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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cayman Islands	Vanuatu	Cayman Islands	Vanuatu
1960	8,428	64,431	-	-
1961	8,601	66,264	2.05%	2.84%
1962	8,781	68,174	2.09%	2.88%
1963	8,970	70,159	2.15%	2.91%
1964	9,166	72,219	2.19%	2.94%
1965	9,361	74,358	2.13%	2.96%
1966	9,560	76,590	2.13%	3%
1967	9,769	78,921	2.19%	3.04%
1968	9,971	81,314	2.07%	3.03%
1969	10,165	83,755	1.95%	3%
1970	10,517	86,266	3.46%	3%
1971	11,098	88,862	5.52%	3.01%
1972	11,764	91,562	6%	3.04%
1973	12,438	94,362	5.73%	3.06%
1974	13,114	97,260	5.43%	3.07%
1975	13,788	100,269	5.14%	3.09%
1976	14,454	103,388	4.83%	3.11%
1977	15,105	106,618	4.5%	3.12%
1978	15,727	109,963	4.12%	3.14%
1979	16,351	113,040	3.97%	2.8%
1980	17,079	115,660	4.45%	2.32%
1981	17,905	118,249	4.84%	2.24%
1982	18,750	121,035	4.72%	2.36%
1983	19,598	123,998	4.52%	2.45%
1984	20,454	127,109	4.37%	2.51%
1985	21,324	130,356	4.25%	2.55%
1986	22,197	133,720	4.09%	2.58%
1987	23,073	137,187	3.95%	2.59%
1988	23,951	140,756	3.81%	2.6%
1989	24,874	144,393	3.85%	2.58%
1990	25,999	148,063	4.52%	2.54%
1991	27,294	151,793	4.98%	2.52%
1992	28,621	155,608	4.86%	2.51%
1993	29,976	159,463	4.73%	2.48%
1994	31,352	163,314	4.59%	2.41%
1995	32,743	167,137	4.44%	2.34%
1996	34,143	170,911	4.28%	2.26%
1997	35,543	174,626	4.1%	2.17%
1998	36,922	178,313	3.88%	2.11%
1999	38,284	182,048	3.69%	2.09%
2000	39,674	186,281	3.63%	2.33%
2001	41,089	191,031	3.57%	2.55%
2002	42,514	195,863	3.47%	2.53%
2003	43,934	200,746	3.34%	2.49%
2004	45,352	205,711	3.23%	2.47%
2005	46,788	210,760	3.17%	2.45%
2006	48,232	215,923	3.09%	2.45%
2007	49,687	221,276	3.02%	2.48%
2008	51,151	226,896	2.95%	2.54%
2009	52,618	232,731	2.87%	2.57%
2010	54,099	238,248	2.81%	2.37%
2011	55,606	243,474	2.79%	2.19%
2012	57,136	248,883	2.75%	2.22%
2013	58,655	254,482	2.66%	2.25%
2014	60,160	260,240	2.57%	2.26%
2015	61,642	266,101	2.46%	2.25%
2016	63,100	272,087	2.37%	2.25%
2017	64,535	278,507	2.27%	2.36%
2018	65,941	285,259	2.18%	2.42%
2019	67,327	291,985	2.1%	2.36%
2020	68,684	298,858	2.02%	2.35%
2021	70,108	305,868	2.07%	2.35%
2022	71,591	313,046	2.12%	2.35%
2023	73,038	320,409	2.02%	2.35%
2024	74,457	327,777	1.94%	2.3%
2025	75,842	335,169	1.86%	2.26%
2026	77,197	342,565	1.79%	2.21%
2027	78,532	349,970	1.73%	2.16%
2028	79,852	357,397	1.68%	2.12%
2029	81,146	364,883	1.62%	2.09%
2030	82,412	372,429	1.56%	2.07%
2031	83,676	380,015	1.53%	2.04%
2032	84,915	387,657	1.48%	2.01%
2033	86,125	395,366	1.42%	1.99%
2034	87,319	403,188	1.39%	1.98%
2035	88,457	411,061	1.3%	1.95%
2036	89,597	419,006	1.29%	1.93%
2037	90,741	427,031	1.28%	1.92%
2038	91,867	435,150	1.24%	1.9%
2039	92,983	443,311	1.21%	1.88%
2040	94,101	451,509	1.2%	1.85%
2041	95,206	459,733	1.17%	1.82%
2042	96,287	468,003	1.14%	1.8%
2043	97,352	476,308	1.11%	1.77%
2044	98,386	484,636	1.06%	1.75%
2045	99,371	492,989	1%	1.72%
2046	100,330	501,316	0.96%	1.69%
2047	101,257	509,621	0.92%	1.66%
2048	102,188	517,889	0.92%	1.62%
2049	103,075	526,138	0.87%	1.59%
2050	103,943	534,374	0.84%	1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Cayman Islands increased by 14,868 people (a 30.8% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Cayman Islands gained 14,111 (a 22.4% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th most populous country in 2006 and is 187th in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.