Cayman Islands vs Isle of Man
Isle of Man has 11% more people than Cayman Islands: 84,118 vs 75,844, a gap of 8,274. Cayman Islands is growing faster (+1.85% vs −0.05% a year), adding about 1,400 people a year against −42. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Cayman Islands would overtake Isle of Man in about 5 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2030) — a projection, not a forecast. Isle of Man is the older society: 23.6% aged 65+ against 9.5% in Cayman Islands, while Cayman Islands has more children (16.1% under 15 vs 13.9%). Cayman Islands is 2.1× as densely populated (304.3 vs 147.7 people per km²).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Cayman Islands) and 2025 (Isle of Man); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Cayman Islands vs Isle of Man — side by side
 Cayman Islands |  Isle of Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 75,8442025 | 84,1182025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.85%2025 | −0.05%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 11.62024 | 8.32024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 4.92024 | 10.62024 |
| Children per woman | 1.522024 | 1.542024 |
| Life expectancy | 80.5 yrs2024 | 81.1 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 16.1%2025 | 13.9%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 9.5%2025 | 23.6%2025 |
| Density | 304.3 /km²2023 | 147.7 /km²2023 |
| Area | 264 km²2023 | 570 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 100.0%2025 | 52.1%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +8882025 | +1662025 |
| GDP per capita | $104,2932024 | $90,0152023 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #198 | #196 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Cayman Islands: 9.0× from 1960 to 2025; Isle of Man: 1.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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