The latest officially reported population of Curacao was 155,967 in 2024 vs 5,395,790 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Curacao's population is 155,945 people compared to 5,500,964 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- Ireland's population is 35.3 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 +0.13% per year vs +1.41% in Ireland.
- Since 2006, the population of Curacao has increased from 141K people to 156K (10.4% growth), while Ireland has grown from 4.27M to 5.5M (28.7% growth).
- Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.14M 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 |
155945
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5500964
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| Population rank | 179/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.002% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
6.67 hours
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6.24 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.56 hours
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9.61 minutes
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| One death every |
5.84 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 | +4 | +231 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,313 | +84,252 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.85% | +1.59% |
| Population growth rate rank | 113/197 | 68/197 |
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 | 155,482 | 5,039,747 | -1.24% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 153,948 | 5,110,585 | -0.99% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 153,321 | 5,212,836 | -0.41% | 2% |
| 2023 | 154,654 | 5,311,538 | 0.87% | 1.89% |
| 2024 | 155,967 | 5,395,790 | 0.85% | 1.59% |
| 2025 | 155,977 | 5,450,228 | 0.007% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 155,945 | 5,500,449 | -0.02% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 155,873 | 5,547,627 | -0.05% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 155,776 | 5,592,524 | -0.06% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 155,625 | 5,634,478 | -0.1% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 155,422 | 5,673,099 | -0.13% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 155,179 | 5,709,621 | -0.16% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 154,912 | 5,744,973 | -0.17% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 154,613 | 5,778,467 | -0.19% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 154,266 | 5,809,870 | -0.22% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 153,910 | 5,839,208 | -0.23% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 153,509 | 5,867,278 | -0.26% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 153,094 | 5,895,280 | -0.27% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 152,666 | 5,922,778 | -0.28% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 152,205 | 5,948,562 | -0.3% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 151,700 | 5,973,408 | -0.33% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 151,195 | 5,997,971 | -0.33% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 150,673 | 6,020,298 | -0.35% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 150,136 | 6,040,050 | -0.36% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 149,583 | 6,058,494 | -0.37% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 149,005 | 6,075,441 | -0.39% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 148,431 | 6,089,704 | -0.39% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 147,827 | 6,102,050 | -0.41% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 147,194 | 6,113,677 | -0.43% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 146,558 | 6,123,367 | -0.43% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 145,892 | 6,129,969 | -0.45% | 0.11% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Ireland gained 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Ireland's population increased by 738,242 (a 15.5% growth).
Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2006 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people and rank change from 121st to 119th.
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Population differences between Curacao and Ireland
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| Life expectancy | 77.3 years | 82.9 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 | 910 ppl/mi² | 202.9 ppl/mi² |
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