Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Curaçao

Urban population share in Curaçao in 2025 — 91.5%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.3 pp.

2025 91.5% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 30of 217
Period maximum 91.5%2025
Period minimum 75.2%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Curaçao, 1960–2025758085909519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 75.2%1962: 76.1%1964: 76.9%1966: 77.6%1968: 78.3%1970: 78.8%1972: 79.3%1974: 79.8%1976: 80.3%1978: 80.7%1980: 81.2%1982: 81.7%1984: 82.2%1986: 82.8%1988: 83.5%1990: 84.2%1992: 85.1%1994: 86.4%1996: 88.1%1998: 89.8%2000: 90.9%2002: 91.1%2004: 91.2%2006: 91.2%2008: 91.2%2010: 91.2%2012: 91.3%2014: 91.3%2016: 91.3%2018: 91.4%2020: 91.4%2022: 91.4%2024: 91.4%2025: 91.5%
Change over the period: +16.3 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Curaçao 91.5%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Curaçao, by year Curaçao All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 91.5 +0 pp
2024 91.4 +0 pp
2023 91.4 +0 pp
2022 91.4 +0 pp
2021 91.4 +0 pp
2020 91.4 +0 pp
2019 91.4 +0 pp
2018 91.4 +0 pp
2017 91.3 +0 pp
2016 91.3 +0 pp
2015 91.3 +0 pp
2014 91.3 +0 pp
2013 91.3 +0 pp
2012 91.3 +0 pp
2011 91.3 +0 pp
2010 91.2 +0 pp
2009 91.2 +0 pp
2008 91.2 +0 pp
2007 91.2 +0 pp
2006 91.2 +0 pp
2005 91.2 +0 pp
2004 91.2 +0 pp
2003 91.1 +0 pp
2002 91.1 +0 pp
2001 91.1 +0.2 pp
2000 90.9 +0.5 pp
1999 90.4 +0.7 pp
1998 89.8 +0.8 pp
1997 89 +0.9 pp
1996 88.1 +0.9 pp
1995 87.2 +0.8 pp
1994 86.4 +0.7 pp
1993 85.7 +0.6 pp
1992 85.1 +0.4 pp
1991 84.7 +0.4 pp
1990 84.2 +0.4 pp
1989 83.9 +0.4 pp
1988 83.5 +0.3 pp
1987 83.2 +0.3 pp
1986 82.8 +0.3 pp
1985 82.5 +0.3 pp
1984 82.2 +0.3 pp
1983 82 +0.3 pp
1982 81.7 +0.3 pp
1981 81.5 +0.2 pp
1980 81.2 +0.2 pp
1979 81 +0.2 pp
1978 80.7 +0.2 pp
1977 80.5 +0.2 pp
1976 80.3 +0.2 pp
1975 80.1 +0.2 pp
1974 79.8 +0.2 pp
1973 79.6 +0.2 pp
1972 79.3 +0.3 pp
1971 79.1 +0.3 pp
1970 78.8 +0.3 pp
1969 78.5 +0.3 pp
1968 78.3 +0.3 pp
1967 77.9 +0.3 pp
1966 77.6 +0.3 pp
1965 77.3 +0.4 pp
1964 76.9 +0.4 pp
1963 76.5 +0.4 pp
1962 76.1 +0.4 pp
1961 75.6 +0.5 pp
1960 75.2

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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