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Curacao

156,263

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change+2962024 to 2025
Growth since 2000+16.7%from 133.86K
Life expectancyNot availableLatest source value
Fertility rateNot availableLatest source value
Urban populationNot availableLatest source value
RegionLatin America & Caribbean High income

UN medium projection

What could Curacao look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 173.5K in 2050—6.5% smaller than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 2024185.48K
  2. 2050173.5K
  3. 2100120.45K
Median age in 205047.3years
Births in 20501.17Kduring the year
Deaths in 20502.34Kduring the year
Life expectancy81.1years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 1960124.83K
  2. 1970144.74K
  3. 1980148.04K
  4. 1990145.4K
  5. 2000133.86K
  6. 2010148.7K
  7. 2020155.48K
  8. 2025156.26K
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryReliable snapshotChecked 11/6/2026

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