Population in Curacao compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Curacao and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Vatican	Curacao	Vatican
1960	124,826	-	-	-
1961	126,125	-	1.04%	-
1962	128,414	-	1.81%	-
1963	130,860	-	1.9%	-
1964	133,148	-	1.75%	-
1965	135,266	-	1.59%	-
1966	136,682	-	1.05%	-
1967	138,140	-	1.07%	-
1968	140,298	-	1.56%	-
1969	142,581	-	1.63%	-
1970	144,739	-	1.51%	-
1971	147,389	-	1.83%	-
1972	147,710	-	0.22%	-
1973	146,912	-	-0.54%	-
1974	148,351	-	0.98%	-
1975	149,129	-	0.52%	-
1976	149,399	-	0.18%	-
1977	149,459	-	0.04%	-
1978	148,341	-	-0.75%	-
1979	147,851	-	-0.33%	-
1980	148,041	-	0.13%	-
1981	148,629	-	0.4%	-
1982	150,101	-	0.99%	-
1983	151,159	-	0.7%	-
1984	151,940	-	0.52%	-
1985	152,711	-	0.51%	-
1986	152,662	-	-0.03%	-
1987	151,456	-	-0.79%	-
1988	149,254	-	-1.45%	-
1989	146,937	-	-1.55%	-
1990	145,400	-	-1.05%	-
1991	144,403	-	-0.69%	-
1992	143,912	-	-0.34%	-
1993	144,299	-	0.27%	-
1994	144,630	-	0.23%	-
1995	145,139	-	0.35%	-
1996	146,306	-	0.8%	-
1997	146,956	-	0.44%	-
1998	144,472	-	-1.69%	-
1999	139,428	-	-3.49%	-
2000	133,860	880	-3.99%	-
2001	129,047	890	-3.6%	1.14%
2002	129,205	900	0.12%	1.12%
2003	131,897	911	2.08%	1.22%
2004	134,192	921	1.74%	1.1%
2005	137,658	921	2.58%	0%
2006	141,239	932	2.6%	1.19%
2007	144,056	821	1.99%	-11.9%
2008	145,880	824	1.27%	0.37%
2009	146,833	826	0.65%	0.24%
2010	148,703	829	1.27%	0.36%
2011	150,831	832	1.43%	0.36%
2012	152,088	836	0.83%	0.48%
2013	153,822	839	1.14%	0.36%
2014	155,909	842	1.36%	0.36%
2015	157,980	1,000	1.33%	18.8%
2016	159,664	-	1.07%	0%
2017	160,175	1,000	0.32%	0%
2018	159,336	-	-0.52%	0%
2019	157,441	1,000	-1.19%	0%
2020	154,947	987	-1.58%	-1.29%
2021	152,369	970	-1.66%	-1.68%
2022	149,996	944	-1.56%	-2.66%
2023	155,800	922	3.87%	-2.34%
2024	155,900	933	0.06%	1.2%
2025	155,910	939	0.007%	0.59%
2026	155,878	952	-0.02%	1.37%
2027	155,806	974	-0.05%	2.32%
2028	155,710	985	-0.06%	1.13%
2029	155,558	983	-0.1%	-0.19%
2030	155,356	976	-0.13%	-0.75%
2031	155,112	968	-0.16%	-0.75%
2032	154,845	968	-0.17%	0%
2033	154,546	988	-0.19%	2.09%
2034	154,200	992	-0.22%	0.37%
2035	153,844	1,000	-0.23%	0.74%
2036	153,444	998	-0.26%	-0.18%
2037	153,028	1,003	-0.27%	0.55%
2038	152,600	1,022	-0.28%	1.83%
2039	152,140	1,060	-0.3%	3.78%
2040	151,635	1,095	-0.33%	3.3%
2041	151,130	1,127	-0.33%	2.86%
2042	150,608	1,149	-0.35%	1.96%
2043	150,071	1,169	-0.36%	1.76%
2044	149,519	1,186	-0.37%	1.42%
2045	148,941	1,209	-0.39%	2.02%
2046	148,367	1,224	-0.39%	1.22%
2047	147,763	1,248	-0.41%	1.95%
2048	147,130	1,272	-0.43%	1.92%
2049	146,495	1,296	-0.43%	1.88%
2050	145,829	1,325	-0.45%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.