The latest officially reported population of Curacao was 155,900 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Curacao's population is 155,910 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 791 times bigger than Curacao's.
- Curacao is ranked the 179th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 1.49% of the world: 0.002% for Curacao vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Curacao has had an average growth rate of +0.14% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of Curacao has increased from 138K people to 156K (13.3% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 19.1% of the population in Curacao and 29% in Japan.
Curacao vs Japan: live population counter
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| Current population |
155910
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123324642
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| Population rank | 179/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.002% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
3.65 days
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58.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
7.5 hours
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42.2 seconds
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| One death every |
5.8 hours
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19.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
17.1 hours
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3.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +513 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +100 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.06% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 160/197 | 182/197 |
Curacao and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 124,826 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 126,125 | 94,055,000 | 1.04% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 128,414 | 94,933,000 | 1.81% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 130,860 | 95,900,000 | 1.9% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 133,148 | 96,903,000 | 1.75% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 135,266 | 97,952,000 | 1.59% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 136,682 | 98,851,000 | 1.05% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 138,140 | 99,879,000 | 1.07% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 140,298 | 101,011,000 | 1.56% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 142,581 | 102,219,000 | 1.63% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 144,739 | 103,403,000 | 1.51% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 147,389 | 105,697,000 | 1.83% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 147,710 | 107,188,000 | 0.22% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 146,912 | 108,707,000 | -0.54% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 148,351 | 110,162,000 | 0.98% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 149,129 | 111,573,000 | 0.52% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 149,399 | 112,775,000 | 0.18% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 149,459 | 113,872,000 | 0.04% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 148,341 | 114,913,000 | -0.75% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 147,851 | 115,890,000 | -0.33% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 148,041 | 116,807,000 | 0.13% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 148,629 | 117,661,000 | 0.4% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 150,101 | 118,480,000 | 0.99% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 151,159 | 119,307,000 | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 151,940 | 120,083,000 | 0.52% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 152,711 | 120,837,000 | 0.51% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 152,662 | 121,482,000 | -0.03% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 151,456 | 122,069,000 | -0.79% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 149,254 | 122,578,000 | -1.45% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 146,937 | 123,069,000 | -1.55% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 145,400 | 123,478,000 | -1.05% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 144,403 | 123,964,000 | -0.69% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 143,912 | 124,425,000 | -0.34% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 144,299 | 124,829,000 | 0.27% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 144,630 | 125,178,000 | 0.23% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 145,139 | 125,472,000 | 0.35% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 146,306 | 125,757,000 | 0.8% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 146,956 | 126,057,000 | 0.44% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 144,472 | 126,400,000 | -1.69% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 139,428 | 126,631,000 | -3.49% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 133,860 | 126,843,000 | -3.99% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 129,047 | 127,149,000 | -3.6% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 129,205 | 127,445,000 | 0.12% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 131,897 | 127,718,000 | 2.08% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 134,192 | 127,761,000 | 1.74% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 137,658 | 127,773,000 | 2.58% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 141,239 | 127,854,000 | 2.6% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 144,056 | 128,001,000 | 1.99% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 145,880 | 128,063,000 | 1.27% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 146,833 | 128,047,000 | 0.65% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 148,703 | 128,070,000 | 1.27% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 150,831 | 127,833,000 | 1.43% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 152,088 | 127,629,000 | 0.83% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 153,822 | 127,445,000 | 1.14% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 155,909 | 127,276,000 | 1.36% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 157,980 | 127,141,000 | 1.33% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 159,664 | 127,076,000 | 1.07% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 160,175 | 126,972,000 | 0.32% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 159,336 | 126,811,000 | -0.52% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 157,441 | 126,633,000 | -1.19% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 154,947 | 126,261,000 | -1.58% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 152,369 | 125,681,593 | -1.66% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 149,996 | 125,124,989 | -1.56% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 155,800 | 124,516,650 | 3.87% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 155,900 | 123,975,371 | 0.06% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 155,910 | 123,324,642 | 0.007% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 155,878 | 122,647,678 | -0.02% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 155,806 | 121,951,038 | -0.05% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 155,710 | 121,241,776 | -0.06% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 155,558 | 120,524,230 | -0.1% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 155,356 | 119,798,959 | -0.13% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 155,112 | 119,065,610 | -0.16% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 154,845 | 118,326,333 | -0.17% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 154,546 | 117,583,337 | -0.19% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 154,200 | 116,836,274 | -0.22% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 153,844 | 116,084,328 | -0.23% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 153,444 | 115,332,395 | -0.26% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 153,028 | 114,582,890 | -0.27% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 152,600 | 113,837,760 | -0.28% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 152,140 | 113,097,352 | -0.3% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 151,635 | 112,359,802 | -0.33% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 151,130 | 111,622,622 | -0.33% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 150,608 | 110,891,223 | -0.35% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 150,071 | 110,169,955 | -0.36% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 149,519 | 109,455,823 | -0.37% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 148,941 | 108,747,012 | -0.39% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 148,367 | 108,044,346 | -0.39% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 147,763 | 107,350,486 | -0.41% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 147,130 | 106,665,616 | -0.43% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 146,495 | 105,986,908 | -0.43% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 145,829 | 105,312,022 | -0.45% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Curacao and Japan
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| Life expectancy | 77.2 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 909 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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