North America · Caribbean
Curaçao
Curaçao covers about 463 km² (179 mi²), the 199th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 463km²Area, main territory
- 153,000Population
- 0.02In Belgiums
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Facts
| Area, main territory | 463 km²179 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 444 km²Wikidata · 4.3% below our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.02 |
| Capital | Willemstad |
| Population | 153,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 330 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 12°N to 12°N |
| In other languages | Curazao Español · キュラソー 日本語 · 库拉索 中文 · 퀴라소 한국어 |
| Continent | North America#20 of 27 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Curaçao
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 36,658× the size of Curaçao.
- Curaçao lies at 12°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Curaçao's main territory stretches about 39 km north to south and 47 km east to west.
- Our measured 463 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 444 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
How Curaçao measures up
Curaçao holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 27 countries listed for North America. In Caribbean it is the 9th largest of 16.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 463 km² | 196th of 239 |
| Population | 153,000 | 186th of 237 |
| Farthest north | 12.2°N | 133rd of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Curaçao is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.02× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 526 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 772 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 806 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 1,183 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 6,802 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 18,292 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 20,396 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 36,658 its size |
Where Curaçao sits
- Curaçao's centre lies at 12.2°N, 69.0°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 1,360 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 12°N to 12°N, about 40 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2023; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11