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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Namibia	Curacao	Namibia
1960	124,826	591,465	-	-
1961	126,125	603,067	1.04%	1.96%
1962	128,414	615,759	1.81%	2.1%
1963	130,860	629,589	1.9%	2.25%
1964	133,148	644,530	1.75%	2.37%
1965	135,266	660,558	1.59%	2.49%
1966	136,682	677,655	1.05%	2.59%
1967	138,140	696,045	1.07%	2.71%
1968	140,298	715,542	1.56%	2.8%
1969	142,581	736,120	1.63%	2.88%
1970	144,739	757,868	1.51%	2.95%
1971	147,389	780,584	1.83%	3%
1972	147,710	804,399	0.22%	3.05%
1973	146,912	828,928	-0.54%	3.05%
1974	148,351	854,320	0.98%	3.06%
1975	149,129	881,032	0.52%	3.13%
1976	149,399	906,566	0.18%	2.9%
1977	149,459	931,104	0.04%	2.71%
1978	148,341	947,269	-0.75%	1.74%
1979	147,851	962,825	-0.33%	1.64%
1980	148,041	981,434	0.13%	1.93%
1981	148,629	992,500	0.4%	1.13%
1982	150,101	1,010,308	0.99%	1.79%
1983	151,159	1,037,511	0.7%	2.69%
1984	151,940	1,065,989	0.52%	2.74%
1985	152,711	1,096,890	0.51%	2.9%
1986	152,662	1,131,081	-0.03%	3.12%
1987	151,456	1,167,889	-0.79%	3.25%
1988	149,254	1,209,696	-1.45%	3.58%
1989	146,937	1,288,947	-1.55%	6.55%
1990	145,400	1,369,303	-1.05%	6.23%
1991	144,403	1,415,684	-0.69%	3.39%
1992	143,912	1,461,322	-0.34%	3.22%
1993	144,299	1,508,697	0.27%	3.24%
1994	144,630	1,556,304	0.23%	3.16%
1995	145,139	1,602,170	0.35%	2.95%
1996	146,306	1,646,103	0.8%	2.74%
1997	146,956	1,689,264	0.44%	2.62%
1998	144,472	1,732,745	-1.69%	2.57%
1999	139,428	1,776,368	-3.49%	2.52%
2000	133,860	1,818,647	-3.99%	2.38%
2001	129,047	1,857,048	-3.6%	2.11%
2002	129,205	1,889,970	0.12%	1.77%
2003	131,897	1,917,464	2.08%	1.45%
2004	134,192	1,942,082	1.74%	1.28%
2005	137,658	1,966,582	2.58%	1.26%
2006	141,239	1,991,888	2.6%	1.29%
2007	144,056	2,018,600	1.99%	1.34%
2008	145,880	2,047,056	1.27%	1.41%
2009	146,833	2,077,394	0.65%	1.48%
2010	148,703	2,109,811	1.27%	1.56%
2011	150,831	2,146,325	1.43%	1.73%
2012	152,088	2,194,654	0.83%	2.25%
2013	153,822	2,252,508	1.14%	2.64%
2014	155,909	2,312,139	1.36%	2.65%
2015	157,980	2,374,300	1.33%	2.69%
2016	159,664	2,439,213	1.07%	2.73%
2017	160,175	2,506,853	0.32%	2.77%
2018	159,336	2,577,327	-0.52%	2.81%
2019	157,441	2,650,494	-1.19%	2.84%
2020	155,482	2,728,762	-1.24%	2.95%
2021	153,948	2,810,548	-0.99%	3%
2022	153,321	2,889,662	-0.41%	2.81%
2023	154,654	2,963,095	0.87%	2.54%
2024	155,967	3,030,131	0.85%	2.26%
2025	155,977	3,092,826	0.007%	2.07%
2026	155,945	3,153,252	-0.02%	1.95%
2027	155,873	3,212,910	-0.05%	1.89%
2028	155,776	3,272,166	-0.06%	1.84%
2029	155,625	3,330,819	-0.1%	1.79%
2030	155,422	3,389,961	-0.13%	1.78%
2031	155,179	3,449,508	-0.16%	1.76%
2032	154,912	3,508,245	-0.17%	1.7%
2033	154,613	3,565,349	-0.19%	1.63%
2034	154,266	3,621,829	-0.22%	1.58%
2035	153,910	3,678,888	-0.23%	1.58%
2036	153,509	3,735,939	-0.26%	1.55%
2037	153,094	3,792,807	-0.27%	1.52%
2038	152,666	3,850,310	-0.28%	1.52%
2039	152,205	3,907,182	-0.3%	1.48%
2040	151,700	3,962,414	-0.33%	1.41%
2041	151,195	4,017,690	-0.33%	1.4%
2042	150,673	4,073,359	-0.35%	1.39%
2043	150,136	4,129,577	-0.36%	1.38%
2044	149,583	4,186,114	-0.37%	1.37%
2045	149,005	4,243,359	-0.39%	1.37%
2046	148,431	4,299,969	-0.39%	1.33%
2047	147,827	4,355,507	-0.41%	1.29%
2048	147,194	4,409,459	-0.43%	1.24%
2049	146,558	4,460,507	-0.43%	1.16%
2050	145,892	4,512,307	-0.45%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2006 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.