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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Guyana	Curacao	Guyana
1960	124,826	569,143	-	-
1961	126,125	582,568	1.04%	2.36%
1962	128,414	595,461	1.81%	2.21%
1963	130,860	608,537	1.9%	2.2%
1964	133,148	621,764	1.75%	2.17%
1965	135,266	635,128	1.59%	2.15%
1966	136,682	648,646	1.05%	2.13%
1967	138,140	662,311	1.07%	2.11%
1968	140,298	676,160	1.56%	2.09%
1969	142,581	690,223	1.63%	2.08%
1970	144,739	702,705	1.51%	1.81%
1971	147,389	712,662	1.83%	1.42%
1972	147,710	721,617	0.22%	1.26%
1973	146,912	730,138	-0.54%	1.18%
1974	148,351	738,057	0.98%	1.08%
1975	149,129	745,393	0.52%	0.99%
1976	149,399	752,253	0.18%	0.92%
1977	149,459	758,654	0.04%	0.85%
1978	148,341	764,586	-0.75%	0.78%
1979	147,851	770,062	-0.33%	0.72%
1980	148,041	774,367	0.13%	0.56%
1981	148,629	776,453	0.4%	0.27%
1982	150,101	776,712	0.99%	0.03%
1983	151,159	775,891	0.7%	-0.11%
1984	151,940	774,111	0.52%	-0.23%
1985	152,711	771,477	0.51%	-0.34%
1986	152,662	768,098	-0.03%	-0.44%
1987	151,456	764,120	-0.79%	-0.52%
1988	149,254	759,663	-1.45%	-0.58%
1989	146,937	754,865	-1.55%	-0.63%
1990	145,400	749,894	-1.05%	-0.66%
1991	144,403	747,861	-0.69%	-0.27%
1992	143,912	749,911	-0.34%	0.27%
1993	144,299	752,965	0.27%	0.41%
1994	144,630	755,822	0.23%	0.38%
1995	145,139	758,388	0.35%	0.34%
1996	146,306	760,526	0.8%	0.28%
1997	146,956	762,245	0.44%	0.23%
1998	144,472	763,586	-1.69%	0.18%
1999	139,428	764,483	-3.49%	0.12%
2000	133,860	764,832	-3.99%	0.05%
2001	129,047	764,477	-3.6%	-0.05%
2002	129,205	763,652	0.12%	-0.11%
2003	131,897	763,101	2.08%	-0.07%
2004	134,192	762,418	1.74%	-0.09%
2005	137,658	760,914	2.58%	-0.2%
2006	141,239	758,966	2.6%	-0.26%
2007	144,056	756,861	1.99%	-0.28%
2008	145,880	754,606	1.27%	-0.3%
2009	146,833	752,094	0.65%	-0.33%
2010	148,703	749,256	1.27%	-0.38%
2011	150,831	746,153	1.43%	-0.41%
2012	152,088	746,288	0.83%	0.02%
2013	153,822	750,021	1.14%	0.5%
2014	155,909	754,229	1.36%	0.56%
2015	157,980	758,781	1.33%	0.6%
2016	159,664	763,548	1.07%	0.63%
2017	160,175	768,479	0.32%	0.65%
2018	159,336	791,556	-0.52%	3%
2019	157,441	807,665	-1.19%	2.04%
2020	155,482	807,481	-1.24%	-0.02%
2021	153,948	815,482	-0.99%	0.99%
2022	153,321	821,637	-0.41%	0.75%
2023	154,654	826,353	0.87%	0.57%
2024	155,967	831,087	0.85%	0.57%
2025	155,977	835,986	0.007%	0.59%
2026	155,945	840,883	-0.02%	0.59%
2027	155,873	846,019	-0.05%	0.61%
2028	155,776	851,161	-0.06%	0.61%
2029	155,625	856,040	-0.1%	0.57%
2030	155,422	861,037	-0.13%	0.58%
2031	155,179	866,080	-0.16%	0.59%
2032	154,912	871,237	-0.17%	0.6%
2033	154,613	876,346	-0.19%	0.59%
2034	154,266	881,223	-0.22%	0.56%
2035	153,910	885,935	-0.23%	0.53%
2036	153,509	890,320	-0.26%	0.49%
2037	153,094	894,649	-0.27%	0.49%
2038	152,666	899,021	-0.28%	0.49%
2039	152,205	903,316	-0.3%	0.48%
2040	151,700	907,506	-0.33%	0.46%
2041	151,195	911,723	-0.33%	0.46%
2042	150,673	915,811	-0.35%	0.45%
2043	150,136	919,575	-0.36%	0.41%
2044	149,583	923,121	-0.37%	0.39%
2045	149,005	926,355	-0.39%	0.35%
2046	148,431	929,478	-0.39%	0.34%
2047	147,827	932,483	-0.41%	0.32%
2048	147,194	935,329	-0.43%	0.31%
2049	146,558	938,062	-0.43%	0.29%
2050	145,892	940,601	-0.45%	0.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Guyana gained 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Guyana's population increased by 77,391 (a 10.1% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2006 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 11.9% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.