Demographics of Curacao

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Curacao is projected at 164.8 thousand, up by 0.42% compared with 164.1 thousand in 2020. Curacao is ranked 192nd in terms of population and 162nd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 1.74 thousand births in Curacao in 2021. That is 5 per day, which is ranked 195th. The crude birth rate is 10.54 per 1000 people. There are 1.52 thousand deaths in Curacao in 2021. That is 4 per day, which is ranked 184th. The crude death rate is 9.21 per 1000 people.

146.43 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 89.04% of Curacao population. Curacao is ranked 37th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Curacao in 2021 is 85.29 males per 100 females. There are 75.86 thousand males and 88.94 thousand females in Curacao. The percentage of female population is 53.97% compare to 46.03% male population. Curacao has 13.08 thousand more females than males. Curacao is at 3rd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Curacao population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950100,181-
1955116,9222.25
1960126,9411.3
1965133,8791.18
1970143,6391.35
1975150,2610.38
1980147,997-0.19
1985150,3750.13
1990146,679-0.5
1995143,880-0.86
2000132,147-1.6
2005130,1361.11
2010149,1882.63
2015159,8500.9
2016161,0550.75
2017161,9860.58
2018162,7530.47
2019163,4230.41
2020164,1000.41
2021164,7960.42
  • Total
  • Crude

Curacao death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,2343,72312.0036.75
19551,1724,29310.1136.92
19601,0894,1978.5933.16
19659913,9107.3629.00
19709413,5346.5624.69
19759163,1406.1621.09
19808703,0445.8320.37
19858703,0705.8320.59
19909222,9316.2519.89
19959982,3927.0316.83
20001,0551,9487.9114.62
20051,1011,8558.2313.88
20101,1861,9668.0713.34
20151,3331,8968.3811.93
20201,4911,7389.0810.57
20211,5191,7409.2110.54
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Curacao

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195070,69229,487-70.566
195584,98231,9342.8472.687
196094,83832,1031.8474.710
1965102,59231,2861.6776.631
1970112,67830,9561.8178.448
1975120,44829,8100.8080.161
1980121,01626,9800.2081.769
1985125,22525,1520.4883.274
1990124,19822,473-0.1884.678
1995126,15817,726-0.0487.680
2000119,88312,216-1.0490.752
2005117,14512,2490.8390.534
2010132,70814,9002.4189.905
2015141,18516,8250.8689.352
2020145,61217,8830.5489.062
2021146,42918,0290.5689.038
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Curacao population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 4,423 4,246 8,669 5.26 104.169
05-09 5,242 4,985 10,227 6.21 105.155
10-14 5,343 5,142 10,485 6.36 103.909
15-19 5,587 5,348 10,935 6.64 104.469
20-24 5,037 4,786 9,823 5.96 105.244
25-29 5,019 5,116 10,135 6.15 98.104
30-34 4,430 5,112 9,542 5.79 86.659
35-39 4,176 5,295 9,471 5.75 78.867
40-44 3,933 5,224 9,157 5.56 75.287
45-49 4,733 6,014 10,747 6.52 78.700
50-54 5,063 6,395 11,458 6.95 79.171
55-59 5,524 7,156 12,680 7.69 77.194
60-64 4,962 6,565 11,527 6.99 75.583
65-69 4,125 5,541 9,666 5.87 74.445
70-74 3,450 4,547 7,997 4.85 75.874
75-79 2,236 3,237 5,473 3.32 69.076
80-84 1,425 2,185 3,610 2.19 65.217
85-89 756 1,262 2,018 1.22 59.905
90-94 296 565 861 0.52 52.389
95-99 84 182 266 0.16 46.154
100+ 12 37 49 0.03 32.432
Total 75,856 88,940 164,796 85.289