How many people live in the Cayman Islands right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
77,617
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 205 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0009%
- Median age
- 39.1 years
- Children per woman
- 1.50
- Life expectancy
- 80.9 years
- People per km²
- 320
According to UN estimates, about 77,617 people live in the Cayman Islands right now. It ranks 205th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between the US Virgin Islands and Dominica, and it is home to one in every 107,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 840 people are born there and about 390 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 890 people a year. Overall, it gains about 1,300 people a year.
In 1950, about 7,002 people lived there. Today there are 11 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2097, at about 118,127, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 103,958 people (34% more than today), and by 2100 about 118,031.
Half of its people are younger than 39 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.50 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 81 years (worldwide, 74). There are 320 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of the Cayman Islands in 2026?
- The Cayman Islands has about 77,617 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 77,196.
- How many people are born each day in the Cayman Islands?
- Very few: about 840 a year. About 390 people die each year.
- Is the population of the Cayman Islands growing?
- Yes: it grows by 1.73% a year, or about 1,300 people.
- What will the population of the Cayman Islands be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 103,958, with a peak around 2097 at about 118,127.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Isle of Man 84,025
- Andorra 83,977
- US Virgin Islands 83,176
- Dominica 65,399
- Guernsey 64,639
- Bermuda 64,422
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,653
- Brazil 213,783,555
- Mexico 133,319,814
- Colombia 54,089,659
- Argentina 46,051,055
- Canada 40,567,053
- Peru 35,027,420
- Venezuela 28,673,188
- Chile 19,971,243
- Guatemala 19,055,579
- Ecuador 18,493,703
- Bolivia 12,801,716
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.