Curacao birth & fertility rate charts by year

Fertility rate in Curacao chart

According to the latest birth rate data available, the fertility rate in Curacao was 1.2 in 2023 and has been below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman since 2014. In 1993, the fertility rate was 2.44 — a -50.8% decline in 30 years.

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The chart below showcases the historical changes in birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Curacao	World
1960	5.13	4.69
1961	5.04	4.56
1962	4.93	5.02
1963	4.8	5.31
1964	4.64	5.13
1965	4.47	5.08
1966	4.26	4.97
1967	4.06	4.87
1968	3.83	4.98
1969	3.61	4.88
1970	3.4	4.84
1971	3.18	4.69
1972	2.99	4.55
1973	2.87	4.42
1974	2.77	4.26
1975	2.66	4.07
1976	2.55	3.97
1977	2.46	3.84
1978	2.38	3.77
1979	2.31	3.76
1980	2.27	3.73
1981	2.25	3.71
1982	2.24	3.72
1983	2.24	3.59
1984	2.24	3.57
1985	2.24	3.53
1986	2.24	3.51
1987	2.24	3.48
1988	2.25	3.39
1989	2.27	3.35
1990	2.3	3.31
1991	2.37	3.13
1992	2.43	3.04
1993	2.44	2.97
1994	2.43	2.92
1995	2.42	2.87
1996	2.4	2.82
1997	2.37	2.78
1998	2.32	2.75
1999	2.29	2.72
2000	2.34	2.73
2001	2.4	2.69
2002	2.3	2.66
2003	2.19	2.64
2004	2.1	2.63
2005	2.04	2.61
2006	2.1	2.61
2007	2	2.6
2008	2.2	2.6
2009	2.1	2.59
2010	2.2	2.57
2011	2.1	2.55
2012	2.2	2.56
2013	2.1	2.53
2014	2	2.52
2015	1.9	2.49
2016	1.7	2.49
2017	1.5	2.46
2018	1.7	2.39
2019	1.6	2.35
2020	1.4	2.28
2021	1.4	2.25
2022	1.3	2.22
2023	1.2	2.2
2024	1.2	2.19
2025	1.2	2.18
2026	1.2	2.18
2027	1.2	2.17
2028	1.21	2.16
2029	1.22	2.15
2030	1.22	2.14
2031	1.23	2.13
2032	1.24	2.12
2033	1.25	2.12
2034	1.26	2.11
2035	1.26	2.1
2036	1.27	2.09
2037	1.28	2.09
2038	1.29	2.08
2039	1.3	2.08
2040	1.3	2.08
2041	1.31	2.07
2042	1.32	2.07
2043	1.33	2.07
2044	1.33	2.07
2045	1.34	2.06
2046	1.35	2.06
2047	1.35	2.06
2048	1.36	2.05
2049	1.36	2.05
2050	1.37	2.05

Birth rates by women ages chart

In 2025, of all live births 4.44% were to women under 20 years old, 40.8% to women ages 20-29, and 54.8% to women ages 30 and above. In comparison, the percentages in 1990 were 10.8%, 55.1%, and 34.1% for the same age groups respectively. A chart displaying the historical birth rates in Curacao by maternal age is provided below.

Annual births per 1,000 women ages

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Children 0-14 as share of population
	Curacao	World
1960	41.5%	37.4%
1961	41.6%	37.5%
1962	41.6%	37.6%
1963	41.4%	37.8%
1964	41.2%	38%
1965	41.1%	38%
1966	40.9%	38%
1967	40.8%	38%
1968	40.5%	37.9%
1969	40.3%	37.8%
1970	39.9%	37.7%
1971	39.4%	37.6%
1972	38.7%	37.5%
1973	37.8%	37.3%
1974	36.9%	37.2%
1975	35.9%	37.1%
1976	34.9%	36.9%
1977	33.9%	36.7%
1978	33%	36.3%
1979	32.1%	35.9%
1980	31.3%	35.5%
1981	30.5%	35.2%
1982	29.9%	34.9%
1983	29.3%	34.6%
1984	28.8%	34.3%
1985	28.5%	34%
1986	28.2%	33.8%
1987	28.1%	33.6%
1988	27.9%	33.4%
1989	27.8%	33.2%
1990	27.8%	33%
1991	27.8%	32.9%
1992	27.8%	32.7%
1993	27.8%	32.5%
1994	27.8%	32.3%
1995	27.7%	32.1%
1996	27.6%	31.8%
1997	27.4%	31.5%
1998	27.2%	31.1%
1999	26.9%	30.8%
2000	26.5%	30.4%
2001	26.2%	30%
2002	25.7%	29.6%
2003	25%	29.2%
2004	24.3%	28.8%
2005	23.6%	28.5%
2006	23%	28.1%
2007	22.3%	27.9%
2008	21.7%	27.6%
2009	21.1%	27.5%
2010	20.5%	27.3%
2011	19.9%	27.1%
2012	19.4%	27%
2013	19.2%	26.9%
2014	19%	26.8%
2015	18.8%	26.6%
2016	18.5%	26.5%
2017	18.2%	26.4%
2018	17.2%	26.2%
2019	16.5%	26%
2020	16.3%	25.8%
2021	15.9%	25.6%
2022	15.6%	25.3%
2023	15.2%	25%
2024	14.9%	24.7%
2025	14.6%	24.4%
2026	14.2%	24.1%
2027	13.8%	23.8%
2028	13.3%	23.4%
2029	12.9%	23.1%
2030	12.5%	22.8%
2031	12.2%	22.6%
2032	12%	22.3%
2033	11.8%	22.1%
2034	11.7%	21.9%
2035	11.7%	21.7%
2036	11.7%	21.6%
2037	11.7%	21.5%
2038	11.7%	21.4%
2039	11.7%	21.3%
2040	11.7%	21.2%
2041	11.7%	21.1%
2042	11.6%	21%
2043	11.6%	21%
2044	11.6%	20.9%
2045	11.6%	20.8%
2046	11.5%	20.7%
2047	11.5%	20.7%
2048	11.5%	20.6%
2049	11.5%	20.5%
2050	11.4%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Curacao was 41.5% in 1960, 27.8% in 1993, and 14.9% as of the latest data in 2025.

More about the demographics of Curacao.

Natural population change by year

For the past 10 years, the natural population change in Curacao, excluding migration, has been +0.05% annually. On average, 84 more people were born each year than died.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Curacao
1960	3,336
1961	3,305
1962	3,286
1963	3,271
1964	3,240
1965	3,202
1966	3,109
1967	3,015
1968	2,904
1969	2,792
1970	2,679
1971	2,558
1972	2,421
1973	2,355
1974	2,331
1975	2,279
1976	2,220
1977	2,171
1978	2,112
1979	2,077
1980	2,079
1981	2,102
1982	2,142
1983	2,175
1984	2,193
1985	2,206
1986	2,186
1987	2,143
1988	2,085
1989	2,013
1990	1,985
1991	1,989
1992	1,980
1993	1,894
1994	1,805
1995	1,715
1996	1,628
1997	1,517
1998	1,358
1999	1,207
2000	1,136
2001	1,066
2002	919
2003	827
2004	742
2005	693
2006	791
2007	792
2008	759
2009	749
2010	773
2011	693
2012	790
2013	708
2014	593
2015	489
2016	304
2017	128
2018	271
2019	205
2020	-93
2021	-381
2022	-330
2023	-343