Cayman Islands: People & Society#
Population | 57,268 (July 2013 est.) note: most of the population lives on Grand Cayman (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Caymanian(s) adjective: Caymanian |
Ethnic groups | mixed 40%, white 20%, black 20%, expatriates of various ethnic groups 20% |
Languages | English (official) 90.9%, Spanish 4%, Filipino 3.3%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.) |
Religions | Protestant 67.8% (includes Church of God 22.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 9.4%, Presbyterian/United Church 8.6%, Baptist 8.3%,Pentecostal 7.1%, non-denominational 5.3%, Anglican 4.1%, Wesleyan Holiness 2.4%), Roman Catholic 14.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other 7%, none 9.3%, unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 18.13% (male 5,226/female 5,154) 15-24 years: 12.59% (male 3,577/female 3,635) 25-54 years: 43% (male 12,010/female 12,615) 55-64 years: 14.22% (male 3,872/female 4,272) 65 years and over: 12.06% (male 3,231/female 3,676) (2016 est.) |
Median age | total: 39.9 years male: 39.2 years female: 40.5 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 2.05% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 12.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 14.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | majority of the population resides on Grand Cayman |
Urbanization | urban population: 100% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 1.54% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | GEORGE TOWN (capital) 31,000 (2014) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 81.2 years male: 78.5 years female: 84 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.85 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 97.4% of population rural: NA total: 97.4% of population unimproved: urban: 2.6% of population rural: NA total: 2.6% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 95.6% of population total: 95.6% of population unimproved: urban: 4.4% of population total: 4.4% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
Education expenditures | NA |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98.9% male: 98.7% female: 99% (2007 est.) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 24.2% male: 32% female: 16.6% (2013 est.) |