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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Nigeria	Curacao	Nigeria
1960	124,826	45,053,782	-	-
1961	126,125	45,989,310	1.04%	2.08%
1962	128,414	46,965,292	1.81%	2.12%
1963	130,860	47,973,575	1.9%	2.15%
1964	133,148	49,012,016	1.75%	2.16%
1965	135,266	50,086,764	1.59%	2.19%
1966	136,682	51,188,234	1.05%	2.2%
1967	138,140	52,293,065	1.07%	2.16%
1968	140,298	53,432,783	1.56%	2.18%
1969	142,581	54,631,914	1.63%	2.24%
1970	144,739	55,893,838	1.51%	2.31%
1971	147,389	57,214,684	1.83%	2.36%
1972	147,710	58,601,748	0.22%	2.42%
1973	146,912	60,082,139	-0.54%	2.53%
1974	148,351	61,679,144	0.98%	2.66%
1975	149,129	63,410,815	0.52%	2.81%
1976	149,399	65,258,009	0.18%	2.91%
1977	149,459	67,234,590	0.04%	3.03%
1978	148,341	69,326,532	-0.75%	3.11%
1979	147,851	71,498,242	-0.33%	3.13%
1980	148,041	73,764,641	0.13%	3.17%
1981	148,629	76,068,103	0.4%	3.12%
1982	150,101	78,378,701	0.99%	3.04%
1983	151,159	80,438,260	0.7%	2.63%
1984	151,940	82,526,443	0.52%	2.6%
1985	152,711	84,897,973	0.51%	2.87%
1986	152,662	87,235,953	-0.03%	2.75%
1987	151,456	89,591,716	-0.79%	2.7%
1988	149,254	92,020,090	-1.45%	2.71%
1989	146,937	94,531,014	-1.55%	2.73%
1990	145,400	97,120,925	-1.05%	2.74%
1991	144,403	99,720,162	-0.69%	2.68%
1992	143,912	102,372,770	-0.34%	2.66%
1993	144,299	105,122,069	0.27%	2.69%
1994	144,630	107,935,714	0.23%	2.68%
1995	145,139	110,819,428	0.35%	2.67%
1996	146,306	113,754,779	0.8%	2.65%
1997	146,956	116,754,792	0.44%	2.64%
1998	144,472	119,846,254	-1.69%	2.65%
1999	139,428	123,047,320	-3.49%	2.67%
2000	133,860	126,382,494	-3.99%	2.71%
2001	129,047	129,862,595	-3.6%	2.75%
2002	129,205	133,471,989	0.12%	2.78%
2003	131,897	137,202,644	2.08%	2.8%
2004	134,192	141,057,045	1.74%	2.81%
2005	137,658	145,017,253	2.58%	2.81%
2006	141,239	149,077,334	2.6%	2.8%
2007	144,056	153,267,261	1.99%	2.81%
2008	145,880	157,595,014	1.27%	2.82%
2009	146,833	162,049,464	0.65%	2.83%
2010	148,703	166,642,886	1.27%	2.83%
2011	150,831	171,379,598	1.43%	2.84%
2012	152,088	176,200,625	0.83%	2.81%
2013	153,822	181,049,443	1.14%	2.75%
2014	155,909	185,896,915	1.36%	2.68%
2015	157,980	190,671,878	1.33%	2.57%
2016	159,664	195,443,700	1.07%	2.5%
2017	160,175	200,254,579	0.32%	2.46%
2018	159,336	204,938,755	-0.52%	2.34%
2019	157,441	209,485,641	-1.19%	2.22%
2020	155,482	213,996,181	-1.24%	2.15%
2021	153,948	218,529,286	-0.99%	2.12%
2022	153,321	223,150,896	-0.41%	2.11%
2023	154,654	227,882,945	0.87%	2.12%
2024	155,967	232,679,478	0.85%	2.1%
2025	155,977	237,527,783	0.007%	2.08%
2026	155,945	242,431,830	-0.02%	2.06%
2027	155,873	247,374,258	-0.05%	2.04%
2028	155,776	252,346,128	-0.06%	2.01%
2029	155,625	257,352,638	-0.1%	1.98%
2030	155,422	262,380,975	-0.13%	1.95%
2031	155,179	267,421,079	-0.16%	1.92%
2032	154,912	272,483,635	-0.17%	1.89%
2033	154,613	277,555,116	-0.19%	1.86%
2034	154,266	282,622,388	-0.22%	1.83%
2035	153,910	287,685,757	-0.23%	1.79%
2036	153,509	292,739,390	-0.26%	1.76%
2037	153,094	297,773,236	-0.27%	1.72%
2038	152,666	302,782,350	-0.28%	1.68%
2039	152,205	307,764,754	-0.3%	1.65%
2040	151,700	312,710,403	-0.33%	1.61%
2041	151,195	317,607,237	-0.33%	1.57%
2042	150,673	322,450,302	-0.35%	1.52%
2043	150,136	327,243,941	-0.36%	1.49%
2044	149,583	331,983,354	-0.37%	1.45%
2045	149,005	336,662,502	-0.39%	1.41%
2046	148,431	341,281,757	-0.39%	1.37%
2047	147,827	345,844,004	-0.41%	1.34%
2048	147,194	350,347,757	-0.43%	1.3%
2049	146,558	354,792,418	-0.43%	1.27%
2050	145,892	359,185,550	-0.45%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.