Population in Curacao compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Curacao and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Papua New Guinea	Curacao	Papua New Guinea
1960	124,826	1,995,110	-	-
1961	126,125	2,046,127	1.04%	2.56%
1962	128,414	2,093,919	1.81%	2.34%
1963	130,860	2,141,376	1.9%	2.27%
1964	133,148	2,188,325	1.75%	2.19%
1965	135,266	2,235,820	1.59%	2.17%
1966	136,682	2,285,774	1.05%	2.23%
1967	138,140	2,337,532	1.07%	2.26%
1968	140,298	2,390,803	1.56%	2.28%
1969	142,581	2,446,927	1.63%	2.35%
1970	144,739	2,505,628	1.51%	2.4%
1971	147,389	2,566,421	1.83%	2.43%
1972	147,710	2,628,432	0.22%	2.42%
1973	146,912	2,690,629	-0.54%	2.37%
1974	148,351	2,752,671	0.98%	2.31%
1975	149,129	2,814,820	0.52%	2.26%
1976	149,399	2,877,327	0.18%	2.22%
1977	149,459	2,940,327	0.04%	2.19%
1978	148,341	3,003,714	-0.75%	2.16%
1979	147,851	3,067,341	-0.33%	2.12%
1980	148,041	3,131,512	0.13%	2.09%
1981	148,629	3,197,019	0.4%	2.09%
1982	150,101	3,264,291	0.99%	2.1%
1983	151,159	3,333,633	0.7%	2.12%
1984	151,940	3,405,198	0.52%	2.15%
1985	152,711	3,478,936	0.51%	2.17%
1986	152,662	3,554,793	-0.03%	2.18%
1987	151,456	3,632,543	-0.79%	2.19%
1988	149,254	3,711,880	-1.45%	2.18%
1989	146,937	3,796,078	-1.55%	2.27%
1990	145,400	3,896,481	-1.05%	2.64%
1991	144,403	4,021,837	-0.69%	3.22%
1992	143,912	4,166,699	-0.34%	3.6%
1993	144,299	4,320,872	0.27%	3.7%
1994	144,630	4,480,208	0.23%	3.69%
1995	145,139	4,644,278	0.35%	3.66%
1996	146,306	4,813,361	0.8%	3.64%
1997	146,956	4,987,883	0.44%	3.63%
1998	144,472	5,166,390	-1.69%	3.58%
1999	139,428	5,349,333	-3.49%	3.54%
2000	133,860	5,537,064	-3.99%	3.51%
2001	129,047	5,728,435	-3.6%	3.46%
2002	129,205	5,924,003	0.12%	3.41%
2003	131,897	6,123,997	2.08%	3.38%
2004	134,192	6,328,041	1.74%	3.33%
2005	137,658	6,535,905	2.58%	3.28%
2006	141,239	6,747,720	2.6%	3.24%
2007	144,056	6,963,345	1.99%	3.2%
2008	145,880	7,183,002	1.27%	3.15%
2009	146,833	7,406,438	0.65%	3.11%
2010	148,703	7,633,523	1.27%	3.07%
2011	150,831	7,859,346	1.43%	2.96%
2012	152,088	8,081,390	0.83%	2.83%
2013	153,822	8,302,698	1.14%	2.74%
2014	155,909	8,523,441	1.36%	2.66%
2015	157,980	8,743,246	1.33%	2.58%
2016	159,664	8,961,718	1.07%	2.5%
2017	160,175	9,178,714	0.32%	2.42%
2018	159,336	9,394,513	-0.52%	2.35%
2019	157,441	9,609,010	-1.19%	2.28%
2020	154,947	9,815,746	-1.58%	2.15%
2021	152,369	10,012,896	-1.66%	2.01%
2022	149,996	10,203,169	-1.56%	1.9%
2023	155,800	10,389,635	3.87%	1.83%
2024	155,900	10,576,502	0.06%	1.8%
2025	155,910	10,762,813	0.007%	1.76%
2026	155,878	10,947,845	-0.02%	1.72%
2027	155,806	11,131,268	-0.05%	1.68%
2028	155,710	11,312,895	-0.06%	1.63%
2029	155,558	11,492,799	-0.1%	1.59%
2030	155,356	11,671,420	-0.13%	1.55%
2031	155,112	11,848,221	-0.16%	1.51%
2032	154,845	12,023,121	-0.17%	1.48%
2033	154,546	12,196,639	-0.19%	1.44%
2034	154,200	12,369,248	-0.22%	1.42%
2035	153,844	12,540,596	-0.23%	1.39%
2036	153,444	12,710,682	-0.26%	1.36%
2037	153,028	12,879,737	-0.27%	1.33%
2038	152,600	13,047,122	-0.28%	1.3%
2039	152,140	13,212,668	-0.3%	1.27%
2040	151,635	13,376,156	-0.33%	1.24%
2041	151,130	13,537,361	-0.33%	1.21%
2042	150,608	13,696,139	-0.35%	1.17%
2043	150,071	13,853,410	-0.36%	1.15%
2044	149,519	14,009,926	-0.37%	1.13%
2045	148,941	14,165,578	-0.39%	1.11%
2046	148,367	14,318,889	-0.39%	1.08%
2047	147,763	14,469,210	-0.41%	1.05%
2048	147,130	14,617,364	-0.43%	1.02%
2049	146,495	14,763,600	-0.43%	1%
2050	145,829	14,906,584	-0.45%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.