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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Syria	Curacao	Syria
1960	124,826	4,673,500	-	-
1961	126,125	4,815,466	1.04%	3.04%
1962	128,414	4,959,340	1.81%	2.99%
1963	130,860	5,110,467	1.9%	3.05%
1964	133,148	5,269,087	1.75%	3.1%
1965	135,266	5,435,267	1.59%	3.15%
1966	136,682	5,609,047	1.05%	3.2%
1967	138,140	5,790,198	1.07%	3.23%
1968	140,298	5,978,742	1.56%	3.26%
1969	142,581	6,175,166	1.63%	3.29%
1970	144,739	6,380,609	1.51%	3.33%
1971	147,389	6,598,094	1.83%	3.41%
1972	147,710	6,826,024	0.22%	3.45%
1973	146,912	7,060,321	-0.54%	3.43%
1974	148,351	7,302,160	0.98%	3.43%
1975	149,129	7,554,364	0.52%	3.45%
1976	149,399	7,817,320	0.18%	3.48%
1977	149,459	8,090,501	0.04%	3.49%
1978	148,341	8,372,759	-0.75%	3.49%
1979	147,851	8,661,909	-0.33%	3.45%
1980	148,041	8,957,663	0.13%	3.41%
1981	148,629	9,260,189	0.4%	3.38%
1982	150,101	9,572,511	0.99%	3.37%
1983	151,159	9,904,809	0.7%	3.47%
1984	151,940	10,258,398	0.52%	3.57%
1985	152,711	10,625,672	0.51%	3.58%
1986	152,662	11,002,844	-0.03%	3.55%
1987	151,456	11,388,923	-0.79%	3.51%
1988	149,254	11,782,264	-1.45%	3.45%
1989	146,937	12,179,060	-1.55%	3.37%
1990	145,400	12,579,208	-1.05%	3.29%
1991	144,403	12,980,821	-0.69%	3.19%
1992	143,912	13,385,571	-0.34%	3.12%
1993	144,299	13,795,686	0.27%	3.06%
1994	144,630	14,208,583	0.23%	2.99%
1995	145,139	14,616,801	0.35%	2.87%
1996	146,306	15,018,104	0.8%	2.75%
1997	146,956	15,417,542	0.44%	2.66%
1998	144,472	15,820,413	-1.69%	2.61%
1999	139,428	16,228,061	-3.49%	2.58%
2000	133,860	16,637,888	-3.99%	2.53%
2001	129,047	17,051,338	-3.6%	2.48%
2002	129,205	17,468,332	0.12%	2.45%
2003	131,897	17,889,296	2.08%	2.41%
2004	134,192	18,336,875	1.74%	2.5%
2005	137,658	18,814,091	2.58%	2.6%
2006	141,239	19,637,022	2.6%	4.37%
2007	144,056	20,884,125	1.99%	6.35%
2008	145,880	21,636,564	1.27%	3.6%
2009	146,833	21,976,969	0.65%	1.57%
2010	148,703	22,482,421	1.27%	2.3%
2011	150,831	22,878,098	1.43%	1.76%
2012	152,088	22,759,763	0.83%	-0.52%
2013	153,822	21,666,917	1.14%	-4.8%
2014	155,909	20,273,659	1.36%	-6.43%
2015	157,980	19,424,618	1.33%	-4.19%
2016	159,664	19,193,834	1.07%	-1.19%
2017	160,175	19,224,668	0.32%	0.16%
2018	159,336	19,577,845	-0.52%	1.84%
2019	157,441	20,353,534	-1.19%	3.96%
2020	154,947	21,049,429	-1.58%	3.42%
2021	152,369	21,628,839	-1.66%	2.75%
2022	149,996	22,462,173	-1.56%	3.85%
2023	155,800	23,594,623	3.87%	5.04%
2024	155,900	24,672,760	0.06%	4.57%
2025	155,910	25,620,422	0.007%	3.84%
2026	155,878	26,472,499	-0.02%	3.33%
2027	155,806	27,261,544	-0.05%	2.98%
2028	155,710	28,006,558	-0.06%	2.73%
2029	155,558	28,719,309	-0.1%	2.54%
2030	155,356	29,395,545	-0.13%	2.35%
2031	155,112	30,029,824	-0.16%	2.16%
2032	154,845	30,633,661	-0.17%	2.01%
2033	154,546	31,212,478	-0.19%	1.89%
2034	154,200	31,768,138	-0.22%	1.78%
2035	153,844	32,294,792	-0.23%	1.66%
2036	153,444	32,788,153	-0.26%	1.53%
2037	153,028	33,258,407	-0.27%	1.43%
2038	152,600	33,710,718	-0.28%	1.36%
2039	152,140	34,131,238	-0.3%	1.25%
2040	151,635	34,533,185	-0.33%	1.18%
2041	151,130	34,916,936	-0.33%	1.11%
2042	150,608	35,279,863	-0.35%	1.04%
2043	150,071	35,623,325	-0.36%	0.97%
2044	149,519	35,944,394	-0.37%	0.9%
2045	148,941	36,265,295	-0.39%	0.89%
2046	148,367	36,583,260	-0.39%	0.88%
2047	147,763	36,878,640	-0.41%	0.81%
2048	147,130	37,171,029	-0.43%	0.79%
2049	146,495	37,477,690	-0.43%	0.83%
2050	145,829	37,793,378	-0.45%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.