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Population in Australia compared to Curacao: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Australia was 27,204,809 in 2024 vs 155,900 people in Curacao in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Australia's population is 27,677,455 people compared to 155,910 in Curacao.

Population statistics:

  • Australia's population is 177.5 times bigger than Curacao's.
  • Australia is ranked the 55th most populous country in the world, while Curacao is the 179th.
  • The countries together account for 0.34% of the world: 0.33% for Australia vs 0.002% for Curacao.
  • For the last 10 years, Australia has had an average growth rate of +1.49% per year vs +0.14% in Curacao.
  • Since 2005, the population of Australia has increased from 20.2M people to 27.7M (37.2% growth), while Curacao has grown from 138K to 156K (13.3% growth).
  • Australia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 43.9M people, while Curacao's population already peaked in 2017 at 160K people and is projected to decrease to 101K people by 2100.

Australia vs Curacao: live population counter

Australia Curacao
Current population
27677455
155910
Population rank 55/197 179/197
Percent of world population 0.33% 0.002%
One net population change
57.1 seconds
3.65 days
One birth every
1.83 minutes
7.5 hours
One death every
2.86 minutes
5.8 hours
One migration net change every
3.79 minutes
17.1 hours
Annual migration change +138,510 +513
Daily growth/decline +1,512 +0
Annual growth/decline +552,032 +100
Annual growth/decline rate +2.07% +0.06%
Population growth rate rank 51/197 160/197

Australia and Curacao: population history and growth rate by year chart

Australia
Population

Growth rate
Curacao
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Australia Curacao Australia Curacao
1960 10,276,477 124,826 - -
1961 10,483,000 126,125 2.01% 1.04%
1962 10,742,000 128,414 2.47% 1.81%
1963 10,950,000 130,860 1.94% 1.9%
1964 11,167,000 133,148 1.98% 1.75%
1965 11,388,000 135,266 1.98% 1.59%
1966 11,651,000 136,682 2.31% 1.05%
1967 11,799,000 138,140 1.27% 1.07%
1968 12,009,000 140,298 1.78% 1.56%
1969 12,263,000 142,581 2.12% 1.63%
1970 12,507,000 144,739 1.99% 1.51%
1971 12,937,000 147,389 3.44% 1.83%
1972 13,177,000 147,710 1.86% 0.22%
1973 13,380,000 146,912 1.54% -0.54%
1974 13,723,000 148,351 2.56% 0.98%
1975 13,893,000 149,129 1.24% 0.52%
1976 14,033,000 149,399 1.01% 0.18%
1977 14,192,000 149,459 1.13% 0.04%
1978 14,358,000 148,341 1.17% -0.75%
1979 14,514,000 147,851 1.09% -0.33%
1980 14,692,000 148,041 1.23% 0.13%
1981 14,923,260 148,629 1.57% 0.4%
1982 15,184,247 150,101 1.75% 0.99%
1983 15,393,472 151,159 1.38% 0.7%
1984 15,579,391 151,940 1.21% 0.52%
1985 15,788,312 152,711 1.34% 0.51%
1986 16,018,350 152,662 1.46% -0.03%
1987 16,263,874 151,456 1.53% -0.79%
1988 16,532,164 149,254 1.65% -1.45%
1989 16,814,416 146,937 1.71% -1.55%
1990 17,065,128 145,400 1.49% -1.05%
1991 17,284,036 144,403 1.28% -0.69%
1992 17,478,635 143,912 1.13% -0.34%
1993 17,634,808 144,299 0.89% 0.27%
1994 17,805,468 144,630 0.97% 0.23%
1995 18,004,882 145,139 1.12% 0.35%
1996 18,224,767 146,306 1.22% 0.8%
1997 18,423,037 146,956 1.09% 0.44%
1998 18,607,584 144,472 1% -1.69%
1999 18,812,264 139,428 1.1% -3.49%
2000 19,028,802 133,860 1.15% -3.99%
2001 19,274,701 129,047 1.29% -3.6%
2002 19,495,210 129,205 1.14% 0.12%
2003 19,720,737 131,897 1.16% 2.08%
2004 19,932,722 134,192 1.07% 1.74%
2005 20,176,844 137,658 1.22% 2.58%
2006 20,450,966 141,239 1.36% 2.6%
2007 20,827,622 144,056 1.84% 1.99%
2008 21,249,199 145,880 2.02% 1.27%
2009 21,691,653 146,833 2.08% 0.65%
2010 22,031,750 148,703 1.57% 1.27%
2011 22,340,024 150,831 1.4% 1.43%
2012 22,733,465 152,088 1.76% 0.83%
2013 23,128,129 153,822 1.74% 1.14%
2014 23,475,686 155,909 1.5% 1.36%
2015 23,815,995 157,980 1.45% 1.33%
2016 24,190,907 159,664 1.57% 1.07%
2017 24,592,588 160,175 1.66% 0.32%
2018 24,963,258 159,336 1.51% -0.52%
2019 25,334,826 157,441 1.49% -1.19%
2020 25,649,248 154,947 1.24% -1.58%
2021 25,685,412 152,369 0.14% -1.66%
2022 26,014,399 149,996 1.28% -1.56%
2023 26,652,777 155,800 2.45% 3.87%
2024 27,204,809 155,900 2.07% 0.06%
2025 27,470,426 155,910 0.98% 0.007%
2026 27,728,157 155,878 0.94% -0.02%
2027 27,979,877 155,806 0.91% -0.05%
2028 28,228,958 155,710 0.89% -0.06%
2029 28,471,054 155,558 0.86% -0.1%
2030 28,707,292 155,356 0.83% -0.13%
2031 28,940,769 155,112 0.81% -0.16%
2032 29,169,013 154,845 0.79% -0.17%
2033 29,392,748 154,546 0.77% -0.19%
2034 29,614,137 154,200 0.75% -0.22%
2035 29,835,307 153,844 0.75% -0.23%
2036 30,056,752 153,444 0.74% -0.26%
2037 30,273,692 153,028 0.72% -0.27%
2038 30,488,994 152,600 0.71% -0.28%
2039 30,703,245 152,140 0.7% -0.3%
2040 30,916,122 151,635 0.69% -0.33%
2041 31,132,858 151,130 0.7% -0.33%
2042 31,352,893 150,608 0.71% -0.35%
2043 31,572,750 150,071 0.7% -0.36%
2044 31,790,565 149,519 0.69% -0.37%
2045 32,009,555 148,941 0.69% -0.39%
2046 32,232,946 148,367 0.7% -0.39%
2047 32,452,651 147,763 0.68% -0.41%
2048 32,672,016 147,130 0.68% -0.43%
2049 32,891,546 146,495 0.67% -0.43%
2050 33,105,190 145,829 0.65% -0.45%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Curacao gained 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Curacao's population decreased by -2,070 (a 1.31% decline).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Curacao was ranked 179th in 2005 and still ranked 179th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Curacao will decrease by 6.47% to 145,829 people and rank change from 179th to 180th.

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