Cayman Islands

جزر كايمانকেইম্যান দ্বীপপুঞ্জCayman IslandsΝησιά ΚαϋμάνIslas Caimánجزایر کیمنîles Caïmansאיי קיימןकेमन द्वीपसमूहケイマン諸島케이맨 제도острова Кайман

DependencyLatin America and the Caribbean, Americas

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Population

76,528

2026 · UN WPPProjection

GDP

$7.77 billion

2024 · World Bank WDIActual

GDP / capita

$104,293

2024 · World Bank WDIActual

Life expectancy

80.9 years

2026 · UN WPPProjection

Area

240 km²

2023 · World Bank WDIActual

UN WPP 2024 Revision (estimates through 2023; 2024–2100 medium-variant projections). World Bank WDI, 13 July 2026 release. UNDP HDR HDR 2025. UNESCO UIS UIS February 2026. ILOSTAT ILOSTAT December 2025. IMF WEO WEO April 2026. OWID CO₂ OWID CO₂ December 2025.

Overview

Cayman Islands is dependency in Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas.

Every figure names its source, year, and whether it is an actual value, an estimate, or a projection. Missing values stay missing.

ISO alpha-2: KY
ISO alpha-3: CYM
UN M49: 136
Wikidata: Q5785

People

Population stocks and demographic rates are from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant unless another source is named. Years from 2024 onward are projections.

PopulationProjection: 76,528
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population (1 July)Projection: 77,196
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population growth rateProjection: 1.7 percent
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population densityProjection: 320.3 persons per km²
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Cayman Islands’s density is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 102.3 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 90.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Median ageProjection: 39.1 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Cayman Islands’s median age is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 35.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 29.8 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population sex ratioProjection: 100.7 males per 100 females
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Total fertility rateProjection: 1.5 live births per woman
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Cayman Islands’s tfr is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 1.6 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 2 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude birth rateProjection: 10.9 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net number of migrantsProjection: 888
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net migration rateProjection: 11.5 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Urban population: 100%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Cayman Islands’s urban is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 72% (42 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 63.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population ages 0–14: 16.1%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 15–64: 74.4%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 65 and above: 9.5%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Cayman Islands’s ages 65+ is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 10.8% (42 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 7.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Population of Cayman Islands. Solid line: estimates (1950–2023). Dashed line: medium-variant projections (2024–2100). UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Population	Status
1950	6,922	estimate
1960	8,342	estimate
1970	10,264	estimate
1980	16,673	estimate
1990	25,359	estimate
2000	38,967	estimate
2010	53,355	estimate
2020	68,017	estimate
2030	81,781	projection
2040	93,552	projection
2050	103,508	projection
2060	110,506	projection
2070	114,014	projection
2080	116,102	projection
2090	117,419	projection
2100	118,074	projection
2101	117,989	projection

Age structure of Cayman Islands as a share of population. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	Ages 65+	Status
1960	7% aged 65+	actual
1965	6.6% aged 65+	actual
1970	6.9% aged 65+	actual
1975	6.2% aged 65+	actual
1980	6.7% aged 65+	actual
1985	6.2% aged 65+	actual
1990	6.1% aged 65+	actual
1995	5.5% aged 65+	actual
2000	5.6% aged 65+	actual
2005	5.4% aged 65+	actual
2010	5.4% aged 65+	actual
2015	6.2% aged 65+	actual
2020	7.4% aged 65+	actual
2025	9.5% aged 65+	actual

Economy

National accounts and related World Bank series. Totals are not comparable as “averages” across countries; rates such as GDP per capita include same-year cohort medians where coverage allows.

Gross domestic product: $7.77 billion
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita: $104,293
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Cayman Islands’s gdp / capita is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of $38,591 (5 profiles with 2024 data). Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
GDP, PPP: Int’l $6.87 billion
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita, PPP: Int’l $92,201
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Cayman Islands’s gdp / capita (ppp) is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of Int’l $41,258 (5 profiles with 2024 data). Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
GDP growth: 3.8 percent
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Cayman Islands’s gdp growth is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 4.4 (6 profiles with 2024 data). Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
GNI per capita: $81,920
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Cayman Islands’s gni / capita is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of $36,890 (6 profiles with 2024 data). Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Inflation, consumer prices: −0.6 percent
2016 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Trade: 105.5 percent of GDP
2020 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Access to electricity: 100%
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Individuals using the Internet: 81.1%
2017 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

GDP of Cayman Islands in current US dollars. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	GDP	Status
2006	$4.2 billion	actual
2007	$4.47 billion	actual
2008	$4.59 billion	actual
2009	$4.28 billion	actual
2010	$4.16 billion	actual
2011	$4.19 billion	actual
2012	$4.29 billion	actual
2013	$4.41 billion	actual
2014	$4.56 billion	actual
2015	$4.71 billion	actual
2016	$4.91 billion	actual
2017	$5.17 billion	actual
2018	$5.53 billion	actual
2019	$5.94 billion	actual
2020	$5.66 billion	actual
2021	$6.06 billion	actual
2022	$6.65 billion	actual
2023	$7.31 billion	actual
2024	$7.77 billion	actual

Development

Human development indices are published only from the latest UNDP HDR series. This build does not invent a substitute index.

Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Inequality Index: No comparable data
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Multidimensional Poverty Index: No comparable data
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Health and education

Life expectancy and mortality are UN WPP series unless labelled otherwise. Education figures are UNESCO UIS (CC BY-SA, isolated) where a comparable series exists; otherwise they stay missing.

Life expectancy at birthProjection: 80.9 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Cayman Islands’s life expectancy is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 76.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 74.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude death rateProjection: 5 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Life expectancy at birth (male)Projection: 78.6 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Cayman Islands’s life exp. male is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 74.1 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 70.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Life expectancy at birth (female)Projection: 83.3 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Cayman Islands’s life exp. female is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 79.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 77.4 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Infant mortality rateProjection: 1.1 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Cayman Islands’s infant mortality is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 9.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 11.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Under-five mortality rateProjection: 1.5 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Cayman Islands’s u5mr is below the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 11.7 (50 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 12.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Prevalence of undernourishment: No comparable data
No internationally comparable figure in this build.
Adult literacy rate: 98.9%
2017 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)
Cayman Islands’s adult literacy is close to Latin America and the Caribbean median of 96.4% (5 profiles with 2017 data). Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Youth literacy rate: 98.9%
2017 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)
Mean years of schooling: 13.4 years
2015 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)
School life expectancy: 13.4 years
2008 · UNESCO UIS · Actual · UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026)

Life expectancy at birth in Cayman Islands. Dashed line marks medium-variant projections. UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Years	Status
1950	54	estimate
1960	58.8	estimate
1970	64.4	estimate
1980	69.5	estimate
1990	72.7	estimate
2000	74.4	estimate
2010	76.1	estimate
2020	79.2	estimate
2030	81.6	projection
2040	83.3	projection
2050	84.7	projection
2060	86.1	projection
2070	87.3	projection
2080	88.4	projection
2090	89.6	projection
2100	90.7	projection

Environment

Forest cover is World Bank WDI. CO₂ is the Global Carbon Project series via Our World in Data — not IEA-EDGAR.

Land area: 240 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Surface area: 264 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Forest area: 52.5%
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Cayman Islands’s forest is above the Latin America and the Caribbean median of 44.6% (42 profiles with 2023 data), and above the median of 31.8% among 194 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Geography

Region: Americas
Subregion: Latin America and the Caribbean
Intermediate region: Caribbean
Natural Earth ADM0_A3: CYM
Cartographic size: Tiny state on the 50m globe (point or small polygon)

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Government

Classification is descriptive and is not a recognition of legal claims.Map and status policy.

Status: Dependency
Publication tier: Additional profile
Related ISO alpha-3: GBR

Sources

United Nations World Population Prospects

WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium. Vintage 2024 Revision. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Population (2026, projection; series TPopulation1Jan)
Life expectancy at birth (2026, projection; series LEx)
Population (1 July) (2026, projection; series TPopulation1July)
Population growth rate (2026, projection; series PopGrowthRate)
Population density (2026, projection; series PopDensity)
Median age (2026, projection; series MedianAgePop)
Population sex ratio (2026, projection; series PopSexRatio)
Total fertility rate (2026, projection; series TFR)
Crude birth rate (2026, projection; series CBR)
Crude death rate (2026, projection; series CDR)
Life expectancy at birth (male) (2026, projection; series LExMale)
Life expectancy at birth (female) (2026, projection; series LExFemale)
Infant mortality rate (2026, projection; series IMR)
Under-five mortality rate (2026, projection; series Q5)
Net number of migrants (2026, projection; series NetMigrations)
Net migration rate (2026, projection; series CNMR)

World Bank World Development Indicators

World Development Indicators. Vintage 13 July 2026. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Gross domestic product (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.CD)
GDP per capita (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD)
Land area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.TOTL.K2)
GDP, PPP (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD)
GDP per capita, PPP (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD)
GDP growth (2024, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG)
GNI per capita (2024, actual; series NY.GNP.PCAP.CD)
Inflation, consumer prices (2016, actual; series FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG)
Trade (2020, actual; series NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
Urban population (2025, actual; series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
Population ages 0–14 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS)
Population ages 15–64 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS)
Population ages 65 and above (2025, actual; series SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS)
Surface area (2023, actual; series AG.SRF.TOTL.K2)
Access to electricity (2024, actual; series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
Individuals using the Internet (2017, actual; series IT.NET.USER.ZS)
Forest area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.FRST.ZS)
Alternate: Population (2025, actual; series SP.POP.TOTL)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
Alternate: Population growth rate (2025, actual; series SP.POP.GROW)
Alternate: Population density (2023, actual; series EN.POP.DNST)
Alternate: Total fertility rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude birth rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude death rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CDRT.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (male) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (female) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN)
Alternate: Net number of migrants (2025, actual; series SM.POP.NETM)

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

UIS Bulk Data Download Service (February 2026). Vintage UIS February 2026. CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Adult literacy rate (2017, actual; series LR.AG15T99)
Youth literacy rate (2017, actual; series LR.AG15T24)
Mean years of schooling (2015, actual; series MYS.1T8.AG25T99)
School life expectancy (2008, actual; series SLE.1T8)

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