The latest officially reported population of Curacao was 155,900 in 2024 vs 11,427,557 people in the Dominican Republic in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Curacao's population is 155,910 people compared to 11,591,984 in the Dominican Republic.
Population statistics:
- The Dominican Republic's population is 74.4 times bigger than Curacao's.
- Curacao is ranked the 179th most populous country in the world, while the Dominican Republic is the 84th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.002% for Curacao vs 0.14% for the Dominican Republic.
- For the last 10 years, Curacao has had an average growth rate of +0.14% per year vs +1.04% in the Dominican Republic.
- Since 2005, the population of Curacao has increased from 138K people to 156K (13.3% growth), while the Dominican Republic has grown from 9.23M to 11.6M (25.7% growth).
- The Dominican Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 13.2M people, while Curacao's population already peaked in 2017 at 160K people and is projected to decrease to 101K people by 2100.
Curacao vs Dominican Republic: live population counter
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| Current population |
155910
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11591984
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| Population rank | 179/197 | 84/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.002% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
3.65 days
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5.46 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.5 hours
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2.59 minutes
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| One death every |
5.8 hours
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7.42 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.1 hours
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15.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +513 | -34,806 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +264 |
| Annual growth/decline | +100 | +96,292 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.06% | +0.85% |
| Population growth rate rank | 160/197 | 114/197 |
Curacao and the Dominican Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 124,826 | 3,268,336 | - | - |
| 1961 | 126,125 | 3,373,233 | 1.04% | 3.21% |
| 1962 | 128,414 | 3,479,936 | 1.81% | 3.16% |
| 1963 | 130,860 | 3,588,287 | 1.9% | 3.11% |
| 1964 | 133,148 | 3,698,559 | 1.75% | 3.07% |
| 1965 | 135,266 | 3,808,963 | 1.59% | 2.99% |
| 1966 | 136,682 | 3,921,847 | 1.05% | 2.96% |
| 1967 | 138,140 | 4,038,928 | 1.07% | 2.99% |
| 1968 | 140,298 | 4,157,189 | 1.56% | 2.93% |
| 1969 | 142,581 | 4,277,035 | 1.63% | 2.88% |
| 1970 | 144,739 | 4,399,290 | 1.51% | 2.86% |
| 1971 | 147,389 | 4,524,234 | 1.83% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 147,710 | 4,651,883 | 0.22% | 2.82% |
| 1973 | 146,912 | 4,782,227 | -0.54% | 2.8% |
| 1974 | 148,351 | 4,914,197 | 0.98% | 2.76% |
| 1975 | 149,129 | 5,046,776 | 0.52% | 2.7% |
| 1976 | 149,399 | 5,180,404 | 0.18% | 2.65% |
| 1977 | 149,459 | 5,315,443 | 0.04% | 2.61% |
| 1978 | 148,341 | 5,451,882 | -0.75% | 2.57% |
| 1979 | 147,851 | 5,589,690 | -0.33% | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 148,041 | 5,729,037 | 0.13% | 2.49% |
| 1981 | 148,629 | 5,868,453 | 0.4% | 2.43% |
| 1982 | 150,101 | 6,007,114 | 0.99% | 2.36% |
| 1983 | 151,159 | 6,147,248 | 0.7% | 2.33% |
| 1984 | 151,940 | 6,289,040 | 0.52% | 2.31% |
| 1985 | 152,711 | 6,430,404 | 0.51% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 152,662 | 6,571,208 | -0.03% | 2.19% |
| 1987 | 151,456 | 6,712,515 | -0.79% | 2.15% |
| 1988 | 149,254 | 6,855,734 | -1.45% | 2.13% |
| 1989 | 146,937 | 7,002,295 | -1.55% | 2.14% |
| 1990 | 145,400 | 7,151,166 | -1.05% | 2.13% |
| 1991 | 144,403 | 7,299,853 | -0.69% | 2.08% |
| 1992 | 143,912 | 7,447,474 | -0.34% | 2.02% |
| 1993 | 144,299 | 7,594,572 | 0.27% | 1.98% |
| 1994 | 144,630 | 7,741,694 | 0.23% | 1.94% |
| 1995 | 145,139 | 7,888,115 | 0.35% | 1.89% |
| 1996 | 146,306 | 8,032,894 | 0.8% | 1.84% |
| 1997 | 146,956 | 8,174,078 | 0.44% | 1.76% |
| 1998 | 144,472 | 8,310,362 | -1.69% | 1.67% |
| 1999 | 139,428 | 8,446,208 | -3.49% | 1.63% |
| 2000 | 133,860 | 8,584,190 | -3.99% | 1.63% |
| 2001 | 129,047 | 8,720,283 | -3.6% | 1.59% |
| 2002 | 129,205 | 8,852,235 | 0.12% | 1.51% |
| 2003 | 131,897 | 8,980,620 | 2.08% | 1.45% |
| 2004 | 134,192 | 9,104,892 | 1.74% | 1.38% |
| 2005 | 137,658 | 9,225,034 | 2.58% | 1.32% |
| 2006 | 141,239 | 9,341,183 | 2.6% | 1.26% |
| 2007 | 144,056 | 9,455,658 | 1.99% | 1.23% |
| 2008 | 145,880 | 9,573,130 | 1.27% | 1.24% |
| 2009 | 146,833 | 9,695,265 | 0.65% | 1.28% |
| 2010 | 148,703 | 9,820,175 | 1.27% | 1.29% |
| 2011 | 150,831 | 9,945,621 | 1.43% | 1.28% |
| 2012 | 152,088 | 10,070,411 | 0.83% | 1.25% |
| 2013 | 153,822 | 10,193,833 | 1.14% | 1.23% |
| 2014 | 155,909 | 10,315,528 | 1.36% | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 157,980 | 10,434,829 | 1.33% | 1.16% |
| 2016 | 159,664 | 10,551,430 | 1.07% | 1.12% |
| 2017 | 160,175 | 10,666,843 | 0.32% | 1.09% |
| 2018 | 159,336 | 10,782,053 | -0.52% | 1.08% |
| 2019 | 157,441 | 10,894,043 | -1.19% | 1.04% |
| 2020 | 154,947 | 11,008,300 | -1.58% | 1.05% |
| 2021 | 152,369 | 11,123,476 | -1.66% | 1.05% |
| 2022 | 149,996 | 11,230,734 | -1.56% | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 155,800 | 11,331,265 | 3.87% | 0.9% |
| 2024 | 155,900 | 11,427,557 | 0.06% | 0.85% |
| 2025 | 155,910 | 11,520,480 | 0.007% | 0.81% |
| 2026 | 155,878 | 11,609,496 | -0.02% | 0.77% |
| 2027 | 155,806 | 11,695,935 | -0.05% | 0.74% |
| 2028 | 155,710 | 11,779,929 | -0.06% | 0.72% |
| 2029 | 155,558 | 11,860,814 | -0.1% | 0.69% |
| 2030 | 155,356 | 11,938,853 | -0.13% | 0.66% |
| 2031 | 155,112 | 12,014,148 | -0.16% | 0.63% |
| 2032 | 154,845 | 12,086,669 | -0.17% | 0.6% |
| 2033 | 154,546 | 12,156,523 | -0.19% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 154,200 | 12,224,121 | -0.22% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 153,844 | 12,289,431 | -0.23% | 0.53% |
| 2036 | 153,444 | 12,352,228 | -0.26% | 0.51% |
| 2037 | 153,028 | 12,412,542 | -0.27% | 0.49% |
| 2038 | 152,600 | 12,470,656 | -0.28% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 152,140 | 12,526,156 | -0.3% | 0.45% |
| 2040 | 151,635 | 12,579,320 | -0.33% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 151,130 | 12,630,679 | -0.33% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 150,608 | 12,680,019 | -0.35% | 0.39% |
| 2043 | 150,071 | 12,727,289 | -0.36% | 0.37% |
| 2044 | 149,519 | 12,772,651 | -0.37% | 0.36% |
| 2045 | 148,941 | 12,816,003 | -0.39% | 0.34% |
| 2046 | 148,367 | 12,856,883 | -0.39% | 0.32% |
| 2047 | 147,763 | 12,895,158 | -0.41% | 0.3% |
| 2048 | 147,130 | 12,931,165 | -0.43% | 0.28% |
| 2049 | 146,495 | 12,964,841 | -0.43% | 0.26% |
| 2050 | 145,829 | 12,996,290 | -0.45% | 0.24% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth).
Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th in 2005 and ranked 84th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Curacao's population will shrink by 6.47% to 145,829 people with a rank change from 179th to 180th. The population of the Dominican Republic will increase by 12.1% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Willemstad | 150K |
| Barber | 2.42K |
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| City | Population |
| Santiago de los Caballeros | 1.34M |
| Santo Domingo | 1.13M |
| Puerto Plata | 338K |
| La Vega | 282K |
| Higuey | 251K |
| San Cristobal | 233K |
| San Pedro de Macoris | 217K |
| San Francisco de Macoris | 188K |
| San Juan de la Maguana | 169K |
| Bonao | 158K |
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Population differences between Curacao and the Dominican Republic
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| Life expectancy | 77.2 years | 74 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 31.7 years |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 29 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 2.24 births per woman |
| Population density | 909 ppl/mi² | 614 ppl/mi² |
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