The duel
Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Curaçao fits inside Trinidad and Tobago 12 times
Curaçao: 444 km² (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 5,128 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Curaçao and Trinidad and Tobago are nearly identical here
Curaçao: 364 km (2026 edition) · Trinidad and Tobago: 362 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Trinidad and Tobago’s highest peak towers 568 m above Curaçao’s
Curaçao: 372 m (2026 edition) · Trinidad and Tobago: 940 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Trinidad and Tobago has 8.8 times as many people as Curaçao
Curaçao: 156,263 (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 1.37 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Curaçao is 32% more densely populated than Trinidad and Tobago
Curaçao: 352 per km² (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 267 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 176 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 163.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Curaçao is 1.5 years older than in Trinidad and Tobago
Curaçao: 38.2 years (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 36.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Trinidad and Tobago have 0.1 more children on average than in Curaçao
Curaçao: 1.4 children per woman (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 1.54 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
17% of people in Curaçao are 65 or older, versus 13% in Trinidad and Tobago
Curaçao: 17.3% (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 12.9% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Curaçao: 0 per 1,000 (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 7.3 (2026)
How many official languages?
Curaçao has 3 official languages, Trinidad and Tobago 1
Curaçao: 3 (2026) · Trinidad and Tobago: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Trinidad and Tobago’s economy is 7.3 times the size of Curaçao’s
Curaçao: $3.56 billion (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: $25.9 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Trinidad and Tobago produces 13% more per person than Curaçao
Curaçao: Int$32,741 (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: Int$37,121 (2025)
How many people are looking for work?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 3.3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 0.9% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 16.8% (2019)
How expensive is it?
Curaçao’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Trinidad and Tobago’s
Curaçao: 70% (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 51% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: $1,276 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Curaçao live 3.4 years longer than in Trinidad and Tobago
Curaçao: 77 years (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 73.6 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 17 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 4.2 per 1,000 (2021)
How many hospital beds are there?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 12.7 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 32% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 5.91 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Curaçao drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Trinidad and Tobago
Curaçao: 13.2 litres (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 65.7 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 2,946 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 1,610 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 10.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Curaçao welcomed 13 times as many tourists per resident as Trinidad and Tobago (2019)
Curaçao: 3.19 (2022) · Trinidad and Tobago: 0.24 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 19 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
82% of people in Trinidad and Tobago are online, versus 68% in Curaçao
Curaçao: 68% (2017) · Trinidad and Tobago: 82% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Trinidad and Tobago is 20% faster than in Curaçao
Curaçao: 186 Mbps (2026) · Trinidad and Tobago: 224 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Curaçao and Trinidad and Tobago are practically level
Curaçao: 100% (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
91% of people in Curaçao live in cities, versus 54% in Trinidad and Tobago
Curaçao: 91% (2025) · Trinidad and Tobago: 54% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Trinidad and Tobago has 119 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Curaçao 94
Curaçao: 94 (2023) · Trinidad and Tobago: 119 (2024)
How much do they fly?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 1.48 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 44% of Trinidad and Tobago, but only 0.2% of Curaçao
Curaçao: 0.2% (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 44.2% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Trinidad and Tobago emits 86% more CO₂ than someone in Curaçao
Curaçao: 12.3 t (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 22.9 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 0.1% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Trinidad and Tobago carries 13% more fine dust than in Curaçao
Curaçao: 12 µg/m³ (2024) · Trinidad and Tobago: 13.5 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 40.4 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 6.4 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 26.5°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Curaçao: no data · Trinidad and Tobago: 1,453 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Curaçao bigger than Trinidad and Tobago?
Trinidad and Tobago is larger. Curaçao fits inside Trinidad and Tobago 12 times.
Which has more people, Curaçao or Trinidad and Tobago?
Trinidad and Tobago has 8.8 times as many people as Curaçao (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Curaçao or Trinidad and Tobago?
People in Curaçao live 3.4 years longer than in Trinidad and Tobago. Life expectancy at birth is 77.0 years in Curaçao and 73.6 in Trinidad and Tobago.