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Curacao vs Iran statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Curacao has a population of 156K (ranked 179/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Curacao's land area is 171.4 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 182nd vs. 17th).

By GDP, Curacao ranks 168/197 ($3.28B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Curacao ranks 56/197 ($21,062), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Main facts and rankings

Curacao Iran
Population
155910
93020793
Population rank 179/197 17/197
GDP
$3.28B
2023
$437B
2024
GDP rank 168/197 37/197
GDP per capita
$21,062
2023
$4,771
2024
GDP per capita rank 56/197 122/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$30,716
2023
$18,442
2024
Government debt n/a
$161B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
39.9%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$1,758
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 121/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$14,281
2025
$2,970
2025
Land area
171.4 sq mi
2025
626,451 sq mi
2025
Population density
909 ppl/mi²
2024
146.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.2
2023
1.7
2023
Median age
39.5 years
2024
34.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.2 years
2025
78.1 years
2025

Curacao and Iran: Comparison Charts

Curacao and Iran economies compared

GDP
Curacao

Iran
Year GDP
Curacao Iran
1960 - $4,199,134,390
1961 - $4,426,949,095
1962 - $4,693,566,416
1963 - $4,928,628,018
1964 - $5,379,845,648
1965 - $6,197,319,929
1966 - $6,789,938,672
1967 - $7,555,383,690
1968 - $8,623,172,960
1969 - $9,743,089,607
1970 - $10,976,245,154
1971 - $13,731,802,833
1972 - $17,153,463,263
1973 - $27,081,698,250
1974 - $46,209,092,072
1975 - $51,776,222,350
1976 - $68,055,295,081
1977 - $80,600,122,702
1978 - $77,994,316,621
1979 - $90,391,877,326
1980 - $94,362,275,580
1981 - $100,499,312,750
1982 - $125,948,756,439
1983 - $156,365,156,618
1984 - $162,276,728,620
1985 - $180,183,629,600
1986 - $209,094,561,833
1987 - $134,009,995,923
1988 - $123,057,861,334
1989 - $120,496,362,916
1990 - $124,813,263,926
1991 - $131,637,664,958
1992 - $119,768,691,217
1993 - $63,743,623,231
1994 - $71,841,461,172
1995 - $96,419,225,745
1996 - $120,403,931,883
1997 - $113,919,163,421
1998 - $110,276,913,362
1999 - $113,848,450,089
2000 $2,120,511,229 $109,591,707,801
2001 $2,143,450,726 $126,878,750,296
2002 $2,160,784,693 $128,626,917,504
2003 $2,202,117,374 $151,911,222,120
2004 $2,237,160,503 $187,754,571,247
2005 $2,344,637,263 $224,970,371,329
2006 $2,457,581,732 $265,602,187,406
2007 $2,593,831,508 $349,736,591,836
2008 $2,833,476,145 $406,070,949,551
2009 $2,869,153,184 $414,059,094,950
2010 $2,951,342,793 $487,069,570,461
2011 $2,930,092,235 $629,082,257,472
2012 $3,012,836,257 $644,019,315,004
2013 $3,033,568,603 $500,399,839,840
2014 $3,059,406,983 $462,284,793,281
2015 $3,058,779,218 $409,191,686,497
2016 $3,024,690,168 $459,042,684,193
2017 $3,033,433,240 $489,168,731,811
2018 $3,046,364,804 $398,880,231,367
2019 $3,026,124,116 $333,519,146,339
2020 $2,534,327,592 $262,186,179,356
2021 $2,739,594,360 $383,436,202,447
2022 $3,075,180,835 $394,362,621,793
2023 $3,281,419,347 $404,625,655,076
2024 - $436,906,331,672

Curacao and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita
Curacao

Iran
Year GDP per capita
Curacao Iran
1960 - $195.6
1961 - $200.1
1962 - $205.8
1963 - $209.6
1964 - $221.7
1965 - $247.5
1966 - $262.9
1967 - $283.7
1968 - $314
1969 - $345
1970 - $377
1971 - $457
1972 - $555
1973 - $851
1974 - $1,409
1975 - $1,532
1976 - $1,954
1977 - $2,243
1978 - $2,101
1979 - $2,352
1980 - $2,368
1981 - $2,393
1982 - $2,845
1983 - $3,397
1984 - $3,395
1985 - $3,634
1986 - $4,064
1987 - $2,513
1988 - $2,234
1989 - $2,125
1990 - $2,138
1991 - $2,194
1992 - $1,957
1993 - $1,038
1994 - $1,168
1995 - $1,550
1996 - $1,915
1997 - $1,790
1998 - $1,709
1999 - $1,740
2000 $15,841 $1,650
2001 $16,610 $1,881
2002 $16,724 $1,891
2003 $16,696 $2,209
2004 $16,671 $2,672
2005 $17,032 $3,132
2006 $17,400 $3,619
2007 $18,006 $4,688
2008 $19,423 $5,377
2009 $19,540 $5,416
2010 $19,847 $6,291
2011 $19,426 $8,026
2012 $19,810 $8,114
2013 $19,721 $6,223
2014 $19,623 $5,672
2015 $19,362 $4,953
2016 $18,944 $5,477
2017 $18,938 $5,753
2018 $19,119 $4,632
2019 $19,221 $3,831
2020 $16,356 $2,989
2021 $17,980 $4,335
2022 $20,502 $4,405
2023 $21,062 $4,466
2024 - $4,771

Curacao vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Curacao

Iran
Year Life expectancy, years
Curacao Iran
1950 60.3 38.2
1951 61 38.7
1952 61.6 39.2
1953 62.1 39.5
1954 62.7 40
1955 63.3 40.6
1956 63.8 41.1
1957 64.2 41.3
1958 64.7 42.2
1959 65.1 42.8
1960 65.4 43.3
1961 65.7 43.9
1962 66 43.8
1963 66.3 45.1
1964 66.6 45.7
1965 66.9 46.4
1966 67.1 47.1
1967 67.4 47.8
1968 67.7 47.9
1969 67.9 49.4
1970 68.2 50.2
1971 68.5 51.1
1972 68.8 51.7
1973 69.1 52.9
1974 69.4 53.9
1975 69.7 54.8
1976 70 55.8
1977 70.2 56.7
1978 70.4 56
1979 70.7 58.5
1980 71 58.4
1981 71.2 56.6
1982 71.4 57.6
1983 71.5 58.5
1984 71.7 60.9
1985 71.9 61.5
1986 72 62.1
1987 72.1 62.7
1988 72.2 63.3
1989 72.2 65.3
1990 72.4 64.1
1991 72.5 66.2
1992 72.7 66.7
1993 72.7 67
1994 72.8 67.5
1995 72.8 67.9
1996 72.9 68.3
1997 73 68.6
1998 73.1 69.2
1999 73.2 69.7
2000 73.3 70.2
2001 73.4 70.6
2002 73.5 71.1
2003 73.6 70.5
2004 73.7 72
2005 73.9 72.4
2006 74 72.9
2007 74.1 73.3
2008 74.3 73.7
2009 74.5 74
2010 75.1 74.4
2011 75.6 74.7
2012 76 75
2013 76.2 75.3
2014 76.4 75.6
2015 76.5 75.9
2016 76.3 76.2
2017 76.4 76.4
2018 76.5 76.6
2019 76.5 76.9
2020 76.5 74.1
2021 75.7 73.8
2022 76.7 76.8
2023 76.8 77.7
2024 77 77.9
2025 77.2 78.1

Curacao and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population
Curacao

Iran
Year Population
Curacao Iran
1960 124,826 21,470,434
1961 126,125 22,125,726
1962 128,414 22,807,907
1963 130,860 23,519,005
1964 133,148 24,262,859
1965 135,266 25,036,978
1966 136,682 25,829,270
1967 138,140 26,628,432
1968 140,298 27,437,391
1969 142,581 28,273,482
1970 144,739 29,145,100
1971 147,389 30,029,071
1972 147,710 30,921,179
1973 146,912 31,839,838
1974 148,351 32,796,463
1975 149,129 33,802,973
1976 149,399 34,837,271
1977 149,459 35,933,181
1978 148,341 37,126,535
1979 147,851 38,424,952
1980 148,041 39,842,324
1981 148,629 41,989,312
1982 150,101 44,272,141
1983 151,159 46,029,535
1984 151,940 47,793,998
1985 152,711 49,582,289
1986 152,662 51,446,045
1987 151,456 53,323,493
1988 149,254 55,072,694
1989 146,937 56,704,914
1990 145,400 58,380,092
1991 144,403 59,986,931
1992 143,912 61,184,983
1993 144,299 61,403,543
1994 144,630 61,520,598
1995 145,139 62,205,567
1996 146,306 62,881,300
1997 146,956 63,639,638
1998 144,472 64,519,859
1999 139,428 65,445,391
2000 133,860 66,418,659
2001 129,047 67,452,005
2002 129,205 68,011,317
2003 131,897 68,769,340
2004 134,192 70,256,316
2005 137,658 71,828,455
2006 141,239 73,392,747
2007 144,056 74,602,648
2008 145,880 75,514,204
2009 146,833 76,457,825
2010 148,703 77,420,842
2011 150,831 78,383,598
2012 152,088 79,370,580
2013 153,822 80,414,686
2014 155,909 81,502,045
2015 157,980 82,619,362
2016 159,664 83,812,228
2017 160,175 85,026,754
2018 159,336 86,117,998
2019 157,441 87,051,648
2020 154,947 87,723,443
2021 152,369 88,455,488
2022 149,996 89,524,246
2023 155,800 90,608,707
2024 155,900 91,567,738

Fertility rates in Curacao and Iran

Fertility rate
Curacao

Iran
Year Fertility rate
Curacao Iran
1960 5.13 7.52
1961 5.04 7.46
1962 4.93 7.4
1963 4.8 7.32
1964 4.64 7.24
1965 4.47 7.22
1966 4.26 7.21
1967 4.06 7.19
1968 3.83 7.12
1969 3.61 7.01
1970 3.4 6.8
1971 3.18 6.55
1972 2.99 6.26
1973 2.87 6.06
1974 2.77 5.97
1975 2.66 5.95
1976 2.55 6.07
1977 2.46 6.18
1978 2.38 6.34
1979 2.31 6.55
1980 2.27 6.63
1981 2.25 6.62
1982 2.24 6.59
1983 2.24 6.53
1984 2.24 6.43
1985 2.24 6.24
1986 2.24 6.01
1987 2.24 5.72
1988 2.25 5.43
1989 2.27 5.17
1990 2.3 4.93
1991 2.37 4.57
1992 2.43 4.1
1993 2.44 3.67
1994 2.43 3.24
1995 2.42 2.85
1996 2.4 2.54
1997 2.37 2.32
1998 2.32 2.19
1999 2.29 2.09
2000 2.34 2
2001 2.4 1.92
2002 2.3 1.84
2003 2.19 1.8
2004 2.1 1.78
2005 2.04 1.76
2006 2.1 1.76
2007 2 1.75
2008 2.2 1.74
2009 2.1 1.74
2010 2.2 1.75
2011 2.1 1.79
2012 2.2 1.85
2013 2.1 1.91
2014 2 1.98
2015 1.9 2.02
2016 1.7 2.05
2017 1.5 2.02
2018 1.7 1.92
2019 1.6 1.77
2020 1.4 1.7
2021 1.4 1.71
2022 1.3 1.7
2023 1.2 1.7

Curacao and Iran demographics compared

Median age
Curacao

Iran
Year Median age, years
Curacao Iran
1960 19.8 19.1
1961 19.6 18.7
1962 19.5 18.4
1963 19.4 18.1
1964 19.4 17.9
1965 19.5 17.8
1966 19.5 17.7
1967 19.6 17.7
1968 19.7 17.6
1969 19.7 17.6
1970 19.8 17.6
1971 19.9 17.7
1972 20.1 17.8
1973 20.4 17.9
1974 20.8 18
1975 21.2 18.1
1976 21.6 18.2
1977 22 18.3
1978 22.4 18.3
1979 22.8 18.3
1980 23.3 18.2
1981 23.7 18.4
1982 24.1 18.6
1983 24.6 18.5
1984 25.1 18.4
1985 25.6 18.3
1986 26.1 18.2
1987 26.6 18.2
1988 27.1 18.2
1989 27.7 18.1
1990 28.2 18.2
1991 28.7 18.3
1992 29.2 18.4
1993 29.8 18.3
1994 30.3 18.4
1995 30.8 18.7
1996 31.3 19.1
1997 31.8 19.5
1998 32.4 20
1999 33 20.7
2000 33.6 21.4
2001 34.1 22
2002 34.6 22.6
2003 35.3 23.1
2004 35.8 23.7
2005 36.3 24.3
2006 36.8 24.8
2007 37.3 25.5
2008 37.9 26.1
2009 38.4 26.6
2010 39 27.2
2011 39.5 27.7
2012 39.9 28.2
2013 39.9 28.7
2014 39.9 29.2
2015 40 29.7
2016 40.1 30.2
2017 40.2 30.7
2018 38.4 31.2
2019 37.6 31.7
2020 38.5 32.3
2021 38.7 32.8
2022 39 33.3
2023 39.2 33.8
2024 39.5 34.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Curacao Iran
GNI, Atlas method
$3.27B
2023
$426B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
31%
2025
15%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.44%
2024
2.82%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.06%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
650,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-5.47%
2025
Unemployment rate
19.1%
2020
8.13%
2023
Services, % of GDP
73.3%
2023
47.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
11.7%
2023
36.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
78
2025
42.5
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
28.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.8%
2023
Listed domestic companies n/a
594
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$172B
2024
Total reserves including gold n/a
$7.69B
1982
Personal remittances received
$116M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
1,293,000
2019
1,550,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
27.8%
2020
2.28%
2000
Banked people share n/a
91.1%
2024

Energy

Curacao Iran
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
5,775 kg
2022
3,266 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.12
2022
$5.03
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions n/a
779 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita n/a
8.6 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
98.8%
2022
Renewable energy use share
2.8%
2021
0.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.15%
2022
1.14%
2022
Net energy imports use share
236.1%
2018
-32.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
5,140 kWh
2022
3,664 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
18.3%
2021
4.24%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
3.43%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
2.2%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Curacao Iran
% of world population
0.002%
2024
1.12%
2024
Annual migration change
+513
2024
+190,156
2024
Urban population
89%
2024
77.7%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height n/a
5.76 ft
2025
Average female height n/a
5.29 ft
2025
Quality of life index
63.6
2025
40.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2025
23
2024
Higher education index
8
2025
78
2025
Homicides per 100K people
17.1
2007
2.42
2014
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
17
2025
21.5
2019
Visa free countries n/a
55
2025
Adult literacy rate n/a
88.9%
2023
English speaking
60%
2025
12%
2025
People using the Internet
68.1%
2017
79.6%
2023

Health

Curacao Iran
Government health expenditure per capita n/a
$237.8
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita n/a
$92.9
2022
Life expectancy
77.2 years
2025
78.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0.43%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people n/a
1.51
2018
Maternal mortality per 100K births n/a
16
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births n/a
11.8
2023
Obesity rate n/a
25.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.4%
2024
9%
2024
Air quality index
81
2025
27
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
13.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
0.51 liters
2020

Territory

Curacao Iran
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
1.09%
2025
Land area per capita
1,100 sq mi
2024
6,841 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area n/a
181,727 sq mi
2025
Forest area
0.27 sq mi
2025
41,654 sq mi
2025
Roads length
342 mi
2025
138,867 mi
2018

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