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In 2026, the Cayman Islands' total fertility rate is 1.50 children per woman, below the 2.1 replacement level. Over the preceding five years it has held broadly steady. About 843 babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 10.9 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.73, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 31.0 years, up from 26.4 in 1980. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.57 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.50 children/woman
Birth rate
10.9 per 1,000 people
Total births
843
Mean age at birth
31.0 years
The Cayman Islands' fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 4.9 children per woman in 1972 to 1.50 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Women are also having children later: mean age at childbearing has risen from 26.4 to 31.0 since 1980.