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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	Netherlands	Belarus	Netherlands
1960	8,198,000	11,486,631	-	-
1961	8,271,216	11,638,712	0.89%	1.32%
1962	8,351,928	11,805,689	0.98%	1.43%
1963	8,437,232	11,965,966	1.02%	1.36%
1964	8,524,224	12,127,120	1.03%	1.35%
1965	8,610,000	12,294,732	1.01%	1.38%
1966	8,696,496	12,456,251	1%	1.31%
1967	8,785,648	12,598,201	1.03%	1.14%
1968	8,874,552	12,729,721	1.01%	1.04%
1969	8,960,304	12,877,984	0.97%	1.16%
1970	9,040,000	13,038,526	0.89%	1.25%
1971	9,115,576	13,194,497	0.84%	1.2%
1972	9,188,968	13,328,593	0.81%	1.02%
1973	9,257,272	13,439,322	0.74%	0.83%
1974	9,317,584	13,545,056	0.65%	0.79%
1975	9,367,000	13,666,335	0.53%	0.9%
1976	9,411,000	13,774,037	0.47%	0.79%
1977	9,463,000	13,856,185	0.55%	0.6%
1978	9,525,000	13,941,700	0.66%	0.62%
1979	9,584,000	14,038,270	0.62%	0.69%
1980	9,643,000	14,149,800	0.62%	0.79%
1981	9,710,000	14,247,208	0.69%	0.69%
1982	9,776,000	14,312,690	0.68%	0.46%
1983	9,843,000	14,367,070	0.69%	0.38%
1984	9,910,000	14,424,211	0.68%	0.4%
1985	9,975,000	14,491,632	0.66%	0.47%
1986	10,043,000	14,572,278	0.68%	0.56%
1987	10,111,000	14,665,037	0.68%	0.64%
1988	10,140,000	14,760,094	0.29%	0.65%
1989	10,170,000	14,848,907	0.3%	0.6%
1990	10,189,348	14,951,510	0.19%	0.69%
1991	10,194,050	15,069,798	0.05%	0.79%
1992	10,216,470	15,184,166	0.22%	0.76%
1993	10,239,050	15,290,368	0.22%	0.7%
1994	10,226,955	15,382,838	-0.12%	0.6%
1995	10,193,831	15,459,006	-0.32%	0.5%
1996	10,159,569	15,530,498	-0.34%	0.46%
1997	10,117,433	15,610,650	-0.41%	0.52%
1998	10,071,963	15,707,209	-0.45%	0.62%
1999	10,026,738	15,812,088	-0.45%	0.67%
2000	9,979,610	15,925,513	-0.47%	0.72%
2001	9,928,549	16,046,180	-0.51%	0.76%
2002	9,865,548	16,148,929	-0.63%	0.64%
2003	9,796,749	16,225,302	-0.7%	0.47%
2004	9,730,146	16,281,779	-0.68%	0.35%
2005	9,663,915	16,319,868	-0.68%	0.23%
2006	9,604,924	16,346,101	-0.61%	0.16%
2007	9,560,953	16,381,696	-0.46%	0.22%
2008	9,527,985	16,445,593	-0.34%	0.39%
2009	9,504,583	16,530,388	-0.25%	0.52%
2010	9,483,836	16,615,394	-0.22%	0.51%
2011	9,461,643	16,693,074	-0.23%	0.47%
2012	9,446,836	16,754,962	-0.16%	0.37%
2013	9,443,211	16,804,432	-0.04%	0.3%
2014	9,448,515	16,865,008	0.06%	0.36%
2015	9,461,076	16,939,923	0.13%	0.44%
2016	9,469,379	17,030,314	0.09%	0.53%
2017	9,458,989	17,131,296	-0.11%	0.59%
2018	9,438,785	17,231,624	-0.21%	0.59%
2019	9,419,758	17,344,874	-0.2%	0.66%
2020	9,379,952	17,441,500	-0.42%	0.56%
2021	9,302,585	17,533,044	-0.82%	0.52%
2022	9,228,071	17,700,982	-0.8%	0.96%
2023	9,178,298	17,877,117	-0.54%	1%
2024	9,133,712	17,994,237	-0.49%	0.66%
2025	9,074,112	18,110,800	-0.65%	0.65%
2026	9,013,013	18,211,436	-0.67%	0.56%
2027	8,951,103	18,299,531	-0.69%	0.48%
2028	8,888,816	18,379,573	-0.7%	0.44%
2029	8,825,470	18,452,044	-0.71%	0.39%
2030	8,761,505	18,515,913	-0.72%	0.35%
2031	8,697,799	18,571,934	-0.73%	0.3%
2032	8,634,092	18,621,087	-0.73%	0.26%
2033	8,570,188	18,664,975	-0.74%	0.24%
2034	8,506,564	18,702,456	-0.74%	0.2%
2035	8,443,463	18,733,223	-0.74%	0.16%
2036	8,380,891	18,760,054	-0.74%	0.14%
2037	8,318,818	18,781,793	-0.74%	0.12%
2038	8,256,896	18,798,283	-0.74%	0.09%
2039	8,194,864	18,810,276	-0.75%	0.06%
2040	8,133,047	18,817,745	-0.75%	0.04%
2041	8,071,502	18,820,870	-0.76%	0.02%
2042	8,010,552	18,819,607	-0.76%	-0.007%
2043	7,950,255	18,815,261	-0.75%	-0.02%
2044	7,889,949	18,807,564	-0.76%	-0.04%
2045	7,829,484	18,797,005	-0.77%	-0.06%
2046	7,768,823	18,785,724	-0.77%	-0.06%
2047	7,707,590	18,771,651	-0.79%	-0.07%
2048	7,645,086	18,754,325	-0.81%	-0.09%
2049	7,581,407	18,735,299	-0.83%	-0.1%
2050	7,516,925	18,714,579	-0.85%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st 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) Belarus' population will shrink by 17.2% to 7,516,925 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.