Curaçao's population rose from 146,306 in 1996 to 156,263 in 2025.
Curaçao · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Curaçao's population growth fell from 0.8 % in 1996 to 0.2 % in 2025.
Curaçao's population density rose from 339.7 in 2011 to 348.3 in 2023.
Curaçao's population, female (% of total) fell from 52.9 % in 1996 to 52.4 % in 2025.
Curaçao's urbanisation rose from 88.1 % in 1996 to 91.5 % in 2025.
Curaçao's urban population rose from 128,904 in 1996 to 142,938 in 2025.
Curaçao's rural population fell from 17,402 in 1996 to 13,325 in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +7.7 %176th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −5.3 %200th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +3.1 %37th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −3.7 %74th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs60th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts184th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.2 pts49th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.5 pts55th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.4 pts169th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.8 pts57th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −8.4 %72nd of 217
- Migrant stockup +12.2 pts23rd of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0169th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs85th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs71st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs100th of 217