Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Curaçao

Rural population in Curaçao in 2025 — 13,325 people. Ranked 194 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 57%.

2025 13,325 people −0.28% vs 2024
World rank 194of 217
Period maximum 30,995 people1960
Period minimum 11,503 people2002

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Curaçao, 1960–202510,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 30,995 people1962: 30,701 people1964: 30,753 people1966: 30,592 people1968: 30,511 people1970: 30,653 people1972: 30,516 people1974: 29,932 people1976: 29,451 people1978: 28,562 people1980: 27,809 people1982: 27,454 people1984: 26,976 people1986: 26,201 people1988: 24,627 people1990: 22,902 people1992: 21,443 people1994: 19,689 people1996: 17,402 people1998: 14,788 people2000: 12,222 people2002: 11,503 people2004: 11,871 people2006: 12,439 people2008: 12,805 people2010: 13,013 people2012: 13,263 people2014: 13,551 people2016: 13,834 people2018: 13,766 people2020: 13,399 people2022: 13,184 people2024: 13,363 people2025: 13,325 people
Change over the period: −17,670 (−57.01%) Average annual rate: -1.29 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Curaçao

Curaçao 13,325 people
World 3.46B people
Caribbean computed 13.55M people
High-income countries computed 274M people
Rural population — Curaçao, by year Curaçao All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 13,325 −38 −0.28%
2024 13,363 +75 +0.56%
2023 13,288 +104 +0.79%
2022 13,184 −68 −0.51%
2021 13,252 −147 −1.1%
2020 13,399 −186 −1.37%
2019 13,585 −181 −1.31%
2018 13,766 −92 −0.66%
2017 13,858 +24 +0.17%
2016 13,834 +125 +0.91%
2015 13,709 +158 +1.17%
2014 13,551 +159 +1.19%
2013 13,392 +129 +0.97%
2012 13,263 +86 +0.65%
2011 13,177 +164 +1.26%
2010 13,013 +144 +1.12%
2009 12,869 +64 +0.5%
2008 12,805 +140 +1.11%
2007 12,665 +226 +1.82%
2006 12,439 +290 +2.39%
2005 12,149 +278 +2.34%
2004 11,871 +169 +1.44%
2003 11,702 +199 +1.73%
2002 11,503 −34 −0.29%
2001 11,537 −685 −5.6%
2000 12,222 −1,140 −8.53%
1999 13,362 −1,426 −9.64%
1998 14,788 −1,416 −8.74%
1997 16,204 −1,198 −6.88%
1996 17,402 −1,142 −6.16%
1995 18,544 −1,145 −5.82%
1994 19,689 −1,006 −4.86%
1993 20,695 −748 −3.49%
1992 21,443 −707 −3.19%
1991 22,150 −752 −3.28%
1990 22,902 −810 −3.42%
1989 23,712 −915 −3.72%
1988 24,627 −880 −3.45%
1987 25,507 −694 −2.65%
1986 26,201 −472 −1.77%
1985 26,673 −303 −1.12%
1984 26,976 −275 −1.01%
1983 27,251 −203 −0.74%
1982 27,454 −104 −0.38%
1981 27,558 −251 −0.9%
1980 27,809 −315 −1.12%
1979 28,124 −438 −1.53%
1978 28,562 −558 −1.92%
1977 29,120 −331 −1.12%
1976 29,451 −290 −0.98%
1975 29,741 −191 −0.64%
1974 29,932 −59 −0.2%
1973 29,991 −525 −1.72%
1972 30,516 −308 −1%
1971 30,824 +171 +0.56%
1970 30,653 +62 +0.2%
1969 30,591 +80 +0.26%
1968 30,511 +44 +0.14%
1967 30,467 −125 −0.41%
1966 30,592 −152 −0.49%
1965 30,744 −9 −0.03%
1964 30,753 +14 +0.05%
1963 30,739 +38 +0.12%
1962 30,701 −16 −0.05%
1961 30,717 −278 −0.9%
1960 30,995

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.