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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Sweden	Curacao	Sweden
1960	124,826	7,484,656	-	-
1961	126,125	7,519,998	1.04%	0.47%
1962	128,414	7,561,588	1.81%	0.55%
1963	130,860	7,604,328	1.9%	0.57%
1964	133,148	7,661,354	1.75%	0.75%
1965	135,266	7,733,853	1.59%	0.95%
1966	136,682	7,807,797	1.05%	0.96%
1967	138,140	7,867,931	1.07%	0.77%
1968	140,298	7,912,273	1.56%	0.56%
1969	142,581	7,968,072	1.63%	0.71%
1970	144,739	8,042,801	1.51%	0.94%
1971	147,389	8,098,334	1.83%	0.69%
1972	147,710	8,122,300	0.22%	0.3%
1973	146,912	8,136,312	-0.54%	0.17%
1974	148,351	8,159,955	0.98%	0.29%
1975	149,129	8,192,437	0.52%	0.4%
1976	149,399	8,222,286	0.18%	0.36%
1977	149,459	8,251,540	0.04%	0.36%
1978	148,341	8,275,599	-0.75%	0.29%
1979	147,851	8,293,678	-0.33%	0.22%
1980	148,041	8,310,531	0.13%	0.2%
1981	148,629	8,320,503	0.4%	0.12%
1982	150,101	8,325,263	0.99%	0.06%
1983	151,159	8,329,033	0.7%	0.05%
1984	151,940	8,336,605	0.52%	0.09%
1985	152,711	8,350,386	0.51%	0.17%
1986	152,662	8,369,829	-0.03%	0.23%
1987	151,456	8,397,804	-0.79%	0.33%
1988	149,254	8,436,489	-1.45%	0.46%
1989	146,937	8,492,964	-1.55%	0.67%
1990	145,400	8,558,835	-1.05%	0.78%
1991	144,403	8,617,375	-0.69%	0.68%
1992	143,912	8,668,067	-0.34%	0.59%
1993	144,299	8,718,561	0.27%	0.58%
1994	144,630	8,780,745	0.23%	0.71%
1995	145,139	8,826,939	0.35%	0.53%
1996	146,306	8,840,998	0.8%	0.16%
1997	146,956	8,846,062	0.44%	0.06%
1998	144,472	8,850,974	-1.69%	0.06%
1999	139,428	8,857,874	-3.49%	0.08%
2000	133,860	8,872,109	-3.99%	0.16%
2001	129,047	8,895,960	-3.6%	0.27%
2002	129,205	8,924,958	0.12%	0.33%
2003	131,897	8,958,229	2.08%	0.37%
2004	134,192	8,993,531	1.74%	0.39%
2005	137,658	9,029,572	2.58%	0.4%
2006	141,239	9,080,505	2.6%	0.56%
2007	144,056	9,148,092	1.99%	0.74%
2008	145,880	9,219,637	1.27%	0.78%
2009	146,833	9,298,515	0.65%	0.86%
2010	148,703	9,378,126	1.27%	0.86%
2011	150,831	9,449,213	1.43%	0.76%
2012	152,088	9,519,374	0.83%	0.74%
2013	153,822	9,600,379	1.14%	0.85%
2014	155,909	9,696,110	1.36%	1%
2015	157,980	9,799,186	1.33%	1.06%
2016	159,664	9,923,085	1.07%	1.26%
2017	160,175	10,057,698	0.32%	1.36%
2018	159,336	10,175,214	-0.52%	1.17%
2019	157,441	10,278,887	-1.19%	1.02%
2020	155,482	10,353,442	-1.24%	0.73%
2021	153,948	10,415,811	-0.99%	0.6%
2022	153,321	10,486,941	-0.41%	0.68%
2023	154,654	10,536,632	0.87%	0.47%
2024	155,967	10,569,709	0.85%	0.31%
2025	155,977	10,619,177	0.007%	0.47%
2026	155,945	10,663,427	-0.02%	0.42%
2027	155,873	10,703,497	-0.05%	0.38%
2028	155,776	10,740,420	-0.06%	0.34%
2029	155,625	10,773,692	-0.1%	0.31%
2030	155,422	10,803,699	-0.13%	0.28%
2031	155,179	10,830,583	-0.16%	0.25%
2032	154,912	10,855,855	-0.17%	0.23%
2033	154,613	10,880,544	-0.19%	0.23%
2034	154,266	10,903,924	-0.22%	0.21%
2035	153,910	10,926,433	-0.23%	0.21%
2036	153,509	10,949,062	-0.26%	0.21%
2037	153,094	10,971,259	-0.27%	0.2%
2038	152,666	10,993,203	-0.28%	0.2%
2039	152,205	11,015,926	-0.3%	0.21%
2040	151,700	11,039,663	-0.33%	0.22%
2041	151,195	11,063,604	-0.33%	0.22%
2042	150,673	11,088,299	-0.35%	0.22%
2043	150,136	11,113,927	-0.36%	0.23%
2044	149,583	11,139,125	-0.37%	0.23%
2045	149,005	11,163,492	-0.39%	0.22%
2046	148,431	11,186,803	-0.39%	0.21%
2047	147,827	11,209,183	-0.41%	0.2%
2048	147,194	11,230,526	-0.43%	0.19%
2049	146,558	11,250,663	-0.43%	0.18%
2050	145,892	11,269,877	-0.45%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.