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Cayman Islands — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Cayman Islands, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.85%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -9.2% since 1961
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.85%
First (1961)
2.03%
Change
-9.2%
Highest
5.83%
in 1972
Lowest
1.85%
in 2025
Average
3.38%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.15%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.85% |
| 2024 | 1.92% |
| 2023 | 2% |
| 2022 | 2.09% |
| 2021 | 2.05% |
| 2020 | 2% |
| 2019 | 2.08% |
| 2018 | 2.16% |
| 2017 | 2.25% |
| 2016 | 2.34% |
| 2015 | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 2.53% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.