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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Rwanda	Curacao	Rwanda
1960	124,826	3,022,294	-	-
1961	126,125	3,106,779	1.04%	2.8%
1962	128,414	3,186,025	1.81%	2.55%
1963	130,860	3,258,890	1.9%	2.29%
1964	133,148	3,334,834	1.75%	2.33%
1965	135,266	3,423,210	1.59%	2.65%
1966	136,682	3,521,626	1.05%	2.87%
1967	138,140	3,629,577	1.07%	3.07%
1968	140,298	3,744,010	1.56%	3.15%
1969	142,581	3,861,271	1.63%	3.13%
1970	144,739	3,980,669	1.51%	3.09%
1971	147,389	4,100,044	1.83%	3%
1972	147,710	4,220,335	0.22%	2.93%
1973	146,912	4,345,047	-0.54%	2.96%
1974	148,351	4,474,228	0.98%	2.97%
1975	149,129	4,607,728	0.52%	2.98%
1976	149,399	4,745,954	0.18%	3%
1977	149,459	4,888,240	0.04%	3%
1978	148,341	5,035,171	-0.75%	3.01%
1979	147,851	5,189,541	-0.33%	3.07%
1980	148,041	5,353,259	0.13%	3.15%
1981	148,629	5,527,230	0.4%	3.25%
1982	150,101	5,711,549	0.99%	3.33%
1983	151,159	5,905,311	0.7%	3.39%
1984	151,940	6,107,627	0.52%	3.43%
1985	152,711	6,317,228	0.51%	3.43%
1986	152,662	6,531,881	-0.03%	3.4%
1987	151,456	6,749,493	-0.79%	3.33%
1988	149,254	6,968,071	-1.45%	3.24%
1989	146,937	7,184,706	-1.55%	3.11%
1990	145,400	7,375,307	-1.05%	2.65%
1991	144,403	7,526,966	-0.69%	2.06%
1992	143,912	7,683,266	-0.34%	2.08%
1993	144,299	7,981,132	0.27%	3.88%
1994	144,630	6,792,352	0.23%	-14.9%
1995	145,139	5,674,118	0.35%	-16.5%
1996	146,306	6,708,764	0.8%	18.2%
1997	146,956	7,755,238	0.44%	15.6%
1998	144,472	8,081,681	-1.69%	4.21%
1999	139,428	8,147,912	-3.49%	0.82%
2000	133,860	8,213,931	-3.99%	0.81%
2001	129,047	8,287,094	-3.6%	0.89%
2002	129,205	8,400,180	0.12%	1.36%
2003	131,897	8,586,875	2.08%	2.22%
2004	134,192	8,816,844	1.74%	2.68%
2005	137,658	9,054,528	2.58%	2.7%
2006	141,239	9,299,246	2.6%	2.7%
2007	144,056	9,549,933	1.99%	2.7%
2008	145,880	9,804,269	1.27%	2.66%
2009	146,833	10,060,432	0.65%	2.61%
2010	148,703	10,317,553	1.27%	2.56%
2011	150,831	10,573,733	1.43%	2.48%
2012	152,088	10,829,901	0.83%	2.42%
2013	153,822	11,093,340	1.14%	2.43%
2014	155,909	11,364,757	1.36%	2.45%
2015	157,980	11,640,022	1.33%	2.42%
2016	159,664	11,919,183	1.07%	2.4%
2017	160,175	12,202,060	0.32%	2.37%
2018	159,336	12,487,996	-0.52%	2.34%
2019	157,441	12,776,103	-1.19%	2.31%
2020	154,947	13,065,837	-1.58%	2.27%
2021	152,369	13,355,260	-1.66%	2.22%
2022	149,996	13,651,030	-1.56%	2.21%
2023	155,800	13,954,471	3.87%	2.22%
2024	155,900	14,256,567	0.06%	2.16%
2025	155,910	14,569,343	0.007%	2.19%
2026	155,878	14,889,694	-0.02%	2.2%
2027	155,806	15,214,324	-0.05%	2.18%
2028	155,710	15,536,461	-0.06%	2.12%
2029	155,558	15,844,649	-0.1%	1.98%
2030	155,356	16,154,698	-0.13%	1.96%
2031	155,112	16,473,106	-0.16%	1.97%
2032	154,845	16,771,820	-0.17%	1.81%
2033	154,546	17,073,475	-0.19%	1.8%
2034	154,200	17,402,250	-0.22%	1.93%
2035	153,844	17,746,315	-0.23%	1.98%
2036	153,444	18,076,769	-0.26%	1.86%
2037	153,028	18,395,838	-0.27%	1.77%
2038	152,600	18,729,778	-0.28%	1.82%
2039	152,140	19,076,783	-0.3%	1.85%
2040	151,635	19,440,762	-0.33%	1.91%
2041	151,130	19,806,170	-0.33%	1.88%
2042	150,608	20,153,979	-0.35%	1.76%
2043	150,071	20,500,826	-0.36%	1.72%
2044	149,519	20,837,079	-0.37%	1.64%
2045	148,941	21,152,650	-0.39%	1.51%
2046	148,367	21,459,144	-0.39%	1.45%
2047	147,763	21,764,578	-0.41%	1.42%
2048	147,130	22,086,112	-0.43%	1.48%
2049	146,495	22,403,887	-0.43%	1.44%
2050	145,829	22,707,896	-0.45%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.