Cities: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO), size by population · sources and licences
Largest cities
1 city of 50,000+
#
City
Population 2025
1975
2050*
1
Sapate
110,525
-
98,193
Cities as urban centres under the UN Degree of Urbanisation, not municipal boundaries. * UN projection.
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects 2025, CC BY 3.0 IGO.Sources and licences
Over time
vs world and North America median
Life expectancy at birth
years · 1960-2024
Curaçao
World
North America median
Fertility rate
1960-2024
Curaçao
World
North America median
GDP per capita
US$ · 2000-2024
Curaçao
World
North America median
Population outlook
UN World Population Prospects
Population, 2026
185.4k
2050: 173.5k · 2100: 120.5k
peak 189.5k in 2019
Median age
39.0 years
2050: 47.3 years
Aged 65 and over
17.8 %
2050: 23.9 %
Dependency ratio
47
per 100 aged 15-64 · 2050: 55
Age structure
% of population · men left, women right
* UN projection, medium variant. Scale is the same for all years.
Population, 1950-2100
millions
Median age, 1950-2100
years
People aged 65 and over, 1950-2100
% of population
Dependency ratio, 1950-2100
per 100 people aged 15-64
Estimates until 2023, then the UN medium-variant projection (dashed).
The dependency ratio is the number of children (0-14) and older people (65+) per 100 people
of working age (15-64). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, licensed under
CC BY 3.0 IGO;
ratios and shares computed by StatsNode. Sources and licences.
Population
11 indicators
Population
156,263
+296 vs 2024
185th of 215 in the world 20th of 34 in North America
North America median 342,828 · world 8,215,424,893
World Bank (World Development Indicators, Worldwide Governance Indicators), ILO modelled estimates, FAO (FAOSTAT), UNDP (Human Development Report),
UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database, Ember (electricity), the Global Carbon Project (CO₂) and the
UN World Population Prospects and World Urbanization Prospects, under CC BY 4.0 and CC BY 3.0 IGO. Many World Bank series come from other
organisations (ILO, IMF, WHO); each indicator page names the original source.
Sources and licences.
Ranks are computed in the latest year for which at least half of the countries have
a value. Where less is better (unemployment, emissions), the lowest value ranks first.
The continent figure is the median of its countries.
