Population in Curacao compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Curacao and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	UAE	Curacao	UAE
1960	124,826	131,334	-	-
1961	126,125	137,989	1.04%	5.07%
1962	128,414	144,946	1.81%	5.04%
1963	130,860	152,211	1.9%	5.01%
1964	133,148	159,692	1.75%	4.91%
1965	135,266	167,103	1.59%	4.64%
1966	136,682	173,976	1.05%	4.11%
1967	138,140	179,700	1.07%	3.29%
1968	140,298	199,416	1.56%	11%
1969	142,581	239,660	1.63%	20.2%
1970	144,739	286,536	1.51%	19.6%
1971	147,389	335,027	1.83%	16.9%
1972	147,710	385,014	0.22%	14.9%
1973	146,912	436,399	-0.54%	13.3%
1974	148,351	489,087	0.98%	12.1%
1975	149,129	542,856	0.52%	11%
1976	149,399	615,866	0.18%	13.4%
1977	149,459	710,209	0.04%	15.3%
1978	148,341	809,274	-0.75%	13.9%
1979	147,851	912,010	-0.33%	12.7%
1980	148,041	1,015,700	0.13%	11.4%
1981	148,629	1,099,855	0.4%	8.29%
1982	150,101	1,166,370	0.99%	6.05%
1983	151,159	1,235,305	0.7%	5.91%
1984	151,940	1,305,996	0.52%	5.72%
1985	152,711	1,377,911	0.51%	5.51%
1986	152,662	1,467,383	-0.03%	6.49%
1987	151,456	1,574,244	-0.79%	7.28%
1988	149,254	1,681,788	-1.45%	6.83%
1989	146,937	1,789,851	-1.55%	6.43%
1990	145,400	1,898,220	-1.05%	6.05%
1991	144,403	2,006,626	-0.69%	5.71%
1992	143,912	2,114,730	-0.34%	5.39%
1993	144,299	2,222,093	0.27%	5.08%
1994	144,630	2,328,188	0.23%	4.77%
1995	145,139	2,434,662	0.35%	4.57%
1996	146,306	2,597,564	0.8%	6.69%
1997	146,956	2,817,410	0.44%	8.46%
1998	144,472	3,040,421	-1.69%	7.92%
1999	139,428	3,266,009	-3.49%	7.42%
2000	133,860	3,493,575	-3.99%	6.97%
2001	129,047	3,723,590	-3.6%	6.58%
2002	129,205	3,956,826	0.12%	6.26%
2003	131,897	4,192,457	2.08%	5.96%
2004	134,192	4,428,967	1.74%	5.64%
2005	137,658	4,664,790	2.58%	5.32%
2006	141,239	5,009,100	2.6%	7.38%
2007	144,056	5,624,635	1.99%	12.3%
2008	145,880	6,302,664	1.27%	12.1%
2009	146,833	6,707,058	0.65%	6.42%
2010	148,703	6,869,838	1.27%	2.43%
2011	150,831	7,104,538	1.43%	3.42%
2012	152,088	7,391,448	0.83%	4.04%
2013	153,822	7,693,031	1.14%	4.08%
2014	155,909	8,059,440	1.36%	4.76%
2015	157,980	8,505,237	1.33%	5.53%
2016	159,664	8,935,095	1.07%	5.05%
2017	160,175	9,223,225	0.32%	3.22%
2018	159,336	9,346,701	-0.52%	1.34%
2019	157,441	9,445,785	-1.19%	1.06%
2020	155,482	9,401,038	-1.24%	-0.47%
2021	153,948	9,575,152	-0.99%	1.85%
2022	153,321	10,074,977	-0.41%	5.22%
2023	154,654	10,483,751	0.87%	4.06%
2024	155,967	10,986,400	0.85%	4.79%
2025	155,977	11,304,093	0.007%	2.89%
2026	155,945	11,531,926	-0.02%	2.02%
2027	155,873	11,712,175	-0.05%	1.56%
2028	155,776	11,868,257	-0.06%	1.33%
2029	155,625	12,010,111	-0.1%	1.2%
2030	155,422	12,145,577	-0.13%	1.13%
2031	155,179	12,281,573	-0.16%	1.12%
2032	154,912	12,421,758	-0.17%	1.14%
2033	154,613	12,565,679	-0.19%	1.16%
2034	154,266	12,712,942	-0.22%	1.17%
2035	153,910	12,863,015	-0.23%	1.18%
2036	153,509	13,015,458	-0.26%	1.19%
2037	153,094	13,169,969	-0.27%	1.19%
2038	152,666	13,326,337	-0.28%	1.19%
2039	152,205	13,484,193	-0.3%	1.18%
2040	151,700	13,643,197	-0.33%	1.18%
2041	151,195	13,803,349	-0.33%	1.17%
2042	150,673	13,964,553	-0.35%	1.17%
2043	150,136	14,126,724	-0.36%	1.16%
2044	149,583	14,289,828	-0.37%	1.15%
2045	149,005	14,453,775	-0.39%	1.15%
2046	148,431	14,619,554	-0.39%	1.15%
2047	147,827	14,788,991	-0.41%	1.16%
2048	147,194	14,961,419	-0.43%	1.17%
2049	146,558	15,135,496	-0.43%	1.16%
2050	145,892	15,310,628	-0.45%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Curacao increased by 18,425 people (a 13% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Curacao lost -3,719 (a 2.33% decline), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2006 and is still 179th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.