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
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| Current population |
27677455
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155910
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| Population rank | 55/197 | 179/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.33% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
57.1 seconds
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3.65 days
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| One birth every |
1.83 minutes
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7.5 hours
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| One death every |
2.86 minutes
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5.8 hours
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| One migration net change every |
3.79 minutes
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17.1 hours
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| 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
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Sydney | 5.45M |
| Melbourne | 5.35M |
| Brisbane | 2.71M |
| Perth | 2.14M |
| Adelaide | 1.39M |
| Gold Coast | 608K |
| Canberra | 381K |
| Sunshine Coast | 284K |
| Wollongong | 262K |
| Ipswich | 233K |
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| City | Population |
| Willemstad | 150K |
| Barber | 2.42K |
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Population differences between Australia and Curacao
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| Life expectancy | 84.2 years | 77.2 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 39 years | 39.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 47.6:52.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 9.16 ppl/mi² | 909 ppl/mi² |
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