Netherlands vs Spain statistics compared

The Netherlands has a population of 18M (ranked 72/197), compared with 48.8M in Spain (ranked 32/197). The Netherlands' land area is 13,000 sq mi versus 192,934 sq mi for Spain (ranked 134th vs. 51st).

By GDP, The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T) and Spain ranks 14/197 ($1.72T). By GDP per capita, The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219), while Spain ranks 31/197 ($35,297).

Netherlands and Spain: Comparison Charts

Netherlands and Spain economies compared

GDP

Netherlands

Spain

Table

Year	GDP
	Netherlands	Spain
1960	$13,282,979,015	$12,424,514,014
1961	$14,599,836,396	$14,238,126,760
1962	$15,847,582,341	$16,609,632,791
1963	$17,193,744,109	$19,631,714,760
1964	$20,232,048,553	$21,966,876,027
1965	$22,721,869,808	$25,479,619,607
1966	$24,741,480,717	$29,559,436,183
1967	$27,143,828,099	$32,570,905,397
1968	$30,097,635,751	$32,394,326,464
1969	$34,086,038,090	$37,090,689,288
1970	$38,220,884,519	$40,963,715,237
1971	$44,644,730,576	$46,586,119,760
1972	$54,787,070,173	$59,090,176,029
1973	$71,946,639,603	$78,583,355,226
1974	$87,371,810,804	$97,204,522,642
1975	$100,397,061,694	$114,695,060,870
1976	$109,329,386,564	$118,422,534,195
1977	$127,203,923,857	$132,354,665,936
1978	$156,089,077,205	$160,484,969,618
1979	$179,933,827,310	$214,448,666,336
1980	$195,439,301,707	$232,600,556,974
1981	$164,375,775,854	$202,663,023,968
1982	$158,712,765,536	$195,856,752,991
1983	$153,671,294,109	$170,829,074,246
1984	$144,124,462,912	$171,979,977,230
1985	$144,057,523,222	$180,664,322,896
1986	$201,157,708,221	$251,141,555,186
1987	$245,406,949,521	$318,520,253,335
1988	$262,295,966,105	$375,891,716,898
1989	$258,716,904,292	$414,460,794,097
1990	$318,799,003,994	$536,175,326,477
1991	$327,982,316,124	$576,753,902,322
1992	$363,497,050,125	$630,465,353,486
1993	$354,070,495,966	$524,700,572,624
1994	$379,688,232,232	$530,183,651,720
1995	$452,967,334,614	$614,170,002,669
1996	$451,372,549,020	$642,251,412,058
1997	$417,506,211,882	$589,739,772,727
1998	$438,612,530,549	$618,731,484,575
1999	$447,778,514,140	$634,394,904,387
2000	$417,649,282,154	$598,102,854,756
2001	$432,536,219,669	$627,798,682,379
2002	$475,529,972,123	$708,938,227,244
2003	$582,435,617,082	$907,963,217,058
2004	$661,224,886,143	$1,069,829,382,515
2005	$688,133,699,636	$1,154,667,551,776
2006	$737,593,995,289	$1,261,846,683,275
2007	$853,499,460,873	$1,476,746,276,855
2008	$957,901,566,041	$1,636,115,447,613
2009	$878,954,223,140	$1,496,587,590,848
2010	$852,464,982,433	$1,427,989,078,917
2011	$913,140,741,333	$1,487,568,659,241
2012	$845,689,017,066	$1,330,994,811,670
2013	$883,951,539,007	$1,362,186,923,158
2014	$901,556,501,756	$1,380,244,561,362
2015	$775,743,675,303	$1,206,164,777,553
2016	$797,163,949,290	$1,243,015,667,917
2017	$848,233,537,846	$1,321,754,088,819
2018	$929,733,599,797	$1,431,642,809,327
2019	$928,903,005,576	$1,403,496,387,686
2020	$932,560,861,701	$1,289,783,836,971
2021	$1,054,472,123,450	$1,461,244,901,853
2022	$1,046,540,797,549	$1,446,498,147,749
2023	$1,154,361,305,398	$1,620,090,734,957
2024	$1,227,543,925,316	$1,722,745,978,335

Netherlands and Spain economies compared

GDP per capita

Netherlands

Spain

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Netherlands	Spain
1960	$1,156	$408
1961	$1,254	$463
1962	$1,342	$535
1963	$1,437	$627
1964	$1,668	$695
1965	$1,848	$797
1966	$1,986	$916
1967	$2,155	$997
1968	$2,364	$978
1969	$2,647	$1,109
1970	$2,931	$1,211
1971	$3,384	$1,361
1972	$4,110	$1,708
1973	$5,353	$2,246
1974	$6,450	$2,748
1975	$7,346	$3,208
1976	$7,937	$3,277
1977	$9,180	$3,625
1978	$11,196	$4,353
1979	$12,817	$5,766
1980	$13,812	$6,204
1981	$11,537	$5,367
1982	$11,089	$5,156
1983	$10,696	$4,475
1984	$9,992	$4,487
1985	$9,941	$4,696
1986	$13,804	$6,509
1987	$16,734	$8,234
1988	$17,771	$9,696
1989	$17,423	$10,674
1990	$21,322	$13,795
1991	$21,764	$14,801
1992	$23,939	$16,101
1993	$23,156	$13,330
1994	$24,683	$13,406
1995	$29,301	$15,461
1996	$29,064	$16,101
1997	$26,745	$14,722
1998	$27,924	$15,382
1999	$28,319	$15,708
2000	$26,225	$14,743
2001	$26,956	$15,368
2002	$29,447	$17,111
2003	$35,897	$21,522
2004	$40,611	$24,925
2005	$42,165	$26,451
2006	$45,124	$28,422
2007	$52,101	$32,652
2008	$58,247	$35,603
2009	$53,172	$32,280
2010	$51,306	$30,659
2011	$54,702	$31,825
2012	$50,474	$28,456
2013	$52,602	$29,229
2014	$53,457	$29,708
2015	$45,794	$25,982
2016	$46,809	$26,756
2017	$49,514	$28,381
2018	$53,955	$30,602
2019	$53,555	$29,787
2020	$53,468	$27,234
2021	$60,142	$30,799
2022	$59,123	$30,270
2023	$64,572	$33,509
2024	$68,219	$35,297

Netherlands vs. Spain life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Netherlands

Spain

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Netherlands	Spain
1950	71.4	61.8
1951	71.5	61.5
1952	72.1	64.8
1953	71.7	65.7
1954	72.4	66.9
1955	72.5	66.7
1956	72.5	66.8
1957	73	66.6
1958	73.1	68.8
1959	73.2	68.7
1960	73.4	69.2
1961	73.6	69.6
1962	73.2	69.6
1963	73.4	69.8
1964	73.7	70.5
1965	73.6	70.9
1966	73.6	71.2
1967	73.8	71.3
1968	73.6	71.7
1969	73.6	71.1
1970	73.6	72.1
1971	73.9	71.7
1972	73.8	73
1973	74.2	72.7
1974	74.6	73.1
1975	74.6	73.5
1976	74.7	73.8
1977	75.3	74.3
1978	75.2	74.5
1979	75.6	75
1980	75.8	75.5
1981	76	75.7
1982	76.1	76.3
1983	76.3	76.1
1984	76.3	76.5
1985	76.4	76.4
1986	76.4	76.7
1987	76.8	77
1988	77	76.9
1989	76.8	77
1990	77	77
1991	77.2	77.1
1992	77.4	77.6
1993	77	77.7
1994	77.5	78.1
1995	77.6	78.2
1996	77.6	78.3
1997	77.9	78.9
1998	78	78.9
1999	78	78.9
2000	78.1	79.4
2001	78.3	79.7
2002	78.4	79.8
2003	78.7	79.7
2004	79.2	80.3
2005	79.5	80.3
2006	79.8	81
2007	80.3	81
2008	80.4	81.3
2009	80.7	81.6
2010	80.8	82
2011	81.1	82.2
2012	81.1	82.2
2013	81.3	82.7
2014	81.7	82.8
2015	81.5	82.6
2016	81.6	83
2017	81.7	83
2018	81.8	83.1
2019	82.1	83.5
2020	81.4	82.2
2021	81.4	83
2022	81.9	82.4
2023	82.2	83.7
2024	82.3	83.8
2025	82.4	84

Netherlands and Spain population clocks and comparison

Population

Netherlands

Spain

Table

Year	Population
	Netherlands	Spain
1960	11,486,631	30,455,000
1961	11,638,712	30,739,250
1962	11,805,689	31,023,366
1963	11,965,966	31,296,651
1964	12,127,120	31,609,195
1965	12,294,732	31,954,292
1966	12,456,251	32,283,194
1967	12,598,201	32,682,947
1968	12,729,721	33,113,134
1969	12,877,984	33,441,054
1970	13,038,526	33,814,531
1971	13,194,497	34,224,490
1972	13,328,593	34,604,469
1973	13,439,322	34,988,947
1974	13,545,056	35,373,335
1975	13,666,335	35,757,900
1976	13,774,037	36,137,812
1977	13,856,185	36,511,638
1978	13,941,700	36,864,898
1979	14,038,270	37,191,330
1980	14,149,800	37,491,165
1981	14,247,208	37,758,631
1982	14,312,690	37,986,012
1983	14,367,070	38,171,525
1984	14,424,211	38,330,364
1985	14,491,632	38,469,512
1986	14,572,278	38,584,624
1987	14,665,037	38,684,815
1988	14,760,094	38,766,939
1989	14,848,907	38,827,764
1990	14,951,510	38,867,322
1991	15,069,798	38,966,376
1992	15,184,166	39,157,685
1993	15,290,368	39,361,262
1994	15,382,838	39,549,108
1995	15,459,006	39,724,050
1996	15,530,498	39,889,852
1997	15,610,650	40,057,389
1998	15,707,209	40,223,509
1999	15,812,088	40,386,875
2000	15,925,513	40,567,864
2001	16,046,180	40,850,412
2002	16,148,929	41,431,558
2003	16,225,302	42,187,645
2004	16,281,779	42,921,895
2005	16,319,868	43,653,155
2006	16,346,101	44,397,319
2007	16,381,696	45,226,803
2008	16,445,593	45,954,106
2009	16,530,388	46,362,946
2010	16,615,394	46,576,897
2011	16,693,074	46,742,697
2012	16,754,962	46,773,055
2013	16,804,432	46,604,197
2014	16,865,008	46,460,733
2015	16,939,923	46,422,303
2016	17,030,314	46,458,139
2017	17,131,296	46,571,232
2018	17,231,624	46,782,011
2019	17,344,874	47,118,501
2020	17,441,500	47,359,424
2021	17,533,044	47,443,821
2022	17,700,982	47,786,102
2023	17,877,117	48,347,910
2024	17,994,237	48,807,137

Fertility rates in Netherlands and Spain

Fertility rate

Netherlands

Spain

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Netherlands	Spain
1960	3.12	2.86
1961	3.22	2.77
1962	3.18	2.8
1963	3.19	2.88
1964	3.17	3.01
1965	3.04	2.94
1966	2.9	2.91
1967	2.81	2.94
1968	2.72	2.87
1969	2.75	2.86
1970	2.57	2.84
1971	2.36	2.9
1972	2.15	2.87
1973	1.9	2.84
1974	1.77	2.88
1975	1.66	2.77
1976	1.63	2.77
1977	1.58	2.65
1978	1.58	2.54
1979	1.56	2.37
1980	1.6	2.22
1981	1.56	2.04
1982	1.5	1.94
1983	1.47	1.8
1984	1.49	1.73
1985	1.51	1.64
1986	1.55	1.56
1987	1.56	1.49
1988	1.55	1.45
1989	1.55	1.4
1990	1.62	1.36
1991	1.61	1.33
1992	1.59	1.31
1993	1.57	1.26
1994	1.57	1.19
1995	1.53	1.16
1996	1.53	1.14
1997	1.56	1.15
1998	1.63	1.13
1999	1.65	1.17
2000	1.72	1.22
2001	1.71	1.23
2002	1.73	1.25
2003	1.75	1.3
2004	1.72	1.31
2005	1.71	1.33
2006	1.72	1.36
2007	1.72	1.38
2008	1.77	1.45
2009	1.79	1.38
2010	1.79	1.37
2011	1.76	1.34
2012	1.72	1.32
2013	1.68	1.27
2014	1.71	1.32
2015	1.66	1.33
2016	1.66	1.33
2017	1.62	1.31
2018	1.59	1.26
2019	1.57	1.23
2020	1.54	1.18
2021	1.62	1.18
2022	1.49	1.16
2023	1.43	1.12

Netherlands and Spain demographics compared

Median age

Netherlands

Spain

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Netherlands	Spain
1960	28.8	29.4
1961	28.8	29.6
1962	28.7	29.7
1963	28.7	29.9
1964	28.6	30.1
1965	28.6	30.2
1966	28.6	30.3
1967	28.5	30.4
1968	28.6	30.4
1969	28.6	30.2
1970	28.6	30.1
1971	28.7	30.1
1972	28.9	30
1973	29	30
1974	29.3	30
1975	29.4	30
1976	29.8	30.1
1977	30.3	30.2
1978	30.7	30.4
1979	31	30.6
1980	31.3	30.7
1981	31.6	30.9
1982	31.9	31.1
1983	32.3	31.4
1984	32.6	31.6
1985	32.9	31.9
1986	33.2	32.2
1987	33.5	32.5
1988	33.8	32.9
1989	34.1	33.2
1990	34.3	33.6
1991	34.6	33.9
1992	34.8	34.2
1993	35.1	34.6
1994	35.4	34.9
1995	35.7	35.3
1996	36.1	35.7
1997	36.4	36.2
1998	36.7	36.6
1999	37	37
2000	37.3	37.4
2001	37.5	37.8
2002	37.8	38.1
2003	38.1	38.3
2004	38.5	38.5
2005	38.9	38.8
2006	39.3	39
2007	39.7	39.2
2008	40	39.4
2009	40.3	39.8
2010	40.7	40.2
2011	41	40.6
2012	41.3	41.1
2013	41.6	41.7
2014	41.8	42.2
2015	42	42.7
2016	42.2	43.1
2017	42.3	43.5
2018	42.4	43.8
2019	42.5	44.1
2020	42.5	44.5
2021	42.6	44.9
2022	42.5	45.4
2023	42.4	45.9
2024	42.4	46.4

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