Netherlands vs Switzerland statistics compared

The Netherlands has a population of 18M (ranked 72/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). The Netherlands' land area is 13,000 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 134th vs. 131st).

By GDP, The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Netherlands and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Netherlands and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Netherlands

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Netherlands	Switzerland
1960	$13,282,979,015	$10,412,232,621
1961	$14,599,836,396	$11,713,348,834
1962	$15,847,582,341	$12,989,649,694
1963	$17,193,744,109	$14,283,872,299
1964	$20,232,048,553	$15,833,133,858
1965	$22,721,869,808	$16,780,226,225
1966	$24,741,480,717	$18,019,402,374
1967	$27,143,828,099	$19,397,044,714
1968	$30,097,635,751	$20,712,102,794
1969	$34,086,038,090	$22,442,043,274
1970	$38,220,884,519	$24,998,066,773
1971	$44,644,730,576	$30,040,171,751
1972	$54,787,070,173	$36,844,318,854
1973	$71,946,639,603	$49,550,006,320
1974	$87,371,810,804	$57,103,011,446
1975	$100,397,061,694	$65,466,081,819
1976	$109,329,386,564	$68,476,524,644
1977	$127,203,923,857	$73,135,771,167
1978	$156,089,077,205	$102,280,472,036
1979	$179,933,827,310	$114,970,094,425
1980	$195,439,301,707	$122,557,843,886
1981	$164,375,775,854	$112,244,805,519
1982	$158,712,765,536	$115,043,365,512
1983	$153,671,294,109	$114,634,358,535
1984	$144,124,462,912	$109,455,312,168
1985	$144,057,523,222	$110,980,314,192
1986	$201,157,708,221	$159,089,921,063
1987	$245,406,949,521	$199,236,370,038
1988	$262,295,966,105	$215,540,625,299
1989	$258,716,904,292	$208,105,846,934
1990	$318,799,003,994	$265,763,573,999
1991	$327,982,316,124	$268,901,693,863
1992	$363,497,050,125	$279,921,425,828
1993	$354,070,495,966	$272,237,527,071
1994	$379,688,232,232	$301,375,055,202
1995	$452,967,334,614	$352,835,806,342
1996	$451,372,549,020	$340,103,959,547
1997	$417,506,211,882	$294,788,198,856
1998	$438,612,530,549	$303,459,014,347
1999	$447,778,514,140	$297,873,643,323
2000	$417,649,282,154	$279,216,033,870
2001	$432,536,219,669	$286,582,672,434
2002	$475,529,972,123	$309,301,422,430
2003	$582,435,617,082	$362,075,086,508
2004	$661,224,886,143	$403,912,891,033
2005	$688,133,699,636	$418,284,865,885
2006	$737,593,995,289	$441,634,672,197
2007	$853,499,460,873	$490,740,715,595
2008	$957,901,566,041	$567,267,767,519
2009	$878,954,223,140	$554,212,916,092
2010	$852,464,982,433	$598,851,027,948
2011	$913,140,741,333	$715,888,126,682
2012	$845,689,017,066	$686,420,221,558
2013	$883,951,539,007	$706,234,937,371
2014	$901,556,501,756	$726,537,809,430
2015	$775,743,675,303	$694,118,186,380
2016	$797,163,949,290	$687,895,460,903
2017	$848,233,537,846	$695,200,834,102
2018	$929,733,599,797	$725,568,717,468
2019	$928,903,005,576	$721,369,112,727
2020	$932,560,861,701	$741,999,406,006
2021	$1,054,472,123,450	$815,309,330,987
2022	$1,046,540,797,549	$828,508,926,958
2023	$1,154,361,305,398	$894,424,821,645
2024	$1,227,543,925,316	$936,564,198,049

Netherlands and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Netherlands

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Netherlands	Switzerland
1960	$1,156	$1,954
1961	$1,254	$2,155
1962	$1,342	$2,330
1963	$1,437	$2,508
1964	$1,668	$2,735
1965	$1,848	$2,865
1966	$1,986	$3,045
1967	$2,155	$3,237
1968	$2,364	$3,413
1969	$2,647	$3,657
1970	$2,931	$4,044
1971	$3,384	$4,835
1972	$4,110	$5,885
1973	$5,353	$7,856
1974	$6,450	$9,005
1975	$7,346	$10,328
1976	$7,937	$10,865
1977	$9,180	$11,644
1978	$11,196	$16,282
1979	$12,817	$18,266
1980	$13,812	$19,394
1981	$11,537	$17,665
1982	$11,089	$18,000
1983	$10,696	$17,859
1984	$9,992	$16,991
1985	$9,941	$17,152
1986	$13,804	$24,460
1987	$16,734	$30,441
1988	$17,771	$32,690
1989	$17,423	$31,309
1990	$21,322	$39,575
1991	$21,764	$39,544
1992	$23,939	$40,714
1993	$23,156	$39,237
1994	$24,683	$43,092
1995	$29,301	$50,114
1996	$29,064	$48,093
1997	$26,745	$41,584
1998	$27,924	$42,681
1999	$28,319	$41,696
2000	$26,225	$38,865
2001	$26,956	$39,639
2002	$29,447	$42,459
2003	$35,897	$49,336
2004	$40,611	$54,659
2005	$42,165	$56,243
2006	$45,124	$59,011
2007	$52,101	$64,989
2008	$58,247	$74,175
2009	$53,172	$71,568
2010	$51,306	$76,531
2011	$54,702	$90,477
2012	$50,474	$85,836
2013	$52,602	$87,304
2014	$53,457	$88,725
2015	$45,794	$83,806
2016	$46,809	$82,153
2017	$49,514	$82,254
2018	$53,955	$85,217
2019	$53,555	$84,122
2020	$53,468	$85,898
2021	$60,142	$93,665
2022	$59,123	$94,395
2023	$64,572	$100,632
2024	$68,219	$103,670

Netherlands vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Netherlands

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Netherlands	Switzerland
1950	71.4	68.9
1951	71.5	68.7
1952	72.1	69.6
1953	71.7	69.5
1954	72.4	70
1955	72.5	70.1
1956	72.5	70.2
1957	73	70.5
1958	73.1	71.3
1959	73.2	71.5
1960	73.4	71.4
1961	73.6	71.7
1962	73.2	71.3
1963	73.4	71.3
1964	73.7	72.2
1965	73.6	72.3
1966	73.6	72.4
1967	73.8	72.7
1968	73.6	72.7
1969	73.6	72.7
1970	73.6	73.1
1971	73.9	73.2
1972	73.8	73.8
1973	74.2	74.1
1974	74.6	74.4
1975	74.6	74.8
1976	74.7	74.9
1977	75.3	75.4
1978	75.2	75.3
1979	75.6	75.6
1980	75.8	75.6
1981	76	75.8
1982	76.1	76.2
1983	76.3	76.2
1984	76.3	76.8
1985	76.4	76.9
1986	76.4	77
1987	76.8	77.3
1988	77	77.4
1989	76.8	77.6
1990	77	77.4
1991	77.2	77.6
1992	77.4	77.9
1993	77	78.2
1994	77.5	78.5
1995	77.6	78.6
1996	77.6	79
1997	77.9	79.2
1998	78	79.5
1999	78	79.7
2000	78.1	79.8
2001	78.3	80.3
2002	78.4	80.4
2003	78.7	80.5
2004	79.2	81.1
2005	79.5	81.2
2006	79.8	81.5
2007	80.3	81.7
2008	80.4	82
2009	80.7	82
2010	80.8	82.3
2011	81.1	82.6
2012	81.1	82.6
2013	81.3	82.7
2014	81.7	83.1
2015	81.5	82.8
2016	81.6	83.4
2017	81.7	83.4
2018	81.8	83.6
2019	82.1	83.8
2020	81.4	83.1
2021	81.4	83.6
2022	81.9	83.2
2023	82.2	84
2024	82.3	84.1
2025	82.4	84.2

Netherlands and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Netherlands

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Netherlands	Switzerland
1960	11,486,631	5,327,827
1961	11,638,712	5,434,294
1962	11,805,689	5,573,815
1963	11,965,966	5,694,247
1964	12,127,120	5,789,228
1965	12,294,732	5,856,472
1966	12,456,251	5,918,002
1967	12,598,201	5,991,785
1968	12,729,721	6,067,714
1969	12,877,984	6,136,387
1970	13,038,526	6,180,877
1971	13,194,497	6,213,399
1972	13,328,593	6,260,956
1973	13,439,322	6,307,347
1974	13,545,056	6,341,405
1975	13,666,335	6,338,632
1976	13,774,037	6,302,504
1977	13,856,185	6,281,174
1978	13,941,700	6,281,738
1979	14,038,270	6,294,365
1980	14,149,800	6,319,408
1981	14,247,208	6,354,074
1982	14,312,690	6,391,309
1983	14,367,070	6,418,773
1984	14,424,211	6,441,865
1985	14,491,632	6,470,365
1986	14,572,278	6,504,124
1987	14,665,037	6,545,106
1988	14,760,094	6,593,386
1989	14,848,907	6,646,912
1990	14,951,510	6,715,519
1991	15,069,798	6,799,978
1992	15,184,166	6,875,364
1993	15,290,368	6,938,265
1994	15,382,838	6,993,795
1995	15,459,006	7,040,687
1996	15,530,498	7,071,850
1997	15,610,650	7,088,906
1998	15,707,209	7,110,001
1999	15,812,088	7,143,991
2000	15,925,513	7,184,250
2001	16,046,180	7,229,854
2002	16,148,929	7,284,753
2003	16,225,302	7,339,001
2004	16,281,779	7,389,625
2005	16,319,868	7,437,115
2006	16,346,101	7,483,934
2007	16,381,696	7,551,117
2008	16,445,593	7,647,675
2009	16,530,388	7,743,831
2010	16,615,394	7,824,909
2011	16,693,074	7,912,398
2012	16,754,962	7,996,861
2013	16,804,432	8,089,346
2014	16,865,008	8,188,649
2015	16,939,923	8,282,396
2016	17,030,314	8,373,338
2017	17,131,296	8,451,840
2018	17,231,624	8,514,329
2019	17,344,874	8,575,280
2020	17,441,500	8,638,167
2021	17,533,044	8,704,546
2022	17,700,982	8,777,088
2023	17,877,117	8,888,093
2024	17,994,237	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Netherlands and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Netherlands

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Netherlands	Switzerland
1960	3.12	2.44
1961	3.22	2.52
1962	3.18	2.58
1963	3.19	2.65
1964	3.17	2.66
1965	3.04	2.59
1966	2.9	2.5
1967	2.81	2.39
1968	2.72	2.29
1969	2.75	2.19
1970	2.57	2.1
1971	2.36	2.04
1972	2.15	1.91
1973	1.9	1.81
1974	1.77	1.73
1975	1.66	1.61
1976	1.63	1.55
1977	1.58	1.53
1978	1.58	1.51
1979	1.56	1.52
1980	1.6	1.55
1981	1.56	1.55
1982	1.5	1.56
1983	1.47	1.52
1984	1.49	1.53
1985	1.51	1.52
1986	1.55	1.53
1987	1.56	1.52
1988	1.55	1.57
1989	1.55	1.56
1990	1.62	1.58
1991	1.61	1.58
1992	1.59	1.58
1993	1.57	1.51
1994	1.57	1.49
1995	1.53	1.48
1996	1.53	1.5
1997	1.56	1.48
1998	1.63	1.47
1999	1.65	1.48
2000	1.72	1.5
2001	1.71	1.38
2002	1.73	1.39
2003	1.75	1.39
2004	1.72	1.42
2005	1.71	1.42
2006	1.72	1.44
2007	1.72	1.46
2008	1.77	1.48
2009	1.79	1.5
2010	1.79	1.52
2011	1.76	1.52
2012	1.72	1.52
2013	1.68	1.52
2014	1.71	1.54
2015	1.66	1.54
2016	1.66	1.54
2017	1.62	1.52
2018	1.59	1.52
2019	1.57	1.48
2020	1.54	1.46
2021	1.62	1.52
2022	1.49	1.39
2023	1.43	1.33

Netherlands and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Netherlands

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Netherlands	Switzerland
1960	28.8	32.6
1961	28.8	32.4
1962	28.7	32
1963	28.7	31.7
1964	28.6	31.5
1965	28.6	31.6
1966	28.6	31.6
1967	28.5	31.6
1968	28.6	31.7
1969	28.6	31.7
1970	28.6	32
1971	28.7	32.2
1972	28.9	32.3
1973	29	32.5
1974	29.3	32.7
1975	29.4	33.1
1976	29.8	33.5
1977	30.3	33.8
1978	30.7	34.2
1979	31	34.5
1980	31.3	34.8
1981	31.6	35
1982	31.9	35.3
1983	32.3	35.6
1984	32.6	35.9
1985	32.9	36.1
1986	33.2	36.3
1987	33.5	36.5
1988	33.8	36.7
1989	34.1	36.8
1990	34.3	36.9
1991	34.6	36.9
1992	34.8	36.9
1993	35.1	37
1994	35.4	37.1
1995	35.7	37.3
1996	36.1	37.6
1997	36.4	37.9
1998	36.7	38.2
1999	37	38.4
2000	37.3	38.7
2001	37.5	39
2002	37.8	39.3
2003	38.1	39.6
2004	38.5	39.9
2005	38.9	40.3
2006	39.3	40.6
2007	39.7	40.9
2008	40	41.1
2009	40.3	41.3
2010	40.7	41.5
2011	41	41.6
2012	41.3	41.8
2013	41.6	42
2014	41.8	42.1
2015	42	42.2
2016	42.2	42.3
2017	42.3	42.4
2018	42.4	42.5
2019	42.5	42.6
2020	42.5	42.7
2021	42.6	42.8
2022	42.5	43
2023	42.4	43.4
2024	42.4	43.7

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