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Population in Curacao compared to France: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Curacao was 155,900 in 2024 vs 68,516,699 people in France in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Curacao's population is 155,910 people compared to 68,701,054 in France.

Population statistics:

  • France's population is 441 times bigger than Curacao's.
  • Curacao is ranked the 179th most populous country in the world, while France is the 23rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.83% of the world: 0.002% for Curacao vs 0.83% for France.
  • For the last 10 years, Curacao has had an average growth rate of +0.14% per year vs +0.34% in France.
  • Since 2005, the population of Curacao has increased from 138K people to 156K (13.3% growth), while France has grown from 63.2M to 68.7M (8.74% growth).
  • France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people, while Curacao's population already peaked in 2017 at 160K people and is projected to decrease to 101K people by 2100.

Curacao vs France: live population counter

Curacao France
Current population
155910
68701054
Population rank 179/197 23/197
Percent of world population 0.002% 0.83%
One net population change
3.65 days
2.29 minutes
One birth every
7.5 hours
46.6 seconds
One death every
5.8 hours
50.2 seconds
One migration net change every
17.1 hours
5.81 minutes
Annual migration change +513 +90,527
Daily growth/decline +0 +628
Annual growth/decline +100 +229,212
Annual growth/decline rate +0.06% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 160/197 147/197

Curacao and France: population history and growth rate by year chart

Curacao
Population

Growth rate
France
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Curacao France Curacao France
1960 124,826 47,412,964 - -
1961 126,125 47,905,982 1.04% 1.04%
1962 128,414 48,389,516 1.81% 1.01%
1963 130,860 48,877,567 1.9% 1.01%
1964 133,148 49,401,492 1.75% 1.07%
1965 135,266 49,877,725 1.59% 0.96%
1966 136,682 50,311,637 1.05% 0.87%
1967 138,140 50,722,791 1.07% 0.82%
1968 140,298 51,112,980 1.56% 0.77%
1969 142,581 51,536,014 1.63% 0.83%
1970 144,739 52,007,169 1.51% 0.91%
1971 147,389 52,499,553 1.83% 0.95%
1972 147,710 52,962,356 0.22% 0.88%
1973 146,912 53,392,161 -0.54% 0.81%
1974 148,351 53,746,571 0.98% 0.66%
1975 149,129 54,002,853 0.52% 0.48%
1976 149,399 54,232,383 0.18% 0.43%
1977 149,459 54,486,467 0.04% 0.47%
1978 148,341 54,734,030 -0.75% 0.45%
1979 147,851 54,979,851 -0.33% 0.45%
1980 148,041 55,274,184 0.13% 0.54%
1981 148,629 55,603,353 0.4% 0.6%
1982 150,101 55,806,789 0.99% 0.37%
1983 151,159 56,108,330 0.7% 0.54%
1984 151,940 56,383,085 0.52% 0.49%
1985 152,711 56,665,619 0.51% 0.5%
1986 152,662 56,956,002 -0.03% 0.51%
1987 151,456 57,266,167 -0.79% 0.54%
1988 149,254 57,598,186 -1.45% 0.58%
1989 146,937 57,943,062 -1.55% 0.6%
1990 145,400 58,261,012 -1.05% 0.55%
1991 144,403 58,554,242 -0.69% 0.5%
1992 143,912 58,846,584 -0.34% 0.5%
1993 144,299 59,103,094 0.27% 0.44%
1994 144,630 59,324,863 0.23% 0.38%
1995 145,139 59,541,294 0.35% 0.36%
1996 146,306 59,754,504 0.8% 0.36%
1997 146,956 59,968,066 0.44% 0.36%
1998 144,472 60,190,684 -1.69% 0.37%
1999 139,428 60,501,986 -3.49% 0.52%
2000 133,860 60,918,661 -3.99% 0.69%
2001 129,047 61,364,377 -3.6% 0.73%
2002 129,205 61,812,142 0.12% 0.73%
2003 131,897 62,249,855 2.08% 0.71%
2004 134,192 62,707,588 1.74% 0.74%
2005 137,658 63,180,854 2.58% 0.75%
2006 141,239 63,622,342 2.6% 0.7%
2007 144,056 64,016,890 1.99% 0.62%
2008 145,880 64,375,116 1.27% 0.56%
2009 146,833 64,706,436 0.65% 0.51%
2010 148,703 65,026,211 1.27% 0.49%
2011 150,831 65,340,830 1.43% 0.48%
2012 152,088 65,657,659 0.83% 0.48%
2013 153,822 65,997,932 1.14% 0.52%
2014 155,909 66,312,067 1.36% 0.48%
2015 157,980 66,548,272 1.33% 0.36%
2016 159,664 66,724,104 1.07% 0.26%
2017 160,175 66,918,020 0.32% 0.29%
2018 159,336 67,158,348 -0.52% 0.36%
2019 157,441 67,382,061 -1.19% 0.33%
2020 154,947 67,601,110 -1.58% 0.33%
2021 152,369 67,842,811 -1.66% 0.36%
2022 149,996 68,065,015 -1.56% 0.33%
2023 155,800 68,287,487 3.87% 0.33%
2024 155,900 68,516,699 0.06% 0.34%
2025 155,910 68,621,995 0.007% 0.15%
2026 155,878 68,720,416 -0.02% 0.14%
2027 155,806 68,814,997 -0.05% 0.14%
2028 155,710 68,908,044 -0.06% 0.14%
2029 155,558 69,000,393 -0.1% 0.13%
2030 155,356 69,092,395 -0.13% 0.13%
2031 155,112 69,182,139 -0.16% 0.13%
2032 154,845 69,271,844 -0.17% 0.13%
2033 154,546 69,361,763 -0.19% 0.13%
2034 154,200 69,453,221 -0.22% 0.13%
2035 153,844 69,545,666 -0.23% 0.13%
2036 153,444 69,635,631 -0.26% 0.13%
2037 153,028 69,723,960 -0.27% 0.13%
2038 152,600 69,807,163 -0.28% 0.12%
2039 152,140 69,880,758 -0.3% 0.11%
2040 151,635 69,948,192 -0.33% 0.1%
2041 151,130 70,013,748 -0.33% 0.09%
2042 150,608 70,076,842 -0.35% 0.09%
2043 150,071 70,130,305 -0.36% 0.08%
2044 149,519 70,172,822 -0.37% 0.06%
2045 148,941 70,207,698 -0.39% 0.05%
2046 148,367 70,232,113 -0.39% 0.03%
2047 147,763 70,246,945 -0.41% 0.02%
2048 147,130 70,253,351 -0.43% 0.009%
2049 146,495 70,249,312 -0.43% -0.006%
2050 145,829 70,237,272 -0.45% -0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while France gained 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while France's population increased by 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. France was ranked 20th in 2005 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.

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