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Cayman Islands
Community
Area 264 square kilometres (land area 264 square kilometres)
Population,
4,800 (1900)
6,000 (1910)
6,670 (1943)
6,300 (1950)
7,900 (1960) +25.4%
9,100 (1970) +15.2%
16,100 (1980) +76.9%
25,300 (1990) +57.1%
41,700 (2000) +64.8%
56,600 (2010) +35.7%
65,700 (2020) +16.1%
Ethnicity, %
|
|
Black |
Mixed-race |
White |
|
2000, 2011 |
20.0% |
40.0% |
20.0% |
Religion, %
|
|
Christian Baptist |
Christian Ch of God |
Christian Pentecostal |
Christian Presbyterian |
Christian R C |
Christian 7th Day Adv. |
|
1900 |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
1970 |
|
|
|
|
2.4 |
|
|
2007 |
8.3 |
25.5 |
6.7 |
9.6 |
12.6 |
8.4 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1952 |
|
31.0 (+24.0) |
|
7.0 |
|
|
100 |
|
1962 |
|
32.0 (+25.0) |
39.7 |
7.0 |
|
|
� |
|
1972 |
|
28.0 (+22.0) |
|
6.0 |
43.0 |
|
� |
|
1982 |
|
20.0 (+14.0) |
|
6.0 |
|
|
� |
|
1990 |
|
18.6 (+14.5) |
|
4.1 |
|
|
� |
|
2000 |
1.9 |
15.4 (+12.0) |
10.4 |
3.4 |
|
|
� |
|
2003 |
1.9 |
|
8.4 |
|
21.6 |
7.7 |
� |
|
2005 |
|
15.7 (+11.9) |
|
3.8 |
|
|
� |
|
2010 |
1.9 |
15.0 (+12.0) |
6.6 |
3.0 |
19.0 |
9.9 |
� |
|
2014 |
1.9 |
12.1 (+9.2) |
6.2 |
2.9 |
18.4 |
11.1 |
� |
|
2015 |
|
11.0 (+8.2) |
|
2.8 |
|
|
� |
|
2017 |
|
9.9 (+6.5) |
|
3.4 |
|
|
100 |
Life expectancy,
69.1 (1978)
76.0 (1988); 73.0 (M), 79.0 (F)
77.0 (1997); 75.0 (M), 79.0 (F)
80.7 (2011); 78.0 (M), 83.4 (F)
81.0 (2014); 78.3 (M), 83.8 (F)
Population of islands
Cayman Brac (39 square kilometres)
1,296 (1943)
1,607 (1979)
1,441 (1989)
1,822 (1999)
2,107 92010)
Grand Cayman (197 square kilometres)
5,311 (1943)
15,000 (1979)
23,881 (1989)
37,473 (1999)
52,601 (2010)
Little Cayman (26 square kilometres)
63 (1943)
70 (1979)
33 (1989)
115 (1999)
170 (2010)
Population of principal cities
GEORGETOWN,
1,462 (1943)
3,975 (1970)
8,900 (1985)
12,921 (1989)
20,626 (2000)
32,000 (2009)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1985 |
|
|
8,333 |
|
|
1996 |
1,012 |
|
|
|
|
2007 |
1,900 |
|
|
|
|
2008 |
2,250 |
|
|
|
|
2010 |
|
|
57,050 |
|
|
2016 |
2,250 |
|
|
|
GDP by primary sector. As there is no direct taxation, the Cayman Islands have become a major offshore financial centre.
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1995 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
13.0 |
95.0 |
86.0 |
|
2008 |
|
1.9 |
|
19.1 |
|
79.0 |
|
2016 |
0.3 |
|
7.5 |
|
91.4 |
|
Communications
Language, %. Official; English
|
|
English |
Spanish |
|
1999 |
95.0 |
3.2 |
Literacy,
93.0% (1960)
98.0% (1970); 98.0% (M), 98.0% (F)
98.9% (2007); 98.7% (M), 99.0% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1979 |
|
7,101 |
|
|
|
1982 |
|
8,600 |
|
|
|
1988 |
160 |
|
|
|
|
1992 |
250 |
14,707 |
|
|
|
1996 |
|
19,164 |
|
|
|
2000 |
|
25,061 |
|
|
|
2007 |
304 |
34,031 |
|
|
|
2017 |
785 |
|
|
|
Railways; none
Electronic communications TV broadcasts began 1991
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1975 |
2,450 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
4,150 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
12,330 |
|
18,000 |
|
|
|
|
1991 |
|
559 |
18,250 |
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
2,534 |
|
|
|
|
|
1997 |
|
|
20,000 |
7,000 |
|
|
|
2000 |
35,000 |
10,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
|
33,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
23,000 |
|
2009 |
38,000 |
|
|
|
|
28,000 |
|
2012 |
37,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
34,116 |
95,660 |
|
|
|
45,250 |
Tourism: Visitors to the Cayman Islands,
45,750 (1973)
181,110 (1980)
253,000 (1990)
361,000 (1995)
354,000 (2000)
168,000 (2005)
288,000 (2010)
385,000 (2015)