How many people live in Curaçao right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
185,416
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 190 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0022%
- Median age
- 39.0 years
- Children per woman
- 1.07
- Life expectancy
- 77.3 years
- People per km²
- 437
According to UN estimates, about 185,416 people live in Curaçao right now. It ranks 190th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Samoa and Saint Lucia, and it is home to one in every 44,900 people on the planet.
Every year, about 1,400 people are born there and about 1,900 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 460 people a year. More people die than are born, and immigration is not enough to make up for it. Overall, it loses about 60 people a year.
In 1950, about 101,770 people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 82%. It peaked in 2019, at about 189,543, and has been falling since. By 2050 it is projected to have about 173,498 people (6% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 120,454.
Half of its people are younger than 39 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.07 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 437 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Curaçao in 2026?
- Curaçao has about 185,416 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 185,440.
- How many people are born each day in Curaçao?
- Very few: about 1,400 a year. About 1,900 people die each year.
- Is the population of Curaçao growing?
- Barely: the population stays almost the same from one year to the next.
- What will the population of Curaçao be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 173,498.
- 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
- Barbados 282,744
- São Tomé and Príncipe 246,502
- Samoa 220,922
- Saint Lucia 180,577
- Guam 170,550
- Kiribati 139,061
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,801
- Brazil 213,783,616
- Mexico 133,319,903
- Colombia 54,089,702
- Argentina 46,051,068
- Canada 40,567,081
- Peru 35,027,449
- Venezuela 28,673,199
- Chile 19,971,250
- Guatemala 19,055,603
- Ecuador 18,493,716
- Bolivia 12,801,731
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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.