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	155,482	366,463	-1.24%	1.64%
2021	153,948	372,520	-0.99%	1.65%
2022	153,321	382,003	-0.41%	2.55%
2023	154,654	385,663	0.87%	0.96%
2024	155,967	386,506	0.85%	0.22%
2025	155,977	391,286	0.007%	1.24%
2026	155,945	395,277	-0.02%	1.02%
2027	155,873	398,729	-0.05%	0.87%
2028	155,776	401,867	-0.06%	0.79%
2029	155,625	404,639	-0.1%	0.69%
2030	155,422	407,090	-0.13%	0.61%
2031	155,179	409,307	-0.16%	0.54%
2032	154,912	411,279	-0.17%	0.48%
2033	154,613	413,059	-0.19%	0.43%
2034	154,266	414,660	-0.22%	0.39%
2035	153,910	416,153	-0.23%	0.36%
2036	153,509	417,573	-0.26%	0.34%
2037	153,094	418,847	-0.27%	0.31%
2038	152,666	419,997	-0.28%	0.27%
2039	152,205	421,032	-0.3%	0.25%
2040	151,700	421,924	-0.33%	0.21%
2041	151,195	422,688	-0.33%	0.18%
2042	150,673	423,370	-0.35%	0.16%
2043	150,136	424,023	-0.36%	0.15%
2044	149,583	424,570	-0.37%	0.13%
2045	149,005	424,909	-0.39%	0.08%
2046	148,431	425,115	-0.39%	0.05%
2047	147,827	425,264	-0.41%	0.03%
2048	147,194	425,359	-0.43%	0.02%
2049	146,558	425,409	-0.43%	0.01%
2050	145,892	425,404	-0.45%	-0.001%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Iceland gained 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Iceland's population increased by 59,875 (a 17.8% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2006 and ranked 173rd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd.