Population in Curacao compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Curacao and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	North Korea	Curacao	North Korea
1960	124,826	11,722,953	-	-
1961	126,125	11,990,713	1.04%	2.28%
1962	128,414	12,262,882	1.81%	2.27%
1963	130,860	12,567,057	1.9%	2.48%
1964	133,148	12,889,770	1.75%	2.57%
1965	135,266	13,219,369	1.59%	2.56%
1966	136,682	13,569,094	1.05%	2.65%
1967	138,140	13,958,350	1.07%	2.87%
1968	140,298	14,365,596	1.56%	2.92%
1969	142,581	14,767,615	1.63%	2.8%
1970	144,739	15,172,775	1.51%	2.74%
1971	147,389	15,572,457	1.83%	2.63%
1972	147,710	15,975,069	0.22%	2.59%
1973	146,912	16,350,367	-0.54%	2.35%
1974	148,351	16,673,121	0.98%	1.97%
1975	149,129	16,971,055	0.52%	1.79%
1976	149,399	17,243,450	0.18%	1.61%
1977	149,459	17,492,798	0.04%	1.45%
1978	148,341	17,735,995	-0.75%	1.39%
1979	147,851	17,983,470	-0.33%	1.4%
1980	148,041	18,236,786	0.13%	1.41%
1981	148,629	18,501,295	0.4%	1.45%
1982	150,101	18,776,357	0.99%	1.49%
1983	151,159	19,054,034	0.7%	1.48%
1984	151,940	19,335,043	0.52%	1.47%
1985	152,711	19,620,388	0.51%	1.48%
1986	152,662	19,910,855	-0.03%	1.48%
1987	151,456	20,205,483	-0.79%	1.48%
1988	149,254	20,503,161	-1.45%	1.47%
1989	146,937	20,804,367	-1.55%	1.47%
1990	145,400	21,112,137	-1.05%	1.48%
1991	144,403	21,428,638	-0.69%	1.5%
1992	143,912	21,750,911	-0.34%	1.5%
1993	144,299	22,073,352	0.27%	1.48%
1994	144,630	22,393,975	0.23%	1.45%
1995	145,139	22,669,304	0.35%	1.23%
1996	146,306	22,895,746	0.8%	1%
1997	146,956	23,110,830	0.44%	0.94%
1998	144,472	23,311,564	-1.69%	0.87%
1999	139,428	23,497,599	-3.49%	0.8%
2000	133,860	23,665,910	-3.99%	0.72%
2001	129,047	23,815,358	-3.6%	0.63%
2002	129,205	23,943,973	0.12%	0.54%
2003	131,897	24,090,380	2.08%	0.61%
2004	134,192	24,254,943	1.74%	0.68%
2005	137,658	24,396,433	2.58%	0.58%
2006	141,239	24,524,507	2.6%	0.52%
2007	144,056	24,646,383	1.99%	0.5%
2008	145,880	24,764,618	1.27%	0.48%
2009	146,833	24,878,332	0.65%	0.46%
2010	148,703	24,987,258	1.27%	0.44%
2011	150,831	25,097,874	1.43%	0.44%
2012	152,088	25,211,728	0.83%	0.45%
2013	153,822	25,329,451	1.14%	0.47%
2014	155,909	25,451,262	1.36%	0.48%
2015	157,980	25,575,350	1.33%	0.49%
2016	159,664	25,698,326	1.07%	0.48%
2017	160,175	25,817,709	0.32%	0.46%
2018	159,336	25,931,147	-0.52%	0.44%
2019	157,441	26,037,632	-1.19%	0.41%
2020	154,947	26,136,312	-1.58%	0.38%
2021	152,369	26,232,534	-1.66%	0.37%
2022	149,996	26,328,845	-1.56%	0.37%
2023	155,800	26,418,204	3.87%	0.34%
2024	155,900	26,498,823	0.06%	0.31%
2025	155,910	26,571,033	0.007%	0.27%
2026	155,878	26,633,682	-0.02%	0.24%
2027	155,806	26,686,492	-0.05%	0.2%
2028	155,710	26,729,261	-0.06%	0.16%
2029	155,558	26,762,008	-0.1%	0.12%
2030	155,356	26,784,894	-0.13%	0.09%
2031	155,112	26,797,946	-0.16%	0.05%
2032	154,845	26,801,071	-0.17%	0.01%
2033	154,546	26,795,061	-0.19%	-0.02%
2034	154,200	26,780,481	-0.22%	-0.05%
2035	153,844	26,757,705	-0.23%	-0.09%
2036	153,444	26,727,309	-0.26%	-0.11%
2037	153,028	26,689,907	-0.27%	-0.14%
2038	152,600	26,646,323	-0.28%	-0.16%
2039	152,140	26,596,967	-0.3%	-0.19%
2040	151,635	26,542,417	-0.33%	-0.21%
2041	151,130	26,483,475	-0.33%	-0.22%
2042	150,608	26,420,812	-0.35%	-0.24%
2043	150,071	26,354,324	-0.36%	-0.25%
2044	149,519	26,284,000	-0.37%	-0.27%
2045	148,941	26,210,196	-0.39%	-0.28%
2046	148,367	26,132,922	-0.39%	-0.29%
2047	147,763	26,052,086	-0.41%	-0.31%
2048	147,130	25,967,581	-0.43%	-0.32%
2049	146,495	25,879,244	-0.43%	-0.34%
2050	145,829	25,787,120	-0.45%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.