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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Curacao	Zimbabwe	Curacao	Zimbabwe
1960	124,826	3,809,389	-	-
1961	126,125	3,930,401	1.04%	3.18%
1962	128,414	4,055,959	1.81%	3.19%
1963	130,860	4,185,877	1.9%	3.2%
1964	133,148	4,320,006	1.75%	3.2%
1965	135,266	4,458,462	1.59%	3.2%
1966	136,682	4,601,217	1.05%	3.2%
1967	138,140	4,748,307	1.07%	3.2%
1968	140,298	4,900,440	1.56%	3.2%
1969	142,581	5,058,181	1.63%	3.22%
1970	144,739	5,215,918	1.51%	3.12%
1971	147,389	5,374,712	1.83%	3.04%
1972	147,710	5,542,445	0.22%	3.12%
1973	146,912	5,720,404	-0.54%	3.21%
1974	148,351	5,908,328	0.98%	3.29%
1975	149,129	6,098,658	0.52%	3.22%
1976	149,399	6,287,105	0.18%	3.09%
1977	149,459	6,449,512	0.04%	2.58%
1978	148,341	6,543,575	-0.75%	1.46%
1979	147,851	6,647,556	-0.33%	1.59%
1980	148,041	7,041,303	0.13%	5.92%
1981	148,629	7,498,635	0.4%	6.49%
1982	150,101	7,796,496	0.99%	3.97%
1983	151,159	8,098,404	0.7%	3.87%
1984	151,940	8,391,488	0.52%	3.62%
1985	152,711	8,686,813	0.51%	3.52%
1986	152,662	8,982,578	-0.03%	3.4%
1987	151,456	9,284,644	-0.79%	3.36%
1988	149,254	9,583,094	-1.45%	3.21%
1989	146,937	9,864,798	-1.55%	2.94%
1990	145,400	10,137,281	-1.05%	2.76%
1991	144,403	10,404,816	-0.69%	2.64%
1992	143,912	10,702,700	-0.34%	2.86%
1993	144,299	10,860,288	0.27%	1.47%
1994	144,630	10,873,148	0.23%	0.12%
1995	145,139	10,974,599	0.35%	0.93%
1996	146,306	11,158,360	0.8%	1.67%
1997	146,956	11,369,827	0.44%	1.9%
1998	144,472	11,594,297	-1.69%	1.97%
1999	139,428	11,783,458	-3.49%	1.63%
2000	133,860	11,892,055	-3.99%	0.92%
2001	129,047	11,971,901	-3.6%	0.67%
2002	129,205	12,087,653	0.12%	0.97%
2003	131,897	12,232,323	2.08%	1.2%
2004	134,192	12,365,896	1.74%	1.09%
2005	137,658	12,483,432	2.58%	0.95%
2006	141,239	12,636,445	2.6%	1.23%
2007	144,056	12,804,058	1.99%	1.33%
2008	145,880	12,959,149	1.27%	1.21%
2009	146,833	13,142,790	0.65%	1.42%
2010	148,703	13,356,548	1.27%	1.63%
2011	150,831	13,595,424	1.43%	1.79%
2012	152,088	13,817,887	0.83%	1.64%
2013	153,822	14,013,808	1.14%	1.42%
2014	155,909	14,207,359	1.36%	1.38%
2015	157,980	14,399,013	1.33%	1.35%
2016	159,664	14,600,294	1.07%	1.4%
2017	160,175	14,812,482	0.32%	1.45%
2018	159,336	15,034,452	-0.52%	1.5%
2019	157,441	15,271,368	-1.19%	1.58%
2020	154,947	15,526,888	-1.58%	1.67%
2021	152,369	15,797,210	-1.66%	1.74%
2022	149,996	16,069,056	-1.56%	1.72%
2023	155,800	16,340,822	3.87%	1.69%
2024	155,900	16,634,373	0.06%	1.8%
2025	155,910	16,950,805	0.007%	1.9%
2026	155,878	17,273,591	-0.02%	1.9%
2027	155,806	17,600,621	-0.05%	1.89%
2028	155,710	17,932,015	-0.06%	1.88%
2029	155,558	18,268,967	-0.1%	1.88%
2030	155,356	18,610,356	-0.13%	1.87%
2031	155,112	18,956,207	-0.16%	1.86%
2032	154,845	19,311,368	-0.17%	1.87%
2033	154,546	19,675,929	-0.19%	1.89%
2034	154,200	20,041,125	-0.22%	1.86%
2035	153,844	20,409,159	-0.23%	1.84%
2036	153,444	20,778,662	-0.26%	1.81%
2037	153,028	21,144,748	-0.27%	1.76%
2038	152,600	21,512,919	-0.28%	1.74%
2039	152,140	21,881,123	-0.3%	1.71%
2040	151,635	22,250,123	-0.33%	1.69%
2041	151,130	22,627,428	-0.33%	1.7%
2042	150,608	23,000,906	-0.35%	1.65%
2043	150,071	23,371,301	-0.36%	1.61%
2044	149,519	23,740,630	-0.37%	1.58%
2045	148,941	24,102,391	-0.39%	1.52%
2046	148,367	24,462,491	-0.39%	1.49%
2047	147,763	24,816,449	-0.41%	1.45%
2048	147,130	25,168,419	-0.43%	1.42%
2049	146,495	25,518,513	-0.43%	1.39%
2050	145,829	25,866,397	-0.45%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Curacao increased by 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Curacao lost -2,070 (a 1.31% decline), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Curacao was ranked 179th most populous country in 2005 and is still 179th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.