The latest officially reported population of Curacao was 155,900 in 2024 vs 5,380,257 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Curacao's population is 155,910 people compared to 5,474,763 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- Ireland's population is 35.1 times bigger than Curacao's.
- Curacao is ranked the 179th most populous country in the world, while Ireland is the 121st.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.002% for Curacao vs 0.07% for Ireland.
- For the last 10 years, Curacao has had an average growth rate of +0.14% per year vs +1.39% in Ireland.
- Since 2005, the population of Curacao has increased from 138K people to 156K (13.3% growth), while Ireland has grown from 4.16M to 5.47M (31.6% growth).
- Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.12M people, while Curacao's population already peaked in 2017 at 160K people and is projected to decrease to 101K people by 2100.
Curacao vs Ireland: live population counter
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| Current population |
155910
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5474763
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| Population rank | 179/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.002% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
3.65 days
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7.23 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.5 hours
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9.61 minutes
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| One death every |
5.8 hours
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15 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.1 hours
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13.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +513 | +39,059 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +199 |
| Annual growth/decline | +100 | +72,657 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.06% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 160/197 | 78/197 |
Curacao and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 124,826 | 2,828,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 126,125 | 2,824,400 | 1.04% | -0.15% |
| 1962 | 128,414 | 2,836,050 | 1.81% | 0.41% |
| 1963 | 130,860 | 2,852,650 | 1.9% | 0.59% |
| 1964 | 133,148 | 2,866,550 | 1.75% | 0.49% |
| 1965 | 135,266 | 2,877,300 | 1.59% | 0.38% |
| 1966 | 136,682 | 2,888,800 | 1.05% | 0.4% |
| 1967 | 138,140 | 2,902,450 | 1.07% | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 140,298 | 2,915,550 | 1.56% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 142,581 | 2,932,650 | 1.63% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 144,739 | 2,957,250 | 1.51% | 0.84% |
| 1971 | 147,389 | 2,992,050 | 1.83% | 1.18% |
| 1972 | 147,710 | 3,036,850 | 0.22% | 1.5% |
| 1973 | 146,912 | 3,085,950 | -0.54% | 1.62% |
| 1974 | 148,351 | 3,137,500 | 0.98% | 1.67% |
| 1975 | 149,129 | 3,189,550 | 0.52% | 1.66% |
| 1976 | 149,399 | 3,238,050 | 0.18% | 1.52% |
| 1977 | 149,459 | 3,282,200 | 0.04% | 1.36% |
| 1978 | 148,341 | 3,329,100 | -0.75% | 1.43% |
| 1979 | 147,851 | 3,373,750 | -0.33% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 148,041 | 3,412,800 | 0.13% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 148,629 | 3,453,000 | 0.4% | 1.18% |
| 1982 | 150,101 | 3,485,800 | 0.99% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 151,159 | 3,510,600 | 0.7% | 0.71% |
| 1984 | 151,940 | 3,532,423 | 0.52% | 0.62% |
| 1985 | 152,711 | 3,538,082 | 0.51% | 0.16% |
| 1986 | 152,662 | 3,539,690 | -0.03% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 151,456 | 3,540,057 | -0.79% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 149,254 | 3,524,949 | -1.45% | -0.43% |
| 1989 | 146,937 | 3,511,009 | -1.55% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 145,400 | 3,513,974 | -1.05% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 144,403 | 3,534,235 | -0.69% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 143,912 | 3,558,430 | -0.34% | 0.68% |
| 1993 | 144,299 | 3,576,261 | 0.27% | 0.5% |
| 1994 | 144,630 | 3,590,386 | 0.23% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 145,139 | 3,608,841 | 0.35% | 0.51% |
| 1996 | 146,306 | 3,637,510 | 0.8% | 0.79% |
| 1997 | 146,956 | 3,674,171 | 0.44% | 1.01% |
| 1998 | 144,472 | 3,712,696 | -1.69% | 1.05% |
| 1999 | 139,428 | 3,754,786 | -3.49% | 1.13% |
| 2000 | 133,860 | 3,805,174 | -3.99% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 129,047 | 3,866,243 | -3.6% | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 129,205 | 3,931,947 | 0.12% | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 131,897 | 3,996,521 | 2.08% | 1.64% |
| 2004 | 134,192 | 4,070,262 | 1.74% | 1.85% |
| 2005 | 137,658 | 4,159,914 | 2.58% | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 141,239 | 4,273,591 | 2.6% | 2.73% |
| 2007 | 144,056 | 4,398,942 | 1.99% | 2.93% |
| 2008 | 145,880 | 4,489,544 | 1.27% | 2.06% |
| 2009 | 146,833 | 4,535,375 | 0.65% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 148,703 | 4,560,155 | 1.27% | 0.55% |
| 2011 | 150,831 | 4,580,084 | 1.43% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 152,088 | 4,599,533 | 0.83% | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 153,822 | 4,623,816 | 1.14% | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 155,909 | 4,657,740 | 1.36% | 0.73% |
| 2015 | 157,980 | 4,701,957 | 1.33% | 0.95% |
| 2016 | 159,664 | 4,762,722 | 1.07% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | 160,175 | 4,827,445 | 0.32% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 159,336 | 4,898,022 | -0.52% | 1.46% |
| 2019 | 157,441 | 4,976,456 | -1.19% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 154,947 | 5,039,747 | -1.58% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 152,369 | 5,110,585 | -1.66% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 149,996 | 5,212,836 | -1.56% | 2% |
| 2023 | 155,800 | 5,307,600 | 3.87% | 1.82% |
| 2024 | 155,900 | 5,380,257 | 0.06% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 155,910 | 5,434,538 | 0.007% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 155,878 | 5,484,615 | -0.02% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 155,806 | 5,531,657 | -0.05% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 155,710 | 5,576,425 | -0.06% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 155,558 | 5,618,258 | -0.1% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 155,356 | 5,656,768 | -0.13% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 155,112 | 5,693,185 | -0.16% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 154,845 | 5,728,435 | -0.17% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 154,546 | 5,761,833 | -0.19% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 154,200 | 5,793,145 | -0.22% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 153,844 | 5,822,398 | -0.23% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 153,444 | 5,850,388 | -0.26% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 153,028 | 5,878,309 | -0.27% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 152,600 | 5,905,728 | -0.28% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 152,140 | 5,931,438 | -0.3% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 151,635 | 5,956,212 | -0.33% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 151,130 | 5,980,704 | -0.33% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 150,608 | 6,002,968 | -0.35% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 150,071 | 6,022,662 | -0.36% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 149,519 | 6,041,053 | -0.37% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 148,941 | 6,057,952 | -0.39% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 148,367 | 6,072,174 | -0.39% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 147,763 | 6,084,484 | -0.41% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 147,130 | 6,096,077 | -0.43% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 146,495 | 6,105,740 | -0.43% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 145,829 | 6,112,322 | -0.45% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Ireland gained 542,043 people (a 13% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Ireland's population increased by 772,806 (a 16.4% growth).
Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2005 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people and rank change from 121st to 120th.
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Population differences between Curacao and Ireland
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| Life expectancy | 77.2 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 39.4 years |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 39.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 909 ppl/mi² | 202.3 ppl/mi² |
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