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Cayman Islands population

Cayman Islands population now

77,523

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 75,502–80,498.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 73,038

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 77,191; 95% range, 31 Dec: 75,502–80,498
Median age: 40.1
Aged 65+: 10.1%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2097

male female projection · one cell = 10 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

CYM · 1950–2100 · in brief

Cayman Islands in numbers

The Cayman Islands had 73,038 people in mid-2023, the 205th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 10.4 times its 1950 population of 7,002.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2097 at 118 thousand, then falling to 118 thousand by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 21,424 to 1.5 million.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2054 on. The population still grows until 2097, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 24.4 in 1950 and 38.9 in 2023; the projection has 48.6 in 2100. 8.5% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 31.0% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2083 at 67,678.

Its place in the world by population: 205th in 2023, 199th in 2050, 194th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes the US Virgin Islands in 2030, Isle of Man in 2031 and Andorra in 2033.

Population, mid-2023: 73,038
Rank by population, 2023: 205 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.02% · +1,446 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 304
Land area, 2023: 240 km²
Births, 2023: 865
Deaths, 2023: 351
Net migration, 2023: +921
Children per woman, 2023: 1.53
Median age, 2023: 38.9 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 80.4 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 7,002
Projected, mid-2050: 103,958
Projected, mid-2100: 118,032

CYM · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

peak 2097estimates | projections0250 k500 k750 k1 m1.25 m1.5 m1950197520002025205020752100

estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Cayman Islands, 1950–2100

Cayman Islands: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	6,922		249	108	4.38	54.0
1951	estimate	7,082		257	110	4.46	54.5
1952	estimate	7,185		265	111	4.54	55.0
1953	estimate	7,330		274	113	4.64	55.4
1954	estimate	7,486		276	113	4.61	55.9
1955	estimate	7,622		276	114	4.53	56.4
1956	estimate	7,766		277	115	4.49	56.8
1957	estimate	7,915		279	116	4.46	57.3
1958	estimate	8,064		280	117	4.43	57.7
1959	estimate	8,196		293	119	4.62	58.2
1960	estimate	8,342		301	122	4.71	58.8
1961	estimate	8,513		307	119	4.78	59.4
1962	estimate	8,690		310	117	4.79	60.1
1963	estimate	8,872		306	114	4.69	60.8
1964	estimate	9,068		290	111	4.41	61.4
1965	estimate	9,265		277	109	4.16	62.2
1966	estimate	9,458		274	107	4.08	62.8
1967	estimate	9,663		276	108	4.04	63.2
1968	estimate	9,875		276	109	3.99	63.6
1969	estimate	10,067		249	110	3.52	64.0
1970	estimate	10,264		334	115	4.66	64.4
1971	estimate	10,770		270	113	3.46	64.8
1972	estimate	11,425		409	117	4.89	65.4
1973	estimate	12,102		331	115	3.56	65.9
1974	estimate	12,775		300	115	2.96	66.5
1975	estimate	13,453		298	117	2.71	67.0
1976	estimate	14,123		299	119	2.53	67.5
1977	estimate	14,784		305	121	2.41	68.1
1978	estimate	15,426		319	125	2.37	68.5
1979	estimate	16,029		338	129	2.37	69.0
1980	estimate	16,673		364	133	2.40	69.5
1981	estimate	17,485		388	134	2.38	70.0
1982	estimate	18,325		351	134	2.01	70.4
1983	estimate	19,174		341	135	1.83	70.8
1984	estimate	20,021		353	137	1.79	71.2
1985	estimate	20,888		365	139	1.75	71.6
1986	estimate	21,760		369	143	1.69	71.9
1987	estimate	22,633		361	147	1.58	72.1
1988	estimate	23,513		386	152	1.63	72.3
1989	estimate	24,388		428	159	1.75	72.5
1990	estimate	25,359		449	165	1.78	72.7
1991	estimate	26,639		496	168	1.85	72.9
1992	estimate	27,950		492	172	1.73	73.1
1993	estimate	29,292		502	176	1.67	73.3
1994	estimate	30,660		523	181	1.66	73.4
1995	estimate	32,044		547	186	1.67	73.6
1996	estimate	33,442		569	192	1.69	73.7
1997	estimate	34,844		586	198	1.70	73.9
1998	estimate	36,242		597	205	1.70	74.1
1999	estimate	37,601		606	213	1.71	74.2
2000	estimate	38,967		613	220	1.71	74.4
2001	estimate	40,381		625	225	1.70	74.5
2002	estimate	41,797		639	232	1.68	74.6
2003	estimate	43,230		655	239	1.67	74.6
2004	estimate	44,639		675	248	1.67	74.6
2005	estimate	46,064		691	253	1.67	74.9
2006	estimate	47,511		711	260	1.67	75.0
2007	estimate	48,953		736	267	1.68	75.2
2008	estimate	50,421		763	273	1.70	75.4
2009	estimate	51,882		790	277	1.72	75.7
2010	estimate	53,355		795	280	1.69	76.1
2011	estimate	54,842		784	280	1.64	76.6
2012	estimate	56,371		747	278	1.53	77.1
2013	estimate	57,900		716	277	1.45	77.7
2014	estimate	59,410		676	285	1.33	77.9
2015	estimate	60,911		656	291	1.27	78.1
2016	estimate	62,374		650	298	1.23	78.4
2017	estimate	63,827		657	306	1.22	78.6
2018	estimate	65,244		698	314	1.28	78.8
2019	estimate	66,637		837	324	1.51	79.0
2020	estimate	68,017		873	335	1.55	79.2
2021	estimate	69,352		882	349	1.55	79.3
2022	estimate	70,863		873	345	1.54	80.0
2023	estimate	72,320		865	351	1.53	80.4
2024	estimate	73,756		861	362	1.52	80.5
2025	projection	75,159	74,529–75,876	851	374	1.51	80.7
2026	projection	76,528	75,094–78,145	843	386	1.50	80.9
2027	projection	77,864	75,502–80,498	836	399	1.50	81.1
2028	projection	79,201	75,783–83,213	832	413	1.50	81.3
2029	projection	80,509	75,899–86,029	828	426	1.50	81.4
2030	projection	81,781	75,786–88,848	824	441	1.50	81.6
2031	projection	83,048	75,591–92,331	822	455	1.50	81.8
2032	projection	84,315	75,424–95,768	822	471	1.50	82.0
2033	projection	85,527	74,865–99,242	821	488	1.50	82.1
2034	projection	86,749	74,426–103,024	824	505	1.50	82.3
2035	projection	87,905	73,702–107,067	828	522	1.50	82.5
2036	projection	89,034	72,626–111,207	833	542	1.50	82.6
2037	projection	90,181	71,503–115,570	841	562	1.50	82.8
2038	projection	91,317	70,873–120,910	851	583	1.50	83.0
2039	projection	92,441	69,966–125,519	864	605	1.50	83.1
2040	projection	93,552	69,090–130,782	877	627	1.51	83.3
2041	projection	94,680	68,194–136,145	890	651	1.50	83.4
2042	projection	95,765	67,000–140,831	902	675	1.50	83.6
2043	projection	96,839	66,080–146,815	916	701	1.51	83.8
2044	projection	97,896	65,031–152,966	928	727	1.51	83.9
2045	projection	98,890	63,536–159,279	938	754	1.51	84.0
2046	projection	99,874	62,030–166,524	946	782	1.51	84.2
2047	projection	100,813	60,683–172,803	955	811	1.52	84.3
2048	projection	101,726	59,253–180,529	962	840	1.52	84.5
2049	projection	102,671	57,665–188,273	970	868	1.52	84.6
2050	projection	103,508	56,147–194,325	976	897	1.52	84.7
2051	projection	104,409	55,283–203,506	983	926	1.52	84.9
2052	projection	105,277	54,427–211,265	991	954	1.53	85.0
2053	projection	106,020	53,277–221,237	996	982	1.53	85.2
2054	projection	106,755	52,040–229,722	1,002	1,012	1.53	85.3
2055	projection	107,457	50,734–239,071	1,008	1,040	1.53	85.4
2056	projection	108,154	49,584–247,016	1,013	1,066	1.53	85.5
2057	projection	108,861	48,652–258,536	1,017	1,092	1.53	85.7
2058	projection	109,418	47,817–269,019	1,018	1,117	1.54	85.8
2059	projection	109,986	46,902–279,456	1,018	1,140	1.54	85.9
2060	projection	110,506	45,126–291,305	1,017	1,162	1.54	86.1
2061	projection	110,975	44,011–307,312	1,013	1,183	1.53	86.2
2062	projection	111,388	42,418–324,502	1,010	1,203	1.54	86.3
2063	projection	111,796	41,537–338,878	1,006	1,221	1.54	86.4
2064	projection	112,165	40,802–351,884	1,004	1,237	1.54	86.5
2065	projection	112,494	39,291–366,820	1,002	1,252	1.54	86.7
2066	projection	112,783	38,234–380,008	998	1,266	1.54	86.8
2067	projection	113,075	37,584–399,258	997	1,278	1.54	86.9
2068	projection	113,387	36,667–416,215	997	1,288	1.54	87.0
2069	projection	113,722	35,938–438,605	999	1,298	1.54	87.2
2070	projection	114,014	35,067–459,748	1,002	1,306	1.54	87.3
2071	projection	114,315	34,054–480,584	1,005	1,313	1.55	87.4
2072	projection	114,562	33,806–501,613	1,008	1,319	1.55	87.5
2073	projection	114,850	32,975–530,125	1,012	1,324	1.55	87.6
2074	projection	115,031	31,414–553,621	1,015	1,329	1.55	87.8
2075	projection	115,258	30,640–569,754	1,020	1,331	1.55	87.9
2076	projection	115,428	29,887–597,255	1,024	1,334	1.55	88.0
2077	projection	115,603	29,160–613,002	1,028	1,335	1.55	88.1
2078	projection	115,822	28,694–639,865	1,033	1,335	1.55	88.2
2079	projection	115,944	27,638–663,753	1,036	1,333	1.55	88.3
2080	projection	116,102	27,175–687,018	1,040	1,331	1.55	88.4
2081	projection	116,229	26,607–712,488	1,042	1,327	1.55	88.5
2082	projection	116,370	25,865–739,000	1,044	1,322	1.56	88.7
2083	projection	116,525	25,698–766,073	1,044	1,317	1.56	88.8
2084	projection	116,677	25,413–796,197	1,045	1,310	1.56	88.9
2085	projection	116,835	24,891–827,235	1,045	1,302	1.56	89.0
2086	projection	116,979	25,061–871,721	1,045	1,294	1.56	89.1
2087	projection	117,101	24,920–903,439	1,043	1,287	1.56	89.2
2088	projection	117,230	24,069–936,584	1,042	1,278	1.56	89.3
2089	projection	117,321	24,120–966,878	1,041	1,271	1.56	89.5
2090	projection	117,419	0.0–1.0 million	1,038	1,264	1.56	89.6
2091	projection	117,574	0.0–1.0 million	1,035	1,258	1.56	89.7
2092	projection	117,746	0.0–1.1 million	1,034	1,252	1.56	89.8
2093	projection	117,855	0.0–1.1 million	1,032	1,249	1.56	89.9
2094	projection	117,938	0.0–1.2 million	1,027	1,246	1.56	90.0
2095	projection	118,019	0.0–1.2 million	1,024	1,245	1.56	90.1
2096	projection	118,076	0.0–1.3 million	1,020	1,245	1.56	90.2
2097	projection	118,112	0.0–1.3 million	1,016	1,247	1.57	90.3
2098	projection	118,142	0.0–1.4 million	1,012	1,249	1.57	90.5
2099	projection	118,102	0.0–1.4 million	1,007	1,254	1.57	90.5
2100	projection	118,074	0.0–1.5 million	1,001	1,259	1.57	90.7

Show the numbers: Cayman Islands, mid-2026, by single year of age

Cayman Islands: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	434	420
1	442	428
2	450	436
3	460	444
4	470	454
5	442	430
6	405	398
7	396	392
8	388	386
9	382	383
10	378	380
11	378	380
12	383	382
13	392	384
14	403	390
15	415	396
16	424	400
17	429	404
18	430	410
19	424	413
20	418	414
21	414	420
22	409	421
23	410	416
24	419	419
25	436	424
26	451	432
27	473	446
28	498	475
29	530	516
30	561	556
31	590	595
32	620	630
33	647	657
34	670	673
35	694	683
36	710	690
37	718	690
38	723	697
39	727	704
40	729	710
41	728	711
42	728	706
43	725	706
44	722	703
45	714	696
46	702	687
47	694	679
48	690	665
49	692	649
50	690	642
51	679	629
52	663	623
53	649	622
54	637	617
55	623	608
56	598	597
57	574	584
58	560	564
59	544	534
60	524	504
61	502	480
62	475	457
63	446	429
64	408	403
65	364	380
66	326	350
67	294	326
68	265	309
69	242	290
70	220	266
71	207	245
72	192	229
73	169	205
74	154	180
75	145	162
76	135	148
77	120	130
78	106	117
79	94	109
80	87	97
81	80	88
82	68	77
83	56	65
84	46	58
85	40	52
86	34	46
87	28	43
88	24	37
89	22	34
90	17	32
91	13	26
92	12	22
93	10	18
94	8	14
95	5	10
96	3	8
97	2	6
98	1	4
99	1	2
100+	0	4

CYM · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Cayman Islands, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

CYM · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Cayman Islands

On the UN's projection, the Cayman Islands will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2083: 67,668 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 54,899.

100 aged 15–64

22 children

11 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 56 years: 1983–2038.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

CYM · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Cayman Islands, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 the Cayman Islands gains 916 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 185 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 20 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 1,107 (2015) and the most it lost was 24 (1960).

In 2024, 31,935 people living in the Cayman Islands had been born in another country, 43 of every 100 people there, against 36 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

CYM · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Cayman Islands

Of every 100 babies born in the Cayman Islands in 2023, 2 had a mother under 20, 66 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 32 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 20 under 20 and 13 aged 35 or older.

1950
20 · 67 · 13

2023
2 · 66 · 32

2050 · projected
1 · 63 · 36

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 865
Average age when women have a baby: 30.6 years; 27.1 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 11; 141 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in the Cayman Islands by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	1	1	1	0	0	0
15–19	48	61	58	21	6	6
20–24	74	95	115	100	88	89
25–29	55	72	177	182	208	209
30–34	39	41	164	285	320	336
35–39	24	21	80	212	275	283
40–44	7	6	18	64	75	74
45–49	1	1	0	1	4	4
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	249	298	613	865	976	1,001

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

CYM · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Cayman Islands

At the end of 2025, the Cayman Islands was hosting 68 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.9 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad68
Cayman Islands nationals abroad5

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 2 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from the Cayman Islands living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 5 people asked for asylum in the Cayman Islands for the first time. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

CYM · of every 100 people

How people live in Cayman Islands

Of every 100 people in the Cayman Islands in 2025, 93 lived in a town or suburb and 7 in the countryside.

towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

CYM · cities · 2025

Cities in Cayman Islands

No place in the Cayman Islands is big and dense enough to count as a city under the UN's rule — at least 50,000 people, living 1,500 or more to the square kilometre.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for the Cayman Islands are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.