MigrantoMigration trends in the Cayman Islands
Latin America
31.8K people from around the world have made Cayman Islands their home. That's 42.6% of the country population, arriving from 56 different countries
74.5K
Population
31.8K
Immigrants
609
Emigrants
+31.1K
Inflow
Every 2nd person in the Cayman Islands was born abroad
The #171 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in the Cayman Islands
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 abroad grew by 54%
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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