Population in Curacao compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Curacao and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Netherlands	Curacao	Netherlands
1960	124,826	11,486,631	-	-
1961	126,125	11,638,712	1.04%	1.32%
1962	128,414	11,805,689	1.81%	1.43%
1963	130,860	11,965,966	1.9%	1.36%
1964	133,148	12,127,120	1.75%	1.35%
1965	135,266	12,294,732	1.59%	1.38%
1966	136,682	12,456,251	1.05%	1.31%
1967	138,140	12,598,201	1.07%	1.14%
1968	140,298	12,729,721	1.56%	1.04%
1969	142,581	12,877,984	1.63%	1.16%
1970	144,739	13,038,526	1.51%	1.25%
1971	147,389	13,194,497	1.83%	1.2%
1972	147,710	13,328,593	0.22%	1.02%
1973	146,912	13,439,322	-0.54%	0.83%
1974	148,351	13,545,056	0.98%	0.79%
1975	149,129	13,666,335	0.52%	0.9%
1976	149,399	13,774,037	0.18%	0.79%
1977	149,459	13,856,185	0.04%	0.6%
1978	148,341	13,941,700	-0.75%	0.62%
1979	147,851	14,038,270	-0.33%	0.69%
1980	148,041	14,149,800	0.13%	0.79%
1981	148,629	14,247,208	0.4%	0.69%
1982	150,101	14,312,690	0.99%	0.46%
1983	151,159	14,367,070	0.7%	0.38%
1984	151,940	14,424,211	0.52%	0.4%
1985	152,711	14,491,632	0.51%	0.47%
1986	152,662	14,572,278	-0.03%	0.56%
1987	151,456	14,665,037	-0.79%	0.64%
1988	149,254	14,760,094	-1.45%	0.65%
1989	146,937	14,848,907	-1.55%	0.6%
1990	145,400	14,951,510	-1.05%	0.69%
1991	144,403	15,069,798	-0.69%	0.79%
1992	143,912	15,184,166	-0.34%	0.76%
1993	144,299	15,290,368	0.27%	0.7%
1994	144,630	15,382,838	0.23%	0.6%
1995	145,139	15,459,006	0.35%	0.5%
1996	146,306	15,530,498	0.8%	0.46%
1997	146,956	15,610,650	0.44%	0.52%
1998	144,472	15,707,209	-1.69%	0.62%
1999	139,428	15,812,088	-3.49%	0.67%
2000	133,860	15,925,513	-3.99%	0.72%
2001	129,047	16,046,180	-3.6%	0.76%
2002	129,205	16,148,929	0.12%	0.64%
2003	131,897	16,225,302	2.08%	0.47%
2004	134,192	16,281,779	1.74%	0.35%
2005	137,658	16,319,868	2.58%	0.23%
2006	141,239	16,346,101	2.6%	0.16%
2007	144,056	16,381,696	1.99%	0.22%
2008	145,880	16,445,593	1.27%	0.39%
2009	146,833	16,530,388	0.65%	0.52%
2010	148,703	16,615,394	1.27%	0.51%
2011	150,831	16,693,074	1.43%	0.47%
2012	152,088	16,754,962	0.83%	0.37%
2013	153,822	16,804,432	1.14%	0.3%
2014	155,909	16,865,008	1.36%	0.36%
2015	157,980	16,939,923	1.33%	0.44%
2016	159,664	17,030,314	1.07%	0.53%
2017	160,175	17,131,296	0.32%	0.59%
2018	159,336	17,231,624	-0.52%	0.59%
2019	157,441	17,344,874	-1.19%	0.66%
2020	154,947	17,441,500	-1.58%	0.56%
2021	152,369	17,533,044	-1.66%	0.52%
2022	149,996	17,700,982	-1.56%	0.96%
2023	155,800	17,877,117	3.87%	1%
2024	155,900	17,994,237	0.06%	0.66%
2025	155,910	18,110,800	0.007%	0.65%
2026	155,878	18,211,436	-0.02%	0.56%
2027	155,806	18,299,531	-0.05%	0.48%
2028	155,710	18,379,573	-0.06%	0.44%
2029	155,558	18,452,044	-0.1%	0.39%
2030	155,356	18,515,913	-0.13%	0.35%
2031	155,112	18,571,934	-0.16%	0.3%
2032	154,845	18,621,087	-0.17%	0.26%
2033	154,546	18,664,975	-0.19%	0.24%
2034	154,200	18,702,456	-0.22%	0.2%
2035	153,844	18,733,223	-0.23%	0.16%
2036	153,444	18,760,054	-0.26%	0.14%
2037	153,028	18,781,793	-0.27%	0.12%
2038	152,600	18,798,283	-0.28%	0.09%
2039	152,140	18,810,276	-0.3%	0.06%
2040	151,635	18,817,745	-0.33%	0.04%
2041	151,130	18,820,870	-0.33%	0.02%
2042	150,608	18,819,607	-0.35%	-0.007%
2043	150,071	18,815,261	-0.36%	-0.02%
2044	149,519	18,807,564	-0.37%	-0.04%
2045	148,941	18,797,005	-0.39%	-0.06%
2046	148,367	18,785,724	-0.39%	-0.06%
2047	147,763	18,771,651	-0.41%	-0.07%
2048	147,130	18,754,325	-0.43%	-0.09%
2049	146,495	18,735,299	-0.43%	-0.1%
2050	145,829	18,714,579	-0.45%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.