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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Nauru	Curacao	Nauru
1960	124,826	4,607	-	-
1961	126,125	4,774	1.04%	3.62%
1962	128,414	4,979	1.81%	4.29%
1963	130,860	5,226	1.9%	4.96%
1964	133,148	5,515	1.75%	5.53%
1965	135,266	5,832	1.59%	5.75%
1966	136,682	6,043	1.05%	3.62%
1967	138,140	6,135	1.07%	1.52%
1968	140,298	6,328	1.56%	3.15%
1969	142,581	6,581	1.63%	4%
1970	144,739	6,710	1.51%	1.96%
1971	147,389	6,762	1.83%	0.77%
1972	147,710	6,812	0.22%	0.74%
1973	146,912	6,866	-0.54%	0.79%
1974	148,351	6,923	0.98%	0.83%
1975	149,129	6,987	0.52%	0.92%
1976	149,399	7,064	0.18%	1.1%
1977	149,459	7,163	0.04%	1.4%
1978	148,341	7,298	-0.75%	1.88%
1979	147,851	7,468	-0.33%	2.33%
1980	148,041	7,649	0.13%	2.42%
1981	148,629	7,839	0.4%	2.48%
1982	150,101	8,040	0.99%	2.56%
1983	151,159	8,216	0.7%	2.19%
1984	151,940	8,377	0.52%	1.96%
1985	152,711	8,551	0.51%	2.08%
1986	152,662	8,742	-0.03%	2.23%
1987	151,456	8,946	-0.79%	2.33%
1988	149,254	9,165	-1.45%	2.45%
1989	146,937	9,390	-1.55%	2.45%
1990	145,400	9,622	-1.05%	2.47%
1991	144,403	9,850	-0.69%	2.37%
1992	143,912	10,021	-0.34%	1.74%
1993	144,299	10,102	0.27%	0.81%
1994	144,630	10,137	0.23%	0.35%
1995	145,139	10,165	0.35%	0.28%
1996	146,306	10,183	0.8%	0.18%
1997	146,956	10,197	0.44%	0.14%
1998	144,472	10,198	-1.69%	0.01%
1999	139,428	10,187	-3.49%	-0.11%
2000	133,860	10,168	-3.99%	-0.19%
2001	129,047	10,130	-3.6%	-0.37%
2002	129,205	10,082	0.12%	-0.47%
2003	131,897	10,059	2.08%	-0.23%
2004	134,192	10,060	1.74%	0.01%
2005	137,658	10,049	2.58%	-0.11%
2006	141,239	10,034	2.6%	-0.15%
2007	144,056	10,020	1.99%	-0.14%
2008	145,880	10,009	1.27%	-0.11%
2009	146,833	10,016	0.65%	0.07%
2010	148,703	10,043	1.27%	0.27%
2011	150,831	10,098	1.43%	0.55%
2012	152,088	10,267	0.83%	1.67%
2013	153,822	10,517	1.14%	2.43%
2014	155,909	10,742	1.36%	2.14%
2015	157,980	10,954	1.33%	1.97%
2016	159,664	11,150	1.07%	1.79%
2017	160,175	11,324	0.32%	1.56%
2018	159,336	11,477	-0.52%	1.35%
2019	157,441	11,587	-1.19%	0.96%
2020	154,947	11,643	-1.58%	0.48%
2021	152,369	11,709	-1.66%	0.57%
2022	149,996	11,801	-1.56%	0.79%
2023	155,800	11,875	3.87%	0.63%
2024	155,900	11,947	0.06%	0.61%
2025	155,910	12,030	0.007%	0.7%
2026	155,878	12,103	-0.02%	0.61%
2027	155,806	12,196	-0.05%	0.77%
2028	155,710	12,296	-0.06%	0.82%
2029	155,558	12,403	-0.1%	0.87%
2030	155,356	12,519	-0.13%	0.94%
2031	155,112	12,645	-0.16%	1%
2032	154,845	12,785	-0.17%	1.11%
2033	154,546	12,921	-0.19%	1.06%
2034	154,200	13,071	-0.22%	1.16%
2035	153,844	13,230	-0.23%	1.22%
2036	153,444	13,391	-0.26%	1.21%
2037	153,028	13,541	-0.27%	1.12%
2038	152,600	13,697	-0.28%	1.16%
2039	152,140	13,857	-0.3%	1.17%
2040	151,635	14,041	-0.33%	1.33%
2041	151,130	14,220	-0.33%	1.27%
2042	150,608	14,402	-0.35%	1.28%
2043	150,071	14,579	-0.36%	1.23%
2044	149,519	14,754	-0.37%	1.2%
2045	148,941	14,920	-0.39%	1.13%
2046	148,367	15,098	-0.39%	1.19%
2047	147,763	15,268	-0.41%	1.12%
2048	147,130	15,431	-0.43%	1.07%
2049	146,495	15,595	-0.43%	1.06%
2050	145,829	15,751	-0.45%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.