Caribbean · territory of Netherlands
Curaçao
Country of Curaçao
- Capital
- Willemstad
- Languages
- English, Dutch, Papiamento
- Currency
- Netherlands Antillean guilder
- People
- 156,263 (2025)
- Neighbours
- none by land
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Curaçao
- 8th highest alcohol consumption 13.2 litres · #8 of 195 · 2023
- 17th highest CO₂ per person 12.3 t · #17 of 203 · 2024
- 18th lowest total area 444 km² · #18 of 205 · 2023
Surprising facts about Curaçao
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Curaçao’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Curaçao among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Curaçao sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Curaçao across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Nearest countries
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vs Venezuela 297 km
vs Dominican Republic 704 km
vs Haiti 790 km
vs Grenada 792 km
vs Trinidad and Tobago 835 km
Curaçao has no land borders: these are the 5 nearest countries by distance between capitals. Equal-area map centred on Curaçao.