Curaçao vs Guam: The global population hockey stick
Curaçao
185,437 people
in 2023
Guam
166,522 people
in 2023
Curaçao rank
191st
Guam rank
193rd
The global population hockey stick over time
- Curaçao
- Guam
How they compare
Curaçao currently reports 185,437 people against 166,522 people in Guam, a difference of 18,915 people.
That makes Curaçao's figure about 1.1 times Guam's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Curaçao ahead.
Curaçao ranks 191st and Guam ranks 193rd of 239 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Curaçao averaged higher in 7 and Guam in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Curaçao | Guam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 114,997 people | 64,000 people | 50,996 people | Curaçao |
| 1960s | 141,219 people | 77,974 people | 63,245 people | Curaçao |
| 1970s | 154,474 people | 97,988 people | 56,486 people | Curaçao |
| 1980s | 156,601 people | 122,824 people | 33,777 people | Curaçao |
| 1990s | 152,524 people | 148,768 people | 3,756 people | Curaçao |
| 2000s | 150,206 people | 163,710 people | 13,503 people | Guam |
| 2010s | 167,860 people | 164,807 people | 3,053 people | Curaçao |
| 2020s | 185,285 people | 164,406 people | 20,879 people | Curaçao |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Curaçao or Guam?
- Curaçao, at 185,437 people against 166,522 people in Guam as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Curaçao and Guam?
- 18,915 people, with Curaçao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Curaçao and Guam?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Curaçao and Guam rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Curaçao ranks 191st and Guam ranks 193rd of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.