Netherlands vs United Kingdom statistics compared

The Netherlands has a population of 18M (ranked 72/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). The Netherlands' land area is 13,000 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 134th vs. 78th).

By GDP, The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Netherlands and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Netherlands and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Netherlands	United Kingdom
1960	$13,282,979,015	$73,233,967,692
1961	$14,599,836,396	$77,741,965,703
1962	$15,847,582,341	$81,247,564,157
1963	$17,193,744,109	$86,561,961,812
1964	$20,232,048,553	$94,407,558,351
1965	$22,721,869,808	$101,824,755,079
1966	$24,741,480,717	$108,572,752,102
1967	$27,143,828,099	$113,116,888,211
1968	$30,097,635,751	$107,759,910,068
1969	$34,086,038,090	$116,464,702,803
1970	$38,220,884,519	$130,671,946,244
1971	$44,644,730,576	$148,113,896,325
1972	$54,787,070,173	$169,965,034,965
1973	$71,946,639,603	$192,537,971,583
1974	$87,371,810,804	$206,131,369,799
1975	$100,397,061,694	$241,756,637,168
1976	$109,329,386,564	$232,614,555,256
1977	$127,203,923,857	$263,066,457,352
1978	$156,089,077,205	$335,883,029,722
1979	$179,933,827,310	$438,994,070,309
1980	$195,439,301,707	$564,947,710,899
1981	$164,375,775,854	$540,765,675,241
1982	$158,712,765,536	$515,048,916,841
1983	$153,671,294,109	$489,618,008,186
1984	$144,124,462,912	$461,487,097,632
1985	$144,057,523,222	$489,285,164,271
1986	$201,157,708,221	$601,452,653,181
1987	$245,406,949,521	$745,162,608,269
1988	$262,295,966,105	$910,122,732,124
1989	$258,716,904,292	$926,884,816,754
1990	$318,799,003,994	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$327,982,316,124	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$363,497,050,125	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$354,070,495,966	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$379,688,232,232	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$452,967,334,614	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$451,372,549,020	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$417,506,211,882	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$438,612,530,549	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$447,778,514,140	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$417,649,282,154	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$432,536,219,669	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$475,529,972,123	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$582,435,617,082	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$661,224,886,143	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$688,133,699,636	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$737,593,995,289	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$853,499,460,873	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$957,901,566,041	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$878,954,223,140	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$852,464,982,433	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$913,140,741,333	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$845,689,017,066	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$883,951,539,007	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$901,556,501,756	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$775,743,675,303	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$797,163,949,290	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$848,233,537,846	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$929,733,599,797	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$928,903,005,576	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$932,560,861,701	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$1,054,472,123,450	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$1,046,540,797,549	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$1,154,361,305,398	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$1,227,543,925,316	$3,643,834,188,783

Netherlands and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Netherlands	United Kingdom
1960	$1,156	$1,398
1961	$1,254	$1,472
1962	$1,342	$1,526
1963	$1,437	$1,613
1964	$1,668	$1,748
1965	$1,848	$1,874
1966	$1,986	$1,987
1967	$2,155	$2,059
1968	$2,364	$1,952
1969	$2,647	$2,101
1970	$2,931	$2,348
1971	$3,384	$2,650
1972	$4,110	$3,030
1973	$5,353	$3,426
1974	$6,450	$3,666
1975	$7,346	$4,300
1976	$7,937	$4,138
1977	$9,180	$4,681
1978	$11,196	$5,977
1979	$12,817	$7,805
1980	$13,812	$10,032
1981	$11,537	$9,599
1982	$11,089	$9,146
1983	$10,696	$8,692
1984	$9,992	$8,179
1985	$9,941	$8,652
1986	$13,804	$10,611
1987	$16,734	$13,119
1988	$17,771	$15,987
1989	$17,423	$16,239
1990	$21,322	$19,095
1991	$21,764	$19,901
1992	$23,939	$20,487
1993	$23,156	$18,389
1994	$24,683	$19,709
1995	$29,301	$23,169
1996	$29,064	$24,406
1997	$26,745	$26,766
1998	$27,924	$28,275
1999	$28,319	$28,762
2000	$26,225	$28,281
2001	$26,956	$27,907
2002	$29,447	$30,078
2003	$35,897	$34,443
2004	$40,611	$40,367
2005	$42,165	$42,105
2006	$45,124	$44,512
2007	$52,101	$50,398
2008	$58,247	$47,396
2009	$53,172	$38,744
2010	$51,306	$39,599
2011	$54,702	$42,110
2012	$50,474	$42,490
2013	$52,602	$43,419
2014	$53,457	$47,427
2015	$45,794	$44,984
2016	$46,809	$40,988
2017	$49,514	$40,629
2018	$53,955	$43,315
2019	$53,555	$42,794
2020	$53,468	$40,405
2021	$60,142	$46,926
2022	$59,123	$46,063
2023	$64,572	$49,201
2024	$68,219	$52,637

Netherlands vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Netherlands	United Kingdom
1950	71.4	68.6
1951	71.5	68.2
1952	72.1	69.5
1953	71.7	69.8
1954	72.4	70.2
1955	72.5	70.1
1956	72.5	70.4
1957	73	70.5
1958	73.1	70.7
1959	73.2	70.8
1960	73.4	71
1961	73.6	70.8
1962	73.2	70.9
1963	73.4	70.8
1964	73.7	71.5
1965	73.6	71.5
1966	73.6	71.4
1967	73.8	72.1
1968	73.6	71.7
1969	73.6	71.7
1970	73.6	71.9
1971	73.9	72.2
1972	73.8	72
1973	74.2	72.2
1974	74.6	72.4
1975	74.6	72.7
1976	74.7	72.6
1977	75.3	73.1
1978	75.2	73
1979	75.6	73.2
1980	75.8	73.6
1981	76	73.9
1982	76.1	74
1983	76.3	74.3
1984	76.3	74.7
1985	76.4	74.5
1986	76.4	74.8
1987	76.8	75.1
1988	77	75.3
1989	76.8	75.4
1990	77	75.7
1991	77.2	75.9
1992	77.4	76.3
1993	77	76.2
1994	77.5	76.7
1995	77.6	76.6
1996	77.6	76.9
1997	77.9	77.1
1998	78	77.3
1999	78	77.4
2000	78.1	77.8
2001	78.3	78.1
2002	78.4	78.2
2003	78.7	78.3
2004	79.2	78.9
2005	79.5	79.1
2006	79.8	79.3
2007	80.3	79.5
2008	80.4	79.7
2009	80.7	80.2
2010	80.8	80.4
2011	81.1	80.8
2012	81.1	80.9
2013	81.3	80.9
2014	81.7	81.2
2015	81.5	80.9
2016	81.6	81.1
2017	81.7	81.2
2018	81.8	81.1
2019	82.1	81.4
2020	81.4	80.4
2021	81.4	80.7
2022	81.9	81.1
2023	82.2	81.3
2024	82.3	81.4
2025	82.4	81.6

Netherlands and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Netherlands	United Kingdom
1960	11,486,631	52,400,000
1961	11,638,712	52,800,000
1962	11,805,689	53,250,000
1963	11,965,966	53,650,000
1964	12,127,120	54,000,000
1965	12,294,732	54,348,050
1966	12,456,251	54,648,500
1967	12,598,201	54,943,600
1968	12,729,721	55,211,700
1969	12,877,984	55,441,750
1970	13,038,526	55,663,250
1971	13,194,497	55,896,223
1972	13,328,593	56,086,065
1973	13,439,322	56,194,527
1974	13,545,056	56,229,974
1975	13,666,335	56,225,800
1976	13,774,037	56,211,968
1977	13,856,185	56,193,492
1978	13,941,700	56,196,504
1979	14,038,270	56,246,951
1980	14,149,800	56,314,216
1981	14,247,208	56,333,829
1982	14,312,690	56,313,641
1983	14,367,070	56,332,848
1984	14,424,211	56,422,072
1985	14,491,632	56,550,268
1986	14,572,278	56,681,396
1987	14,665,037	56,802,050
1988	14,760,094	56,928,327
1989	14,848,907	57,076,711
1990	14,951,510	57,247,586
1991	15,069,798	57,424,897
1992	15,184,166	57,580,402
1993	15,290,368	57,718,614
1994	15,382,838	57,865,745
1995	15,459,006	58,019,030
1996	15,530,498	58,166,950
1997	15,610,650	58,316,954
1998	15,707,209	58,487,141
1999	15,812,088	58,682,466
2000	15,925,513	58,892,514
2001	16,046,180	59,119,673
2002	16,148,929	59,370,479
2003	16,225,302	59,647,577
2004	16,281,779	59,987,905
2005	16,319,868	60,401,206
2006	16,346,101	60,846,820
2007	16,381,696	61,322,463
2008	16,445,593	61,806,995
2009	16,530,388	62,276,270
2010	16,615,394	62,766,365
2011	16,693,074	63,258,810
2012	16,754,962	63,711,000
2013	16,804,432	64,139,000
2014	16,865,008	64,620,000
2015	16,939,923	65,088,000
2016	17,030,314	65,607,000
2017	17,131,296	65,966,000
2018	17,231,624	66,289,000
2019	17,344,874	66,631,000
2020	17,441,500	66,744,000
2021	17,533,044	66,984,000
2022	17,700,982	67,604,000
2023	17,877,117	68,492,000
2024	17,994,237	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Netherlands and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Netherlands	United Kingdom
1960	3.12	2.69
1961	3.22	2.78
1962	3.18	2.86
1963	3.19	2.88
1964	3.17	2.93
1965	3.04	2.86
1966	2.9	2.78
1967	2.81	2.68
1968	2.72	2.6
1969	2.75	2.51
1970	2.57	2.44
1971	2.36	2.41
1972	2.15	2.2
1973	1.9	2.04
1974	1.77	1.92
1975	1.66	1.81
1976	1.63	1.74
1977	1.58	1.69
1978	1.58	1.75
1979	1.56	1.86
1980	1.6	1.9
1981	1.56	1.82
1982	1.5	1.78
1983	1.47	1.77
1984	1.49	1.77
1985	1.51	1.79
1986	1.55	1.78
1987	1.56	1.81
1988	1.55	1.82
1989	1.55	1.79
1990	1.62	1.83
1991	1.61	1.82
1992	1.59	1.79
1993	1.57	1.76
1994	1.57	1.74
1995	1.53	1.71
1996	1.53	1.73
1997	1.56	1.72
1998	1.63	1.71
1999	1.65	1.68
2000	1.72	1.64
2001	1.71	1.63
2002	1.73	1.63
2003	1.75	1.7
2004	1.72	1.75
2005	1.71	1.76
2006	1.72	1.82
2007	1.72	1.86
2008	1.77	1.91
2009	1.79	1.89
2010	1.79	1.92
2011	1.76	1.91
2012	1.72	1.92
2013	1.68	1.83
2014	1.71	1.81
2015	1.66	1.8
2016	1.66	1.79
2017	1.62	1.74
2018	1.59	1.68
2019	1.57	1.63
2020	1.54	1.57
2021	1.62	1.58
2022	1.49	1.56
2023	1.43	1.56

Netherlands and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Netherlands	United Kingdom
1960	28.8	35.5
1961	28.8	35.4
1962	28.7	35.3
1963	28.7	35.3
1964	28.6	35.2
1965	28.6	35.1
1966	28.6	34.9
1967	28.5	34.8
1968	28.6	34.6
1969	28.6	34.4
1970	28.6	34.2
1971	28.7	34.1
1972	28.9	34
1973	29	34
1974	29.3	34
1975	29.4	34
1976	29.8	34
1977	30.3	34.1
1978	30.7	34.2
1979	31	34.3
1980	31.3	34.4
1981	31.6	34.5
1982	31.9	34.8
1983	32.3	35
1984	32.6	35.2
1985	32.9	35.3
1986	33.2	35.4
1987	33.5	35.4
1988	33.8	35.7
1989	34.1	35.9
1990	34.3	36
1991	34.6	36.1
1992	34.8	36.2
1993	35.1	36.3
1994	35.4	36.5
1995	35.7	36.6
1996	36.1	36.8
1997	36.4	37
1998	36.7	37.2
1999	37	37.4
2000	37.3	37.7
2001	37.5	37.9
2002	37.8	38.1
2003	38.1	38.2
2004	38.5	38.4
2005	38.9	38.5
2006	39.3	38.6
2007	39.7	38.8
2008	40	38.9
2009	40.3	39
2010	40.7	39.2
2011	41	39.3
2012	41.3	39.5
2013	41.6	39.6
2014	41.8	39.7
2015	42	39.8
2016	42.2	39.8
2017	42.3	39.9
2018	42.4	40
2019	42.5	40.1
2020	42.5	40.2
2021	42.6	40.3
2022	42.5	40.5
2023	42.4	40.8
2024	42.4	41

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