 1,002,585 | 5.52% | 1.12% |
| 1972 | 11,764 | 1,014,921 | 6% | 1.23% |
| 1973 | 12,438 | 1,027,851 | 5.73% | 1.27% |
| 1974 | 13,114 | 1,040,761 | 5.43% | 1.26% |
| 1975 | 13,788 | 1,053,469 | 5.14% | 1.22% |
| 1976 | 14,454 | 1,066,311 | 4.83% | 1.22% |
| 1977 | 15,105 | 1,079,554 | 4.5% | 1.24% |
| 1978 | 15,727 | 1,093,380 | 4.12% | 1.28% |
| 1979 | 16,351 | 1,107,639 | 3.97% | 1.3% |
| 1980 | 17,079 | 1,121,744 | 4.45% | 1.27% |
| 1981 | 17,905 | 1,135,132 | 4.84% | 1.19% |
| 1982 | 18,750 | 1,147,927 | 4.72% | 1.13% |
| 1983 | 19,598 | 1,160,534 | 4.52% | 1.1% |
| 1984 | 20,454 | 1,172,984 | 4.37% | 1.07% |
| 1985 | 21,324 | 1,187,366 | 4.25% | 1.23% |
| 1986 | 22,197 | 1,203,124 | 4.09% | 1.33% |
| 1987 | 23,073 | 1,217,364 | 3.95% | 1.18% |
| 1988 | 23,951 | 1,230,069 | 3.81% | 1.04% |
| 1989 | 24,874 | 1,241,600 | 3.85% | 0.94% |
| 1990 | 25,999 | 1,252,208 | 4.52% | 0.85% |
| 1991 | 27,294 | 1,262,171 | 4.98% | 0.8% |
| 1992 | 28,621 | 1,271,674 | 4.86% | 0.75% |
| 1993 | 29,976 | 1,280,466 | 4.73% | 0.69% |
| 1994 | 31,352 | 1,288,341 | 4.59% | 0.62% |
| 1995 | 32,743 | 1,295,169 | 4.44% | 0.53% |
| 1996 | 34,143 | 1,300,928 | 4.28% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 35,543 | 1,305,836 | 4.1% | 0.38% |
| 1998 | 36,922 | 1,310,225 | 3.88% | 0.34% |
| 1999 | 38,284 | 1,314,708 | 3.69% | 0.34% |
| 2000 | 39,674 | 1,319,774 | 3.63% | 0.39% |
| 2001 | 41,089 | 1,325,567 | 3.57% | 0.44% |
| 2002 | 42,514 | 1,332,011 | 3.47% | 0.49% |
| 2003 | 43,934 | 1,338,709 | 3.34% | 0.5% |
| 2004 | 45,352 | 1,345,380 | 3.23% | 0.5% |
| 2005 | 46,788 | 1,294,494 | 3.17% | -3.78% |
| 2006 | 48,232 | 1,297,944 | 3.09% | 0.27% |
| 2007 | 49,687 | 1,303,188 | 3.02% | 0.4% |
| 2008 | 51,151 | 1,308,587 | 2.95% | 0.41% |
| 2009 | 52,618 | 1,310,106 | 2.87% | 0.12% |
| 2010 | 54,099 | 1,317,714 | 2.81% | 0.58% |
| 2011 | 55,606 | 1,328,019 | 2.79% | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 57,136 | 1,335,194 | 2.75% | 0.54% |
| 2013 | 58,655 | 1,340,557 | 2.66% | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 60,160 | 1,345,343 | 2.57% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 61,642 | 1,349,667 | 2.46% | 0.32% |
| 2016 | 63,100 | 1,353,895 | 2.37% | 0.31% |
| 2017 | 64,535 | 1,356,633 | 2.27% | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 65,941 | 1,359,193 | 2.18% | 0.19% |
| 2019 | 67,327 | 1,363,985 | 2.1% | 0.35% |
| 2020 | 68,684 | 1,366,725 | 2.02% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 70,108 | 1,367,558 | 2.07% | 0.06% |
| 2022 | 71,591 | 1,365,805 | 2.12% | -0.13% |
| 2023 | 73,038 | 1,367,510 | 2.02% | 0.12% |
| 2024 | 74,457 | 1,368,333 | 1.94% | 0.06% |
| 2025 | 75,842 | 1,371,404 | 1.86% | 0.22% |
| 2026 | 77,197 | 1,373,317 | 1.79% | 0.14% |
| 2027 | 78,532 | 1,374,242 | 1.73% | 0.07% |
| 2028 | 79,852 | 1,374,318 | 1.68% | 0.006% |
| 2029 | 81,146 | 1,373,690 | 1.62% | -0.05% |
| 2030 | 82,412 | 1,372,463 | 1.56% | -0.09% |
| 2031 | 83,676 | 1,370,749 | 1.53% | -0.12% |
| 2032 | 84,915 | 1,368,525 | 1.48% | -0.16% |
| 2033 | 86,125 | 1,365,873 | 1.42% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 87,319 | 1,362,803 | 1.39% | -0.22% |
| 2035 | 88,457 | 1,359,333 | 1.3% | -0.25% |
| 2036 | 89,597 | 1,355,490 | 1.29% | -0.28% |
| 2037 | 90,741 | 1,351,300 | 1.28% | -0.31% |
| 2038 | 91,867 | 1,346,775 | 1.24% | -0.33% |
| 2039 | 92,983 | 1,341,909 | 1.21% | -0.36% |
| 2040 | 94,101 | 1,336,720 | 1.2% | -0.39% |
| 2041 | 95,206 | 1,331,223 | 1.17% | -0.41% |
| 2042 | 96,287 | 1,325,440 | 1.14% | -0.43% |
| 2043 | 97,352 | 1,319,360 | 1.11% | -0.46% |
| 2044 | 98,386 | 1,313,024 | 1.06% | -0.48% |
| 2045 | 99,371 | 1,306,452 | 1% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 100,330 | 1,299,645 | 0.96% | -0.52% |
| 2047 | 101,257 | 1,292,634 | 0.92% | -0.54% |
| 2048 | 102,188 | 1,285,402 | 0.92% | -0.56% |
| 2049 | 103,075 | 1,277,967 | 0.87% | -0.58% |
| 2050 | 103,943 | 1,270,340 | 0.84% | -0.6% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago gained 55,951 people (a 4.31% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago's population increased by 19,432 (a 1.44% growth).
The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. Trinidad and Tobago was ranked 150th in 2006 and ranked 154th 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 Trinidad and Tobago will decrease by 7.5% to 1,270,340 people and rank change from 154th to 158th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| George Town | 40.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Port of Spain | 84.1K |
| Chaguanas | 83.5K |
| San Fernando | 55.4K |
| Scarborough | 17K |
| San Juan | 13.8K |
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Population differences between the Cayman Islands and Trinidad and Tobago
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| Life expectancy | 80.9 years | 73.9 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 38.2 years |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 38.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.53 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman |
| Population density | 804 ppl/mi² | 691 ppl/mi² |
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