The latest officially reported population of Curacao was 155,900 in 2024 vs 6,338,193 people in El Salvador in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Curacao's population is 155,910 people compared to 6,386,184 in El Salvador.
Population statistics:
- El Salvador's population is 41 times bigger than Curacao's.
- Curacao is ranked the 179th most populous country in the world, while El Salvador is the 112th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.002% for Curacao vs 0.08% for El Salvador.
- For the last 10 years, Curacao has had an average growth rate of +0.14% per year vs +0.29% in El Salvador.
- Since 2005, the population of Curacao has increased from 138K people to 156K (13.3% growth), while El Salvador has grown from 6.01M to 6.39M (6.34% growth).
- El Salvador is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 6.67M people, while Curacao's population already peaked in 2017 at 160K people and is projected to decrease to 101K people by 2100.
Curacao vs El Salvador: live population counter
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| Current population |
155910
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6386184
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| Population rank | 179/197 | 112/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.002% | 0.08% |
| One net population change |
3.65 days
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18.4 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.5 hours
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5.29 minutes
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| One death every |
5.8 hours
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11.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.1 hours
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22.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +513 | -23,102 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +78 |
| Annual growth/decline | +100 | +28,569 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.06% | +0.45% |
| Population growth rate rank | 160/197 | 140/197 |
Curacao and El Salvador: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 124,826 | 2,791,459 | - | - |
| 1961 | 126,125 | 2,870,016 | 1.04% | 2.81% |
| 1962 | 128,414 | 2,949,204 | 1.81% | 2.76% |
| 1963 | 130,860 | 3,028,679 | 1.9% | 2.69% |
| 1964 | 133,148 | 3,111,883 | 1.75% | 2.75% |
| 1965 | 135,266 | 3,199,466 | 1.59% | 2.81% |
| 1966 | 136,682 | 3,290,961 | 1.05% | 2.86% |
| 1967 | 138,140 | 3,385,184 | 1.07% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 140,298 | 3,480,773 | 1.56% | 2.82% |
| 1969 | 142,581 | 3,576,485 | 1.63% | 2.75% |
| 1970 | 144,739 | 3,668,796 | 1.51% | 2.58% |
| 1971 | 147,389 | 3,757,523 | 1.83% | 2.42% |
| 1972 | 147,710 | 3,846,830 | 0.22% | 2.38% |
| 1973 | 146,912 | 3,938,068 | -0.54% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 148,351 | 4,029,671 | 0.98% | 2.33% |
| 1975 | 149,129 | 4,120,449 | 0.52% | 2.25% |
| 1976 | 149,399 | 4,210,310 | 0.18% | 2.18% |
| 1977 | 149,459 | 4,301,256 | 0.04% | 2.16% |
| 1978 | 148,341 | 4,394,114 | -0.75% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 147,851 | 4,480,388 | -0.33% | 1.96% |
| 1980 | 148,041 | 4,540,382 | 0.13% | 1.34% |
| 1981 | 148,629 | 4,570,599 | 0.4% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 150,101 | 4,622,477 | 0.99% | 1.14% |
| 1983 | 151,159 | 4,707,367 | 0.7% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 151,940 | 4,798,003 | 0.52% | 1.93% |
| 1985 | 152,711 | 4,894,706 | 0.51% | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 152,662 | 4,992,769 | -0.03% | 2% |
| 1987 | 151,456 | 5,092,441 | -0.79% | 2% |
| 1988 | 149,254 | 5,195,833 | -1.45% | 2.03% |
| 1989 | 146,937 | 5,298,979 | -1.55% | 1.99% |
| 1990 | 145,400 | 5,399,726 | -1.05% | 1.9% |
| 1991 | 144,403 | 5,495,077 | -0.69% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 143,912 | 5,585,609 | -0.34% | 1.65% |
| 1993 | 144,299 | 5,659,957 | 0.27% | 1.33% |
| 1994 | 144,630 | 5,714,129 | 0.23% | 0.96% |
| 1995 | 145,139 | 5,762,131 | 0.35% | 0.84% |
| 1996 | 146,306 | 5,805,286 | 0.8% | 0.75% |
| 1997 | 146,956 | 5,844,578 | 0.44% | 0.68% |
| 1998 | 144,472 | 5,880,781 | -1.69% | 0.62% |
| 1999 | 139,428 | 5,913,900 | -3.49% | 0.56% |
| 2000 | 133,860 | 5,943,366 | -3.99% | 0.5% |
| 2001 | 129,047 | 5,968,060 | -3.6% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 129,205 | 5,986,631 | 0.12% | 0.31% |
| 2003 | 131,897 | 5,998,599 | 2.08% | 0.2% |
| 2004 | 134,192 | 6,004,671 | 1.74% | 0.1% |
| 2005 | 137,658 | 6,005,578 | 2.58% | 0.02% |
| 2006 | 141,239 | 6,002,319 | 2.6% | -0.05% |
| 2007 | 144,056 | 6,009,824 | 1.99% | 0.13% |
| 2008 | 145,880 | 6,029,297 | 1.27% | 0.32% |
| 2009 | 146,833 | 6,048,279 | 0.65% | 0.31% |
| 2010 | 148,703 | 6,068,249 | 1.27% | 0.33% |
| 2011 | 150,831 | 6,090,127 | 1.43% | 0.36% |
| 2012 | 152,088 | 6,113,975 | 0.83% | 0.39% |
| 2013 | 153,822 | 6,138,839 | 1.14% | 0.41% |
| 2014 | 155,909 | 6,162,955 | 1.36% | 0.39% |
| 2015 | 157,980 | 6,183,676 | 1.33% | 0.34% |
| 2016 | 159,664 | 6,200,800 | 1.07% | 0.28% |
| 2017 | 160,175 | 6,213,533 | 0.32% | 0.21% |
| 2018 | 159,336 | 6,219,807 | -0.52% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 157,441 | 6,222,318 | -1.19% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 154,947 | 6,234,673 | -1.58% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 152,369 | 6,255,782 | -1.66% | 0.34% |
| 2022 | 149,996 | 6,280,319 | -1.56% | 0.39% |
| 2023 | 155,800 | 6,309,624 | 3.87% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 155,900 | 6,338,193 | 0.06% | 0.45% |
| 2025 | 155,910 | 6,365,499 | 0.007% | 0.43% |
| 2026 | 155,878 | 6,391,250 | -0.02% | 0.4% |
| 2027 | 155,806 | 6,416,437 | -0.05% | 0.39% |
| 2028 | 155,710 | 6,440,931 | -0.06% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 155,558 | 6,464,413 | -0.1% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 155,356 | 6,486,202 | -0.13% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 155,112 | 6,506,399 | -0.16% | 0.31% |
| 2032 | 154,845 | 6,525,787 | -0.17% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 154,546 | 6,544,657 | -0.19% | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 154,200 | 6,562,182 | -0.22% | 0.27% |
| 2035 | 153,844 | 6,578,179 | -0.23% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 153,444 | 6,593,325 | -0.26% | 0.23% |
| 2037 | 153,028 | 6,607,014 | -0.27% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 152,600 | 6,619,816 | -0.28% | 0.19% |
| 2039 | 152,140 | 6,631,169 | -0.3% | 0.17% |
| 2040 | 151,635 | 6,640,751 | -0.33% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 151,130 | 6,649,288 | -0.33% | 0.13% |
| 2042 | 150,608 | 6,656,208 | -0.35% | 0.1% |
| 2043 | 150,071 | 6,661,886 | -0.36% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 149,519 | 6,665,748 | -0.37% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 148,941 | 6,668,028 | -0.39% | 0.03% |
| 2046 | 148,367 | 6,669,403 | -0.39% | 0.02% |
| 2047 | 147,763 | 6,669,832 | -0.41% | 0.006% |
| 2048 | 147,130 | 6,669,220 | -0.43% | -0.009% |
| 2049 | 146,495 | 6,666,756 | -0.43% | -0.04% |
| 2050 | 145,829 | 6,663,341 | -0.45% | -0.05% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while El Salvador gained 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while El Salvador's population increased by 202,508 (a 3.27% growth).
Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. El Salvador was ranked 102nd in 2005 and ranked 112th 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 El Salvador will increase by 4.34% to 6,663,341 people and rank change from 112th to 116th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Willemstad | 150K |
| Barber | 2.42K |
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| City | Population |
| San Salvador | 331K |
| Santa Ana | 251K |
| San Miguel | 233K |
| Soyapango | 230K |
| Mejicanos | 137K |
| Apopa | 129K |
| Ahuachapan | 127K |
| Santa Tecla | 126K |
| Sonsonate | 72.2K |
| Usulutan | 66.1K |
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Population differences between Curacao and El Salvador
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| Life expectancy | 77.2 years | 72.5 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 31.7 years |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 28.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 47.5:52.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.78 births per woman |
| Population density | 909 ppl/mi² | 792 ppl/mi² |
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