The latest officially reported population of Curacao was 155,967 in 2024 vs 5,422,069 people in Slovakia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Curacao's population is 155,945 people compared to 5,367,504 in Slovakia.
Population statistics:
- Slovakia's population is 34.4 times bigger than Curacao's.
- Curacao is ranked the 179th most populous country in the world, while Slovakia is the 124th.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.002% for Curacao vs 0.06% for Slovakia.
- For the last 10 years, Curacao has had an average growth rate of +0.13% per year vs +0.01% in Slovakia.
- Since 2006, the population of Curacao has increased from 141K people to 156K (10.4% growth), while Slovakia has declined from 5.37M to 5.37M (0.1% 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 25.6% in Slovakia.
Curacao vs Slovakia: live population counter
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| Current population |
155945
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5367504
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| Population rank | 179/197 | 124/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.002% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
6.67 hours
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1.88 hours
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| One birth every |
7.56 hours
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10.8 minutes
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| One death every |
5.84 hours
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9.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
17.1 hours
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25 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +513 | -21,027 |
| Daily growth/decline | +4 | -13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,313 | -4,671 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.85% | -0.09% |
| Population growth rate rank | 113/197 | 173/197 |
Curacao and Slovakia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 124,826 | 4,068,095 | - | - |
| 1961 | 126,125 | 4,191,667 | 1.04% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 128,414 | 4,238,188 | 1.81% | 1.11% |
| 1963 | 130,860 | 4,282,017 | 1.9% | 1.03% |
| 1964 | 133,148 | 4,327,341 | 1.75% | 1.06% |
| 1965 | 135,266 | 4,370,983 | 1.59% | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 136,682 | 4,411,666 | 1.05% | 0.93% |
| 1967 | 138,140 | 4,449,367 | 1.07% | 0.85% |
| 1968 | 140,298 | 4,483,915 | 1.56% | 0.78% |
| 1969 | 142,581 | 4,518,607 | 1.63% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 144,739 | 4,538,223 | 1.51% | 0.43% |
| 1971 | 147,389 | 4,557,449 | 1.83% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 147,710 | 4,596,622 | 0.22% | 0.86% |
| 1973 | 146,912 | 4,641,445 | -0.54% | 0.98% |
| 1974 | 148,351 | 4,689,623 | 0.98% | 1.04% |
| 1975 | 149,129 | 4,739,105 | 0.52% | 1.06% |
| 1976 | 149,399 | 4,789,507 | 0.18% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 149,459 | 4,840,501 | 0.04% | 1.06% |
| 1978 | 148,341 | 4,890,125 | -0.75% | 1.03% |
| 1979 | 147,851 | 4,938,973 | -0.33% | 1% |
| 1980 | 148,041 | 4,979,815 | 0.13% | 0.83% |
| 1981 | 148,629 | 5,016,105 | 0.4% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 150,101 | 5,055,099 | 0.99% | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 151,159 | 5,091,971 | 0.7% | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 151,940 | 5,127,097 | 0.52% | 0.69% |
| 1985 | 152,711 | 5,161,768 | 0.51% | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 152,662 | 5,193,838 | -0.03% | 0.62% |
| 1987 | 151,456 | 5,222,840 | -0.79% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 149,254 | 5,250,596 | -1.45% | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 146,937 | 5,275,942 | -1.55% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 145,400 | 5,299,187 | -1.05% | 0.44% |
| 1991 | 144,403 | 5,303,294 | -0.69% | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 143,912 | 5,305,016 | -0.34% | 0.03% |
| 1993 | 144,299 | 5,325,305 | 0.27% | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 144,630 | 5,346,331 | 0.23% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 145,139 | 5,361,999 | 0.35% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 146,306 | 5,373,361 | 0.8% | 0.21% |
| 1997 | 146,956 | 5,383,291 | 0.44% | 0.18% |
| 1998 | 144,472 | 5,390,516 | -1.69% | 0.13% |
| 1999 | 139,428 | 5,396,020 | -3.49% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 133,860 | 5,388,720 | -3.99% | -0.14% |
| 2001 | 129,047 | 5,378,867 | -3.6% | -0.18% |
| 2002 | 129,205 | 5,376,912 | 0.12% | -0.04% |
| 2003 | 131,897 | 5,373,374 | 2.08% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 134,192 | 5,372,280 | 1.74% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 137,658 | 5,372,807 | 2.58% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 141,239 | 5,373,054 | 2.6% | 0.005% |
| 2007 | 144,056 | 5,374,622 | 1.99% | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 145,880 | 5,379,233 | 1.27% | 0.09% |
| 2009 | 146,833 | 5,386,406 | 0.65% | 0.13% |
| 2010 | 148,703 | 5,391,428 | 1.27% | 0.09% |
| 2011 | 150,831 | 5,398,384 | 1.43% | 0.13% |
| 2012 | 152,088 | 5,407,579 | 0.83% | 0.17% |
| 2013 | 153,822 | 5,413,393 | 1.14% | 0.11% |
| 2014 | 155,909 | 5,418,649 | 1.36% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 157,980 | 5,423,801 | 1.33% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 159,664 | 5,430,798 | 1.07% | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 160,175 | 5,439,232 | 0.32% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 159,336 | 5,446,771 | -0.52% | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 157,441 | 5,454,147 | -1.19% | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 155,482 | 5,458,827 | -1.24% | 0.09% |
| 2021 | 153,948 | 5,447,247 | -0.99% | -0.21% |
| 2022 | 153,321 | 5,431,752 | -0.41% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 154,654 | 5,426,740 | 0.87% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 155,967 | 5,422,069 | 0.85% | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 155,977 | 5,390,674 | 0.007% | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 155,945 | 5,367,504 | -0.02% | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 155,873 | 5,357,756 | -0.05% | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 155,776 | 5,346,292 | -0.06% | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 155,625 | 5,333,135 | -0.1% | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 155,422 | 5,318,323 | -0.13% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 155,179 | 5,302,079 | -0.16% | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 154,912 | 5,284,585 | -0.17% | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 154,613 | 5,265,970 | -0.19% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 154,266 | 5,246,341 | -0.22% | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 153,910 | 5,225,725 | -0.23% | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 153,509 | 5,204,191 | -0.26% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 153,094 | 5,181,996 | -0.27% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 152,666 | 5,159,193 | -0.28% | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 152,205 | 5,135,906 | -0.3% | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 151,700 | 5,112,164 | -0.33% | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 151,195 | 5,088,002 | -0.33% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 150,673 | 5,063,600 | -0.35% | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 150,136 | 5,038,933 | -0.36% | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 149,583 | 5,014,014 | -0.37% | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 149,005 | 4,988,989 | -0.39% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 148,431 | 4,963,847 | -0.39% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 147,827 | 4,938,476 | -0.41% | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 147,194 | 4,912,885 | -0.43% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 146,558 | 4,886,923 | -0.43% | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 145,892 | 4,860,572 | -0.45% | -0.54% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Slovakia gained 57,744 people (a 1.07% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Slovakia's population decreased by -63,294 (a 1.17% decline).
Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Slovakia was ranked 110th in 2006 and ranked 124th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.44% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 124th to 129th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Willemstad | 150K |
| Barber | 2.42K |
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Population differences between Curacao and Slovakia
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| Life expectancy | 77.3 years | 78.8 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 910 ppl/mi² | 292.1 ppl/mi² |
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