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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Austria was 9,178,482 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Austria's population is 9,171,198 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • The Netherlands' population is 1.98 times bigger than Austria's.
  • Austria is ranked the 99th most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.33% of the world: 0.11% for Austria vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, Austria has had an average growth rate of +0.72% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Austria has increased from 8.23M people to 9.17M (11.5% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
  • The Netherlands is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 18.8M people, while Austria's population already peaked in 2024 at 9.18M people and is projected to decrease to 7.45M people by 2100.

Austria vs Netherlands: live population counter

Austria Netherlands
Current population
9171198
18191638
Population rank 99/197 72/197
Percent of world population 0.11% 0.22%
One net population change
11.2 minutes
4.49 minutes
One birth every
6.77 minutes
3.2 minutes
One death every
5.87 minutes
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
59.6 minutes
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change +8,813 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +128 +321
Annual growth/decline +46,721 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +0.51% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 132/197 122/197

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

Austria
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Austria Netherlands Austria Netherlands
1960 7,047,539 11,486,631 - -
1961 7,086,299 11,638,712 0.55% 1.32%
1962 7,129,864 11,805,689 0.61% 1.43%
1963 7,175,811 11,965,966 0.64% 1.36%
1964 7,223,801 12,127,120 0.67% 1.35%
1965 7,270,889 12,294,732 0.65% 1.38%
1966 7,322,066 12,456,251 0.7% 1.31%
1967 7,376,998 12,598,201 0.75% 1.14%
1968 7,415,403 12,729,721 0.52% 1.04%
1969 7,441,055 12,877,984 0.35% 1.16%
1970 7,467,086 13,038,526 0.35% 1.25%
1971 7,500,482 13,194,497 0.45% 1.2%
1972 7,544,201 13,328,593 0.58% 1.02%
1973 7,586,115 13,439,322 0.56% 0.83%
1974 7,599,038 13,545,056 0.17% 0.79%
1975 7,578,903 13,666,335 -0.26% 0.9%
1976 7,565,525 13,774,037 -0.18% 0.79%
1977 7,568,430 13,856,185 0.04% 0.6%
1978 7,562,305 13,941,700 -0.08% 0.62%
1979 7,549,425 14,038,270 -0.17% 0.69%
1980 7,549,433 14,149,800 0% 0.79%
1981 7,568,710 14,247,208 0.26% 0.69%
1982 7,574,140 14,312,690 0.07% 0.46%
1983 7,561,910 14,367,070 -0.16% 0.38%
1984 7,561,434 14,424,211 -0.006% 0.4%
1985 7,564,985 14,491,632 0.05% 0.47%
1986 7,569,794 14,572,278 0.06% 0.56%
1987 7,574,586 14,665,037 0.06% 0.64%
1988 7,585,317 14,760,094 0.14% 0.65%
1989 7,619,567 14,848,907 0.45% 0.6%
1990 7,677,850 14,951,510 0.76% 0.69%
1991 7,754,891 15,069,798 1% 0.79%
1992 7,840,709 15,184,166 1.11% 0.76%
1993 7,905,633 15,290,368 0.83% 0.7%
1994 7,936,118 15,382,838 0.39% 0.6%
1995 7,948,278 15,459,006 0.15% 0.5%
1996 7,959,017 15,530,498 0.14% 0.46%
1997 7,968,041 15,610,650 0.11% 0.52%
1998 7,976,789 15,707,209 0.11% 0.62%
1999 7,992,324 15,812,088 0.19% 0.67%
2000 8,011,566 15,925,513 0.24% 0.72%
2001 8,042,293 16,046,180 0.38% 0.76%
2002 8,081,957 16,148,929 0.49% 0.64%
2003 8,121,423 16,225,302 0.49% 0.47%
2004 8,171,966 16,281,779 0.62% 0.35%
2005 8,227,829 16,319,868 0.68% 0.23%
2006 8,268,641 16,346,101 0.5% 0.16%
2007 8,295,487 16,381,696 0.32% 0.22%
2008 8,321,496 16,445,593 0.31% 0.39%
2009 8,343,323 16,530,388 0.26% 0.52%
2010 8,363,404 16,615,394 0.24% 0.51%
2011 8,391,643 16,693,074 0.34% 0.47%
2012 8,429,991 16,754,962 0.46% 0.37%
2013 8,479,823 16,804,432 0.59% 0.3%
2014 8,546,356 16,865,008 0.78% 0.36%
2015 8,642,699 16,939,923 1.13% 0.44%
2016 8,736,668 17,030,314 1.09% 0.53%
2017 8,797,566 17,131,296 0.7% 0.59%
2018 8,840,521 17,231,624 0.49% 0.59%
2019 8,879,920 17,344,874 0.45% 0.66%
2020 8,916,864 17,441,500 0.42% 0.56%
2021 8,955,797 17,533,044 0.44% 0.52%
2022 9,041,851 17,700,982 0.96% 0.96%
2023 9,131,761 17,877,117 0.99% 1%
2024 9,178,482 17,994,237 0.51% 0.66%
2025 9,171,198 18,110,800 -0.08% 0.65%
2026 9,164,846 18,211,436 -0.07% 0.56%
2027 9,159,036 18,299,531 -0.06% 0.48%
2028 9,153,783 18,379,573 -0.06% 0.44%
2029 9,147,235 18,452,044 -0.07% 0.39%
2030 9,137,754 18,515,913 -0.1% 0.35%
2031 9,126,423 18,571,934 -0.12% 0.3%
2032 9,113,762 18,621,087 -0.14% 0.26%
2033 9,100,660 18,664,975 -0.14% 0.24%
2034 9,086,498 18,702,456 -0.16% 0.2%
2035 9,071,197 18,733,223 -0.17% 0.16%
2036 9,056,140 18,760,054 -0.17% 0.14%
2037 9,039,487 18,781,793 -0.18% 0.12%
2038 9,023,097 18,798,283 -0.18% 0.09%
2039 9,007,376 18,810,276 -0.17% 0.06%
2040 8,990,550 18,817,745 -0.19% 0.04%
2041 8,973,934 18,820,870 -0.18% 0.02%
2042 8,956,944 18,819,607 -0.19% -0.007%
2043 8,939,342 18,815,261 -0.2% -0.02%
2044 8,920,544 18,807,564 -0.21% -0.04%
2045 8,900,652 18,797,005 -0.22% -0.06%
2046 8,879,996 18,785,724 -0.23% -0.06%
2047 8,857,554 18,771,651 -0.25% -0.07%
2048 8,833,340 18,754,325 -0.27% -0.09%
2049 8,807,087 18,735,299 -0.3% -0.1%
2050 8,779,494 18,714,579 -0.31% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Austria increased by 414,870 people (a 5.04% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Austria gained 528,499 (a 6.11% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2005 and is 99th 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) Austria's population will shrink by 4.27% to 8,779,494 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.

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