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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Malta	Curacao	Malta
1960	124,826	326,550	-	-
1961	126,125	325,250	1.04%	-0.4%
1962	128,414	323,900	1.81%	-0.42%
1963	130,860	322,550	1.9%	-0.42%
1964	133,148	321,250	1.75%	-0.4%
1965	135,266	318,800	1.59%	-0.76%
1966	136,682	315,200	1.05%	-1.13%
1967	138,140	311,550	1.07%	-1.16%
1968	140,298	307,900	1.56%	-1.17%
1969	142,581	304,300	1.63%	-1.17%
1970	144,739	302,650	1.51%	-0.54%
1971	147,389	302,700	1.83%	0.02%
1972	147,710	302,450	0.22%	-0.08%
1973	146,912	302,200	-0.54%	-0.08%
1974	148,351	301,996	0.98%	-0.07%
1975	149,129	304,222	0.52%	0.74%
1976	149,399	305,774	0.18%	0.51%
1977	149,459	306,970	0.04%	0.39%
1978	148,341	310,182	-0.75%	1.05%
1979	147,851	313,342	-0.33%	1.02%
1980	148,041	316,645	0.13%	1.05%
1981	148,629	318,982	0.4%	0.74%
1982	150,101	325,898	0.99%	2.17%
1983	151,159	330,524	0.7%	1.42%
1984	151,940	330,593	0.52%	0.02%
1985	152,711	336,452	0.51%	1.77%
1986	152,662	342,121	-0.03%	1.68%
1987	151,456	344,485	-0.79%	0.69%
1988	149,254	347,325	-1.45%	0.82%
1989	146,937	350,722	-1.55%	0.98%
1990	145,400	354,170	-1.05%	0.98%
1991	144,403	363,845	-0.69%	2.73%
1992	143,912	367,618	-0.34%	1.04%
1993	144,299	371,308	0.27%	1%
1994	144,630	374,797	0.23%	0.94%
1995	145,139	377,419	0.35%	0.7%
1996	146,306	379,905	0.8%	0.66%
1997	146,956	382,791	0.44%	0.76%
1998	144,472	385,287	-1.69%	0.65%
1999	139,428	387,578	-3.49%	0.59%
2000	133,860	390,087	-3.99%	0.65%
2001	129,047	393,028	-3.6%	0.75%
2002	129,205	395,969	0.12%	0.75%
2003	131,897	398,582	2.08%	0.66%
2004	134,192	401,268	1.74%	0.67%
2005	137,658	403,834	2.58%	0.64%
2006	141,239	405,308	2.6%	0.37%
2007	144,056	406,724	1.99%	0.35%
2008	145,880	409,379	1.27%	0.65%
2009	146,833	412,477	0.65%	0.76%
2010	148,703	414,508	1.27%	0.49%
2011	150,831	416,268	1.43%	0.42%
2012	152,088	420,028	0.83%	0.9%
2013	153,822	424,810	1.14%	1.14%
2014	155,909	433,481	1.36%	2.04%
2015	157,980	444,220	1.33%	2.48%
2016	159,664	454,505	1.07%	2.32%
2017	160,175	467,106	0.32%	2.77%
2018	159,336	483,903	-0.52%	3.6%
2019	157,441	503,912	-1.19%	4.13%
2020	154,947	515,490	-1.58%	2.3%
2021	152,369	518,150	-1.66%	0.52%
2022	149,996	531,113	-1.56%	2.5%
2023	155,800	552,747	3.87%	4.07%
2024	155,900	574,346	0.06%	3.91%
2025	155,910	580,514	0.007%	1.07%
2026	155,878	584,351	-0.02%	0.66%
2027	155,806	586,444	-0.05%	0.36%
2028	155,710	588,290	-0.06%	0.31%
2029	155,558	589,776	-0.1%	0.25%
2030	155,356	590,973	-0.13%	0.2%
2031	155,112	591,921	-0.16%	0.16%
2032	154,845	592,622	-0.17%	0.12%
2033	154,546	592,974	-0.19%	0.06%
2034	154,200	592,827	-0.22%	-0.02%
2035	153,844	592,332	-0.23%	-0.08%
2036	153,444	591,668	-0.26%	-0.11%
2037	153,028	590,830	-0.27%	-0.14%
2038	152,600	589,771	-0.28%	-0.18%
2039	152,140	588,528	-0.3%	-0.21%
2040	151,635	587,256	-0.33%	-0.22%
2041	151,130	585,895	-0.33%	-0.23%
2042	150,608	584,467	-0.35%	-0.24%
2043	150,071	582,966	-0.36%	-0.26%
2044	149,519	581,355	-0.37%	-0.28%
2045	148,941	579,693	-0.39%	-0.29%
2046	148,367	577,954	-0.39%	-0.3%
2047	147,763	576,050	-0.41%	-0.33%
2048	147,130	574,050	-0.43%	-0.35%
2049	146,495	572,187	-0.43%	-0.32%
2050	145,829	570,210	-0.45%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.