Population in Curacao compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Curacao and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	South Korea	Curacao	South Korea
1960	124,826	25,012,374	-	-
1961	126,125	25,765,673	1.04%	3.01%
1962	128,414	26,513,030	1.81%	2.9%
1963	130,860	27,261,747	1.9%	2.82%
1964	133,148	27,984,155	1.75%	2.65%
1965	135,266	28,704,674	1.59%	2.57%
1966	136,682	29,435,571	1.05%	2.55%
1967	138,140	30,130,983	1.07%	2.36%
1968	140,298	30,838,302	1.56%	2.35%
1969	142,581	31,544,266	1.63%	2.29%
1970	144,739	32,240,827	1.51%	2.21%
1971	147,389	32,882,704	1.83%	1.99%
1972	147,710	33,505,406	0.22%	1.89%
1973	146,912	34,103,149	-0.54%	1.78%
1974	148,351	34,692,266	0.98%	1.73%
1975	149,129	35,280,725	0.52%	1.7%
1976	149,399	35,848,523	0.18%	1.61%
1977	149,459	36,411,795	0.04%	1.57%
1978	148,341	36,969,185	-0.75%	1.53%
1979	147,851	37,534,236	-0.33%	1.53%
1980	148,041	38,123,775	0.13%	1.57%
1981	148,629	38,723,248	0.4%	1.57%
1982	150,101	39,326,352	0.99%	1.56%
1983	151,159	39,910,403	0.7%	1.49%
1984	151,940	40,405,956	0.52%	1.24%
1985	152,711	40,805,744	0.51%	0.99%
1986	152,662	41,213,674	-0.03%	1%
1987	151,456	41,621,690	-0.79%	0.99%
1988	149,254	42,031,247	-1.45%	0.98%
1989	146,937	42,449,038	-1.55%	0.99%
1990	145,400	42,869,283	-1.05%	0.99%
1991	144,403	43,295,704	-0.69%	0.99%
1992	143,912	43,747,962	-0.34%	1.04%
1993	144,299	44,194,628	0.27%	1.02%
1994	144,630	44,641,540	0.23%	1.01%
1995	145,139	45,092,991	0.35%	1.01%
1996	146,306	45,524,681	0.8%	0.96%
1997	146,956	45,953,580	0.44%	0.94%
1998	144,472	46,286,503	-1.69%	0.72%
1999	139,428	46,616,677	-3.49%	0.71%
2000	133,860	47,008,111	-3.99%	0.84%
2001	129,047	47,370,164	-3.6%	0.77%
2002	129,205	47,644,736	0.12%	0.58%
2003	131,897	47,892,330	2.08%	0.52%
2004	134,192	48,082,519	1.74%	0.4%
2005	137,658	48,184,561	2.58%	0.21%
2006	141,239	48,438,292	2.6%	0.53%
2007	144,056	48,683,638	1.99%	0.51%
2008	145,880	49,054,708	1.27%	0.76%
2009	146,833	49,307,835	0.65%	0.52%
2010	148,703	49,554,112	1.27%	0.5%
2011	150,831	49,936,638	1.43%	0.77%
2012	152,088	50,199,853	0.83%	0.53%
2013	153,822	50,428,893	1.14%	0.46%
2014	155,909	50,746,659	1.36%	0.63%
2015	157,980	51,014,947	1.33%	0.53%
2016	159,664	51,217,803	1.07%	0.4%
2017	160,175	51,361,911	0.32%	0.28%
2018	159,336	51,585,058	-0.52%	0.43%
2019	157,441	51,764,822	-1.19%	0.35%
2020	154,947	51,836,239	-1.58%	0.14%
2021	152,369	51,769,539	-1.66%	-0.13%
2022	149,996	51,672,569	-1.56%	-0.19%
2023	155,800	51,712,619	3.87%	0.08%
2024	155,900	51,751,065	0.06%	0.07%
2025	155,910	51,700,480	0.007%	-0.1%
2026	155,878	51,633,793	-0.02%	-0.13%
2027	155,806	51,552,198	-0.05%	-0.16%
2028	155,710	51,456,707	-0.06%	-0.19%
2029	155,558	51,347,230	-0.1%	-0.21%
2030	155,356	51,221,713	-0.13%	-0.24%
2031	155,112	51,081,220	-0.16%	-0.27%
2032	154,845	50,924,233	-0.17%	-0.31%
2033	154,546	50,747,132	-0.19%	-0.35%
2034	154,200	50,549,508	-0.22%	-0.39%
2035	153,844	50,333,286	-0.23%	-0.43%
2036	153,444	50,098,951	-0.26%	-0.47%
2037	153,028	49,845,669	-0.27%	-0.51%
2038	152,600	49,573,234	-0.28%	-0.55%
2039	152,140	49,283,770	-0.3%	-0.58%
2040	151,635	48,980,369	-0.33%	-0.62%
2041	151,130	48,661,905	-0.33%	-0.65%
2042	150,608	48,331,004	-0.35%	-0.68%
2043	150,071	47,990,085	-0.36%	-0.71%
2044	149,519	47,634,183	-0.37%	-0.74%
2045	148,941	47,263,526	-0.39%	-0.78%
2046	148,367	46,881,228	-0.39%	-0.81%
2047	147,763	46,482,133	-0.41%	-0.85%
2048	147,130	46,063,595	-0.43%	-0.9%
2049	146,495	45,626,805	-0.43%	-0.95%
2050	145,829	45,172,356	-0.45%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.