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Population in Curacao compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Curacao was 155,900 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Curacao's population is 155,910 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.

Population statistics:

  • Sri Lanka's population is 141.9 times bigger than Curacao's.
  • Curacao is ranked the 179th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.27% of the world: 0.002% for Curacao vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
  • For the last 10 years, Curacao has had an average growth rate of +0.14% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
  • Since 2005, the population of Curacao has increased from 138K people to 156K (13.3% growth), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
  • Sri Lanka is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 23.5M people, while Curacao's population already peaked in 2017 at 160K people and is projected to decrease to 101K people by 2100.

Curacao vs Sri Lanka: live population counter

Curacao Sri Lanka
Current population
155910
22125995
Population rank 179/197 63/197
Percent of world population 0.002% 0.27%
One net population change
3.65 days
4.34 minutes
One birth every
7.5 hours
2.13 minutes
One death every
5.8 hours
2.91 minutes
One migration net change every
17.1 hours
19.3 minutes
Annual migration change +513 -27,245
Daily growth/decline +0 -332
Annual growth/decline +100 -121,000
Annual growth/decline rate +0.06% -0.55%
Population growth rate rank 160/197 187/197

Curacao and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Curacao
Population

Growth rate
Sri Lanka
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Curacao Sri Lanka Curacao Sri Lanka
1960 124,826 9,661,389 - -
1961 126,125 9,899,372 1.04% 2.46%
1962 128,414 10,143,754 1.81% 2.47%
1963 130,860 10,395,040 1.9% 2.48%
1964 133,148 10,653,397 1.75% 2.49%
1965 135,266 10,916,965 1.59% 2.47%
1966 136,682 11,183,928 1.05% 2.45%
1967 138,140 11,457,328 1.07% 2.44%
1968 140,298 11,736,088 1.56% 2.43%
1969 142,581 12,013,858 1.63% 2.37%
1970 144,739 12,287,110 1.51% 2.27%
1971 147,389 12,551,910 1.83% 2.16%
1972 147,710 12,809,205 0.22% 2.05%
1973 146,912 13,060,916 -0.54% 1.97%
1974 148,351 13,305,693 0.98% 1.87%
1975 149,129 13,548,984 0.52% 1.83%
1976 149,399 13,796,770 0.18% 1.83%
1977 149,459 14,049,371 0.04% 1.83%
1978 148,341 14,310,128 -0.75% 1.86%
1979 147,851 14,579,614 -0.33% 1.88%
1980 148,041 14,847,974 0.13% 1.84%
1981 148,629 15,099,414 0.4% 1.69%
1982 150,101 15,286,567 0.99% 1.24%
1983 151,159 15,388,794 0.7% 0.67%
1984 151,940 15,441,860 0.52% 0.34%
1985 152,711 15,544,154 0.51% 0.66%
1986 152,662 15,731,256 -0.03% 1.2%
1987 151,456 15,916,576 -0.79% 1.18%
1988 149,254 16,078,621 -1.45% 1.02%
1989 146,937 16,248,557 -1.55% 1.06%
1990 145,400 16,352,458 -1.05% 0.64%
1991 144,403 16,475,354 -0.69% 0.75%
1992 143,912 16,739,284 -0.34% 1.6%
1993 144,299 17,025,918 0.27% 1.71%
1994 144,630 17,275,773 0.23% 1.47%
1995 145,139 17,564,068 0.35% 1.67%
1996 146,306 17,905,018 0.8% 1.94%
1997 146,956 18,248,200 0.44% 1.92%
1998 144,472 18,596,003 -1.69% 1.91%
1999 139,428 18,944,731 -3.49% 1.88%
2000 133,860 19,293,054 -3.99% 1.84%
2001 129,047 19,600,362 -3.6% 1.59%
2002 129,205 19,805,752 0.12% 1.05%
2003 131,897 19,951,521 2.08% 0.74%
2004 134,192 20,087,605 1.74% 0.68%
2005 137,658 20,216,524 2.58% 0.64%
2006 141,239 20,352,411 2.6% 0.67%
2007 144,056 20,492,545 1.99% 0.69%
2008 145,880 20,629,378 1.27% 0.67%
2009 146,833 20,756,435 0.65% 0.62%
2010 148,703 20,879,089 1.27% 0.59%
2011 150,831 21,009,048 1.43% 0.62%
2012 152,088 21,169,458 0.83% 0.76%
2013 153,822 20,585,000 1.14% -2.76%
2014 155,909 20,778,000 1.36% 0.94%
2015 157,980 20,970,000 1.33% 0.92%
2016 159,664 21,209,000 1.07% 1.14%
2017 160,175 21,453,000 0.32% 1.15%
2018 159,336 21,670,000 -0.52% 1.01%
2019 157,441 21,803,000 -1.19% 0.61%
2020 154,947 21,919,000 -1.58% 0.53%
2021 152,369 22,156,000 -1.66% 1.08%
2022 149,996 22,181,000 -1.56% 0.11%
2023 155,800 22,037,000 3.87% -0.65%
2024 155,900 21,916,000 0.06% -0.55%
2025 155,910 22,035,440 0.007% 0.54%
2026 155,878 22,148,172 -0.02% 0.51%
2027 155,806 22,255,601 -0.05% 0.49%
2028 155,710 22,357,682 -0.06% 0.46%
2029 155,558 22,453,922 -0.1% 0.43%
2030 155,356 22,546,245 -0.13% 0.41%
2031 155,112 22,635,106 -0.16% 0.39%
2032 154,845 22,720,118 -0.17% 0.38%
2033 154,546 22,802,043 -0.19% 0.36%
2034 154,200 22,879,527 -0.22% 0.34%
2035 153,844 22,952,739 -0.23% 0.32%
2036 153,444 23,022,027 -0.26% 0.3%
2037 153,028 23,088,877 -0.27% 0.29%
2038 152,600 23,152,480 -0.28% 0.28%
2039 152,140 23,211,633 -0.3% 0.26%
2040 151,635 23,265,986 -0.33% 0.23%
2041 151,130 23,315,260 -0.33% 0.21%
2042 150,608 23,359,578 -0.35% 0.19%
2043 150,071 23,398,752 -0.36% 0.17%
2044 149,519 23,433,096 -0.37% 0.15%
2045 148,941 23,464,943 -0.39% 0.14%
2046 148,367 23,492,738 -0.39% 0.12%
2047 147,763 23,512,629 -0.41% 0.08%
2048 147,130 23,525,953 -0.43% 0.06%
2049 146,495 23,533,940 -0.43% 0.03%
2050 145,829 23,538,230 -0.45% 0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.

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