North America · Caribbean
Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands covers about 309 km² (119 mi²), the 210th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 309km²Area, main territory
- 89,000Population
- 0.01In Belgiums
50 km
- Cayman Islands
Facts
| Area, main territory | 309 km²119 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 262 km²Wikidata · 18% below our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.01 |
| Capital | George Town |
| Population | 89,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 287 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 20°N |
| In other languages | Islas Caimán Español · Kaimaninseln Deutsch · Îles Caïmans Français · Ilhas Cayman Português · ケイマン諸島 日本語 · 开曼群岛 中文 · 케이맨 제도 한국어 |
| Continent | North America |
What the numbers say about Cayman Islands
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 54,917× the size of Cayman Islands.
- Cayman Islands lies at 19°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Cayman Islands's main territory stretches about 55 km north to south and 177 km east to west.
- Our measured 309 km² is 18% above Wikidata's official figure of 262 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Cayman Islands measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 309 km² | 207th of 239 |
| Population | 89,000 | 196th of 237 |
| Compared with | Its area | Cayman Islands is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 788 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 1,157 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 1,208 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 1,772 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 10,190 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 27,402 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 30,554 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 54,917 its size |
Where Cayman Islands sits
- Cayman Islands's centre lies at 19.4°N, 80.9°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 2,160 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 19°N to 20°N, about 50 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2024; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11