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	155,482	515,490	-1.24%	2.3%
2021	153,948	518,150	-0.99%	0.52%
2022	153,321	531,113	-0.41%	2.5%
2023	154,654	552,747	0.87%	4.07%
2024	155,967	568,847	0.85%	2.91%
2025	155,977	574,955	0.007%	1.07%
2026	155,945	578,756	-0.02%	0.66%
2027	155,873	580,829	-0.05%	0.36%
2028	155,776	582,657	-0.06%	0.31%
2029	155,625	584,129	-0.1%	0.25%
2030	155,422	585,315	-0.13%	0.2%
2031	155,179	586,254	-0.16%	0.16%
2032	154,912	586,948	-0.17%	0.12%
2033	154,613	587,297	-0.19%	0.06%
2034	154,266	587,151	-0.22%	-0.02%
2035	153,910	586,661	-0.23%	-0.08%
2036	153,509	586,003	-0.26%	-0.11%
2037	153,094	585,174	-0.27%	-0.14%
2038	152,666	584,125	-0.28%	-0.18%
2039	152,205	582,893	-0.3%	-0.21%
2040	151,700	581,634	-0.33%	-0.22%
2041	151,195	580,285	-0.33%	-0.23%
2042	150,673	578,871	-0.35%	-0.24%
2043	150,136	577,384	-0.36%	-0.26%
2044	149,583	575,789	-0.37%	-0.28%
2045	149,005	574,143	-0.39%	-0.29%
2046	148,431	572,420	-0.39%	-0.3%
2047	147,827	570,534	-0.41%	-0.33%
2048	147,194	568,553	-0.43%	-0.35%
2049	146,558	566,709	-0.43%	-0.32%
2050	145,892	564,751	-0.45%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.