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Curaçao

Curaçao is in Caribbean. It is not a member state of the United Nations. It is listed here because it has its own country code. Its official name is Country of Curaçao. In the language of the place it is called Pais Kòrsou. The capital is Willemstad.

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Key facts

Capital
Willemstad
Region
Americas, Caribbean
Population
156,263 (2025)
Area
444 km²
Currency
Caribbean guilder (XCG)
Languages
Dutch, Papiamento
Calling code
+599
Internet domain
.cw
ISO codes
CW, CUW, 531
Time zone
UTC-4:00
United Nations
Not a member

Land and position

Curaçao covers about 444 square kilometres. By area it ranks 205th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Seychelles and a little larger than Antigua and Barbuda. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 12° north, 69° west, in the northern hemisphere.

People

About 156,263 people live in Curaçao (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 192nd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 352 people to each square kilometre. About 91 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 77 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Dutch, Papiamento. A person from Curaçao is called Curaçaoan.

Money and economy

The currency is the Caribbean guilder (code XCG, symbol Cg). It is also the main currency of Sint Maarten. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 3.56 billion (2024), which is about US$ 22,833 for each person (2024).

Time

Curaçao uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/Curacao). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

CityPeople
Willemstad125,000
Bandariba20,838

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Caribbean

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.