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	154,947	95,989,998	-1.58%	3.27%
2021	152,369	99,148,932	-1.66%	3.29%
2022	149,996	102,396,968	-1.56%	3.28%
2023	155,800	105,789,731	3.87%	3.31%
2024	155,900	109,276,265	0.06%	3.3%
2025	155,910	112,832,475	0.007%	3.25%
2026	155,878	116,452,162	-0.02%	3.21%
2027	155,806	120,129,744	-0.05%	3.16%
2028	155,710	123,871,555	-0.06%	3.11%
2029	155,558	127,674,141	-0.1%	3.07%
2030	155,356	131,532,201	-0.13%	3.02%
2031	155,112	135,447,495	-0.16%	2.98%
2032	154,845	139,408,613	-0.17%	2.92%
2033	154,546	143,414,031	-0.19%	2.87%
2034	154,200	147,468,142	-0.22%	2.83%
2035	153,844	151,560,102	-0.23%	2.77%
2036	153,444	155,689,453	-0.26%	2.72%
2037	153,028	159,848,574	-0.27%	2.67%
2038	152,600	164,045,610	-0.28%	2.63%
2039	152,140	168,296,695	-0.3%	2.59%
2040	151,635	172,595,578	-0.33%	2.55%
2041	151,130	176,946,261	-0.33%	2.52%
2042	150,608	181,350,407	-0.35%	2.49%
2043	150,071	185,805,168	-0.36%	2.46%
2044	149,519	190,312,004	-0.37%	2.43%
2045	148,941	194,865,386	-0.39%	2.39%
2046	148,367	199,464,487	-0.39%	2.36%
2047	147,763	204,105,925	-0.41%	2.33%
2048	147,130	208,783,692	-0.43%	2.29%
2049	146,495	213,497,692	-0.43%	2.26%
2050	145,829	218,246,073	-0.45%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th 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 DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.