Aruba — Population
Population, Total for Aruba, 1960–2025.
Population for Aruba was 108,785 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 109,203 in 2019. The lowest was 54,922 in 1960 (about 2.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.06% per year.
Aruba ranks 191 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 88%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.18 million, so Aruba sits below it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 32 of 42 economies; Virgin Islands (U.S.) (103,792) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 7% in 1993.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 66 years at that pace.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108,785 | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 107,995 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 107,359 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 107,310 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 107,700 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 108,587 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 109,203 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 108,908 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 108,735 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 108,727 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 107,906 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 106,807 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 105,675 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 104,110 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 102,591 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 101,838 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 101,604 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 100,917 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 100,150 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 99,405 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 97,635 | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 95,138 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 93,128 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 92,074 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 91,439 | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 90,588 | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 89,659 | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 88,451 | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 86,301 | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 83,021 | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 79,805 | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 77,595 | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 73,685 | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 69,005 | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 65,896 | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 62,753 | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 60,443 | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 59,331 | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 59,159 | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 59,931 | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 61,728 | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 62,901 | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 62,228 | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 61,276 | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 60,563 | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 59,909 | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 59,191 | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 58,776 | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 58,580 | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 58,368 | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 58,295 | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 58,349 | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 58,299 | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 58,047 | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 58,781 | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 58,950 | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 59,052 | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 59,069 | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 58,990 | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 58,694 | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 58,190 | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 57,619 | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 57,002 | +1.2% |
| 1962 | 56,320 | +1.3% |
| 1961 | 55,578 | +1.2% |
| 1960 | 54,922 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Aruba’s Population in 1961?
55,578 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Aruba’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Aruba’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +98.1% in total — about 1.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 108,785; 2024: 107,995; 2023: 107,359; 2022: 107,310; 2021: 107,700. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.