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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Nicaragua	Curacao	Nicaragua
1960	124,826	1,782,370	-	-
1961	126,125	1,836,451	1.04%	3.03%
1962	128,414	1,892,320	1.81%	3.04%
1963	130,860	1,950,159	1.9%	3.06%
1964	133,148	2,010,176	1.75%	3.08%
1965	135,266	2,072,681	1.59%	3.11%
1966	136,682	2,137,820	1.05%	3.14%
1967	138,140	2,205,567	1.07%	3.17%
1968	140,298	2,275,836	1.56%	3.19%
1969	142,581	2,348,398	1.63%	3.19%
1970	144,739	2,423,065	1.51%	3.18%
1971	147,389	2,499,825	1.83%	3.17%
1972	147,710	2,573,578	0.22%	2.95%
1973	146,912	2,649,278	-0.54%	2.94%
1974	148,351	2,732,075	0.98%	3.13%
1975	149,129	2,816,943	0.52%	3.11%
1976	149,399	2,903,851	0.18%	3.09%
1977	149,459	2,992,534	0.04%	3.05%
1978	148,341	3,080,314	-0.75%	2.93%
1979	147,851	3,164,525	-0.33%	2.73%
1980	148,041	3,252,403	0.13%	2.78%
1981	148,629	3,345,674	0.4%	2.87%
1982	150,101	3,438,745	0.99%	2.78%
1983	151,159	3,530,282	0.7%	2.66%
1984	151,940	3,619,104	0.52%	2.52%
1985	152,711	3,706,479	0.51%	2.41%
1986	152,662	3,794,157	-0.03%	2.37%
1987	151,456	3,882,164	-0.79%	2.32%
1988	149,254	3,972,320	-1.45%	2.32%
1989	146,937	4,066,476	-1.55%	2.37%
1990	145,400	4,162,559	-1.05%	2.36%
1991	144,403	4,259,637	-0.69%	2.33%
1992	143,912	4,357,026	-0.34%	2.29%
1993	144,299	4,453,732	0.27%	2.22%
1994	144,630	4,549,316	0.23%	2.15%
1995	145,139	4,642,931	0.35%	2.06%
1996	146,306	4,729,974	0.8%	1.87%
1997	146,956	4,809,573	0.44%	1.68%
1998	144,472	4,883,655	-1.69%	1.54%
1999	139,428	4,954,018	-3.49%	1.44%
2000	133,860	5,022,633	-3.99%	1.39%
2001	129,047	5,087,825	-3.6%	1.3%
2002	129,205	5,149,909	0.12%	1.22%
2003	131,897	5,210,963	2.08%	1.19%
2004	134,192	5,272,912	1.74%	1.19%
2005	137,658	5,342,105	2.58%	1.31%
2006	141,239	5,418,855	2.6%	1.44%
2007	144,056	5,497,243	1.99%	1.45%
2008	145,880	5,576,593	1.27%	1.44%
2009	146,833	5,656,601	0.65%	1.43%
2010	148,703	5,737,450	1.27%	1.43%
2011	150,831	5,819,051	1.43%	1.42%
2012	152,088	5,901,287	0.83%	1.41%
2013	153,822	5,983,845	1.14%	1.4%
2014	155,909	6,066,492	1.36%	1.38%
2015	157,980	6,149,417	1.33%	1.37%
2016	159,664	6,232,666	1.07%	1.35%
2017	160,175	6,316,231	0.32%	1.34%
2018	159,336	6,400,080	-0.52%	1.33%
2019	157,441	6,483,657	-1.19%	1.31%
2020	154,947	6,565,267	-1.58%	1.26%
2021	152,369	6,644,741	-1.66%	1.21%
2022	149,996	6,730,654	-1.56%	1.29%
2023	155,800	6,823,613	3.87%	1.38%
2024	155,900	6,916,140	0.06%	1.36%
2025	155,910	7,007,511	0.007%	1.32%
2026	155,878	7,097,335	-0.02%	1.28%
2027	155,806	7,185,724	-0.05%	1.25%
2028	155,710	7,272,691	-0.06%	1.21%
2029	155,558	7,358,003	-0.1%	1.17%
2030	155,356	7,441,612	-0.13%	1.14%
2031	155,112	7,523,773	-0.16%	1.1%
2032	154,845	7,604,398	-0.17%	1.07%
2033	154,546	7,683,391	-0.19%	1.04%
2034	154,200	7,760,901	-0.22%	1.01%
2035	153,844	7,836,706	-0.23%	0.98%
2036	153,444	7,910,787	-0.26%	0.95%
2037	153,028	7,983,295	-0.27%	0.92%
2038	152,600	8,054,140	-0.28%	0.89%
2039	152,140	8,122,959	-0.3%	0.85%
2040	151,635	8,189,916	-0.33%	0.82%
2041	151,130	8,255,163	-0.33%	0.8%
2042	150,608	8,318,515	-0.35%	0.77%
2043	150,071	8,380,014	-0.36%	0.74%
2044	149,519	8,439,720	-0.37%	0.71%
2045	148,941	8,497,618	-0.39%	0.69%
2046	148,367	8,553,413	-0.39%	0.66%
2047	147,763	8,607,283	-0.41%	0.63%
2048	147,130	8,659,292	-0.43%	0.6%
2049	146,495	8,708,929	-0.43%	0.57%
2050	145,829	8,756,439	-0.45%	0.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Nicaragua gained 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Nicaragua's population increased by 930,247 (a 15.1% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Nicaragua was ranked 110th in 2005 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.7% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.