MigrantoMigration trends in the Cayman Islands
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Cayman Islands takes in more people than it loses: 31.8K immigrants against 609 emigrants. Net balance +31.1K — 42% of the country's population
74.5K
Population
31.8K
Immigrants
609
Emigrants
+31.1K
Inflow
1 in 2 residents of the Cayman Islands was born abroad — and 1 in 123 people born in the Cayman Islands lives abroad
#171 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the Cayman Islands
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
9.2K immigrants · 125 emigrants
2000
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 52%
- Migration accounted for 94% of the country's population growth
2015
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 54%
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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