Curaçao: population and ages

In mid-1950 there were 102,000 people, so the population is now 1.8 times as large.

The UN projects 1,400 births and 1,930 deaths in 2026, 530 more deaths than births.

Deaths have outnumbered births every year since 2019.

More people move in than leave: net migration in 2026 is projected at plus 460.

The median age is 39.0, which is 7.9 years above the world’s 31.1.

14% of the people are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older (world: 24% and 11%).

People aged 65 and over have outnumbered children under 15 since 2023.

Women have 1.1 children on average at today’s rates (world: 2.2), against 5.0 in 1950.

Life expectancy at birth is 77.3 years, above the world’s 73.8. In 1950 it was 60.3.

For mid-2050 the UN projects 173,000 people, 6.4% fewer than now, with a median age of 47.3.

By the death rates of 2023, life expectancy at birth was 76.8 years. People who had reached 65 could expect 19.2 more years for women and 13.9 for men.

On 1 January 2026, there are 25.8 people aged 65 or more for every 100 aged 15 to 64. For 2050, the UN projects 36.7.

For 2100 the UN projects a population of 120,000, with a 95 percent prediction interval of 60,100 to 229,000.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

In mid-2024, 80,000 international migrants lived here, 43.1% of the population.

In mid-2024, 10,100 people from here lived in other countries.