The current population of Curacao is 155,910 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 155,900 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Curacao's population peaked in 2017 at 160K people and has been in decline since.
- Curacao accounts for 0.002% of the world's population.
- The UN estimates that Curacao's population is going to decline by -6.47% to 146K people by 2050.
- Curacao is ranked 179/197 by population and was ranked 179th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Curacao has had an average growth rate of 0.66% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 138K people to 156K (13.3% growth in 20 years).
Curacao population clock
Curacao
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
155910
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 179/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.002% | N/A |
| One net population change |
3.65 days
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
7.5 hours
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.8 hours
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +100 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.06% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 160/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
17.1 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +513 | N/A |
Curacao population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 124,826 | - |
| 1961 | 126,125 | 1.04% |
| 1962 | 128,414 | 1.81% |
| 1963 | 130,860 | 1.9% |
| 1964 | 133,148 | 1.75% |
| 1965 | 135,266 | 1.59% |
| 1966 | 136,682 | 1.05% |
| 1967 | 138,140 | 1.07% |
| 1968 | 140,298 | 1.56% |
| 1969 | 142,581 | 1.63% |
| 1970 | 144,739 | 1.51% |
| 1971 | 147,389 | 1.83% |
| 1972 | 147,710 | 0.22% |
| 1973 | 146,912 | -0.54% |
| 1974 | 148,351 | 0.98% |
| 1975 | 149,129 | 0.52% |
| 1976 | 149,399 | 0.18% |
| 1977 | 149,459 | 0.04% |
| 1978 | 148,341 | -0.75% |
| 1979 | 147,851 | -0.33% |
| 1980 | 148,041 | 0.13% |
| 1981 | 148,629 | 0.4% |
| 1982 | 150,101 | 0.99% |
| 1983 | 151,159 | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 151,940 | 0.52% |
| 1985 | 152,711 | 0.51% |
| 1986 | 152,662 | -0.03% |
| 1987 | 151,456 | -0.79% |
| 1988 | 149,254 | -1.45% |
| 1989 | 146,937 | -1.55% |
| 1990 | 145,400 | -1.05% |
| 1991 | 144,403 | -0.69% |
| 1992 | 143,912 | -0.34% |
| 1993 | 144,299 | 0.27% |
| 1994 | 144,630 | 0.23% |
| 1995 | 145,139 | 0.35% |
| 1996 | 146,306 | 0.8% |
| 1997 | 146,956 | 0.44% |
| 1998 | 144,472 | -1.69% |
| 1999 | 139,428 | -3.49% |
| 2000 | 133,860 | -3.99% |
| 2001 | 129,047 | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 129,205 | 0.12% |
| 2003 | 131,897 | 2.08% |
| 2004 | 134,192 | 1.74% |
| 2005 | 137,658 | 2.58% |
| 2006 | 141,239 | 2.6% |
| 2007 | 144,056 | 1.99% |
| 2008 | 145,880 | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 146,833 | 0.65% |
| 2010 | 148,703 | 1.27% |
| 2011 | 150,831 | 1.43% |
| 2012 | 152,088 | 0.83% |
| 2013 | 153,822 | 1.14% |
| 2014 | 155,909 | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 157,980 | 1.33% |
| 2016 | 159,664 | 1.07% |
| 2017 | 160,175 | 0.32% |
| 2018 | 159,336 | -0.52% |
| 2019 | 157,441 | -1.19% |
| 2020 | 154,947 | -1.58% |
| 2021 | 152,369 | -1.66% |
| 2022 | 149,996 | -1.56% |
| 2023 | 155,800 | 3.87% |
| 2024 | 155,900 | 0.06% |
| 2025 | 155,910 | 0.007% |
| 2026 | 155,878 | -0.02% |
| 2027 | 155,806 | -0.05% |
| 2028 | 155,710 | -0.06% |
| 2029 | 155,558 | -0.1% |
| 2030 | 155,356 | -0.13% |
| 2031 | 155,112 | -0.16% |
| 2032 | 154,845 | -0.17% |
| 2033 | 154,546 | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 154,200 | -0.22% |
| 2035 | 153,844 | -0.23% |
| 2036 | 153,444 | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 153,028 | -0.27% |
| 2038 | 152,600 | -0.28% |
| 2039 | 152,140 | -0.3% |
| 2040 | 151,635 | -0.33% |
| 2041 | 151,130 | -0.33% |
| 2042 | 150,608 | -0.35% |
| 2043 | 150,071 | -0.36% |
| 2044 | 149,519 | -0.37% |
| 2045 | 148,941 | -0.39% |
| 2046 | 148,367 | -0.39% |
| 2047 | 147,763 | -0.41% |
| 2048 | 147,130 | -0.43% |
| 2049 | 146,495 | -0.43% |
| 2050 | 145,829 | -0.45% |
Curacao has a population of 156K as of 2025, compared to 158K in 2015, 138K in 2005, and 145K in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.13% per year. Curacao is ranked 172nd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Curacao will have 148,941 people (-4.47% decline) with a rank change from 179th to 180th.
By the year 2100, Curacao's population is projected to decline by 35.1% to 101K people.
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Curacao population statistics
|
Curacao
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 77.2 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 909 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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