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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 155,900 people in Curacao in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 155,910 in Curacao.

Population statistics:

  • Croatia's population is 24.6 times bigger than Curacao's.
  • Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Curacao is the 179th.
  • The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.002% for Curacao.
  • For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +0.14% in Curacao.
  • Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), while Curacao has grown from 138K to 156K (13.3% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 31.8% of the population in Croatia and 19.1% in Curacao.

Croatia vs Curacao: live population counter

Croatia Curacao
Current population
3839202
155910
Population rank 129/197 179/197
Percent of world population 0.05% 0.002%
One net population change
1.32 hours
3.65 days
One birth every
16.4 minutes
7.5 hours
One death every
10.2 minutes
5.8 hours
One migration net change every
1.69 hours
17.1 hours
Annual migration change -5,186 +513
Daily growth/decline +18 +0
Annual growth/decline +6,614 +100
Annual growth/decline rate +0.17% +0.06%
Population growth rate rank 155/197 160/197

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

Croatia
Population

Growth rate
Curacao
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Croatia Curacao Croatia Curacao
1960 4,140,181 124,826 - -
1961 4,167,292 126,125 0.65% 1.04%
1962 4,196,712 128,414 0.71% 1.81%
1963 4,225,675 130,860 0.69% 1.9%
1964 4,252,876 133,148 0.64% 1.75%
1965 4,280,923 135,266 0.66% 1.59%
1966 4,310,701 136,682 0.7% 1.05%
1967 4,338,683 138,140 0.65% 1.07%
1968 4,365,628 140,298 0.62% 1.56%
1969 4,391,490 142,581 0.59% 1.63%
1970 4,412,252 144,739 0.47% 1.51%
1971 4,431,275 147,389 0.43% 1.83%
1972 4,450,564 147,710 0.44% 0.22%
1973 4,470,161 146,912 0.44% -0.54%
1974 4,490,660 148,351 0.46% 0.98%
1975 4,512,082 149,129 0.48% 0.52%
1976 4,535,934 149,399 0.53% 0.18%
1977 4,559,571 149,459 0.52% 0.04%
1978 4,581,085 148,341 0.47% -0.75%
1979 4,594,778 147,851 0.3% -0.33%
1980 4,599,782 148,041 0.11% 0.13%
1981 4,611,509 148,629 0.25% 0.4%
1982 4,634,234 150,101 0.49% 0.99%
1983 4,658,254 151,159 0.52% 0.7%
1984 4,680,285 151,940 0.47% 0.52%
1985 4,701,417 152,711 0.45% 0.51%
1986 4,721,446 152,662 0.43% -0.03%
1987 4,739,745 151,456 0.39% -0.79%
1988 4,755,207 149,254 0.33% -1.45%
1989 4,767,260 146,937 0.25% -1.55%
1990 4,777,368 145,400 0.21% -1.05%
1991 4,689,022 144,403 -1.85% -0.69%
1992 4,575,818 143,912 -2.41% -0.34%
1993 4,600,463 144,299 0.54% 0.27%
1994 4,652,024 144,630 1.12% 0.23%
1995 4,620,030 145,139 -0.69% 0.35%
1996 4,557,097 146,306 -1.36% 0.8%
1997 4,534,920 146,956 -0.49% 0.44%
1998 4,532,135 144,472 -0.06% -1.69%
1999 4,512,597 139,428 -0.43% -3.49%
2000 4,468,302 133,860 -0.98% -3.99%
2001 4,299,642 129,047 -3.77% -3.6%
2002 4,302,174 129,205 0.06% 0.12%
2003 4,303,399 131,897 0.03% 2.08%
2004 4,304,600 134,192 0.03% 1.74%
2005 4,310,145 137,658 0.13% 2.58%
2006 4,311,159 141,239 0.02% 2.6%
2007 4,310,217 144,056 -0.02% 1.99%
2008 4,309,705 145,880 -0.01% 1.27%
2009 4,305,181 146,833 -0.1% 0.65%
2010 4,295,427 148,703 -0.23% 1.27%
2011 4,280,622 150,831 -0.34% 1.43%
2012 4,260,368 152,088 -0.47% 0.83%
2013 4,233,922 153,822 -0.62% 1.14%
2014 4,201,598 155,909 -0.76% 1.36%
2015 4,151,725 157,980 -1.19% 1.33%
2016 4,106,867 159,664 -1.08% 1.07%
2017 4,041,407 160,175 -1.59% 0.32%
2018 3,988,775 159,336 -1.3% -0.52%
2019 3,949,390 157,441 -0.99% -1.19%
2020 3,914,206 154,947 -0.89% -1.58%
2021 3,878,981 152,369 -0.9% -1.66%
2022 3,855,641 149,996 -0.6% -1.56%
2023 3,859,686 155,800 0.1% 3.87%
2024 3,866,300 155,900 0.17% 0.06%
2025 3,839,202 155,910 -0.7% 0.007%
2026 3,813,444 155,878 -0.67% -0.02%
2027 3,788,509 155,806 -0.65% -0.05%
2028 3,764,509 155,710 -0.63% -0.06%
2029 3,740,864 155,558 -0.63% -0.1%
2030 3,717,091 155,356 -0.64% -0.13%
2031 3,693,060 155,112 -0.65% -0.16%
2032 3,668,891 154,845 -0.65% -0.17%
2033 3,645,252 154,546 -0.64% -0.19%
2034 3,621,822 154,200 -0.64% -0.22%
2035 3,598,817 153,844 -0.64% -0.23%
2036 3,576,022 153,444 -0.63% -0.26%
2037 3,552,470 153,028 -0.66% -0.27%
2038 3,528,382 152,600 -0.68% -0.28%
2039 3,504,319 152,140 -0.68% -0.3%
2040 3,480,182 151,635 -0.69% -0.33%
2041 3,455,709 151,130 -0.7% -0.33%
2042 3,430,926 150,608 -0.72% -0.35%
2043 3,406,019 150,071 -0.73% -0.36%
2044 3,380,680 149,519 -0.74% -0.37%
2045 3,355,131 148,941 -0.76% -0.39%
2046 3,329,736 148,367 -0.76% -0.39%
2047 3,304,173 147,763 -0.77% -0.41%
2048 3,278,352 147,130 -0.78% -0.43%
2049 3,252,533 146,495 -0.79% -0.43%
2050 3,226,623 145,829 -0.8% -0.45%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Curacao gained 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Curacao's population decreased by -2,070 (a 1.31% decline).

Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th 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) Croatia's population will shrink by 16% to 3,226,623 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Curacao will decrease by 6.47% to 145,829 people and rank change from 179th to 180th.

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