Cayman Islands — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Cayman Islands, 1961–2025.
Population growth for Cayman Islands was 1.85% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 5.83% in 1972. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.15% per year.
Cayman Islands ranks 57 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 26%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Cayman Islands sits above it. It peaked in 1972 and has fallen 68% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 24%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 1 of 42 economies; Honduras (1.65%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 77% in 1970. That is 12% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1971.
World ranking. Climbed: 125th of 216 in 1961 → 22nd of 216 in 1970 → 13th of 216 in 1980 → 10th of 216 in 1990 → 11th of 217 in 2000 → 35th of 217 in 2010 → 53rd of 217 in 2020 → 57th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.85% | -0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 1.92% | -0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 2% | -0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 2.09% | +0.0 pp |
| 2021 | 2.05% | +0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 2% | -0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 2.08% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 2.16% | -0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 2.25% | -0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 2.34% | -0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 2.43% | -0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 2.53% | -0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 2.62% | -0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 2.71% | -0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 2.75% | -0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 2.78% | -0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 2.83% | -0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 2.9% | -0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 2.97% | -0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 3.04% | -0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 3.12% | -0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 3.18% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 3.29% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 3.41% | -0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 3.5% | -0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 3.57% | -0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 3.62% | -0.2 pp |
| 1998 | 3.81% | -0.2 pp |
| 1997 | 4.02% | -0.2 pp |
| 1996 | 4.19% | -0.2 pp |
| 1995 | 4.34% | -0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 4.49% | -0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 4.63% | -0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 4.75% | -0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 4.86% | +0.4 pp |
| 1990 | 4.42% | +0.6 pp |
| 1989 | 3.78% | +0.0 pp |
| 1988 | 3.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 1987 | 3.87% | -0.1 pp |
| 1986 | 4.01% | -0.2 pp |
| 1985 | 4.17% | -0.1 pp |
| 1984 | 4.28% | -0.1 pp |
| 1983 | 4.42% | -0.2 pp |
| 1982 | 4.61% | -0.1 pp |
| 1981 | 4.72% | +0.4 pp |
| 1980 | 4.36% | +0.5 pp |
| 1979 | 3.89% | -0.1 pp |
| 1978 | 4.04% | -0.4 pp |
| 1977 | 4.41% | -0.3 pp |
| 1976 | 4.72% | -0.3 pp |
| 1975 | 5.01% | -0.3 pp |
| 1974 | 5.29% | -0.3 pp |
| 1973 | 5.57% | -0.3 pp |
| 1972 | 5.83% | +0.5 pp |
| 1971 | 5.38% | +2.0 pp |
| 1970 | 3.4% | +1.5 pp |
| 1969 | 1.93% | -0.1 pp |
| 1968 | 2.05% | -0.1 pp |
| 1967 | 2.16% | +0.1 pp |
| 1966 | 2.1% | -0.0 pp |
| 1965 | 2.11% | -0.1 pp |
| 1964 | 2.16% | +0.0 pp |
| 1963 | 2.13% | +0.1 pp |
| 1962 | 2.07% | +0.0 pp |
| 1961 | 2.03% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cayman Islands’s Population growth in 1962?
2.07% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Cayman Islands’s Population growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -9.2% in total — about 0.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.GROW. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1.85%; 2024: 1.92%; 2023: 2%; 2022: 2.09%; 2021: 2.05%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.