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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Spain	Curacao	Spain
1960	124,826	30,455,000	-	-
1961	126,125	30,739,250	1.04%	0.93%
1962	128,414	31,023,366	1.81%	0.92%
1963	130,860	31,296,651	1.9%	0.88%
1964	133,148	31,609,195	1.75%	1%
1965	135,266	31,954,292	1.59%	1.09%
1966	136,682	32,283,194	1.05%	1.03%
1967	138,140	32,682,947	1.07%	1.24%
1968	140,298	33,113,134	1.56%	1.32%
1969	142,581	33,441,054	1.63%	0.99%
1970	144,739	33,814,531	1.51%	1.12%
1971	147,389	34,224,490	1.83%	1.21%
1972	147,710	34,604,469	0.22%	1.11%
1973	146,912	34,988,947	-0.54%	1.11%
1974	148,351	35,373,335	0.98%	1.1%
1975	149,129	35,757,900	0.52%	1.09%
1976	149,399	36,137,812	0.18%	1.06%
1977	149,459	36,511,638	0.04%	1.03%
1978	148,341	36,864,898	-0.75%	0.97%
1979	147,851	37,191,330	-0.33%	0.89%
1980	148,041	37,491,165	0.13%	0.81%
1981	148,629	37,758,631	0.4%	0.71%
1982	150,101	37,986,012	0.99%	0.6%
1983	151,159	38,171,525	0.7%	0.49%
1984	151,940	38,330,364	0.52%	0.42%
1985	152,711	38,469,512	0.51%	0.36%
1986	152,662	38,584,624	-0.03%	0.3%
1987	151,456	38,684,815	-0.79%	0.26%
1988	149,254	38,766,939	-1.45%	0.21%
1989	146,937	38,827,764	-1.55%	0.16%
1990	145,400	38,867,322	-1.05%	0.1%
1991	144,403	38,966,376	-0.69%	0.25%
1992	143,912	39,157,685	-0.34%	0.49%
1993	144,299	39,361,262	0.27%	0.52%
1994	144,630	39,549,108	0.23%	0.48%
1995	145,139	39,724,050	0.35%	0.44%
1996	146,306	39,889,852	0.8%	0.42%
1997	146,956	40,057,389	0.44%	0.42%
1998	144,472	40,223,509	-1.69%	0.41%
1999	139,428	40,386,875	-3.49%	0.41%
2000	133,860	40,567,864	-3.99%	0.45%
2001	129,047	40,850,412	-3.6%	0.7%
2002	129,205	41,431,558	0.12%	1.42%
2003	131,897	42,187,645	2.08%	1.82%
2004	134,192	42,921,895	1.74%	1.74%
2005	137,658	43,653,155	2.58%	1.7%
2006	141,239	44,397,319	2.6%	1.7%
2007	144,056	45,226,803	1.99%	1.87%
2008	145,880	45,954,106	1.27%	1.61%
2009	146,833	46,362,946	0.65%	0.89%
2010	148,703	46,576,897	1.27%	0.46%
2011	150,831	46,742,697	1.43%	0.36%
2012	152,088	46,773,055	0.83%	0.06%
2013	153,822	46,604,197	1.14%	-0.36%
2014	155,909	46,460,733	1.36%	-0.31%
2015	157,980	46,422,303	1.33%	-0.08%
2016	159,664	46,458,139	1.07%	0.08%
2017	160,175	46,571,232	0.32%	0.24%
2018	159,336	46,782,011	-0.52%	0.45%
2019	157,441	47,118,501	-1.19%	0.72%
2020	155,482	47,359,424	-1.24%	0.51%
2021	153,948	47,443,821	-0.99%	0.18%
2022	153,321	47,786,102	-0.41%	0.72%
2023	154,654	48,352,528	0.87%	1.19%
2024	155,967	48,848,840	0.85%	1.03%
2025	155,977	48,827,866	0.007%	-0.04%
2026	155,945	48,787,930	-0.02%	-0.08%
2027	155,873	48,738,456	-0.05%	-0.1%
2028	155,776	48,683,694	-0.06%	-0.11%
2029	155,625	48,619,674	-0.1%	-0.13%
2030	155,422	48,542,955	-0.13%	-0.16%
2031	155,179	48,454,221	-0.16%	-0.18%
2032	154,912	48,362,482	-0.17%	-0.19%
2033	154,613	48,271,264	-0.19%	-0.19%
2034	154,266	48,177,551	-0.22%	-0.19%
2035	153,910	48,077,695	-0.23%	-0.21%
2036	153,509	47,970,911	-0.26%	-0.22%
2037	153,094	47,860,116	-0.27%	-0.23%
2038	152,666	47,747,343	-0.28%	-0.24%
2039	152,205	47,629,540	-0.3%	-0.25%
2040	151,700	47,504,152	-0.33%	-0.26%
2041	151,195	47,373,061	-0.33%	-0.28%
2042	150,673	47,234,914	-0.35%	-0.29%
2043	150,136	47,092,497	-0.36%	-0.3%
2044	149,583	46,942,712	-0.37%	-0.32%
2045	149,005	46,778,501	-0.39%	-0.35%
2046	148,431	46,604,170	-0.39%	-0.37%
2047	147,827	46,421,312	-0.41%	-0.39%
2048	147,194	46,230,109	-0.43%	-0.41%
2049	146,558	46,024,720	-0.43%	-0.44%
2050	145,892	45,808,469	-0.45%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.