Fertility Rate: Curacao
Curacao's fertility rate is currently 1.4 births per woman as of 2024. # Curacao Fertility Rate Curacao's fertility rate stands at 1.
Current (2024)
1.4 births per woman
+7.7% y/y
Peak (1960)
5.13 births per woman
Low (2023)
1.3 births per woman
Source
World Bank World Development Indicators
1960–2024 · 65 pts
Fertility Rate — Curacao
1960 — 2024
Fertility Rate — Curacao
Analysis# Curacao Fertility Rate
Curacao's fertility rate stands at 1.4 births per woman in 2024, reflecting one of the lowest reproductive rates in the Caribbean. The nation has undergone a dramatic demographic shift since 1960, when the fertility rate peaked at 5.13 births per woman—a 72.7% decline over six decades. The current rate hovers just above the all-time low of 1.3 recorded in 2023, indicating stabilization near replacement-level thresholds characteristic of developed economies.
The steepest fertility decline occurred during the 1960s through 1990s as modernization, improved access to contraception, and changing social attitudes reshaped family planning patterns. Recent years show minimal volatility, fluctuating between 1.3 and 1.7 births per woman from 2015 onward. With fertility rates now firmly below the 2.1 replacement level, Curacao faces potential long-term implications for population growth and labor force composition unless offset by migration patterns.
Historical Data
65 Rows| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.4 births per woman | +7.69% |
| 2023 | 1.3 births per woman | -7.14% |
| 2022 | 1.4 births per woman | +0.00% |
| 2021 | 1.4 births per woman | +0.00% |
| 2020 | 1.4 births per woman | -12.50% |
| 2019 | 1.6 births per woman | -5.88% |
| 2018 | 1.7 births per woman | +13.33% |
| 2017 | 1.5 births per woman | -11.76% |
| 2016 | 1.7 births per woman | -10.53% |
| 2015 | 1.9 births per woman | -5.00% |
| 2014 | 2 births per woman | -4.76% |
| 2013 | 2.1 births per woman | -4.55% |
| 2012 | 2.2 births per woman | +4.76% |
| 2011 | 2.1 births per woman | -4.55% |
| 2010 | 2.2 births per woman | +4.76% |
| 2009 | 2.1 births per woman | -4.55% |
| 2008 | 2.2 births per woman | +10.00% |
| 2007 | 2 births per woman | -4.76% |
| 2006 | 2.1 births per woman | +3.09% |
| 2005 | 2.037 births per woman | -2.95% |
Show all 65 rows
| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2.099 births per woman | -4.20% |
| 2003 | 2.191 births per woman | -4.74% |
| 2002 | 2.3 births per woman | -4.37% |
| 2001 | 2.405 births per woman | +2.69% |
| 2000 | 2.342 births per woman | +2.49% |
| 1999 | 2.285 births per woman | -1.30% |
| 1998 | 2.315 births per woman | -2.20% |
| 1997 | 2.367 births per woman | -1.50% |
| 1996 | 2.403 births per woman | -0.66% |
| 1995 | 2.419 births per woman | -0.45% |
| 1994 | 2.43 births per woman | -0.33% |
| 1993 | 2.438 births per woman | +0.21% |
| 1992 | 2.433 births per woman | +2.57% |
| 1991 | 2.372 births per woman | +3.00% |
| 1990 | 2.303 births per woman | +1.50% |
| 1989 | 2.269 births per woman | +0.71% |
| 1988 | 2.253 births per woman | +0.49% |
| 1987 | 2.242 births per woman | +0.04% |
| 1986 | 2.241 births per woman | -0.04% |
| 1985 | 2.242 births per woman | +0.22% |
| 1984 | 2.237 births per woman | -0.04% |
| 1983 | 2.238 births per woman | +0.09% |
| 1982 | 2.236 births per woman | -0.58% |
| 1981 | 2.249 births per woman | -1.01% |
| 1980 | 2.272 births per woman | -1.73% |
| 1979 | 2.312 births per woman | -2.86% |
| 1978 | 2.38 births per woman | -3.37% |
| 1977 | 2.463 births per woman | -3.56% |
| 1976 | 2.554 births per woman | -4.06% |
| 1975 | 2.662 births per woman | -4.00% |
| 1974 | 2.773 births per woman | -3.45% |
| 1973 | 2.872 births per woman | -4.01% |
| 1972 | 2.992 births per woman | -5.91% |
| 1971 | 3.18 births per woman | -6.39% |
| 1970 | 3.397 births per woman | -5.85% |
| 1969 | 3.608 births per woman | -5.72% |
| 1968 | 3.827 births per woman | -5.72% |
| 1967 | 4.059 births per woman | -4.83% |
| 1966 | 4.265 births per woman | -4.69% |
| 1965 | 4.475 births per woman | -3.58% |
| 1964 | 4.641 births per woman | -3.27% |
| 1963 | 4.798 births per woman | -2.62% |
| 1962 | 4.927 births per woman | -2.28% |
| 1961 | 5.042 births per woman | -1.72% |
| 1960 | 5.13 births per woman | — |
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