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Curacao vs France statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Curacao has a population of 156K (ranked 179/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Curacao's land area is 171.4 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 182nd vs. 48th).

By GDP, Curacao ranks 168/197 ($3.28B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Curacao ranks 56/197 ($21,062), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Main facts and rankings

Curacao France
Population
155910
68701054
Population rank 179/197 23/197
GDP
$3.28B
2023
$3.16T
2024
GDP rank 168/197 7/197
GDP per capita
$21,062
2023
$46,150
2024
GDP per capita rank 56/197 27/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$30,716
2023
$61,322
2024
Government debt n/a
$3.58T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
116.3%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$52,199
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 8/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$14,281
2025
$33,898
2025
Land area
171.4 sq mi
2025
208,090 sq mi
2025
Population density
909 ppl/mi²
2024
329 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.2
2023
1.66
2023
Median age
39.5 years
2024
43 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.2 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Curacao and France: Comparison Charts

Curacao and France economies compared

GDP
Curacao

France
Year GDP
Curacao France
1960 - $61,756,878,990
1961 - $66,806,595,975
1962 - $74,888,595,286
1963 - $83,957,182,115
1964 - $93,079,224,076
1965 - $100,522,559,916
1966 - $108,928,356,519
1967 - $117,751,396,249
1968 - $128,427,504,709
1969 - $140,361,802,782
1970 - $146,926,998,937
1971 - $164,238,872,973
1972 - $201,621,751,625
1973 - $262,343,828,816
1974 - $283,102,178,123
1975 - $356,780,728,163
1976 - $368,488,292,816
1977 - $406,736,454,934
1978 - $501,724,418,605
1979 - $608,218,624,730
1980 - $694,529,183,483
1981 - $609,184,791,792
1982 - $578,152,310,610
1983 - $553,356,312,936
1984 - $525,033,325,828
1985 - $547,220,981,165
1986 - $764,946,585,851
1987 - $926,320,855,615
1988 - $1,010,827,662,152
1989 - $1,016,742,237,302
1990 - $1,257,649,439,827
1991 - $1,258,961,748,634
1992 - $1,389,663,073,110
1993 - $1,314,383,368,080
1994 - $1,385,822,778,828
1995 - $1,595,219,345,512
1996 - $1,598,889,216,566
1997 - $1,449,392,222,971
1998 - $1,496,906,382,032
1999 - $1,486,915,879,702
2000 $2,120,511,229 $1,360,959,069,477
2001 $2,143,450,726 $1,370,376,677,299
2002 $2,160,784,693 $1,492,427,756,382
2003 $2,202,117,374 $1,835,095,983,049
2004 $2,237,160,503 $2,109,792,297,237
2005 $2,344,637,263 $2,192,146,403,028
2006 $2,457,581,732 $2,317,861,544,691
2007 $2,593,831,508 $2,655,816,911,867
2008 $2,833,476,145 $2,926,802,941,586
2009 $2,869,153,184 $2,700,075,882,519
2010 $2,951,342,793 $2,646,230,027,988
2011 $2,930,092,235 $2,870,408,553,990
2012 $3,012,836,257 $2,683,007,095,787
2013 $3,033,568,603 $2,816,077,607,875
2014 $3,059,406,983 $2,861,236,112,552
2015 $3,058,779,218 $2,442,483,452,643
2016 $3,024,690,168 $2,470,407,619,777
2017 $3,033,433,240 $2,588,868,323,335
2018 $3,046,364,804 $2,781,576,320,884
2019 $3,026,124,116 $2,722,793,515,172
2020 $2,534,327,592 $2,647,926,055,110
2021 $2,739,594,360 $2,966,433,692,008
2022 $3,075,180,835 $2,796,302,210,399
2023 $3,281,419,347 $3,051,831,611,385
2024 - $3,162,079,073,496

Curacao and France economies compared

GDP per capita
Curacao

France
Year GDP per capita
Curacao France
1960 - $1,303
1961 - $1,395
1962 - $1,548
1963 - $1,718
1964 - $1,884
1965 - $2,015
1966 - $2,165
1967 - $2,321
1968 - $2,513
1969 - $2,724
1970 - $2,825
1971 - $3,128
1972 - $3,807
1973 - $4,914
1974 - $5,267
1975 - $6,607
1976 - $6,795
1977 - $7,465
1978 - $9,167
1979 - $11,063
1980 - $12,565
1981 - $10,956
1982 - $10,360
1983 - $9,862
1984 - $9,312
1985 - $9,657
1986 - $13,430
1987 - $16,176
1988 - $17,550
1989 - $17,547
1990 - $21,586
1991 - $21,501
1992 - $23,615
1993 - $22,239
1994 - $23,360
1995 - $26,792
1996 - $26,758
1997 - $24,169
1998 - $24,869
1999 - $24,576
2000 $15,841 $22,341
2001 $16,610 $22,332
2002 $16,724 $24,145
2003 $16,696 $29,480
2004 $16,671 $33,645
2005 $17,032 $34,696
2006 $17,400 $36,432
2007 $18,006 $41,486
2008 $19,423 $45,465
2009 $19,540 $41,728
2010 $19,847 $40,695
2011 $19,426 $43,930
2012 $19,810 $40,864
2013 $19,721 $42,669
2014 $19,623 $43,148
2015 $19,362 $36,702
2016 $18,944 $37,024
2017 $18,938 $38,687
2018 $19,119 $41,418
2019 $19,221 $40,408
2020 $16,356 $39,170
2021 $17,980 $43,725
2022 $20,502 $41,083
2023 $21,062 $44,691
2024 - $46,150

Curacao vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Curacao

France
Year Life expectancy, years
Curacao France
1950 60.3 66.4
1951 61 66.1
1952 61.6 67.4
1953 62.1 67.3
1954 62.7 68.2
1955 63.3 68.4
1956 63.8 68.5
1957 64.2 68.9
1958 64.7 70.1
1959 65.1 70.2
1960 65.4 70.4
1961 65.7 71
1962 66 70.5
1963 66.3 70.3
1964 66.6 71.3
1965 66.9 71.1
1966 67.1 71.5
1967 67.4 71.5
1968 67.7 71.5
1969 67.9 71.2
1970 68.2 72.1
1971 68.5 72.1
1972 68.8 72.3
1973 69.1 72.5
1974 69.4 72.8
1975 69.7 72.9
1976 70 73.1
1977 70.2 73.7
1978 70.4 73.8
1979 70.7 74.1
1980 71 74.2
1981 71.2 74.4
1982 71.4 74.8
1983 71.5 74.7
1984 71.7 75.2
1985 71.9 75.3
1986 72 75.6
1987 72.1 76.1
1988 72.2 76.4
1989 72.2 76.5
1990 72.4 76.8
1991 72.5 77
1992 72.7 77.3
1993 72.7 77.3
1994 72.8 77.8
1995 72.8 77.9
1996 72.9 78.1
1997 73 78.4
1998 73.1 78.6
1999 73.2 78.7
2000 73.3 79
2001 73.4 79.2
2002 73.5 79.4
2003 73.6 79.4
2004 73.7 80.3
2005 73.9 80.3
2006 74 80.7
2007 74.1 81
2008 74.3 81
2009 74.5 81.2
2010 75.1 81.4
2011 75.6 81.8
2012 76 81.7
2013 76.2 82
2014 76.4 82.4
2015 76.5 82.1
2016 76.3 82.4
2017 76.4 82.4
2018 76.5 82.6
2019 76.5 82.7
2020 76.5 82.2
2021 75.7 82.3
2022 76.7 82.5
2023 76.8 83.3
2024 77 83.5
2025 77.2 83.6

Curacao and France population clocks and comparison

Population
Curacao

France
Year Population
Curacao France
1960 124,826 47,412,964
1961 126,125 47,905,982
1962 128,414 48,389,516
1963 130,860 48,877,567
1964 133,148 49,401,492
1965 135,266 49,877,725
1966 136,682 50,311,637
1967 138,140 50,722,791
1968 140,298 51,112,980
1969 142,581 51,536,014
1970 144,739 52,007,169
1971 147,389 52,499,553
1972 147,710 52,962,356
1973 146,912 53,392,161
1974 148,351 53,746,571
1975 149,129 54,002,853
1976 149,399 54,232,383
1977 149,459 54,486,467
1978 148,341 54,734,030
1979 147,851 54,979,851
1980 148,041 55,274,184
1981 148,629 55,603,353
1982 150,101 55,806,789
1983 151,159 56,108,330
1984 151,940 56,383,085
1985 152,711 56,665,619
1986 152,662 56,956,002
1987 151,456 57,266,167
1988 149,254 57,598,186
1989 146,937 57,943,062
1990 145,400 58,261,012
1991 144,403 58,554,242
1992 143,912 58,846,584
1993 144,299 59,103,094
1994 144,630 59,324,863
1995 145,139 59,541,294
1996 146,306 59,754,504
1997 146,956 59,968,066
1998 144,472 60,190,684
1999 139,428 60,501,986
2000 133,860 60,918,661
2001 129,047 61,364,377
2002 129,205 61,812,142
2003 131,897 62,249,855
2004 134,192 62,707,588
2005 137,658 63,180,854
2006 141,239 63,622,342
2007 144,056 64,016,890
2008 145,880 64,375,116
2009 146,833 64,706,436
2010 148,703 65,026,211
2011 150,831 65,340,830
2012 152,088 65,657,659
2013 153,822 65,997,932
2014 155,909 66,312,067
2015 157,980 66,548,272
2016 159,664 66,724,104
2017 160,175 66,918,020
2018 159,336 67,158,348
2019 157,441 67,382,061
2020 154,947 67,601,110
2021 152,369 67,842,811
2022 149,996 68,065,015
2023 155,800 68,287,487
2024 155,900 68,516,699

Fertility rates in Curacao and France

Fertility rate
Curacao

France
Year Fertility rate
Curacao France
1960 5.13 2.85
1961 5.04 2.87
1962 4.93 2.89
1963 4.8 2.89
1964 4.64 2.87
1965 4.47 2.84
1966 4.26 2.8
1967 4.06 2.75
1968 3.83 2.69
1969 3.61 2.62
1970 3.4 2.55
1971 3.18 2.47
1972 2.99 2.38
1973 2.87 2.28
1974 2.77 2.18
1975 2.66 2.09
1976 2.55 2.01
1977 2.46 1.94
1978 2.38 1.89
1979 2.31 1.87
1980 2.27 1.85
1981 2.25 1.85
1982 2.24 1.86
1983 2.24 1.86
1984 2.24 1.86
1985 2.24 1.86
1986 2.24 1.85
1987 2.24 1.83
1988 2.25 1.81
1989 2.27 1.79
1990 2.3 1.77
1991 2.37 1.75
1992 2.43 1.74
1993 2.44 1.73
1994 2.43 1.73
1995 2.42 1.74
1996 2.4 1.75
1997 2.37 1.77
1998 2.32 1.78
1999 2.29 1.81
2000 2.34 1.89
2001 2.4 1.9
2002 2.3 1.88
2003 2.19 1.89
2004 2.1 1.92
2005 2.04 1.94
2006 2.1 2
2007 2 1.98
2008 2.2 2.01
2009 2.1 2
2010 2.2 2.03
2011 2.1 2.01
2012 2.2 2.01
2013 2.1 1.99
2014 2 2
2015 1.9 1.96
2016 1.7 1.92
2017 1.5 1.89
2018 1.7 1.87
2019 1.6 1.86
2020 1.4 1.83
2021 1.4 1.84
2022 1.3 1.79
2023 1.2 1.66

Curacao and France demographics compared

Median age
Curacao

France
Year Median age, years
Curacao France
1960 19.8 32.8
1961 19.6 32.8
1962 19.5 32.9
1963 19.4 32.8
1964 19.4 32.8
1965 19.5 32.7
1966 19.5 32.7
1967 19.6 32.7
1968 19.7 32.6
1969 19.7 32.5
1970 19.8 32.4
1971 19.9 32.2
1972 20.1 32
1973 20.4 31.8
1974 20.8 31.7
1975 21.2 31.6
1976 21.6 31.7
1977 22 31.9
1978 22.4 32.1
1979 22.8 32.3
1980 23.3 32.4
1981 23.7 32.6
1982 24.1 32.8
1983 24.6 33
1984 25.1 33.3
1985 25.6 33.5
1986 26.1 33.7
1987 26.6 34
1988 27.1 34.2
1989 27.7 34.5
1990 28.2 34.7
1991 28.7 35
1992 29.2 35.3
1993 29.8 35.6
1994 30.3 35.9
1995 30.8 36.2
1996 31.3 36.5
1997 31.8 36.8
1998 32.4 37.1
1999 33 37.4
2000 33.6 37.7
2001 34.1 37.9
2002 34.6 38.2
2003 35.3 38.4
2004 35.8 38.6
2005 36.3 38.9
2006 36.8 39.1
2007 37.3 39.4
2008 37.9 39.6
2009 38.4 39.8
2010 39 40
2011 39.5 40.3
2012 39.9 40.5
2013 39.9 40.8
2014 39.9 41
2015 40 41.2
2016 40.1 41.4
2017 40.2 41.6
2018 38.4 41.9
2019 37.6 42.1
2020 38.5 42.3
2021 38.7 42.4
2022 39 42.6
2023 39.2 42.8
2024 39.5 43

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Curacao France
GNI, Atlas method
$3.27B
2023
$3.1T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
31%
2025
57.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.44%
2024
5.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.06%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
304,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-5.46%
2025
Unemployment rate
19.1%
2020
7.39%
2024
Services, % of GDP
73.3%
2023
70.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
11.7%
2023
17.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
78
2025
64.4
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
25%
2023
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
3%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
2,868,031
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
5.42%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
52
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
457
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.37T
2018
Total reserves including gold n/a
$283B
2024
Personal remittances received
$116M
2024
$38.8B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,293,000
2019
117,109,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
27.8%
2020
4.8%
2020
Banked people share n/a
99.2%
2024

Energy

Curacao France
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
5,775 kg
2022
3,140 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.12
2022
$18.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions n/a
282.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita n/a
4.14 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
46.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
2.8%
2021
16.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.15%
2022
46.7%
2023
Net energy imports use share
236.1%
2018
47.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
5,140 kWh
2022
6,423 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
18.3%
2021
22.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
11.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
64.3%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Curacao France
% of world population
0.002%
2024
0.84%
2024
Annual migration change
+513
2024
+90,527
2024
Urban population
89%
2024
82%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.86 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
63.6
2025
85.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2025
67
2024
Higher education index
8
2025
85
2025
Homicides per 100K people
17.1
2007
1.34
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
17
2025
5.1
2019
Visa free countries n/a
175
2025
Adult literacy rate n/a
99%
2003
English speaking
60%
2025
57.3%
2023
People using the Internet
68.1%
2017
88.7%
2024

Health

Curacao France
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$4,865
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$434
2022
Life expectancy
77.2 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Physicians per 1,000 people n/a
3.34
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
29.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
7
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
4.3
2023
Obesity rate n/a
10%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.4%
2024
6.5%
2024
Air quality index
81
2025
80
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
34.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
10.3 liters
2020

Territory

Curacao France
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.36%
2025
Land area per capita
1,100 sq mi
2024
3,037 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area n/a
109,256 sq mi
2025
Forest area
0.27 sq mi
2025
67,580 sq mi
2025
Roads length
342 mi
2025
654,437 mi
2011

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