Population in the Cayman Islands compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Cayman Islands and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	UAE	Cayman Islands	UAE
1960	8,428	131,334	-	-
1961	8,601	137,989	2.05%	5.07%
1962	8,781	144,946	2.09%	5.04%
1963	8,970	152,211	2.15%	5.01%
1964	9,166	159,692	2.19%	4.91%
1965	9,361	167,103	2.13%	4.64%
1966	9,560	173,976	2.13%	4.11%
1967	9,769	179,700	2.19%	3.29%
1968	9,971	199,416	2.07%	11%
1969	10,165	239,660	1.95%	20.2%
1970	10,517	286,536	3.46%	19.6%
1971	11,098	335,027	5.52%	16.9%
1972	11,764	385,014	6%	14.9%
1973	12,438	436,399	5.73%	13.3%
1974	13,114	489,087	5.43%	12.1%
1975	13,788	542,856	5.14%	11%
1976	14,454	615,866	4.83%	13.4%
1977	15,105	710,209	4.5%	15.3%
1978	15,727	809,274	4.12%	13.9%
1979	16,351	912,010	3.97%	12.7%
1980	17,079	1,015,700	4.45%	11.4%
1981	17,905	1,099,855	4.84%	8.29%
1982	18,750	1,166,370	4.72%	6.05%
1983	19,598	1,235,305	4.52%	5.91%
1984	20,454	1,305,996	4.37%	5.72%
1985	21,324	1,377,911	4.25%	5.51%
1986	22,197	1,467,383	4.09%	6.49%
1987	23,073	1,574,244	3.95%	7.28%
1988	23,951	1,681,788	3.81%	6.83%
1989	24,874	1,789,851	3.85%	6.43%
1990	25,999	1,898,220	4.52%	6.05%
1991	27,294	2,006,626	4.98%	5.71%
1992	28,621	2,114,730	4.86%	5.39%
1993	29,976	2,222,093	4.73%	5.08%
1994	31,352	2,328,188	4.59%	4.77%
1995	32,743	2,434,662	4.44%	4.57%
1996	34,143	2,597,564	4.28%	6.69%
1997	35,543	2,817,410	4.1%	8.46%
1998	36,922	3,040,421	3.88%	7.92%
1999	38,284	3,266,009	3.69%	7.42%
2000	39,674	3,493,575	3.63%	6.97%
2001	41,089	3,723,590	3.57%	6.58%
2002	42,514	3,956,826	3.47%	6.26%
2003	43,934	4,192,457	3.34%	5.96%
2004	45,352	4,428,967	3.23%	5.64%
2005	46,788	4,664,790	3.17%	5.32%
2006	48,232	5,009,100	3.09%	7.38%
2007	49,687	5,624,635	3.02%	12.3%
2008	51,151	6,302,664	2.95%	12.1%
2009	52,618	6,707,058	2.87%	6.42%
2010	54,099	6,869,838	2.81%	2.43%
2011	55,606	7,104,538	2.79%	3.42%
2012	57,136	7,391,448	2.75%	4.04%
2013	58,655	7,693,031	2.66%	4.08%
2014	60,160	8,059,440	2.57%	4.76%
2015	61,642	8,505,237	2.46%	5.53%
2016	63,100	8,935,095	2.37%	5.05%
2017	64,535	9,223,225	2.27%	3.22%
2018	65,941	9,346,701	2.18%	1.34%
2019	67,327	9,445,785	2.1%	1.06%
2020	68,684	9,401,038	2.02%	-0.47%
2021	70,108	9,575,152	2.07%	1.85%
2022	71,591	10,074,977	2.12%	5.22%
2023	73,038	10,483,751	2.02%	4.06%
2024	74,457	10,876,981	1.94%	3.75%
2025	75,842	11,191,510	1.86%	2.89%
2026	77,197	11,417,074	1.79%	2.02%
2027	78,532	11,595,528	1.73%	1.56%
2028	79,852	11,750,055	1.68%	1.33%
2029	81,146	11,890,496	1.62%	1.2%
2030	82,412	12,024,613	1.56%	1.13%
2031	83,676	12,159,255	1.53%	1.12%
2032	84,915	12,298,043	1.48%	1.14%
2033	86,125	12,440,531	1.42%	1.16%
2034	87,319	12,586,327	1.39%	1.17%
2035	88,457	12,734,906	1.3%	1.18%
2036	89,597	12,885,831	1.29%	1.19%
2037	90,741	13,038,803	1.28%	1.19%
2038	91,867	13,193,613	1.24%	1.19%
2039	92,983	13,349,897	1.21%	1.18%
2040	94,101	13,507,317	1.2%	1.18%
2041	95,206	13,665,875	1.17%	1.17%
2042	96,287	13,825,473	1.14%	1.17%
2043	97,352	13,986,029	1.11%	1.16%
2044	98,386	14,147,509	1.06%	1.15%
2045	99,371	14,309,823	1%	1.15%
2046	100,330	14,473,950	0.96%	1.15%
2047	101,257	14,641,700	0.92%	1.16%
2048	102,188	14,812,411	0.92%	1.17%
2049	103,075	14,984,754	0.87%	1.16%
2050	103,943	15,158,142	0.84%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Cayman Islands gained 15,288 (a 24.8% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2005 and is 187th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.