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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Vanuatu	Curacao	Vanuatu
1960	124,826	64,431	-	-
1961	126,125	66,264	1.04%	2.84%
1962	128,414	68,174	1.81%	2.88%
1963	130,860	70,159	1.9%	2.91%
1964	133,148	72,219	1.75%	2.94%
1965	135,266	74,358	1.59%	2.96%
1966	136,682	76,590	1.05%	3%
1967	138,140	78,921	1.07%	3.04%
1968	140,298	81,314	1.56%	3.03%
1969	142,581	83,755	1.63%	3%
1970	144,739	86,266	1.51%	3%
1971	147,389	88,862	1.83%	3.01%
1972	147,710	91,562	0.22%	3.04%
1973	146,912	94,362	-0.54%	3.06%
1974	148,351	97,260	0.98%	3.07%
1975	149,129	100,269	0.52%	3.09%
1976	149,399	103,388	0.18%	3.11%
1977	149,459	106,618	0.04%	3.12%
1978	148,341	109,963	-0.75%	3.14%
1979	147,851	113,040	-0.33%	2.8%
1980	148,041	115,660	0.13%	2.32%
1981	148,629	118,249	0.4%	2.24%
1982	150,101	121,035	0.99%	2.36%
1983	151,159	123,998	0.7%	2.45%
1984	151,940	127,109	0.52%	2.51%
1985	152,711	130,356	0.51%	2.55%
1986	152,662	133,720	-0.03%	2.58%
1987	151,456	137,187	-0.79%	2.59%
1988	149,254	140,756	-1.45%	2.6%
1989	146,937	144,393	-1.55%	2.58%
1990	145,400	148,063	-1.05%	2.54%
1991	144,403	151,793	-0.69%	2.52%
1992	143,912	155,608	-0.34%	2.51%
1993	144,299	159,463	0.27%	2.48%
1994	144,630	163,314	0.23%	2.41%
1995	145,139	167,137	0.35%	2.34%
1996	146,306	170,911	0.8%	2.26%
1997	146,956	174,626	0.44%	2.17%
1998	144,472	178,313	-1.69%	2.11%
1999	139,428	182,048	-3.49%	2.09%
2000	133,860	186,281	-3.99%	2.33%
2001	129,047	191,031	-3.6%	2.55%
2002	129,205	195,863	0.12%	2.53%
2003	131,897	200,746	2.08%	2.49%
2004	134,192	205,711	1.74%	2.47%
2005	137,658	210,760	2.58%	2.45%
2006	141,239	215,923	2.6%	2.45%
2007	144,056	221,276	1.99%	2.48%
2008	145,880	226,896	1.27%	2.54%
2009	146,833	232,731	0.65%	2.57%
2010	148,703	238,248	1.27%	2.37%
2011	150,831	243,474	1.43%	2.19%
2012	152,088	248,883	0.83%	2.22%
2013	153,822	254,482	1.14%	2.25%
2014	155,909	260,240	1.36%	2.26%
2015	157,980	266,101	1.33%	2.25%
2016	159,664	272,087	1.07%	2.25%
2017	160,175	278,507	0.32%	2.36%
2018	159,336	285,259	-0.52%	2.42%
2019	157,441	291,985	-1.19%	2.36%
2020	154,947	298,858	-1.58%	2.35%
2021	152,369	305,868	-1.66%	2.35%
2022	149,996	313,046	-1.56%	2.35%
2023	155,800	320,409	3.87%	2.35%
2024	155,900	327,777	0.06%	2.3%
2025	155,910	335,169	0.007%	2.26%
2026	155,878	342,565	-0.02%	2.21%
2027	155,806	349,970	-0.05%	2.16%
2028	155,710	357,397	-0.06%	2.12%
2029	155,558	364,883	-0.1%	2.09%
2030	155,356	372,429	-0.13%	2.07%
2031	155,112	380,015	-0.16%	2.04%
2032	154,845	387,657	-0.17%	2.01%
2033	154,546	395,366	-0.19%	1.99%
2034	154,200	403,188	-0.22%	1.98%
2035	153,844	411,061	-0.23%	1.95%
2036	153,444	419,006	-0.26%	1.93%
2037	153,028	427,031	-0.27%	1.92%
2038	152,600	435,150	-0.28%	1.9%
2039	152,140	443,311	-0.3%	1.88%
2040	151,635	451,509	-0.33%	1.85%
2041	151,130	459,733	-0.33%	1.82%
2042	150,608	468,003	-0.35%	1.8%
2043	150,071	476,308	-0.36%	1.77%
2044	149,519	484,636	-0.37%	1.75%
2045	148,941	492,989	-0.39%	1.72%
2046	148,367	501,316	-0.39%	1.69%
2047	147,763	509,621	-0.41%	1.66%
2048	147,130	517,889	-0.43%	1.62%
2049	146,495	526,138	-0.43%	1.59%
2050	145,829	534,374	-0.45%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.