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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Iraq	Curacao	Iraq
1960	124,826	7,022,052	-	-
1961	126,125	7,194,553	1.04%	2.46%
1962	128,414	7,413,875	1.81%	3.05%
1963	130,860	7,667,928	1.9%	3.43%
1964	133,148	7,929,566	1.75%	3.41%
1965	135,266	8,202,140	1.59%	3.44%
1966	136,682	8,485,104	1.05%	3.45%
1967	138,140	8,778,869	1.07%	3.46%
1968	140,298	9,085,016	1.56%	3.49%
1969	142,581	9,403,356	1.63%	3.5%
1970	144,739	9,735,611	1.51%	3.53%
1971	147,389	10,077,809	1.83%	3.51%
1972	147,710	10,430,164	0.22%	3.5%
1973	146,912	10,795,869	-0.54%	3.51%
1974	148,351	11,167,761	0.98%	3.44%
1975	149,129	11,543,639	0.52%	3.37%
1976	149,399	11,927,651	0.18%	3.33%
1977	149,459	12,331,046	0.04%	3.38%
1978	148,341	12,753,355	-0.75%	3.42%
1979	147,851	13,170,365	-0.33%	3.27%
1980	148,041	13,591,992	0.13%	3.2%
1981	148,629	14,006,381	0.4%	3.05%
1982	150,101	14,406,083	0.99%	2.85%
1983	151,159	14,840,555	0.7%	3.02%
1984	151,940	15,310,733	0.52%	3.17%
1985	152,711	15,683,430	0.51%	2.43%
1986	152,662	16,074,145	-0.03%	2.49%
1987	151,456	16,521,049	-0.79%	2.78%
1988	149,254	16,908,819	-1.45%	2.35%
1989	146,937	17,364,542	-1.55%	2.7%
1990	145,400	17,581,206	-1.05%	1.25%
1991	144,403	17,767,253	-0.69%	1.06%
1992	143,912	18,300,845	-0.34%	3%
1993	144,299	19,201,195	0.27%	4.92%
1994	144,630	20,139,807	0.23%	4.89%
1995	145,139	20,825,860	0.35%	3.41%
1996	146,306	21,501,321	0.8%	3.24%
1997	146,956	22,176,593	0.44%	3.14%
1998	144,472	22,884,399	-1.69%	3.19%
1999	139,428	23,636,527	-3.49%	3.29%
2000	133,860	24,424,056	-3.99%	3.33%
2001	129,047	25,197,840	-3.6%	3.17%
2002	129,205	26,006,559	0.12%	3.21%
2003	131,897	26,802,659	2.08%	3.06%
2004	134,192	27,577,878	1.74%	2.89%
2005	137,658	28,407,448	2.58%	3.01%
2006	141,239	28,616,515	2.6%	0.74%
2007	144,056	28,391,607	1.99%	-0.79%
2008	145,880	28,971,036	1.27%	2.04%
2009	146,833	30,058,206	0.65%	3.75%
2010	148,703	31,045,366	1.27%	3.28%
2011	150,831	32,161,424	1.43%	3.59%
2012	152,088	33,654,842	0.83%	4.64%
2013	153,822	35,281,989	1.14%	4.83%
2014	155,909	36,550,059	1.36%	3.59%
2015	157,980	37,560,535	1.33%	2.76%
2016	159,664	38,469,627	1.07%	2.42%
2017	160,175	39,337,353	0.32%	2.26%
2018	159,336	40,265,624	-0.52%	2.36%
2019	157,441	41,192,171	-1.19%	2.3%
2020	154,947	42,116,605	-1.58%	2.24%
2021	152,369	43,071,211	-1.66%	2.27%
2022	149,996	44,070,551	-1.56%	2.32%
2023	155,800	45,074,049	3.87%	2.28%
2024	155,900	46,042,015	0.06%	2.15%
2025	155,910	47,020,778	0.007%	2.13%
2026	155,878	48,007,435	-0.02%	2.1%
2027	155,806	48,987,424	-0.05%	2.04%
2028	155,710	49,960,955	-0.06%	1.99%
2029	155,558	50,943,339	-0.1%	1.97%
2030	155,356	51,937,208	-0.13%	1.95%
2031	155,112	52,934,373	-0.16%	1.92%
2032	154,845	53,953,395	-0.17%	1.93%
2033	154,546	54,985,129	-0.19%	1.91%
2034	154,200	56,012,641	-0.22%	1.87%
2035	153,844	57,035,917	-0.23%	1.83%
2036	153,444	58,071,740	-0.26%	1.82%
2037	153,028	59,109,258	-0.27%	1.79%
2038	152,600	60,132,232	-0.28%	1.73%
2039	152,140	61,174,679	-0.3%	1.73%
2040	151,635	62,223,208	-0.33%	1.71%
2041	151,130	63,249,167	-0.33%	1.65%
2042	150,608	64,260,847	-0.35%	1.6%
2043	150,071	65,257,000	-0.36%	1.55%
2044	149,519	66,237,772	-0.37%	1.5%
2045	148,941	67,204,176	-0.39%	1.46%
2046	148,367	68,150,060	-0.39%	1.41%
2047	147,763	69,098,087	-0.41%	1.39%
2048	147,130	70,050,118	-0.43%	1.38%
2049	146,495	70,999,566	-0.43%	1.36%
2050	145,829	71,928,759	-0.45%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.