The latest officially reported population of Curacao was 155,900 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Curacao's population is 155,910 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.
Population statistics:
- The United States' population is 2,202 times bigger than Curacao's.
- Curacao is ranked the 179th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
- The countries together account for 4.15% of the world: 0.002% for Curacao vs 4.15% for the United States.
- For the last 10 years, Curacao has had an average growth rate of +0.14% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
- Since 2005, the population of Curacao has increased from 138K people to 156K (13.3% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
- The United States is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 415M people, while Curacao's population already peaked in 2017 at 160K people and is projected to decrease to 101K people by 2100.
Curacao vs United States: live population counter
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| Current population |
155910
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343323530
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| Population rank | 179/197 | 3/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.002% | 4.15% |
| One net population change |
3.65 days
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6.07 seconds
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| One birth every |
7.5 hours
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8.8 seconds
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| One death every |
5.8 hours
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10.2 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
17.1 hours
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24.5 seconds
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| Annual migration change | +513 | +1,286,132 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +14,236 |
| Annual growth/decline | +100 | +5,196,093 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.06% | +1.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 160/197 | 72/197 |
Curacao and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1900 | - | 76,094,000 | - | - |
| 1901 | - | 77,584,000 | - | 1.96% |
| 1902 | - | 79,163,000 | - | 2.04% |
| 1903 | - | 80,632,000 | - | 1.86% |
| 1904 | - | 82,166,000 | - | 1.9% |
| 1905 | - | 83,822,000 | - | 2.02% |
| 1906 | - | 85,450,000 | - | 1.94% |
| 1907 | - | 87,008,000 | - | 1.82% |
| 1908 | - | 88,710,000 | - | 1.96% |
| 1909 | - | 90,490,000 | - | 2.01% |
| 1910 | - | 92,407,000 | - | 2.12% |
| 1911 | - | 93,863,000 | - | 1.58% |
| 1912 | - | 95,335,000 | - | 1.57% |
| 1913 | - | 97,225,000 | - | 1.98% |
| 1914 | - | 99,111,000 | - | 1.94% |
| 1915 | - | 100,546,000 | - | 1.45% |
| 1916 | - | 101,961,000 | - | 1.41% |
| 1917 | - | 103,268,000 | - | 1.28% |
| 1918 | - | 103,208,000 | - | -0.06% |
| 1919 | - | 104,514,000 | - | 1.27% |
| 1920 | - | 106,461,000 | - | 1.86% |
| 1921 | - | 108,538,000 | - | 1.95% |
| 1922 | - | 110,049,000 | - | 1.39% |
| 1923 | - | 111,947,000 | - | 1.72% |
| 1924 | - | 114,109,000 | - | 1.93% |
| 1925 | - | 115,829,000 | - | 1.51% |
| 1926 | - | 117,397,000 | - | 1.35% |
| 1927 | - | 119,035,000 | - | 1.4% |
| 1928 | - | 120,509,000 | - | 1.24% |
| 1929 | - | 121,767,000 | - | 1.04% |
| 1930 | - | 123,076,741 | - | 1.08% |
| 1931 | - | 124,039,648 | - | 0.78% |
| 1932 | - | 124,840,471 | - | 0.65% |
| 1933 | - | 125,578,763 | - | 0.59% |
| 1934 | - | 126,373,773 | - | 0.63% |
| 1935 | - | 127,250,232 | - | 0.69% |
| 1936 | - | 128,053,180 | - | 0.63% |
| 1937 | - | 128,824,829 | - | 0.6% |
| 1938 | - | 129,824,939 | - | 0.78% |
| 1939 | - | 130,879,718 | - | 0.81% |
| 1940 | - | 132,122,446 | - | 0.95% |
| 1941 | - | 133,402,471 | - | 0.97% |
| 1942 | - | 134,859,553 | - | 1.09% |
| 1943 | - | 136,739,353 | - | 1.39% |
| 1944 | - | 138,397,345 | - | 1.21% |
| 1945 | - | 139,928,165 | - | 1.11% |
| 1946 | - | 141,388,566 | - | 1.04% |
| 1947 | - | 144,126,071 | - | 1.94% |
| 1948 | - | 146,631,302 | - | 1.74% |
| 1949 | - | 149,188,130 | - | 1.74% |
| 1950 | - | 152,271,417 | - | 2.07% |
| 1951 | - | 154,877,889 | - | 1.71% |
| 1952 | - | 157,552,740 | - | 1.73% |
| 1953 | - | 160,184,192 | - | 1.67% |
| 1954 | - | 163,025,854 | - | 1.77% |
| 1955 | - | 165,931,202 | - | 1.78% |
| 1956 | - | 168,903,031 | - | 1.79% |
| 1957 | - | 171,984,130 | - | 1.82% |
| 1958 | - | 174,881,904 | - | 1.68% |
| 1959 | - | 177,829,628 | - | 1.69% |
| 1960 | 124,826 | 180,671,158 | - | 1.6% |
| 1961 | 126,125 | 183,691,481 | 1.04% | 1.67% |
| 1962 | 128,414 | 186,537,737 | 1.81% | 1.55% |
| 1963 | 130,860 | 189,241,798 | 1.9% | 1.45% |
| 1964 | 133,148 | 191,888,791 | 1.75% | 1.4% |
| 1965 | 135,266 | 194,302,963 | 1.59% | 1.26% |
| 1966 | 136,682 | 196,560,338 | 1.05% | 1.16% |
| 1967 | 138,140 | 198,712,056 | 1.07% | 1.09% |
| 1968 | 140,298 | 200,706,052 | 1.56% | 1% |
| 1969 | 142,581 | 202,676,946 | 1.63% | 0.98% |
| 1970 | 144,739 | 205,052,174 | 1.51% | 1.17% |
| 1971 | 147,389 | 207,660,677 | 1.83% | 1.27% |
| 1972 | 147,710 | 209,896,021 | 0.22% | 1.08% |
| 1973 | 146,912 | 211,908,788 | -0.54% | 0.96% |
| 1974 | 148,351 | 213,853,928 | 0.98% | 0.92% |
| 1975 | 149,129 | 215,973,199 | 0.52% | 0.99% |
| 1976 | 149,399 | 218,035,164 | 0.18% | 0.95% |
| 1977 | 149,459 | 220,239,425 | 0.04% | 1.01% |
| 1978 | 148,341 | 222,584,545 | -0.75% | 1.06% |
| 1979 | 147,851 | 225,055,487 | -0.33% | 1.11% |
| 1980 | 148,041 | 226,542,250 | 0.13% | 0.66% |
| 1981 | 148,629 | 229,465,744 | 0.4% | 1.29% |
| 1982 | 150,101 | 231,664,432 | 0.99% | 0.96% |
| 1983 | 151,159 | 233,792,014 | 0.7% | 0.92% |
| 1984 | 151,940 | 235,824,908 | 0.52% | 0.87% |
| 1985 | 152,711 | 237,923,734 | 0.51% | 0.89% |
| 1986 | 152,662 | 240,132,831 | -0.03% | 0.93% |
| 1987 | 151,456 | 242,288,936 | -0.79% | 0.9% |
| 1988 | 149,254 | 244,499,004 | -1.45% | 0.91% |
| 1989 | 146,937 | 246,819,222 | -1.55% | 0.95% |
| 1990 | 145,400 | 250,131,894 | -1.05% | 1.34% |
| 1991 | 144,403 | 253,492,503 | -0.69% | 1.34% |
| 1992 | 143,912 | 256,894,189 | -0.34% | 1.34% |
| 1993 | 144,299 | 260,255,352 | 0.27% | 1.31% |
| 1994 | 144,630 | 263,435,673 | 0.23% | 1.22% |
| 1995 | 145,139 | 266,557,091 | 0.35% | 1.18% |
| 1996 | 146,306 | 269,667,391 | 0.8% | 1.17% |
| 1997 | 146,956 | 272,911,760 | 0.44% | 1.2% |
| 1998 | 144,472 | 276,115,288 | -1.69% | 1.17% |
| 1999 | 139,428 | 279,294,713 | -3.49% | 1.15% |
| 2000 | 133,860 | 282,162,411 | -3.99% | 1.03% |
| 2001 | 129,047 | 284,968,955 | -3.6% | 0.99% |
| 2002 | 129,205 | 287,625,193 | 0.12% | 0.93% |
| 2003 | 131,897 | 290,107,933 | 2.08% | 0.86% |
| 2004 | 134,192 | 292,805,298 | 1.74% | 0.93% |
| 2005 | 137,658 | 295,516,599 | 2.58% | 0.93% |
| 2006 | 141,239 | 298,379,912 | 2.6% | 0.97% |
| 2007 | 144,056 | 301,231,207 | 1.99% | 0.96% |
| 2008 | 145,880 | 304,093,966 | 1.27% | 0.95% |
| 2009 | 146,833 | 306,771,529 | 0.65% | 0.88% |
| 2010 | 148,703 | 309,327,143 | 1.27% | 0.83% |
| 2011 | 150,831 | 311,583,481 | 1.43% | 0.73% |
| 2012 | 152,088 | 313,877,662 | 0.83% | 0.74% |
| 2013 | 153,822 | 316,059,947 | 1.14% | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 155,909 | 318,386,329 | 1.36% | 0.74% |
| 2015 | 157,980 | 320,738,994 | 1.33% | 0.74% |
| 2016 | 159,664 | 323,071,755 | 1.07% | 0.73% |
| 2017 | 160,175 | 325,122,128 | 0.32% | 0.63% |
| 2018 | 159,336 | 326,838,199 | -0.52% | 0.53% |
| 2019 | 157,441 | 328,329,953 | -1.19% | 0.46% |
| 2020 | 154,947 | 331,526,933 | -1.58% | 0.97% |
| 2021 | 152,369 | 331,893,745 | -1.66% | 0.11% |
| 2022 | 149,996 | 333,271,411 | -1.56% | 0.42% |
| 2023 | 155,800 | 334,914,895 | 3.87% | 0.49% |
| 2024 | 155,900 | 340,110,988 | 0.06% | 1.55% |
| 2025 | 155,910 | 341,931,772 | 0.007% | 0.54% |
| 2026 | 155,878 | 343,664,369 | -0.02% | 0.51% |
| 2027 | 155,806 | 345,331,185 | -0.05% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 155,710 | 346,981,137 | -0.06% | 0.48% |
| 2029 | 155,558 | 348,601,982 | -0.1% | 0.47% |
| 2030 | 155,356 | 350,176,974 | -0.13% | 0.45% |
| 2031 | 155,112 | 351,725,612 | -0.16% | 0.44% |
| 2032 | 154,845 | 353,249,060 | -0.17% | 0.43% |
| 2033 | 154,546 | 354,749,644 | -0.19% | 0.42% |
| 2034 | 154,200 | 356,234,239 | -0.22% | 0.42% |
| 2035 | 153,844 | 357,694,316 | -0.23% | 0.41% |
| 2036 | 153,444 | 359,119,002 | -0.26% | 0.4% |
| 2037 | 153,028 | 360,517,853 | -0.27% | 0.39% |
| 2038 | 152,600 | 361,895,407 | -0.28% | 0.38% |
| 2039 | 152,140 | 363,229,908 | -0.3% | 0.37% |
| 2040 | 151,635 | 364,512,364 | -0.33% | 0.35% |
| 2041 | 151,130 | 365,753,139 | -0.33% | 0.34% |
| 2042 | 150,608 | 366,969,419 | -0.35% | 0.33% |
| 2043 | 150,071 | 368,146,925 | -0.36% | 0.32% |
| 2044 | 149,519 | 369,258,123 | -0.37% | 0.3% |
| 2045 | 148,941 | 370,318,770 | -0.39% | 0.29% |
| 2046 | 148,367 | 371,328,255 | -0.39% | 0.27% |
| 2047 | 147,763 | 372,299,116 | -0.41% | 0.26% |
| 2048 | 147,130 | 373,230,539 | -0.43% | 0.25% |
| 2049 | 146,495 | 374,119,803 | -0.43% | 0.24% |
| 2050 | 145,829 | 374,986,259 | -0.45% | 0.23% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).
Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Willemstad | 150K |
| Barber | 2.42K |
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| City | Population |
| New York | 8.8M |
| Los Angeles | 3.9M |
| Chicago | 2.75M |
| Houston | 2.3M |
| Phoenix | 1.61M |
| Philadelphia | 1.6M |
| San Antonio | 1.43M |
| San Diego | 1.39M |
| Dallas | 1.3M |
| San Jose | 1.01M |
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Population differences between Curacao and the United States
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| Life expectancy | 77.2 years | 79.6 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 40.2 years |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 39.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.62 births per woman |
| Population density | 909 ppl/mi² | 96.3 ppl/mi² |
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