How many people live in Aruba right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
108,157
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 197 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0013%
- Median age
- 41.7 years
- Children per woman
- 1.61
- Life expectancy
- 76.8 years
- People per km²
- 601
According to UN estimates, about 108,157 people live in Aruba right now. It ranks 197th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Micronesia and Jersey, and it is home to one in every 76,900 people on the planet.
Every year, about 1,000 people are born there and about 1,100 die. More people die than are born, and immigration is not enough to make up for it. Overall, it loses about 10 people a year.
In 1950, about 42,738 people lived there. Today there are 2.5 times as many. It is at its peak: the UN expects it to start falling from 2027. By 2050 it is projected to have about 100,002 people (8% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 75,170.
Half of its people are younger than 42 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.61 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 77 years (worldwide, 74). There are 601 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Aruba in 2026?
- Aruba has about 108,157 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 108,164.
- How many people are born each day in Aruba?
- Very few: about 1,000 a year. About 1,100 people die each year.
- Is the population of Aruba growing?
- Barely: the population stays almost the same from one year to the next.
- What will the population of Aruba be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 100,002.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Seychelles 135,570
- Grenada 117,373
- Micronesia 114,346
- Jersey 104,140
- Tonga 103,166
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99,037
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,530
- Brazil 213,783,504
- Mexico 133,319,740
- Colombia 54,089,624
- Argentina 46,051,044
- Canada 40,567,030
- Peru 35,027,396
- Venezuela 28,673,179
- Chile 19,971,238
- Guatemala 19,055,559
- Ecuador 18,493,692
- Bolivia 12,801,704
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.