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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Curacao was 155,967 in 2024 vs 19,051,804 people in Romania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Curacao's population is 155,945 people compared to 18,836,893 in Romania.

Population statistics:

  • Romania's population is 120.8 times bigger than Curacao's.
  • Curacao is ranked the 179th most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 70th.
  • The countries together account for 0.23% of the world: 0.002% for Curacao vs 0.23% for Romania.
  • For the last 10 years, Curacao has had an average growth rate of +0.13% per year vs -0.43% in Romania.
  • Since 2006, the population of Curacao has increased from 141K people to 156K (10.4% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.2M to 18.8M (11.1% decline).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 19.7% of the population in Curacao and 31.6% in Romania.

Curacao vs Romania: live population counter

Curacao Romania
Current population
155945
18836893
Population rank 179/197 70/197
Percent of world population 0.002% 0.23%
One net population change
6.67 hours
56.8 minutes
One birth every
7.56 hours
3.45 minutes
One death every
5.84 hours
2.17 minutes
One migration net change every
17.1 hours
18.5 minutes
Annual migration change +513 -28,466
Daily growth/decline +4 -25
Annual growth/decline +1,313 -9,258
Annual growth/decline rate +0.85% -0.05%
Population growth rate rank 113/197 170/197

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

Curacao
Population

Growth rate
Romania
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Curacao Romania Curacao Romania
1960 124,826 18,406,905 - -
1961 126,125 18,555,250 1.04% 0.81%
1962 128,414 18,676,550 1.81% 0.65%
1963 130,860 18,797,850 1.9% 0.65%
1964 133,148 18,919,126 1.75% 0.65%
1965 135,266 19,031,576 1.59% 0.59%
1966 136,682 19,215,450 1.05% 0.97%
1967 138,140 19,534,242 1.07% 1.66%
1968 140,298 19,799,831 1.56% 1.36%
1969 142,581 20,009,141 1.63% 1.06%
1970 144,739 20,250,398 1.51% 1.21%
1971 147,389 20,461,567 1.83% 1.04%
1972 147,710 20,657,957 0.22% 0.96%
1973 146,912 20,835,681 -0.54% 0.86%
1974 148,351 21,029,429 0.98% 0.93%
1975 149,129 21,293,583 0.52% 1.26%
1976 149,399 21,551,634 0.18% 1.21%
1977 149,459 21,756,096 0.04% 0.95%
1978 148,341 21,951,464 -0.75% 0.9%
1979 147,851 22,090,488 -0.33% 0.63%
1980 148,041 22,207,282 0.13% 0.53%
1981 148,629 22,353,070 0.4% 0.66%
1982 150,101 22,475,741 0.99% 0.55%
1983 151,159 22,560,478 0.7% 0.38%
1984 151,940 22,640,547 0.52% 0.35%
1985 152,711 22,732,999 0.51% 0.41%
1986 152,662 22,836,841 -0.03% 0.46%
1987 151,456 22,949,430 -0.79% 0.49%
1988 149,254 23,057,662 -1.45% 0.47%
1989 146,937 23,161,458 -1.55% 0.45%
1990 145,400 23,201,835 -1.05% 0.17%
1991 144,403 23,001,155 -0.69% -0.86%
1992 143,912 22,794,284 -0.34% -0.9%
1993 144,299 22,763,280 0.27% -0.14%
1994 144,630 22,730,211 0.23% -0.15%
1995 145,139 22,684,270 0.35% -0.2%
1996 146,306 22,619,004 0.8% -0.29%
1997 146,956 22,553,978 0.44% -0.29%
1998 144,472 22,507,344 -1.69% -0.21%
1999 139,428 22,472,040 -3.49% -0.16%
2000 133,860 22,442,971 -3.99% -0.13%
2001 129,047 22,131,970 -3.6% -1.39%
2002 129,205 21,730,496 0.12% -1.81%
2003 131,897 21,574,326 2.08% -0.72%
2004 134,192 21,451,748 1.74% -0.57%
2005 137,658 21,319,685 2.58% -0.62%
2006 141,239 21,193,760 2.6% -0.59%
2007 144,056 20,882,982 1.99% -1.47%
2008 145,880 20,537,875 1.27% -1.65%
2009 146,833 20,367,487 0.65% -0.83%
2010 148,703 20,246,871 1.27% -0.59%
2011 150,831 20,147,528 1.43% -0.49%
2012 152,088 20,058,035 0.83% -0.44%
2013 153,822 19,983,693 1.14% -0.37%
2014 155,909 19,908,979 1.36% -0.37%
2015 157,980 19,815,616 1.33% -0.47%
2016 159,664 19,702,267 1.07% -0.57%
2017 160,175 19,588,715 0.32% -0.58%
2018 159,336 19,473,970 -0.52% -0.59%
2019 157,441 19,371,648 -1.19% -0.53%
2020 155,482 19,265,250 -1.24% -0.55%
2021 153,948 19,122,059 -0.99% -0.74%
2022 153,321 19,048,502 -0.41% -0.38%
2023 154,654 19,061,062 0.87% 0.07%
2024 155,967 19,051,804 0.85% -0.05%
2025 155,977 18,945,157 0.007% -0.56%
2026 155,945 18,836,893 -0.02% -0.57%
2027 155,873 18,727,645 -0.05% -0.58%
2028 155,776 18,617,757 -0.06% -0.59%
2029 155,625 18,506,702 -0.1% -0.6%
2030 155,422 18,394,947 -0.13% -0.6%
2031 155,179 18,282,991 -0.16% -0.61%
2032 154,912 18,170,681 -0.17% -0.61%
2033 154,613 18,057,661 -0.19% -0.62%
2034 154,266 17,943,814 -0.22% -0.63%
2035 153,910 17,828,772 -0.23% -0.64%
2036 153,509 17,712,177 -0.26% -0.65%
2037 153,094 17,595,189 -0.27% -0.66%
2038 152,666 17,477,597 -0.28% -0.67%
2039 152,205 17,360,012 -0.3% -0.67%
2040 151,700 17,242,939 -0.33% -0.67%
2041 151,195 17,124,773 -0.33% -0.69%
2042 150,673 17,006,515 -0.35% -0.69%
2043 150,136 16,888,882 -0.36% -0.69%
2044 149,583 16,770,593 -0.37% -0.7%
2045 149,005 16,652,406 -0.39% -0.7%
2046 148,431 16,534,847 -0.39% -0.71%
2047 147,827 16,416,456 -0.41% -0.72%
2048 147,194 16,297,099 -0.43% -0.73%
2049 146,558 16,177,534 -0.43% -0.73%
2050 145,892 16,058,209 -0.45% -0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.

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