Curaçao - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Curaçao was 137,999 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 142,881 in 2017 and a minimum value of 93,258 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 93,258
1961 94,722
1962 96,940
1963 99,290
1964 101,532
1965 103,656
1966 105,249
1967 106,879
1968 109,059
1969 111,346
1970 113,545
1971 116,141
1972 116,907
1973 116,777
1974 118,424
1975 119,543
1976 120,253
1977 120,788
1978 120,361
1979 120,434
1980 121,052
1981 121,992
1982 123,658
1983 124,984
1984 126,083
1985 127,169
1986 127,569
1987 126,993
1988 125,566
1989 124,022
1990 123,122
1991 122,666
1992 122,964
1993 124,420
1994 125,783
1995 127,258
1996 129,273
1997 130,794
1998 129,469
1999 125,761
2000 121,481
2001 117,447
2002 117,440
2003 119,730
2004 121,652
2005 124,627
2006 127,696
2007 130,064
2008 131,527
2009 132,200
2010 133,691
2011 135,409
2012 136,353
2013 137,738
2014 139,450
2015 141,158
2016 142,535
2017 142,881
2018 142,040
2019 140,277
2020 137,999

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Curaçao was 89.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 91.01 in 2001, while its lowest value was 74.71 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 74.71
1961 75.10
1962 75.49
1963 75.88
1964 76.26
1965 76.63
1966 77.00
1967 77.37
1968 77.73
1969 78.09
1970 78.45
1971 78.80
1972 79.15
1973 79.49
1974 79.83
1975 80.16
1976 80.49
1977 80.82
1978 81.14
1979 81.46
1980 81.77
1981 82.08
1982 82.38
1983 82.68
1984 82.98
1985 83.27
1986 83.56
1987 83.85
1988 84.13
1989 84.41
1990 84.68
1991 84.95
1992 85.44
1993 86.22
1994 86.97
1995 87.68
1996 88.36
1997 89.00
1998 89.62
1999 90.20
2000 90.75
2001 91.01
2002 90.89
2003 90.78
2004 90.66
2005 90.53
2006 90.41
2007 90.29
2008 90.16
2009 90.03
2010 89.91
2011 89.78
2012 89.65
2013 89.54
2014 89.44
2015 89.35
2016 89.27
2017 89.20
2018 89.15
2019 89.10
2020 89.06

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization