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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Iceland	Curacao	Iceland
1960	124,826	175,574	-	-
1961	126,125	179,029	1.04%	1.97%
1962	128,414	182,378	1.81%	1.87%
1963	130,860	185,653	1.9%	1.8%
1964	133,148	188,983	1.75%	1.79%
1965	135,266	192,286	1.59%	1.75%
1966	136,682	195,570	1.05%	1.71%
1967	138,140	198,751	1.07%	1.63%
1968	140,298	201,488	1.56%	1.38%
1969	142,581	203,369	1.63%	0.93%
1970	144,739	204,438	1.51%	0.53%
1971	147,389	206,098	1.83%	0.81%
1972	147,710	209,137	0.22%	1.47%
1973	146,912	212,317	-0.54%	1.52%
1974	148,351	215,209	0.98%	1.36%
1975	149,129	217,979	0.52%	1.29%
1976	149,399	220,154	0.18%	1%
1977	149,459	221,799	0.04%	0.75%
1978	148,341	223,537	-0.75%	0.78%
1979	147,851	225,735	-0.33%	0.98%
1980	148,041	228,138	0.13%	1.06%
1981	148,629	230,755	0.4%	1.15%
1982	150,101	233,860	0.99%	1.35%
1983	151,159	236,977	0.7%	1.33%
1984	151,940	239,511	0.52%	1.07%
1985	152,711	241,405	0.51%	0.79%
1986	152,662	243,180	-0.03%	0.74%
1987	151,456	245,859	-0.79%	1.1%
1988	149,254	249,740	-1.45%	1.58%
1989	146,937	252,852	-1.55%	1.25%
1990	145,400	254,826	-1.05%	0.78%
1991	144,403	257,797	-0.69%	1.17%
1992	143,912	261,057	-0.34%	1.26%
1993	144,299	263,725	0.27%	1.02%
1994	144,630	266,021	0.23%	0.87%
1995	145,139	267,468	0.35%	0.54%
1996	146,306	268,916	0.8%	0.54%
1997	146,956	271,128	0.44%	0.82%
1998	144,472	274,047	-1.69%	1.08%
1999	139,428	277,381	-3.49%	1.22%
2000	133,860	281,205	-3.99%	1.38%
2001	129,047	284,968	-3.6%	1.34%
2002	129,205	287,523	0.12%	0.9%
2003	131,897	289,521	2.08%	0.69%
2004	134,192	292,074	1.74%	0.88%
2005	137,658	296,734	2.58%	1.6%
2006	141,239	303,782	2.6%	2.38%
2007	144,056	311,566	1.99%	2.56%
2008	145,880	317,414	1.27%	1.88%
2009	146,833	318,499	0.65%	0.34%
2010	148,703	318,041	1.27%	-0.14%
2011	150,831	319,014	1.43%	0.31%
2012	152,088	320,716	0.83%	0.53%
2013	153,822	323,764	1.14%	0.95%
2014	155,909	327,386	1.36%	1.12%
2015	157,980	330,815	1.33%	1.05%
2016	159,664	335,439	1.07%	1.4%
2017	160,175	343,400	0.32%	2.37%
2018	159,336	352,721	-0.52%	2.71%
2019	157,441	360,563	-1.19%	2.22%
2020	154,947	366,463	-1.58%	1.64%
2021	152,369	372,520	-1.66%	1.65%
2022	149,996	382,003	-1.56%	2.55%
2023	155,800	393,349	3.87%	2.97%
2024	155,900	404,610	0.06%	2.86%
2025	155,910	409,614	0.007%	1.24%
2026	155,878	413,792	-0.02%	1.02%
2027	155,806	417,406	-0.05%	0.87%
2028	155,710	420,691	-0.06%	0.79%
2029	155,558	423,592	-0.1%	0.69%
2030	155,356	426,158	-0.13%	0.61%
2031	155,112	428,479	-0.16%	0.54%
2032	154,845	430,544	-0.17%	0.48%
2033	154,546	432,406	-0.19%	0.43%
2034	154,200	434,083	-0.22%	0.39%
2035	153,844	435,646	-0.23%	0.36%
2036	153,444	437,132	-0.26%	0.34%
2037	153,028	438,466	-0.27%	0.31%
2038	152,600	439,670	-0.28%	0.27%
2039	152,140	440,754	-0.3%	0.25%
2040	151,635	441,687	-0.33%	0.21%
2041	151,130	442,487	-0.33%	0.18%
2042	150,608	443,200	-0.35%	0.16%
2043	150,071	443,884	-0.36%	0.15%
2044	149,519	444,457	-0.37%	0.13%
2045	148,941	444,812	-0.39%	0.08%
2046	148,367	445,028	-0.39%	0.05%
2047	147,763	445,183	-0.41%	0.03%
2048	147,130	445,283	-0.43%	0.02%
2049	146,495	445,335	-0.43%	0.01%
2050	145,829	445,330	-0.45%	-0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.