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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	United Kingdom	Cayman Islands	United Kingdom
1960	8,428	52,400,000	-	-
1961	8,601	52,800,000	2.05%	0.76%
1962	8,781	53,250,000	2.09%	0.85%
1963	8,970	53,650,000	2.15%	0.75%
1964	9,166	54,000,000	2.19%	0.65%
1965	9,361	54,348,050	2.13%	0.64%
1966	9,560	54,648,500	2.13%	0.55%
1967	9,769	54,943,600	2.19%	0.54%
1968	9,971	55,211,700	2.07%	0.49%
1969	10,165	55,441,750	1.95%	0.42%
1970	10,517	55,663,250	3.46%	0.4%
1971	11,098	55,896,223	5.52%	0.42%
1972	11,764	56,086,065	6%	0.34%
1973	12,438	56,194,527	5.73%	0.19%
1974	13,114	56,229,974	5.43%	0.06%
1975	13,788	56,225,800	5.14%	-0.007%
1976	14,454	56,211,968	4.83%	-0.02%
1977	15,105	56,193,492	4.5%	-0.03%
1978	15,727	56,196,504	4.12%	0.005%
1979	16,351	56,246,951	3.97%	0.09%
1980	17,079	56,314,216	4.45%	0.12%
1981	17,905	56,333,829	4.84%	0.03%
1982	18,750	56,313,641	4.72%	-0.04%
1983	19,598	56,332,848	4.52%	0.03%
1984	20,454	56,422,072	4.37%	0.16%
1985	21,324	56,550,268	4.25%	0.23%
1986	22,197	56,681,396	4.09%	0.23%
1987	23,073	56,802,050	3.95%	0.21%
1988	23,951	56,928,327	3.81%	0.22%
1989	24,874	57,076,711	3.85%	0.26%
1990	25,999	57,247,586	4.52%	0.3%
1991	27,294	57,424,897	4.98%	0.31%
1992	28,621	57,580,402	4.86%	0.27%
1993	29,976	57,718,614	4.73%	0.24%
1994	31,352	57,865,745	4.59%	0.25%
1995	32,743	58,019,030	4.44%	0.26%
1996	34,143	58,166,950	4.28%	0.25%
1997	35,543	58,316,954	4.1%	0.26%
1998	36,922	58,487,141	3.88%	0.29%
1999	38,284	58,682,466	3.69%	0.33%
2000	39,674	58,892,514	3.63%	0.36%
2001	41,089	59,119,673	3.57%	0.39%
2002	42,514	59,370,479	3.47%	0.42%
2003	43,934	59,647,577	3.34%	0.47%
2004	45,352	59,987,905	3.23%	0.57%
2005	46,788	60,401,206	3.17%	0.69%
2006	48,232	60,846,820	3.09%	0.74%
2007	49,687	61,322,463	3.02%	0.78%
2008	51,151	61,806,995	2.95%	0.79%
2009	52,618	62,276,270	2.87%	0.76%
2010	54,099	62,766,365	2.81%	0.79%
2011	55,606	63,258,810	2.79%	0.78%
2012	57,136	63,711,000	2.75%	0.71%
2013	58,655	64,139,000	2.66%	0.67%
2014	60,160	64,620,000	2.57%	0.75%
2015	61,642	65,088,000	2.46%	0.72%
2016	63,100	65,607,000	2.37%	0.8%
2017	64,535	65,966,000	2.27%	0.55%
2018	65,941	66,289,000	2.18%	0.49%
2019	67,327	66,631,000	2.1%	0.52%
2020	68,684	66,744,000	2.02%	0.17%
2021	70,108	66,984,000	2.07%	0.36%
2022	71,591	67,604,000	2.12%	0.93%
2023	73,038	68,492,000	2.02%	1.31%
2024	74,457	69,226,000	1.94%	1.07%
2025	75,842	69,639,673	1.86%	0.6%
2026	77,197	70,020,350	1.79%	0.55%
2027	78,532	70,382,853	1.73%	0.52%
2028	79,852	70,732,699	1.68%	0.5%
2029	81,146	71,061,482	1.62%	0.46%
2030	82,412	71,377,535	1.56%	0.44%
2031	83,676	71,678,351	1.53%	0.42%
2032	84,915	71,959,934	1.48%	0.39%
2033	86,125	72,234,509	1.42%	0.38%
2034	87,319	72,497,650	1.39%	0.36%
2035	88,457	72,749,096	1.3%	0.35%
2036	89,597	72,990,847	1.29%	0.33%
2037	90,741	73,218,850	1.28%	0.31%
2038	91,867	73,441,349	1.24%	0.3%
2039	92,983	73,658,392	1.21%	0.3%
2040	94,101	73,868,334	1.2%	0.29%
2041	95,206	74,074,316	1.17%	0.28%
2042	96,287	74,275,779	1.14%	0.27%
2043	97,352	74,475,035	1.11%	0.27%
2044	98,386	74,667,284	1.06%	0.26%
2045	99,371	74,848,605	1%	0.24%
2046	100,330	75,020,949	0.96%	0.23%
2047	101,257	75,184,478	0.92%	0.22%
2048	102,188	75,337,543	0.92%	0.2%
2049	103,075	75,476,141	0.87%	0.18%
2050	103,943	75,600,588	0.84%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.