Curacao
Population 2026
185,457
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.02%
- Density
- 418 per km²
- Land area
- 444 km²
- Capital
- Willemstad
- Currency
- Guilder (XCG)
- Official languages
- NL, PAP
- Urban population
- 91.5%
- Continent
- NA
Demographics
- Births
- 1,4002026
- Deaths
- 1,9282026
- Birth rate
- 7.2per 1,000
- Death rate
- 10.1per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.40
- Life expectancy
- 77.0At birth, years
- Median age
- 39.0
- Net migration
- 470
Age distribution
- 0–1414.6%
- 15–6468.1%
- 65+17.3%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $3.6B
- GDP per capita
- $22.8K
- GDP growth
- +5.0%
- Inflation
- 2.6%
- Unemployment
- —
- Exports
- $1.9B
- Imports
- $2.8B
- Tourism receipts
- 27.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture0.3%
- Industry12.2%
- Manufacturing2.9%
- Services72.3%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willemstad | 125,0002024 |
| 2 | Bandariba | 20,8382025 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 185,457 | 1.4K | 1.9K |
| 2020 | 185,029 | 1.4K | 1.7K |
| 2010 | 156,881 | 2.2K | 1.4K |
| 2000 | 145,540 | 2.4K | 1.2K |
| 1990 | 155,750 | 3.2K | 1.1K |
| 1980 | 156,665 | 3.2K | 994 |
| 1970 | 150,885 | 3.8K | 1.0K |
| 1960 | 132,198 | 4.6K | 1.1K |
| 1950 | 101,781 | 3.8K | 1.2K |