Cayman Islands Capital George Town
Currency KYD · Cayman Islands dollar
Language English
Area 264 km²
ISO CYM · KY
Population 75,844 as of 2025
Watermark portrait: Alden McLaughlin — THE COUNTRY —
British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean
The Cayman Islands is a self-governing British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean. With a population of over 90,000, it is the most populated of all the British Overseas Territories. The 264-square-kilometre (102-square-mile) territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located south of Cuba and north-east of Honduras, between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The capital city is George Town on Grand Cayman, which is the most populous of the three islands.
Text: Wikipedia — Cayman Islands CC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-23
Capital George Town
Currency Cayman Islands dollar (KYD)
Official language English
Drives on the Left
Calling code +1345
Top-level domain .ky
Anthem God Save the King Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02 — LAND —
Land covered by forest
52.5% % of land area
#44 of 213 2023
Forest area
126 km²
#183 of 213 2023
Agricultural land
11.3% % of land area
#173 of 209 2023
Farmable (arable) land
0.8% % of land area
#185 of 206 2023
Land area
264 km²
#201 of 215 2023
— PEOPLE —
Population
75,844 people
#197 of 216 2025
Population growth
1.8% % per year
#57 of 216 2025
Population density
304 people per km²
#40 of 215 2023
People living in cities
% of population
2025
Urban population growth
1.8% % per year
#76 of 216 2025
People living rurally
% of population
2025
Population aged 0-14
16.1% % of population
#164 of 216 2025
Population aged 15-64
% of population
2025
Population aged 65+
9.5% % of population
#102 of 216 2025
▸ ISSUE 7 MORE Age dependency ratio
% of working-age population
2025
Female population
49.8% % of population
#153 of 216 2025
Births per woman
2 births per woman
#148 of 216 2024
Birth rate
11.6 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#126 of 216 2024
Death rate
4.9 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#196 of 216 2024
Net migration
888 people (5-year total)
#66 of 216 2025
Migrants living in the country
42.9% % of population
#23 of 215 2024
— MONEY —
39 of 39 figures unavailable for Cayman Islands.
— TRADE —
Terms of trade
82 index
#193 of 206 2024
11 of 12 figures unavailable for Cayman Islands.
— HEALTH —
Life expectancy
80.5 yrs years
#49 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, women
83.0 yrs years
#49 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, men
78.2 yrs years
#49 of 216 2024
Physicians
1.9 /1,000 per 1,000 people
not enough data to rank 1997
Nurses and midwives
7.3 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#39 of 196 2018
Hospital beds
3.0 /1,000 per 1,000 people
not enough data to rank 1990
Access to clean drinking water
95.5% % of population
#128 of 214 2024
Access to basic sanitation
83.2% % of population
#146 of 213 2024
Tuberculosis cases
5 per 100,000 people
#34 of 208 2024
10 of 19 figures unavailable for Cayman Islands.
— LEARNING —
Education spending
% of GDP
2023
Education spending
15.0% % of government spending
#62 of 189 2019
Adult literacy
98.9% % aged 15+
#18 of 119 2017
Youth literacy
98.9% % aged 15-24
#44 of 126 2017
Primary school enrolment
95.7% % gross
#146 of 200 2024
Secondary school enrolment
84.8% % gross
#124 of 188 2024
University enrolment
33.0% % gross
not enough data to rank 2008
Primary school completion
106.5% % of relevant age group
#15 of 180 2024
Pupils per teacher, primary school
16 pupils per teacher
#67 of 160 2018
▸ ISSUE 1 MORE Years of compulsory education
12.0 yrs years
#37 of 197 2025
— WORK —
12 of 12 figures unavailable for Cayman Islands.
— CONNECTED —
Money earned from tourism
$964.0M current US$
#77 of 175 2019
17 of 18 figures unavailable for Cayman Islands.
— NATURE —
Carbon emissions per person
5 tonnes per person
#150 of 203 2024
Carbon emissions
0 Mt CO2
#27 of 203 2024
Greenhouse gas emissions
0 Mt CO2-equivalent
#20 of 203 2024
Protected land
8.8% % of land area
#161 of 213 2025
Protected coastal waters
0.1% % of territorial waters
#141 of 174 2025
Renewable energy use
% of final energy consumption
2022
Electricity from renewables
2.9% % of total
#178 of 206 2021
Electricity from fossil fuels
97.1% % of total
#180 of 209 2021
Electricity from nuclear power
0.0% % of total
#61 of 208 2021
3 of 12 figures unavailable for Cayman Islands.
— STATE —
Homicides
4 per 100,000 people
#99 of 158 2020
6 of 7 figures unavailable for Cayman Islands.