Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Cayman Islands fits inside Jamaica 42 times
Cayman Islands: 264 km² (2024) · Jamaica: 10,991 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Jamaica’s coastline is 6.4 times as long as Cayman Islands’
Cayman Islands: 160 km (2026 edition) · Jamaica: 1,022 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Jamaica’s highest peak towers 2,206 m above Cayman Islands’
Cayman Islands: 50 m (2026 edition) · Jamaica: 2,256 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 39% of Jamaica, versus 11% of Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: 11.3% (2024) · Jamaica: 39% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Jamaica has 37 times as many people as Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: 75,844 (2025) · Jamaica: 2.84 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Cayman Islands is 21% more densely populated than Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 316 per km² (2025) · Jamaica: 262 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 177 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 164.3 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Cayman Islands is 6.2 years older than in Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 37.9 years (2023) · Jamaica: 31.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Cayman Islands have 0.2 more children on average than in Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 1.53 children per woman (2024) · Jamaica: 1.35 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
9.5% of people in Cayman Islands are 65 or older, versus 8.6% in Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 9.5% (2025) · Jamaica: 8.6% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Cayman Islands hosts 64 times as many refugees per resident as Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 0.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Jamaica: 0.011 per 1,000 (2022)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Jamaica has 2 official languages, Cayman Islands 1
Cayman Islands: 1 (2026) · Jamaica: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Jamaica’s economy is 2.9 times the size of Cayman Islands’
Cayman Islands: $7.77 billion (2024) · Jamaica: $22.7 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Cayman Islands produces 6.9 times as much per person as Jamaica
Cayman Islands: Int$92,201 (2024) · Jamaica: Int$13,291 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 39.9 (2021)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 1.4% (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 3.3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 1.4% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 23.7% (2020)
How expensive is it?
Cayman Islands’ price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Jamaica’s
Cayman Islands: 113% (2024) · Jamaica: 60% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: $520 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Cayman Islands live 8.9 years longer than in Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 80.5 years (2024) · Jamaica: 71.6 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 16.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 35.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 11.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 6.31 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Cayman Islands drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 11.7 litres (2023) · Jamaica: 4.4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 67 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 2,892 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 1,963 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 10 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Cayman Islands welcomed 4.5 times as many tourists per resident as Jamaica (2019)
Cayman Islands: 3.97 (2022) · Jamaica: 0.87 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 2 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Jamaica has won 94 Olympic medals, Cayman Islands none
Cayman Islands: 0 (2026 edition) · Jamaica: 94 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
90% of people in Jamaica are online, versus 81% in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: 81% (2017) · Jamaica: 90% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Cayman Islands is 78% faster than in Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 246 Mbps (2026) · Jamaica: 138 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Cayman Islands have electricity, versus 98% in Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 100% (2024) · Jamaica: 97.7% (2024)
How many live in cities?
100% of people in Cayman Islands live in cities, versus 59% in Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 100% (2025) · Jamaica: 59% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Cayman Islands has 139 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Jamaica 118
Cayman Islands: 139 (2022) · Jamaica: 118 (2024)
How much do they fly?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 0.06 (2018)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 57% of Jamaica, but only 53% of Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: 53% (2024) · Jamaica: 56.5% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
13% of Jamaica’s electricity is renewable, versus 4.2% in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: 4.2% (2024) · Jamaica: 12.6% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Jamaica carries 17% more fine dust than in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: 15 µg/m³ (2024) · Jamaica: 17.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Jamaica as in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: 4.4 per 100k (2020) · Jamaica: 49.4 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Cayman Islands: no data · Jamaica: 31.6 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Cayman Islands is on average 0.9 °C warmer than Jamaica
Cayman Islands: 27.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Jamaica: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Jamaica gets 21% more rain than Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: 908 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Jamaica: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Cayman Islands bigger than Jamaica?
Jamaica is larger. Cayman Islands fits inside Jamaica 42 times.
Which has more people, Cayman Islands or Jamaica?
Jamaica has 37 times as many people as Cayman Islands (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Cayman Islands or Jamaica?
People in Cayman Islands live 8.9 years longer than in Jamaica. Life expectancy at birth is 80.5 years in Cayman Islands and 71.6 in Jamaica.