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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Somalia	Curacao	Somalia
1960	124,826	2,876,331	-	-
1961	126,125	2,952,054	1.04%	2.63%
1962	128,414	3,030,091	1.81%	2.64%
1963	130,860	3,110,361	1.9%	2.65%
1964	133,148	3,192,796	1.75%	2.65%
1965	135,266	3,277,874	1.59%	2.66%
1966	136,682	3,365,106	1.05%	2.66%
1967	138,140	3,454,537	1.07%	2.66%
1968	140,298	3,546,590	1.56%	2.66%
1969	142,581	3,641,015	1.63%	2.66%
1970	144,739	3,738,448	1.51%	2.68%
1971	147,389	3,837,691	1.83%	2.65%
1972	147,710	3,939,436	0.22%	2.65%
1973	146,912	4,045,592	-0.54%	2.69%
1974	148,351	4,151,842	0.98%	2.63%
1975	149,129	4,257,535	0.52%	2.55%
1976	149,399	4,365,812	0.18%	2.54%
1977	149,459	4,484,050	0.04%	2.71%
1978	148,341	4,814,892	-0.75%	7.38%
1979	147,851	5,449,117	-0.33%	13.2%
1980	148,041	5,936,154	0.13%	8.94%
1981	148,629	5,982,849	0.4%	0.79%
1982	150,101	6,003,840	0.99%	0.35%
1983	151,159	6,198,430	0.7%	3.24%
1984	151,940	6,428,389	0.52%	3.71%
1985	152,711	6,693,289	0.51%	4.12%
1986	152,662	6,974,788	-0.03%	4.21%
1987	151,456	7,228,302	-0.79%	3.63%
1988	149,254	7,235,360	-1.45%	0.1%
1989	146,937	7,114,817	-1.55%	-1.67%
1990	145,400	7,082,811	-1.05%	-0.45%
1991	144,403	6,813,760	-0.69%	-3.8%
1992	143,912	6,495,107	-0.34%	-4.68%
1993	144,299	6,681,399	0.27%	2.87%
1994	144,630	7,026,797	0.23%	5.17%
1995	145,139	7,285,007	0.35%	3.67%
1996	146,306	7,554,474	0.8%	3.7%
1997	146,956	7,824,525	0.44%	3.57%
1998	144,472	8,155,417	-1.69%	4.23%
1999	139,428	8,492,059	-3.49%	4.13%
2000	133,860	8,838,713	-3.99%	4.08%
2001	129,047	9,198,493	-3.6%	4.07%
2002	129,205	9,550,063	0.12%	3.82%
2003	131,897	9,909,157	2.08%	3.76%
2004	134,192	10,280,998	1.74%	3.75%
2005	137,658	10,644,228	2.58%	3.53%
2006	141,239	10,975,502	2.6%	3.11%
2007	144,056	11,322,582	1.99%	3.16%
2008	145,880	11,663,084	1.27%	3.01%
2009	146,833	11,961,201	0.65%	2.56%
2010	148,703	12,261,756	1.27%	2.51%
2011	150,831	12,348,830	1.43%	0.71%
2012	152,088	12,461,160	0.83%	0.91%
2013	153,822	12,869,594	1.14%	3.28%
2014	155,909	13,339,491	1.36%	3.65%
2015	157,980	13,806,963	1.33%	3.5%
2016	159,664	14,348,740	1.07%	3.92%
2017	160,175	14,916,629	0.32%	3.96%
2018	159,336	15,452,487	-0.52%	3.59%
2019	157,441	16,030,971	-1.19%	3.74%
2020	154,947	16,651,191	-1.58%	3.87%
2021	152,369	17,271,431	-1.66%	3.72%
2022	149,996	17,801,897	-1.56%	3.07%
2023	155,800	18,358,615	3.87%	3.13%
2024	155,900	19,009,151	0.06%	3.54%
2025	155,910	19,654,737	0.007%	3.4%
2026	155,878	20,305,905	-0.02%	3.31%
2027	155,806	20,959,056	-0.05%	3.22%
2028	155,710	21,601,810	-0.06%	3.07%
2029	155,558	22,247,714	-0.1%	2.99%
2030	155,356	22,915,042	-0.13%	3%
2031	155,112	23,589,793	-0.16%	2.94%
2032	154,845	24,258,789	-0.17%	2.84%
2033	154,546	24,921,830	-0.19%	2.73%
2034	154,200	25,593,666	-0.22%	2.7%
2035	153,844	26,294,943	-0.23%	2.74%
2036	153,444	27,009,199	-0.26%	2.72%
2037	153,028	27,731,170	-0.27%	2.67%
2038	152,600	28,455,755	-0.28%	2.61%
2039	152,140	29,167,897	-0.3%	2.5%
2040	151,635	29,896,286	-0.33%	2.5%
2041	151,130	30,635,956	-0.33%	2.47%
2042	150,608	31,350,028	-0.35%	2.33%
2043	150,071	32,057,980	-0.36%	2.26%
2044	149,519	32,780,417	-0.37%	2.25%
2045	148,941	33,510,163	-0.39%	2.23%
2046	148,367	34,248,030	-0.39%	2.2%
2047	147,763	34,996,366	-0.41%	2.19%
2048	147,130	35,743,960	-0.43%	2.14%
2049	146,495	36,474,683	-0.43%	2.04%
2050	145,829	37,206,497	-0.45%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.