Demographics of Curacao

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

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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.

Curacao population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	100,181	-
1955	116,922	2.25
1960	126,941	1.3
1965	133,879	1.18
1970	143,639	1.35
1975	150,261	0.38
1980	147,997	-0.19
1985	150,375	0.13
1990	146,679	-0.5
1995	143,880	-0.86
2000	132,147	-1.6
2005	130,136	1.11
2010	149,188	2.63
2015	159,850	0.9
2016	161,055	0.75
2017	161,986	0.58
2018	162,753	0.47
2019	163,423	0.41
2020	164,100	0.41
2021	164,796	0.42

Population
Growth

Curacao death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	1,234	3,723	12.00	36.75
1955	1,172	4,293	10.11	36.92
1960	1,089	4,197	8.59	33.16
1965	991	3,910	7.36	29.00
1970	941	3,534	6.56	24.69
1975	916	3,140	6.16	21.09
1980	870	3,044	5.83	20.37
1985	870	3,070	5.83	20.59
1990	922	2,931	6.25	19.89
1995	998	2,392	7.03	16.83
2000	1,055	1,948	7.91	14.62
2005	1,101	1,855	8.23	13.88
2010	1,186	1,966	8.07	13.34
2015	1,333	1,896	8.38	11.93
2020	1,491	1,738	9.08	10.57
2021	1,519	1,740	9.21	10.54

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Curacao
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	70,692	29,487	-	70.566
1955	84,982	31,934	2.84	72.687
1960	94,838	32,103	1.84	74.710
1965	102,592	31,286	1.67	76.631
1970	112,678	30,956	1.81	78.448
1975	120,448	29,810	0.80	80.161
1980	121,016	26,980	0.20	81.769
1985	125,225	25,152	0.48	83.274
1990	124,198	22,473	-0.18	84.678
1995	126,158	17,726	-0.04	87.680
2000	119,883	12,216	-1.04	90.752
2005	117,145	12,249	0.83	90.534
2010	132,708	14,900	2.41	89.905
2015	141,185	16,825	0.86	89.352
2020	145,612	17,883	0.54	89.062
2021	146,429	18,029	0.56	89.038

Population
Urbanization

Curacao population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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

Population pyramid
Gender ratio