Population in Curacao compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Curacao and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Sao Tome	Curacao	Sao Tome
1960	124,826	68,012	-	-
1961	126,125	68,707	1.04%	1.02%
1962	128,414	69,403	1.81%	1.01%
1963	130,860	70,112	1.9%	1.02%
1964	133,148	70,865	1.75%	1.07%
1965	135,266	71,680	1.59%	1.15%
1966	136,682	72,576	1.05%	1.25%
1967	138,140	73,596	1.07%	1.41%
1968	140,298	74,765	1.56%	1.59%
1969	142,581	76,083	1.63%	1.76%
1970	144,739	77,626	1.51%	2.03%
1971	147,389	79,330	1.83%	2.2%
1972	147,710	81,041	0.22%	2.16%
1973	146,912	82,798	-0.54%	2.17%
1974	148,351	84,672	0.98%	2.26%
1975	149,129	86,708	0.52%	2.4%
1976	149,399	88,922	0.18%	2.55%
1977	149,459	91,301	0.04%	2.68%
1978	148,341	93,794	-0.75%	2.73%
1979	147,851	96,252	-0.33%	2.62%
1980	148,041	98,544	0.13%	2.38%
1981	148,629	100,615	0.4%	2.1%
1982	150,101	102,508	0.99%	1.88%
1983	151,159	104,380	0.7%	1.83%
1984	151,940	106,394	0.52%	1.93%
1985	152,711	108,658	0.51%	2.13%
1986	152,662	111,150	-0.03%	2.29%
1987	151,456	113,919	-0.79%	2.49%
1988	149,254	116,939	-1.45%	2.65%
1989	146,937	119,979	-1.55%	2.6%
1990	145,400	122,980	-1.05%	2.5%
1991	144,403	125,697	-0.69%	2.21%
1992	143,912	128,110	-0.34%	1.92%
1993	144,299	130,467	0.27%	1.84%
1994	144,630	132,732	0.23%	1.74%
1995	145,139	134,895	0.35%	1.63%
1996	146,306	136,962	0.8%	1.53%
1997	146,956	138,922	0.44%	1.43%
1998	144,472	140,751	-1.69%	1.32%
1999	139,428	142,442	-3.49%	1.2%
2000	133,860	144,018	-3.99%	1.11%
2001	129,047	146,375	-3.6%	1.64%
2002	129,205	149,922	0.12%	2.42%
2003	131,897	153,814	2.08%	2.6%
2004	134,192	157,705	1.74%	2.53%
2005	137,658	161,639	2.58%	2.49%
2006	141,239	165,638	2.6%	2.47%
2007	144,056	169,700	1.99%	2.45%
2008	145,880	173,793	1.27%	2.41%
2009	146,833	177,853	0.65%	2.34%
2010	148,703	181,802	1.27%	2.22%
2011	150,831	185,649	1.43%	2.12%
2012	152,088	189,439	0.83%	2.04%
2013	153,822	193,148	1.14%	1.96%
2014	155,909	196,767	1.36%	1.87%
2015	157,980	200,291	1.33%	1.79%
2016	159,664	203,689	1.07%	1.7%
2017	160,175	206,970	0.32%	1.61%
2018	159,336	210,187	-0.52%	1.55%
2019	157,441	213,392	-1.19%	1.52%
2020	154,947	217,435	-1.58%	1.89%
2021	152,369	221,961	-1.66%	2.08%
2022	149,996	226,305	-1.56%	1.96%
2023	155,800	230,871	3.87%	2.02%
2024	155,900	235,536	0.06%	2.02%
2025	155,910	240,251	0.007%	2%
2026	155,878	244,987	-0.02%	1.97%
2027	155,806	249,783	-0.05%	1.96%
2028	155,710	254,657	-0.06%	1.95%
2029	155,558	259,597	-0.1%	1.94%
2030	155,356	264,560	-0.13%	1.91%
2031	155,112	269,566	-0.16%	1.89%
2032	154,845	274,643	-0.17%	1.88%
2033	154,546	279,761	-0.19%	1.86%
2034	154,200	284,911	-0.22%	1.84%
2035	153,844	290,082	-0.23%	1.81%
2036	153,444	295,269	-0.26%	1.79%
2037	153,028	300,439	-0.27%	1.75%
2038	152,600	305,590	-0.28%	1.71%
2039	152,140	310,729	-0.3%	1.68%
2040	151,635	315,833	-0.33%	1.64%
2041	151,130	320,875	-0.33%	1.6%
2042	150,608	325,888	-0.35%	1.56%
2043	150,071	330,908	-0.36%	1.54%
2044	149,519	335,919	-0.37%	1.51%
2045	148,941	340,911	-0.39%	1.49%
2046	148,367	345,883	-0.39%	1.46%
2047	147,763	350,758	-0.41%	1.41%
2048	147,130	355,569	-0.43%	1.37%
2049	146,495	360,353	-0.43%	1.35%
2050	145,829	365,103	-0.45%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.