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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Samoa	Curacao	Samoa
1960	124,826	112,490	-	-
1961	126,125	115,496	1.04%	2.67%
1962	128,414	118,597	1.81%	2.68%
1963	130,860	121,764	1.9%	2.67%
1964	133,148	124,894	1.75%	2.57%
1965	135,266	127,978	1.59%	2.47%
1966	136,682	131,073	1.05%	2.42%
1967	138,140	133,764	1.07%	2.05%
1968	140,298	136,020	1.56%	1.69%
1969	142,581	138,233	1.63%	1.63%
1970	144,739	140,400	1.51%	1.57%
1971	147,389	142,503	1.83%	1.5%
1972	147,710	144,538	0.22%	1.43%
1973	146,912	146,516	-0.54%	1.37%
1974	148,351	149,431	0.98%	1.99%
1975	149,129	153,344	0.52%	2.62%
1976	149,399	157,113	0.18%	2.46%
1977	149,459	159,753	0.04%	1.68%
1978	148,341	161,375	-0.75%	1.02%
1979	147,851	162,882	-0.33%	0.93%
1980	148,041	164,322	0.13%	0.88%
1981	148,629	165,678	0.4%	0.83%
1982	150,101	166,484	0.99%	0.49%
1983	151,159	166,714	0.7%	0.14%
1984	151,940	166,796	0.52%	0.05%
1985	152,711	166,849	0.51%	0.03%
1986	152,662	167,061	-0.03%	0.13%
1987	151,456	167,661	-0.79%	0.36%
1988	149,254	168,346	-1.45%	0.41%
1989	146,937	168,768	-1.55%	0.25%
1990	145,400	169,042	-1.05%	0.16%
1991	144,403	169,368	-0.69%	0.19%
1992	143,912	170,331	-0.34%	0.57%
1993	144,299	171,774	0.27%	0.85%
1994	144,630	173,159	0.23%	0.81%
1995	145,139	174,571	0.35%	0.82%
1996	146,306	176,071	0.8%	0.86%
1997	146,956	177,547	0.44%	0.84%
1998	144,472	178,905	-1.69%	0.76%
1999	139,428	180,275	-3.49%	0.77%
2000	133,860	181,685	-3.99%	0.78%
2001	129,047	183,166	-3.6%	0.82%
2002	129,205	184,471	0.12%	0.71%
2003	131,897	185,430	2.08%	0.52%
2004	134,192	186,249	1.74%	0.44%
2005	137,658	186,978	2.58%	0.39%
2006	141,239	187,709	2.6%	0.39%
2007	144,056	188,753	1.99%	0.56%
2008	145,880	190,107	1.27%	0.72%
2009	146,833	191,513	0.65%	0.74%
2010	148,703	193,023	1.27%	0.79%
2011	150,831	194,713	1.43%	0.88%
2012	152,088	196,498	0.83%	0.92%
2013	153,822	198,268	1.14%	0.9%
2014	155,909	200,037	1.36%	0.89%
2015	157,980	201,782	1.33%	0.87%
2016	159,664	203,499	1.07%	0.85%
2017	160,175	205,415	0.32%	0.94%
2018	159,336	207,582	-0.52%	1.05%
2019	157,441	209,780	-1.19%	1.06%
2020	155,482	211,944	-1.24%	1.03%
2021	153,948	213,779	-0.99%	0.87%
2022	153,321	215,261	-0.41%	0.69%
2023	154,654	216,663	0.87%	0.65%
2024	155,967	218,019	0.85%	0.63%
2025	155,977	219,302	0.007%	0.59%
2026	155,945	220,530	-0.02%	0.56%
2027	155,873	221,772	-0.05%	0.56%
2028	155,776	223,104	-0.06%	0.6%
2029	155,625	224,504	-0.1%	0.63%
2030	155,422	225,968	-0.13%	0.65%
2031	155,179	227,581	-0.16%	0.71%
2032	154,912	229,298	-0.17%	0.75%
2033	154,613	231,110	-0.19%	0.79%
2034	154,266	233,061	-0.22%	0.84%
2035	153,910	235,172	-0.23%	0.91%
2036	153,509	237,415	-0.26%	0.95%
2037	153,094	239,730	-0.27%	0.98%
2038	152,666	242,155	-0.28%	1.01%
2039	152,205	244,653	-0.3%	1.03%
2040	151,700	247,196	-0.33%	1.04%
2041	151,195	249,796	-0.33%	1.05%
2042	150,673	252,427	-0.35%	1.05%
2043	150,136	255,023	-0.36%	1.03%
2044	149,583	257,609	-0.37%	1.01%
2045	149,005	260,250	-0.39%	1.03%
2046	148,431	262,849	-0.39%	1%
2047	147,827	265,365	-0.41%	0.96%
2048	147,194	267,836	-0.43%	0.93%
2049	146,558	270,291	-0.43%	0.92%
2050	145,892	272,711	-0.45%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.