Demographics of the Cayman Islands

This is a demography of the population of the Cayman Islands including population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Population

With its success in the tourism and financial service industries, the Cayman Islands have attracted many international businesses and citizens to relocate. The largest numbers of expatriates living in the Cayman Islands hail from Jamaica, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, and India. Approximately 8,139 more residents are citizens of various other countries. While the government does not restrict foreign land ownership, it does strongly enforce its immigration laws. Businesses are required to grant access to job openings to Caymanian citizens first; if none of them are suitable, the business may then seek employees from other countries. In order to work in the Cayman Islands, foreigners must have a job offer before immigrating. The Cayman Islands population is expected to reach 100,000 people before 2030, as an explosion in immigration after COVID-19 lockdowns continues to increase the population significantly.

Structure of the population

Age group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	27 106	28 585	55 691	100
0–14	4 512	4 831	9 343	16.78
15–24	2 873	2 916	5 789	10.39
25–34	4 727	5 043	9 771	17.55
35–44	5 746	5 955	11 701	21.01
45–54	4 836	5 070	9 907	17.79
55–64	2 530	2 744	5 274	9.47
65+	1 881	2 025	3 907	7.02

Age group	Total	%
Total	71 105	100
0–4	3 683	5.18
5–9	3 700	5.20
10–14	3 931	5.53
15–19	3 254	4.58
20–24	3 552	5.00
25–29	5 445	7.66
30–34	6 776	9.53
35–39	7 086	9.97
40–44	6 870	9.66
45–49	6 559	9.22
50–54	5 939	8.35
55–59	4 833	6.80
60–64	3 358	4.72
65+	5 602	7.88
Age group	Total	Percent
0–14	11 314	15.91
15–64	53 674	75.49
65+	5 602	7.88
unknown	515	0.72

District populations

The vast majority of its residents live on the island of Grand Cayman, at 67,493. According to the 2021 census, only 2,163 people lived on Cayman Brac or Little Cayman, bringing the total population to 69,656,
broken down as follows:

George Town: 34,399
West Bay: 14,931
Bodden Town: 14,268
North Side: 1,840
East End: 1,749
Cayman Brac and Little Cayman : 2,163
Vital statistics

	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Natural change	Infant mortality rate
1950	6.4	198	58	140	30.9	9.0	21.8
1951	6.3	213	42	171	34.0	6.7	27.3
1952	6.2	197	46	151	31.5	7.4	24.2
1953	6.3	244	32	212	38.6	5.1	33.5
1954	6.5	237	48	189	36.6	7.4	29.2
1955	6.7	226	52	174	33.9	7.8	26.1
1956	6.9	235	62	173	34.0	9.0	25.0
1957	7.2	248	60	188	34.6	8.4	26.2
1958	7.4	207	66	141	27.9	8.9	19.0
1959	7.7	272	50	222	35.5	6.5	29.0
1960	7.9	264	54	210	33.6	6.9	26.7
1961	8.0	277	68	209	34.5	8.5	26.0
1962	8.1	290	51	239	35.6	6.3	29.4
1963	8.2	303	61	242	36.8	7.4	29.4
1964	8.3	270	73	197	32.5	8.8	23.7
1965	8.4	241	63	178	28.8	7.5	21.3
1966	8.4	267	67	200	31.6	7.9	23.7
1967	8.5	269	60	209	31.6	7.0	24.5
1968	8.6	282	54	228	32.7	6.3	26.4
1969	8.8	272	46	226	30.8	5.2	25.6
1970	9.1	313	71	242	34.2	7.8	26.5
1971	9.6	287	65	222	29.9	6.8	23.2
1972	10.1	351	68	283	34.6	6.7	27.9
1973	10.8	319	83	236	29.6	7.7	21.9
1974	11.5	281	84	197	24.4	7.3	17.1
1975	12.2	327	77	250	26.7	6.3	20.4
1976	13.3	282	81	201	21.7	6.2	15.4
1977	13.8	270	84	186	19.5	6.1	13.4
1978	14.7	273	78	195	18.6	5.3	13.3
1979	15.4	289	98	191	18.7	6.3	12.4
1980	16.2	326	105	221	20.2	6.5	13.7
1981	16.8	347	106	241	20.7	6.3	14.3
1982	17.4	339	107	232	19.5	6.2	13.4
1983	17.9	387	105	282	21.6	5.9	15.7
1984	18.5	414	114	300	22.3	6.1	16.2
1985	19.3	367	126	241	19.0	6.5	12.5
1986	20.3	360	141	219	17.8	7.0	10.8
1987	21.3	359	118	241	16.8	5.5	11.3
1988	22.5	380	124	256	16.9	5.5	11.4
1989	23.8	438	122	316	18.4	5.1	13.3
1990	25.0	490	120	370	19.6	4.8	14.8
1991	26.2	500	127	373	19.1	4.8	14.2
1992	27.4	520	128	392	19.0	4.7	14.3
1993	28.7	528	133	395	18.4	4.6	13.8
1994	30.1	531	149	382	17.7	5.0	12.7
1995	31.7	485	110	375	15.3	3.5	11.8
1996	33.5	560	125	435	16.7	3.7	13.0
1997	35.6	572	123	449	16.1	3.5	12.6
1998	37.7	545	117	428	14.4	3.1	11.3
1999	39.8	604	128	476	15.2	3.2	12.0
2000	41.7	619	137	482	14.8	3.3	11.6
2001	43.3	622	132	490	14.4	3.0	11.3
2002	44.7	583	120	463	13.0	2.7	10.3	13.7
2003	46.0	623	153	470	13.5	3.3	10.2	4.8
2004	47.3	611	165	446	12.9	3.5	9.4	6.4
2005	48.6	699	170	529	14.4	3.5	10.9	7.0
2006	52.229	710	182	528	13.4	3.4	10.0	8.7
2007	52.939	744	160	584	13.8	3.0	10.8	8.3
2008	55.448	793	166	627	14.2	3.0	11.2	2.5
2009	56.507	824	177	647	14.6	3.1	11.4	3.7
2010	55.521	821	164	657	14.8	3.0	11.8	2.5
2011	55.277	800	176	624	14.5	3.2	11.3	6.3
2012	56.124	759	172	587	13.6	3.3	10.3	4.0
2013	56.239	705	182	523	12.5	3.2	9.3	2.9
2014	56.993	711	163	548	12.5	2.9	9.6
2015	59.054	649	170	479	11.0	2.9	8.1
2016	61.331	660	193	467	10.8	3.1	7.7
2017	63.115	625	216	409	9.9	3.4	6.5
2018	64.420	640	214	426	9.9	3.3	6.6
2019	69.914	646	250	396	9.2	3.7	5.5
2020	65.786	817	215	602	12.4	3.3	9.1
2021	67.721	818	341	477	12.4	4.0	8.4
2022	78.554	798	310	488	10.2	3.9	6.3
2023	83.671	760	308	452	9.1	3.7	5.4
2024	87.866	746	307	439	8.5	3.5	5.0

Demographics of the Cayman Islands

Population

Structure of the population

District populations

Vital statistics