Netherlands vs North Korea statistics compared

The Netherlands has a population of 18M (ranked 72/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). The Netherlands' land area is 13,000 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 134th vs. 97th).

By GDP, The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Netherlands and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Netherlands and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Netherlands

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Netherlands	North Korea
1960	$13,282,979,015	-
1961	$14,599,836,396	-
1962	$15,847,582,341	-
1963	$17,193,744,109	-
1964	$20,232,048,553	-
1965	$22,721,869,808	-
1966	$24,741,480,717	-
1967	$27,143,828,099	-
1968	$30,097,635,751	-
1969	$34,086,038,090	-
1970	$38,220,884,519	-
1971	$44,644,730,576	-
1972	$54,787,070,173	-
1973	$71,946,639,603	-
1974	$87,371,810,804	-
1975	$100,397,061,694	-
1976	$109,329,386,564	-
1977	$127,203,923,857	-
1978	$156,089,077,205	-
1979	$179,933,827,310	-
1980	$195,439,301,707	-
1981	$164,375,775,854	-
1982	$158,712,765,536	-
1983	$153,671,294,109	-
1984	$144,124,462,912	-
1985	$144,057,523,222	-
1986	$201,157,708,221	-
1987	$245,406,949,521	-
1988	$262,295,966,105	-
1989	$258,716,904,292	-
1990	$318,799,003,994	-
1991	$327,982,316,124	-
1992	$363,497,050,125	-
1993	$354,070,495,966	-
1994	$379,688,232,232	-
1995	$452,967,334,614	-
1996	$451,372,549,020	-
1997	$417,506,211,882	-
1998	$438,612,530,549	-
1999	$447,778,514,140	-
2000	$417,649,282,154	-
2001	$432,536,219,669	-
2002	$475,529,972,123	-
2003	$582,435,617,082	-
2004	$661,224,886,143	-
2005	$688,133,699,636	-
2006	$737,593,995,289	-
2007	$853,499,460,873	-
2008	$957,901,566,041	-
2009	$878,954,223,140	$23,356,470,000
2010	$852,464,982,433	$25,995,513,000
2011	$913,140,741,333	$29,005,020,000
2012	$845,689,017,066	$29,890,710,000
2013	$883,951,539,007	$30,588,922,000
2014	$901,556,501,756	$30,554,460,000
2015	$775,743,675,303	$30,723,030,000
2016	$797,163,949,290	$28,882,640,000
2017	$848,233,537,846	$29,105,440,000
2018	$929,733,599,797	$28,536,400,000
2019	$928,903,005,576	$28,222,880,000
2020	$932,560,861,701	$27,728,240,000
2021	$1,054,472,123,450	$32,301,720,000
2022	$1,046,540,797,549	$28,971,360,000
2023	$1,154,361,305,398	$32,155,360,000
2024	$1,227,543,925,316	$34,943,120,000

Netherlands and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Netherlands

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Netherlands	North Korea
1960	$1,156	-
1961	$1,254	-
1962	$1,342	-
1963	$1,437	-
1964	$1,668	-
1965	$1,848	-
1966	$1,986	-
1967	$2,155	-
1968	$2,364	-
1969	$2,647	-
1970	$2,931	-
1971	$3,384	-
1972	$4,110	-
1973	$5,353	-
1974	$6,450	-
1975	$7,346	-
1976	$7,937	-
1977	$9,180	-
1978	$11,196	-
1979	$12,817	-
1980	$13,812	-
1981	$11,537	-
1982	$11,089	-
1983	$10,696	-
1984	$9,992	-
1985	$9,941	-
1986	$13,804	-
1987	$16,734	-
1988	$17,771	-
1989	$17,423	-
1990	$21,322	-
1991	$21,764	-
1992	$23,939	-
1993	$23,156	-
1994	$24,683	-
1995	$29,301	-
1996	$29,064	-
1997	$26,745	-
1998	$27,924	-
1999	$28,319	-
2000	$26,225	-
2001	$26,956	-
2002	$29,447	-
2003	$35,897	-
2004	$40,611	-
2005	$42,165	-
2006	$45,124	-
2007	$52,101	-
2008	$58,247	-
2009	$53,172	$939
2010	$51,306	$1,040
2011	$54,702	$1,156
2012	$50,474	$1,186
2013	$52,602	$1,208
2014	$53,457	$1,201
2015	$45,794	$1,201
2016	$46,809	$1,124
2017	$49,514	$1,127
2018	$53,955	$1,100
2019	$53,555	$1,084
2020	$53,468	$1,061
2021	$60,142	$1,231
2022	$59,123	$1,100
2023	$64,572	$1,217
2024	$68,219	$1,319

Netherlands vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Netherlands

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Netherlands	North Korea
1950	71.4	14.2
1951	71.5	17.7
1952	72.1	32.8
1953	71.7	40.3
1954	72.4	50.6
1955	72.5	51.8
1956	72.5	52.8
1957	73	53.7
1958	73.1	54.5
1959	73.2	55.2
1960	73.4	55.8
1961	73.6	56.4
1962	73.2	57
1963	73.4	57.6
1964	73.7	58.2
1965	73.6	58.8
1966	73.6	59.4
1967	73.8	60.1
1968	73.6	60.8
1969	73.6	61.4
1970	73.6	62
1971	73.9	62.7
1972	73.8	63.3
1973	74.2	63.8
1974	74.6	64.3
1975	74.6	64.8
1976	74.7	65.3
1977	75.3	65.8
1978	75.2	66.3
1979	75.6	66.7
1980	75.8	67.2
1981	76	67.7
1982	76.1	68.1
1983	76.3	68.5
1984	76.3	68.9
1985	76.4	69.2
1986	76.4	69.5
1987	76.8	69.8
1988	77	70.1
1989	76.8	70.3
1990	77	70.5
1991	77.2	70.7
1992	77.4	71
1993	77	70.8
1994	77.5	70.5
1995	77.6	60.8
1996	77.6	60.8
1997	77.9	60.9
1998	78	60.9
1999	78	60.9
2000	78.1	60.9
2001	78.3	60.9
2002	78.4	60.9
2003	78.7	69.4
2004	79.2	69.3
2005	79.5	69.2
2006	79.8	69.1
2007	80.3	69
2008	80.4	69.3
2009	80.7	69.7
2010	80.8	70.2
2011	81.1	70.8
2012	81.1	71.3
2013	81.3	71.9
2014	81.7	72.5
2015	81.5	72.8
2016	81.6	73
2017	81.7	73
2018	81.8	73
2019	82.1	72.9
2020	81.4	72.8
2021	81.4	73.4
2022	81.9	73.6
2023	82.2	73.6
2024	82.3	73.7
2025	82.4	73.9

Netherlands and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Netherlands

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Netherlands	North Korea
1960	11,486,631	11,722,953
1961	11,638,712	11,990,713
1962	11,805,689	12,262,882
1963	11,965,966	12,567,057
1964	12,127,120	12,889,770
1965	12,294,732	13,219,369
1966	12,456,251	13,569,094
1967	12,598,201	13,958,350
1968	12,729,721	14,365,596
1969	12,877,984	14,767,615
1970	13,038,526	15,172,775
1971	13,194,497	15,572,457
1972	13,328,593	15,975,069
1973	13,439,322	16,350,367
1974	13,545,056	16,673,121
1975	13,666,335	16,971,055
1976	13,774,037	17,243,450
1977	13,856,185	17,492,798
1978	13,941,700	17,735,995
1979	14,038,270	17,983,470
1980	14,149,800	18,236,786
1981	14,247,208	18,501,295
1982	14,312,690	18,776,357
1983	14,367,070	19,054,034
1984	14,424,211	19,335,043
1985	14,491,632	19,620,388
1986	14,572,278	19,910,855
1987	14,665,037	20,205,483
1988	14,760,094	20,503,161
1989	14,848,907	20,804,367
1990	14,951,510	21,112,137
1991	15,069,798	21,428,638
1992	15,184,166	21,750,911
1993	15,290,368	22,073,352
1994	15,382,838	22,393,975
1995	15,459,006	22,669,304
1996	15,530,498	22,895,746
1997	15,610,650	23,110,830
1998	15,707,209	23,311,564
1999	15,812,088	23,497,599
2000	15,925,513	23,665,910
2001	16,046,180	23,815,358
2002	16,148,929	23,943,973
2003	16,225,302	24,090,380
2004	16,281,779	24,254,943
2005	16,319,868	24,396,433
2006	16,346,101	24,524,507
2007	16,381,696	24,646,383
2008	16,445,593	24,764,618
2009	16,530,388	24,878,332
2010	16,615,394	24,987,258
2011	16,693,074	25,097,874
2012	16,754,962	25,211,728
2013	16,804,432	25,329,451
2014	16,865,008	25,451,262
2015	16,939,923	25,575,350
2016	17,030,314	25,698,326
2017	17,131,296	25,817,709
2018	17,231,624	25,931,147
2019	17,344,874	26,037,632
2020	17,441,500	26,136,312
2021	17,533,044	26,232,534
2022	17,700,982	26,328,845
2023	17,877,117	26,418,204
2024	17,994,237	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Netherlands and North Korea

Fertility rate

Netherlands

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Netherlands	North Korea
1960	3.12	3.57
1961	3.22	3.26
1962	3.18	3.41
1963	3.19	3.63
1964	3.17	3.55
1965	3.04	3.56
1966	2.9	3.71
1967	2.81	4.05
1968	2.72	3.87
1969	2.75	3.86
1970	2.57	3.85
1971	2.36	3.74
1972	2.15	3.89
1973	1.9	3.35
1974	1.77	3.14
1975	1.66	3.05
1976	1.63	2.84
1977	1.58	2.77
1978	1.58	2.79
1979	1.56	2.85
1980	1.6	2.84
1981	1.56	2.92
1982	1.5	2.85
1983	1.47	2.78
1984	1.49	2.71
1985	1.51	2.65
1986	1.55	2.59
1987	1.56	2.53
1988	1.55	2.47
1989	1.55	2.41
1990	1.62	2.39
1991	1.61	2.35
1992	1.59	2.29
1993	1.57	2.22
1994	1.57	2.18
1995	1.53	2.15
1996	1.53	2.09
1997	1.56	2.03
1998	1.63	1.99
1999	1.65	1.97
2000	1.72	1.94
2001	1.71	1.94
2002	1.73	1.92
2003	1.75	1.91
2004	1.72	1.9
2005	1.71	1.87
2006	1.72	1.94
2007	1.72	1.94
2008	1.77	1.97
2009	1.79	1.91
2010	1.79	1.89
2011	1.76	1.88
2012	1.72	1.88
2013	1.68	1.88
2014	1.71	1.87
2015	1.66	1.86
2016	1.66	1.86
2017	1.62	1.85
2018	1.59	1.83
2019	1.57	1.83
2020	1.54	1.82
2021	1.62	1.81
2022	1.49	1.8
2023	1.43	1.78

Netherlands and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Netherlands

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Netherlands	North Korea
1960	28.8	19.9
1961	28.8	20.2
1962	28.7	20.6
1963	28.7	20.8
1964	28.6	21
1965	28.6	21.2
1966	28.6	21.3
1967	28.5	21.4
1968	28.6	21.4
1969	28.6	21.4
1970	28.6	21.4
1971	28.7	21.2
1972	28.9	20.9
1973	29	20.7
1974	29.3	20.7
1975	29.4	20.9
1976	29.8	21.1
1977	30.3	21.4
1978	30.7	21.8
1979	31	22.2
1980	31.3	22.5
1981	31.6	22.8
1982	31.9	23.1
1983	32.3	23.5
1984	32.6	23.9
1985	32.9	24.2
1986	33.2	24.5
1987	33.5	24.8
1988	33.8	25.1
1989	34.1	25.6
1990	34.3	26
1991	34.6	26.4
1992	34.8	26.8
1993	35.1	27.2
1994	35.4	27.6
1995	35.7	28
1996	36.1	28.3
1997	36.4	28.8
1998	36.7	29.2
1999	37	29.6
2000	37.3	30.1
2001	37.5	30.5
2002	37.8	31
2003	38.1	31.4
2004	38.5	31.8
2005	38.9	32.1
2006	39.3	32.5
2007	39.7	32.9
2008	40	33.3
2009	40.3	33.7
2010	40.7	34
2011	41	34.3
2012	41.3	34.5
2013	41.6	34.7
2014	41.8	35
2015	42	35.2
2016	42.2	35.4
2017	42.3	35.7
2018	42.4	35.9
2019	42.5	36.2
2020	42.5	36.4
2021	42.6	36.6
2022	42.5	36.8
2023	42.4	37.1
2024	42.4	37.3

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