Population in Curacao compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Curacao and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Saint Lucia	Curacao	Saint Lucia
1960	124,826	92,585	-	-
1961	126,125	93,490	1.04%	0.98%
1962	128,414	94,505	1.81%	1.09%
1963	130,860	95,519	1.9%	1.07%
1964	133,148	96,505	1.75%	1.03%
1965	135,266	97,493	1.59%	1.02%
1966	136,682	98,463	1.05%	0.99%
1967	138,140	99,504	1.07%	1.06%
1968	140,298	100,675	1.56%	1.18%
1969	142,581	101,879	1.63%	1.2%
1970	144,739	103,165	1.51%	1.26%
1971	147,389	104,564	1.83%	1.36%
1972	147,710	106,002	0.22%	1.38%
1973	146,912	107,498	-0.54%	1.41%
1974	148,351	109,076	0.98%	1.47%
1975	149,129	110,725	0.52%	1.51%
1976	149,399	112,425	0.18%	1.54%
1977	149,459	114,135	0.04%	1.52%
1978	148,341	115,834	-0.75%	1.49%
1979	147,851	117,528	-0.33%	1.46%
1980	148,041	119,290	0.13%	1.5%
1981	148,629	121,166	0.4%	1.57%
1982	150,101	123,087	0.99%	1.59%
1983	151,159	125,044	0.7%	1.59%
1984	151,940	127,067	0.52%	1.62%
1985	152,711	129,159	0.51%	1.65%
1986	152,662	131,239	-0.03%	1.61%
1987	151,456	133,227	-0.79%	1.51%
1988	149,254	135,000	-1.45%	1.33%
1989	146,937	136,512	-1.55%	1.12%
1990	145,400	137,857	-1.05%	0.99%
1991	144,403	139,520	-0.69%	1.21%
1992	143,912	141,617	-0.34%	1.5%
1993	144,299	143,726	0.27%	1.49%
1994	144,630	145,890	0.23%	1.51%
1995	145,139	148,208	0.35%	1.59%
1996	146,306	150,436	0.8%	1.5%
1997	146,956	152,569	0.44%	1.42%
1998	144,472	154,677	-1.69%	1.38%
1999	139,428	156,702	-3.49%	1.31%
2000	133,860	158,616	-3.99%	1.22%
2001	129,047	160,237	-3.6%	1.02%
2002	129,205	161,641	0.12%	0.88%
2003	131,897	162,976	2.08%	0.83%
2004	134,192	164,239	1.74%	0.77%
2005	137,658	165,450	2.58%	0.74%
2006	141,239	166,639	2.6%	0.72%
2007	144,056	167,758	1.99%	0.67%
2008	145,880	168,808	1.27%	0.63%
2009	146,833	169,869	0.65%	0.63%
2010	148,703	170,906	1.27%	0.61%
2011	150,831	171,801	1.43%	0.52%
2012	152,088	172,587	0.83%	0.46%
2013	153,822	173,369	1.14%	0.45%
2014	155,909	174,138	1.36%	0.44%
2015	157,980	174,905	1.33%	0.44%
2016	159,664	175,646	1.07%	0.42%
2017	160,175	176,342	0.32%	0.4%
2018	159,336	177,017	-0.52%	0.38%
2019	157,441	177,661	-1.19%	0.36%
2020	154,947	178,250	-1.58%	0.33%
2021	152,369	178,522	-1.66%	0.15%
2022	149,996	178,781	-1.56%	0.15%
2023	155,800	179,285	3.87%	0.28%
2024	155,900	179,744	0.06%	0.26%
2025	155,910	180,148	0.007%	0.23%
2026	155,878	180,489	-0.02%	0.19%
2027	155,806	180,771	-0.05%	0.16%
2028	155,710	181,003	-0.06%	0.13%
2029	155,558	181,198	-0.1%	0.11%
2030	155,356	181,360	-0.13%	0.09%
2031	155,112	181,463	-0.16%	0.06%
2032	154,845	181,495	-0.17%	0.02%
2033	154,546	181,458	-0.19%	-0.02%
2034	154,200	181,354	-0.22%	-0.06%
2035	153,844	181,177	-0.23%	-0.1%
2036	153,444	180,948	-0.26%	-0.13%
2037	153,028	180,636	-0.27%	-0.17%
2038	152,600	180,230	-0.28%	-0.22%
2039	152,140	179,781	-0.3%	-0.25%
2040	151,635	179,296	-0.33%	-0.27%
2041	151,130	178,760	-0.33%	-0.3%
2042	150,608	178,187	-0.35%	-0.32%
2043	150,071	177,593	-0.36%	-0.33%
2044	149,519	176,937	-0.37%	-0.37%
2045	148,941	176,243	-0.39%	-0.39%
2046	148,367	175,520	-0.39%	-0.41%
2047	147,763	174,726	-0.41%	-0.45%
2048	147,130	173,877	-0.43%	-0.49%
2049	146,495	172,991	-0.43%	-0.51%
2050	145,829	172,081	-0.45%	-0.53%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.