Population in Curacao compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Curacao and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	DR Congo	Curacao	DR Congo
1960	124,826	15,264,846	-	-
1961	126,125	15,662,374	1.04%	2.6%
1962	128,414	16,075,724	1.81%	2.64%
1963	130,860	16,507,599	1.9%	2.69%
1964	133,148	16,955,327	1.75%	2.71%
1965	135,266	17,427,802	1.59%	2.79%
1966	136,682	17,931,929	1.05%	2.89%
1967	138,140	18,462,782	1.07%	2.96%
1968	140,298	19,012,189	1.56%	2.98%
1969	142,581	19,570,445	1.63%	2.94%
1970	144,739	20,137,436	1.51%	2.9%
1971	147,389	20,695,569	1.83%	2.77%
1972	147,710	21,251,160	0.22%	2.68%
1973	146,912	21,827,665	-0.54%	2.71%
1974	148,351	22,418,878	0.98%	2.71%
1975	149,129	23,021,101	0.52%	2.69%
1976	149,399	23,624,031	0.18%	2.62%
1977	149,459	24,229,061	0.04%	2.56%
1978	148,341	24,992,689	-0.75%	3.15%
1979	147,851	25,886,782	-0.33%	3.58%
1980	148,041	26,711,099	0.13%	3.18%
1981	148,629	27,500,515	0.4%	2.96%
1982	150,101	28,338,190	0.99%	3.05%
1983	151,159	29,250,963	0.7%	3.22%
1984	151,940	30,245,081	0.52%	3.4%
1985	152,711	31,264,816	0.51%	3.37%
1986	152,662	32,265,196	-0.03%	3.2%
1987	151,456	33,298,904	-0.79%	3.2%
1988	149,254	34,382,752	-1.45%	3.25%
1989	146,937	35,486,866	-1.55%	3.21%
1990	145,400	36,684,063	-1.05%	3.37%
1991	144,403	37,925,817	-0.69%	3.38%
1992	143,912	39,228,910	-0.34%	3.44%
1993	144,299	40,656,336	0.27%	3.64%
1994	144,630	42,626,876	0.23%	4.85%
1995	145,139	44,433,704	0.35%	4.24%
1996	146,306	45,296,124	0.8%	1.94%
1997	146,956	46,029,902	0.44%	1.62%
1998	144,472	47,297,600	-1.69%	2.75%
1999	139,428	48,912,971	-3.49%	3.42%
2000	133,860	50,507,442	-3.99%	3.26%
2001	129,047	52,132,646	-3.6%	3.22%
2002	129,205	53,750,524	0.12%	3.1%
2003	131,897	55,343,867	2.08%	2.96%
2004	134,192	56,997,741	1.74%	2.99%
2005	137,658	58,775,724	2.58%	3.12%
2006	141,239	60,615,908	2.6%	3.13%
2007	144,056	62,477,752	1.99%	3.07%
2008	145,880	64,390,664	1.27%	3.06%
2009	146,833	66,412,044	0.65%	3.14%
2010	148,703	68,563,038	1.27%	3.24%
2011	150,831	70,849,311	1.43%	3.33%
2012	152,088	73,254,618	0.83%	3.39%
2013	153,822	75,789,395	1.14%	3.46%
2014	155,909	78,403,242	1.36%	3.45%
2015	157,980	81,035,531	1.33%	3.36%
2016	159,664	83,956,415	1.07%	3.6%
2017	160,175	87,083,398	0.32%	3.72%
2018	159,336	90,047,644	-0.52%	3.4%
2019	157,441	92,947,442	-1.19%	3.22%
2020	155,482	95,989,998	-1.24%	3.27%
2021	153,948	99,148,932	-0.99%	3.29%
2022	153,321	102,396,968	-0.41%	3.28%
2023	154,654	105,789,731	0.87%	3.31%
2024	155,967	109,276,265	0.85%	3.3%
2025	155,977	112,832,475	0.007%	3.25%
2026	155,945	116,452,162	-0.02%	3.21%
2027	155,873	120,129,744	-0.05%	3.16%
2028	155,776	123,871,555	-0.06%	3.11%
2029	155,625	127,674,141	-0.1%	3.07%
2030	155,422	131,532,201	-0.13%	3.02%
2031	155,179	135,447,495	-0.16%	2.98%
2032	154,912	139,408,613	-0.17%	2.92%
2033	154,613	143,414,031	-0.19%	2.87%
2034	154,266	147,468,142	-0.22%	2.83%
2035	153,910	151,560,102	-0.23%	2.77%
2036	153,509	155,689,453	-0.26%	2.72%
2037	153,094	159,848,574	-0.27%	2.67%
2038	152,666	164,045,610	-0.28%	2.63%
2039	152,205	168,296,695	-0.3%	2.59%
2040	151,700	172,595,578	-0.33%	2.55%
2041	151,195	176,946,261	-0.33%	2.52%
2042	150,673	181,350,407	-0.35%	2.49%
2043	150,136	185,805,168	-0.36%	2.46%
2044	149,583	190,312,004	-0.37%	2.43%
2045	149,005	194,865,386	-0.39%	2.39%
2046	148,431	199,464,487	-0.39%	2.36%
2047	147,827	204,105,925	-0.41%	2.33%
2048	147,194	208,783,692	-0.43%	2.29%
2049	146,558	213,497,692	-0.43%	2.26%
2050	145,892	218,246,073	-0.45%	2.22%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while the DR Congo gained 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while the DR Congo's population increased by 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2006 and ranked 15th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Curacao's population will shrink by 6.45% to 145,892 people with a rank change from 179th to 180th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.