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🇨🇼 Curaçao

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CUW
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CW
UN M49 numeric531
IOC code
Official nameCountry of Curaçao
Native name(s)eng: official: Country of Curaçao; common: Curaçao; nld: official: Land Curaçao; common: Curaçao; pap: official: Pais Kòrsou; common: Pais Kòrsou
Alt spellingsCW, Curacao, Kòrsou, Country of Curaçao, Land Curaçao, Pais Kòrsou
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentNo
UN memberNo

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCaribbean
UN regional group
CapitalWillemstad
Area (km²)444
Lat / Lng12.1167, -68.9333
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.cw
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 99

Demographics

Population (World Bank)156,263 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)76.989 (2024)
Languageseng: English; nld: Dutch; pap: Papiamento
Demonymseng: f: Curaçaoan; m: Curaçaoan; fra: f: Curacienne; m: Curacien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)3,561,178,212.291 (2024)
GDP per capita (current USD)22,832.895 (2024)
Unemployment rate (%)
CurrenciesANG: name: Netherlands Antillean guilder; symbol: ƒ

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950101,770
1951104,409
1952107,174
1953110,041
1954113,013
1955116,107
1956119,308
1957122,596
1958125,981
1959129,443
1960132,185
1961134,296
1962136,457
1963138,524
1964140,530
1965142,464
1966144,319
1967146,098
1968147,796
1969149,394
1970150,865
1971152,182
1972153,282
1973154,080
1974154,677
1975155,195
1976155,621
1977155,968
1978156,254
1979156,478
1980156,660
1981156,794
1982156,843
1983156,827
1984156,781
1985156,698
1986156,590
1987156,443
1988156,250
1989156,018
1990155,739
1991155,447
1992155,084
1993154,494
1994153,671
1995152,692
1996151,573
1997150,304
1998148,867
1999147,260
2000145,529
2001144,751
2002145,901
2003147,911
2004149,797
2005151,313
2006152,505
2007153,666
2008154,775
2009155,825
2010156,879
2011158,566
2012160,890
2013163,109
2014165,027
2015166,612
2016167,782
2017168,516
2018181,583
2019189,543
2020185,018
2021185,315
2022185,345
2023185,427

Full raw record (JSON)

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