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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Zambia	Curacao	Zambia
1960	124,826	3,153,729	-	-
1961	126,125	3,254,086	1.04%	3.18%
1962	128,414	3,358,099	1.81%	3.2%
1963	130,860	3,465,907	1.9%	3.21%
1964	133,148	3,577,017	1.75%	3.21%
1965	135,266	3,692,086	1.59%	3.22%
1966	136,682	3,812,003	1.05%	3.25%
1967	138,140	3,936,343	1.07%	3.26%
1968	140,298	4,065,593	1.56%	3.28%
1969	142,581	4,197,116	1.63%	3.24%
1970	144,739	4,321,718	1.51%	2.97%
1971	147,389	4,442,525	1.83%	2.8%
1972	147,710	4,569,309	0.22%	2.85%
1973	146,912	4,702,693	-0.54%	2.92%
1974	148,351	4,842,746	0.98%	2.98%
1975	149,129	4,990,086	0.52%	3.04%
1976	149,399	5,143,842	0.18%	3.08%
1977	149,459	5,302,480	0.04%	3.08%
1978	148,341	5,465,374	-0.75%	3.07%
1979	147,851	5,631,728	-0.33%	3.04%
1980	148,041	5,802,833	0.13%	3.04%
1981	148,629	5,983,289	0.4%	3.11%
1982	150,101	6,178,637	0.99%	3.26%
1983	151,159	6,381,038	0.7%	3.28%
1984	151,940	6,580,490	0.52%	3.13%
1985	152,711	6,780,953	0.51%	3.05%
1986	152,662	6,986,471	-0.03%	3.03%
1987	151,456	7,191,282	-0.79%	2.93%
1988	149,254	7,391,440	-1.45%	2.78%
1989	146,937	7,589,216	-1.55%	2.68%
1990	145,400	7,786,169	-1.05%	2.6%
1991	144,403	7,981,650	-0.69%	2.51%
1992	143,912	8,176,680	-0.34%	2.44%
1993	144,299	8,373,921	0.27%	2.41%
1994	144,630	8,576,269	0.23%	2.42%
1995	145,139	8,785,763	0.35%	2.44%
1996	146,306	9,004,053	0.8%	2.48%
1997	146,956	9,237,063	0.44%	2.59%
1998	144,472	9,482,408	-1.69%	2.66%
1999	139,428	9,740,005	-3.49%	2.72%
2000	133,860	10,017,631	-3.99%	2.85%
2001	129,047	10,325,185	-3.6%	3.07%
2002	129,205	10,647,949	0.12%	3.13%
2003	131,897	10,983,595	2.08%	3.15%
2004	134,192	11,338,198	1.74%	3.23%
2005	137,658	11,718,819	2.58%	3.36%
2006	141,239	12,129,553	2.6%	3.5%
2007	144,056	12,565,085	1.99%	3.59%
2008	145,880	13,021,324	1.27%	3.63%
2009	146,833	13,490,389	0.65%	3.6%
2010	148,703	13,965,594	1.27%	3.52%
2011	150,831	14,437,796	1.43%	3.38%
2012	152,088	14,913,629	0.83%	3.3%
2013	153,822	15,398,997	1.14%	3.25%
2014	155,909	15,895,315	1.36%	3.22%
2015	157,980	16,399,089	1.33%	3.17%
2016	159,664	16,914,423	1.07%	3.14%
2017	160,175	17,441,320	0.32%	3.12%
2018	159,336	17,973,569	-0.52%	3.05%
2019	157,441	18,513,839	-1.19%	3.01%
2020	154,947	19,059,395	-1.58%	2.95%
2021	152,369	19,603,607	-1.66%	2.86%
2022	149,996	20,152,938	-1.56%	2.8%
2023	155,800	20,723,965	3.87%	2.83%
2024	155,900	21,314,956	0.06%	2.85%
2025	155,910	21,913,869	0.007%	2.81%
2026	155,878	22,521,905	-0.02%	2.77%
2027	155,806	23,138,716	-0.05%	2.74%
2028	155,710	23,761,368	-0.06%	2.69%
2029	155,558	24,389,681	-0.1%	2.64%
2030	155,356	25,024,887	-0.13%	2.6%
2031	155,112	25,666,496	-0.16%	2.56%
2032	154,845	26,311,946	-0.17%	2.51%
2033	154,546	26,960,073	-0.19%	2.46%
2034	154,200	27,611,621	-0.22%	2.42%
2035	153,844	28,266,887	-0.23%	2.37%
2036	153,444	28,925,103	-0.26%	2.33%
2037	153,028	29,583,482	-0.27%	2.28%
2038	152,600	30,240,549	-0.28%	2.22%
2039	152,140	30,895,586	-0.3%	2.17%
2040	151,635	31,550,394	-0.33%	2.12%
2041	151,130	32,204,340	-0.33%	2.07%
2042	150,608	32,856,596	-0.35%	2.03%
2043	150,071	33,510,500	-0.36%	1.99%
2044	149,519	34,165,920	-0.37%	1.96%
2045	148,941	34,821,101	-0.39%	1.92%
2046	148,367	35,475,795	-0.39%	1.88%
2047	147,763	36,129,270	-0.41%	1.84%
2048	147,130	36,782,260	-0.43%	1.81%
2049	146,495	37,434,667	-0.43%	1.77%
2050	145,829	38,083,369	-0.45%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.