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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Qatar	Curacao	Qatar
1960	124,826	36,010	-	-
1961	126,125	39,680	1.04%	10.2%
1962	128,414	44,630	1.81%	12.5%
1963	130,860	50,380	1.9%	12.9%
1964	133,148	56,867	1.75%	12.9%
1965	135,266	64,065	1.59%	12.7%
1966	136,682	72,192	1.05%	12.7%
1967	138,140	81,439	1.07%	12.8%
1968	140,298	91,749	1.56%	12.7%
1969	142,581	103,025	1.63%	12.3%
1970	144,739	116,350	1.51%	12.9%
1971	147,389	131,346	1.83%	12.9%
1972	147,710	146,506	0.22%	11.5%
1973	146,912	161,841	-0.54%	10.5%
1974	148,351	177,362	0.98%	9.59%
1975	149,129	193,087	0.52%	8.87%
1976	149,399	209,052	0.18%	8.27%
1977	149,459	225,285	0.04%	7.77%
1978	148,341	241,808	-0.75%	7.33%
1979	147,851	258,670	-0.33%	6.97%
1980	148,041	275,913	0.13%	6.67%
1981	148,629	293,553	0.4%	6.39%
1982	150,101	311,537	0.99%	6.13%
1983	151,159	329,709	0.7%	5.83%
1984	151,940	347,878	0.52%	5.51%
1985	152,711	365,940	0.51%	5.19%
1986	152,662	382,422	-0.03%	4.5%
1987	151,456	397,005	-0.79%	3.81%
1988	149,254	411,264	-1.45%	3.59%
1989	146,937	425,646	-1.55%	3.5%
1990	145,400	440,175	-1.05%	3.41%
1991	144,403	454,853	-0.69%	3.33%
1992	143,912	469,657	-0.34%	3.25%
1993	144,299	484,545	0.27%	3.17%
1994	144,630	499,459	0.23%	3.08%
1995	145,139	514,325	0.35%	2.98%
1996	146,306	529,019	0.8%	2.86%
1997	146,956	550,500	0.44%	4.06%
1998	144,472	580,540	-1.69%	5.46%
1999	139,428	612,500	-3.49%	5.51%
2000	133,860	644,989	-3.99%	5.3%
2001	129,047	677,925	-3.6%	5.11%
2002	129,205	711,205	0.12%	4.91%
2003	131,897	744,682	2.08%	4.71%
2004	134,192	773,332	1.74%	3.85%
2005	137,658	825,408	2.58%	6.73%
2006	141,239	972,831	2.6%	17.9%
2007	144,056	1,208,595	1.99%	24.2%
2008	145,880	1,426,938	1.27%	18.1%
2009	146,833	1,608,903	0.65%	12.8%
2010	148,703	1,616,832	1.27%	0.49%
2011	150,831	1,624,761	1.43%	0.49%
2012	152,088	1,722,438	0.83%	6.01%
2013	153,822	1,916,426	1.14%	11.3%
2014	155,909	2,151,745	1.36%	12.3%
2015	157,980	2,344,557	1.33%	8.96%
2016	159,664	2,477,113	1.07%	5.65%
2017	160,175	2,545,820	0.32%	2.77%
2018	159,336	2,580,734	-0.52%	1.37%
2019	157,441	2,638,657	-1.19%	2.24%
2020	154,947	2,794,148	-1.58%	5.89%
2021	152,369	2,504,910	-1.66%	-10.4%
2022	149,996	2,657,333	-1.56%	6.08%
2023	155,800	2,656,032	3.87%	-0.05%
2024	155,900	2,857,822	0.06%	7.6%
2025	155,910	2,921,065	0.007%	2.21%
2026	155,878	2,975,134	-0.02%	1.85%
2027	155,806	3,019,526	-0.05%	1.49%
2028	155,710	3,057,695	-0.06%	1.26%
2029	155,558	3,092,803	-0.1%	1.15%
2030	155,356	3,125,174	-0.13%	1.05%
2031	155,112	3,156,754	-0.16%	1.01%
2032	154,845	3,189,188	-0.17%	1.03%
2033	154,546	3,222,500	-0.19%	1.04%
2034	154,200	3,256,691	-0.22%	1.06%
2035	153,844	3,291,711	-0.23%	1.08%
2036	153,444	3,327,585	-0.26%	1.09%
2037	153,028	3,364,333	-0.27%	1.1%
2038	152,600	3,401,906	-0.28%	1.12%
2039	152,140	3,440,293	-0.3%	1.13%
2040	151,635	3,479,439	-0.33%	1.14%
2041	151,130	3,519,302	-0.33%	1.15%
2042	150,608	3,559,840	-0.35%	1.15%
2043	150,071	3,601,019	-0.36%	1.16%
2044	149,519	3,642,784	-0.37%	1.16%
2045	148,941	3,685,111	-0.39%	1.16%
2046	148,367	3,727,959	-0.39%	1.16%
2047	147,763	3,771,287	-0.41%	1.16%
2048	147,130	3,815,108	-0.43%	1.16%
2049	146,495	3,859,368	-0.43%	1.16%
2050	145,829	3,904,074	-0.45%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.