Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Dutch (secondary) · Dutch (Brabantian) (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Papiamentu (secondary) · Portuguese (secondary) · Portuguese (Brazilian) (secondary) · Spanish (secondary) · Sranan Tongo (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Curacao

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Antillean Creole, Papiamentu	128000	Papiamentu	Christianity
Dutch	13000	Dutch	Non-Religious
Latin American, general	7600	Spanish	Christianity
Dominican, mixed	7200	Spanish	Christianity
Antilles English-speaking	5400	English	Christianity
Virgin Islander	5200	Virgin Islands English Creole	Christianity
French	3000	French	Christianity
British	2400	English	Christianity
Surinamese Creole, Sranan	2300	Sranan Tongo	Christianity
Americans, U.S.	1800	English	Christianity
Han Chinese, Cantonese	1800	Chinese, Yue	Non-Religious
Portuguese	1600	Portuguese	Christianity
Zambo, Mulatto	1000	Spanish	Christianity
East Indian	600	Hindustani, Sarnami	Hinduism
Jewish, Dutch	400	Dutch	Judaism
Deaf	None	Language unknown	Unknown

Languages

11 languages recorded here.

Chinese, Yue

Dutch

English

French

Hindustani, Sarnami

Language unknown

Papiamentu

Portuguese

Spanish

Sranan Tongo

Virgin Islands English Creole

All catalogue fields

105 fields recorded

rog3: UC
iso3: CUW
iso2: CW
ctry: Curacao
poplpeoples: 182000
cntpeoples: 16
cntpeopleslr: 3
poplpeopleslr: 1000
jpscalectry: 4
rol3officiallanguage: nld
officiallang: Dutch
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 85.834925032606
percentevangelical: 6.89947869697
c_10_40window: N
rog2: NAR
continent: North America
regioncode: 12
regionname: America, North and Caribbean
workersneeded: 2
harvest_rog3: UC
harvest_iso3: CUW
harvest_iso2: CW
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: CW
harvest_countrynumber: 151
harvest_ctry: Curacao
harvest_ctryshort: Curacao
harvest_countrynamechinese: 库拉索
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 库拉索
harvest_countrynamedutch: Curacao
harvest_countrynamefrench: Curaçao
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Curaçao
harvest_countrynamegerman: Curacao
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Curacao
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Curacao
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Curacao
harvest_countrynameitalian: Curacao
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Curacao
harvest_countrynamekorean: 쿠라
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 쿠라
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Curaçao
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Curaçao
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Curaçao
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Curaçao
harvest_countrynamerussian: ликер кюрасо
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: ликер кюрасо
harvest_countrynamespanish: Curacao
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Curacao
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Curaçao
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Curaçao
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: des
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: auf
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: på
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: nas
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: N
harvest_rog2: NAR
harvest_regioncode: 12
harvest_unsr: 029
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_capital: Willemstad
harvest_population: 185000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/curacao.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 40598954
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-caribbean-islands.pdf
harvest_jpscale: 4
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_owcountrypage: curacao
harvest_literacyrate: 99
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 89
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: nld
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: pap
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_rop1: A007
harvest_flashmapzoom: 1500
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -343
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -746
harvest_googlemapzoom: 8
harvest_googlemaplat: 12.25
harvest_googlemaplng: -68.75
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 401
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 0.628930817610063
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=cw&joshua=uc
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-curacao
harvest_internetusage: 68
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 444
harvest_internetctrycode: .cw
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/curacao
harvest_source: BM
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 07/17/13 00:00:00