Population in Curacao compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Curacao and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Marshall Islands	Curacao	Marshall Islands
1960	124,826	14,703	-	-
1961	126,125	15,219	1.04%	3.51%
1962	128,414	15,755	1.81%	3.52%
1963	130,860	16,302	1.9%	3.47%
1964	133,148	16,852	1.75%	3.37%
1965	135,266	17,402	1.59%	3.26%
1966	136,682	17,927	1.05%	3.02%
1967	138,140	18,655	1.07%	4.06%
1968	140,298	19,862	1.56%	6.47%
1969	142,581	21,305	1.63%	7.27%
1970	144,739	22,530	1.51%	5.75%
1971	147,389	23,366	1.83%	3.71%
1972	147,710	23,992	0.22%	2.68%
1973	146,912	24,581	-0.54%	2.45%
1974	148,351	25,296	0.98%	2.91%
1975	149,129	26,154	0.52%	3.39%
1976	149,399	27,021	0.18%	3.31%
1977	149,459	27,906	0.04%	3.28%
1978	148,341	28,809	-0.75%	3.24%
1979	147,851	29,738	-0.33%	3.22%
1980	148,041	30,774	0.13%	3.48%
1981	148,629	32,017	0.4%	4.04%
1982	150,101	33,397	0.99%	4.31%
1983	151,159	34,811	0.7%	4.23%
1984	151,940	36,264	0.52%	4.17%
1985	152,711	37,761	0.51%	4.13%
1986	152,662	39,286	-0.03%	4.04%
1987	151,456	40,828	-0.79%	3.93%
1988	149,254	42,321	-1.45%	3.66%
1989	146,937	43,586	-1.55%	2.99%
1990	145,400	44,629	-1.05%	2.39%
1991	144,403	45,568	-0.69%	2.1%
1992	143,912	46,388	-0.34%	1.8%
1993	144,299	47,093	0.27%	1.52%
1994	144,630	47,712	0.23%	1.31%
1995	145,139	48,266	0.35%	1.16%
1996	146,306	48,775	0.8%	1.05%
1997	146,956	49,259	0.44%	0.99%
1998	144,472	49,717	-1.69%	0.93%
1999	139,428	50,202	-3.49%	0.98%
2000	133,860	50,706	-3.99%	1%
2001	129,047	51,123	-3.6%	0.82%
2002	129,205	51,425	0.12%	0.59%
2003	131,897	51,639	2.08%	0.42%
2004	134,192	51,791	1.74%	0.29%
2005	137,658	51,906	2.58%	0.22%
2006	141,239	51,992	2.6%	0.17%
2007	144,056	52,035	1.99%	0.08%
2008	145,880	52,030	1.27%	-0.01%
2009	146,833	52,019	0.65%	-0.02%
2010	148,703	52,044	1.27%	0.05%
2011	150,831	51,907	1.43%	-0.26%
2012	152,088	51,419	0.83%	-0.94%
2013	153,822	50,681	1.14%	-1.44%
2014	155,909	49,796	1.36%	-1.75%
2015	157,980	48,800	1.33%	-2%
2016	159,664	47,709	1.07%	-2.24%
2017	160,175	46,529	0.32%	-2.47%
2018	159,336	45,285	-0.52%	-2.67%
2019	157,441	44,007	-1.19%	-2.82%
2020	154,947	42,706	-1.58%	-2.96%
2021	152,369	41,367	-1.66%	-3.14%
2022	149,996	40,077	-1.56%	-3.12%
2023	155,800	38,827	3.87%	-3.12%
2024	155,900	37,548	0.06%	-3.29%
2025	155,910	36,281	0.007%	-3.37%
2026	155,878	35,078	-0.02%	-3.32%
2027	155,806	33,976	-0.05%	-3.14%
2028	155,710	32,977	-0.06%	-2.94%
2029	155,558	32,054	-0.1%	-2.8%
2030	155,356	31,191	-0.13%	-2.69%
2031	155,112	30,420	-0.16%	-2.47%
2032	154,845	29,740	-0.17%	-2.23%
2033	154,546	29,142	-0.19%	-2.01%
2034	154,200	28,608	-0.22%	-1.83%
2035	153,844	28,147	-0.23%	-1.61%
2036	153,444	27,751	-0.26%	-1.41%
2037	153,028	27,405	-0.27%	-1.25%
2038	152,600	27,092	-0.28%	-1.14%
2039	152,140	26,836	-0.3%	-0.94%
2040	151,635	26,598	-0.33%	-0.89%
2041	151,130	26,396	-0.33%	-0.76%
2042	150,608	26,217	-0.35%	-0.68%
2043	150,071	26,054	-0.36%	-0.62%
2044	149,519	25,913	-0.37%	-0.54%
2045	148,941	25,777	-0.39%	-0.52%
2046	148,367	25,653	-0.39%	-0.48%
2047	147,763	25,543	-0.41%	-0.43%
2048	147,130	25,429	-0.43%	-0.45%
2049	146,495	25,311	-0.43%	-0.46%
2050	145,829	25,195	-0.45%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.