Population in Australia compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Netherlands	Australia	Netherlands
1960	10,276,477	11,486,631	-	-
1961	10,483,000	11,638,712	2.01%	1.32%
1962	10,742,000	11,805,689	2.47%	1.43%
1963	10,950,000	11,965,966	1.94%	1.36%
1964	11,167,000	12,127,120	1.98%	1.35%
1965	11,388,000	12,294,732	1.98%	1.38%
1966	11,651,000	12,456,251	2.31%	1.31%
1967	11,799,000	12,598,201	1.27%	1.14%
1968	12,009,000	12,729,721	1.78%	1.04%
1969	12,263,000	12,877,984	2.12%	1.16%
1970	12,507,000	13,038,526	1.99%	1.25%
1971	12,937,000	13,194,497	3.44%	1.2%
1972	13,177,000	13,328,593	1.86%	1.02%
1973	13,380,000	13,439,322	1.54%	0.83%
1974	13,723,000	13,545,056	2.56%	0.79%
1975	13,893,000	13,666,335	1.24%	0.9%
1976	14,033,000	13,774,037	1.01%	0.79%
1977	14,192,000	13,856,185	1.13%	0.6%
1978	14,358,000	13,941,700	1.17%	0.62%
1979	14,514,000	14,038,270	1.09%	0.69%
1980	14,692,000	14,149,800	1.23%	0.79%
1981	14,923,260	14,247,208	1.57%	0.69%
1982	15,184,247	14,312,690	1.75%	0.46%
1983	15,393,472	14,367,070	1.38%	0.38%
1984	15,579,391	14,424,211	1.21%	0.4%
1985	15,788,312	14,491,632	1.34%	0.47%
1986	16,018,350	14,572,278	1.46%	0.56%
1987	16,263,874	14,665,037	1.53%	0.64%
1988	16,532,164	14,760,094	1.65%	0.65%
1989	16,814,416	14,848,907	1.71%	0.6%
1990	17,065,128	14,951,510	1.49%	0.69%
1991	17,284,036	15,069,798	1.28%	0.79%
1992	17,478,635	15,184,166	1.13%	0.76%
1993	17,634,808	15,290,368	0.89%	0.7%
1994	17,805,468	15,382,838	0.97%	0.6%
1995	18,004,882	15,459,006	1.12%	0.5%
1996	18,224,767	15,530,498	1.22%	0.46%
1997	18,423,037	15,610,650	1.09%	0.52%
1998	18,607,584	15,707,209	1%	0.62%
1999	18,812,264	15,812,088	1.1%	0.67%
2000	19,028,802	15,925,513	1.15%	0.72%
2001	19,274,701	16,046,180	1.29%	0.76%
2002	19,495,210	16,148,929	1.14%	0.64%
2003	19,720,737	16,225,302	1.16%	0.47%
2004	19,932,722	16,281,779	1.07%	0.35%
2005	20,176,844	16,319,868	1.22%	0.23%
2006	20,450,966	16,346,101	1.36%	0.16%
2007	20,827,622	16,381,696	1.84%	0.22%
2008	21,249,199	16,445,593	2.02%	0.39%
2009	21,691,653	16,530,388	2.08%	0.52%
2010	22,031,750	16,615,394	1.57%	0.51%
2011	22,340,024	16,693,074	1.4%	0.47%
2012	22,733,465	16,754,962	1.76%	0.37%
2013	23,128,129	16,804,432	1.74%	0.3%
2014	23,475,686	16,865,008	1.5%	0.36%
2015	23,815,995	16,939,923	1.45%	0.44%
2016	24,190,907	17,030,314	1.57%	0.53%
2017	24,592,588	17,131,296	1.66%	0.59%
2018	24,963,258	17,231,624	1.51%	0.59%
2019	25,334,826	17,344,874	1.49%	0.66%
2020	25,649,248	17,441,500	1.24%	0.56%
2021	25,685,412	17,533,044	0.14%	0.52%
2022	26,014,399	17,700,982	1.28%	0.96%
2023	26,652,777	17,877,117	2.45%	1%
2024	27,204,809	17,994,237	2.07%	0.66%
2025	27,470,426	18,110,800	0.98%	0.65%
2026	27,728,157	18,211,436	0.94%	0.56%
2027	27,979,877	18,299,531	0.91%	0.48%
2028	28,228,958	18,379,573	0.89%	0.44%
2029	28,471,054	18,452,044	0.86%	0.39%
2030	28,707,292	18,515,913	0.83%	0.35%
2031	28,940,769	18,571,934	0.81%	0.3%
2032	29,169,013	18,621,087	0.79%	0.26%
2033	29,392,748	18,664,975	0.77%	0.24%
2034	29,614,137	18,702,456	0.75%	0.2%
2035	29,835,307	18,733,223	0.75%	0.16%
2036	30,056,752	18,760,054	0.74%	0.14%
2037	30,273,692	18,781,793	0.72%	0.12%
2038	30,488,994	18,798,283	0.71%	0.09%
2039	30,703,245	18,810,276	0.7%	0.06%
2040	30,916,122	18,817,745	0.69%	0.04%
2041	31,132,858	18,820,870	0.7%	0.02%
2042	31,352,893	18,819,607	0.71%	-0.007%
2043	31,572,750	18,815,261	0.7%	-0.02%
2044	31,790,565	18,807,564	0.69%	-0.04%
2045	32,009,555	18,797,005	0.69%	-0.06%
2046	32,232,946	18,785,724	0.7%	-0.06%
2047	32,452,651	18,771,651	0.68%	-0.07%
2048	32,672,016	18,754,325	0.68%	-0.09%
2049	32,891,546	18,735,299	0.67%	-0.1%
2050	33,105,190	18,714,579	0.65%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.