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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belize	Netherlands	Belize	Netherlands
1960	91,318	11,486,631	-	-
1961	93,632	11,638,712	2.53%	1.32%
1962	96,042	11,805,689	2.57%	1.43%
1963	98,704	11,965,966	2.77%	1.36%
1964	101,603	12,127,120	2.94%	1.35%
1965	104,675	12,294,732	3.02%	1.38%
1966	107,906	12,456,251	3.09%	1.31%
1967	111,272	12,598,201	3.12%	1.14%
1968	114,713	12,729,721	3.09%	1.04%
1969	118,040	12,877,984	2.9%	1.16%
1970	120,736	13,038,526	2.28%	1.25%
1971	122,805	13,194,497	1.71%	1.2%
1972	124,676	13,328,593	1.52%	1.02%
1973	126,445	13,439,322	1.42%	0.83%
1974	128,185	13,545,056	1.38%	0.79%
1975	130,387	13,666,335	1.72%	0.9%
1976	133,099	13,774,037	2.08%	0.79%
1977	135,887	13,856,185	2.09%	0.6%
1978	138,713	13,941,700	2.08%	0.62%
1979	141,678	14,038,270	2.14%	0.69%
1980	145,062	14,149,800	2.39%	0.79%
1981	148,786	14,247,208	2.57%	0.69%
1982	152,548	14,312,690	2.53%	0.46%
1983	156,297	14,367,070	2.46%	0.38%
1984	160,044	14,424,211	2.4%	0.4%
1985	163,796	14,491,632	2.34%	0.47%
1986	167,554	14,572,278	2.29%	0.56%
1987	171,338	14,665,037	2.26%	0.64%
1988	175,180	14,760,094	2.24%	0.65%
1989	179,107	14,848,907	2.24%	0.6%
1990	183,076	14,951,510	2.22%	0.69%
1991	187,040	15,069,798	2.17%	0.79%
1992	190,983	15,184,166	2.11%	0.76%
1993	194,902	15,290,368	2.05%	0.7%
1994	199,097	15,382,838	2.15%	0.6%
1995	204,146	15,459,006	2.54%	0.5%
1996	210,310	15,530,498	3.02%	0.46%
1997	217,446	15,610,650	3.39%	0.52%
1998	225,173	15,707,209	3.55%	0.62%
1999	233,059	15,812,088	3.5%	0.67%
2000	240,799	15,925,513	3.32%	0.72%
2001	248,379	16,046,180	3.15%	0.76%
2002	256,009	16,148,929	3.07%	0.64%
2003	263,780	16,225,302	3.04%	0.47%
2004	271,688	16,281,779	3%	0.35%
2005	279,731	16,319,868	2.96%	0.23%
2006	287,878	16,346,101	2.91%	0.16%
2007	296,100	16,381,696	2.86%	0.22%
2008	304,361	16,445,593	2.79%	0.39%
2009	312,614	16,530,388	2.71%	0.52%
2010	320,245	16,615,394	2.44%	0.51%
2011	327,298	16,693,074	2.2%	0.47%
2012	334,414	16,754,962	2.17%	0.37%
2013	341,627	16,804,432	2.16%	0.3%
2014	348,923	16,865,008	2.14%	0.36%
2015	356,333	16,939,923	2.12%	0.44%
2016	364,705	17,030,314	2.35%	0.53%
2017	373,202	17,131,296	2.33%	0.59%
2018	380,226	17,231,624	1.88%	0.59%
2019	385,829	17,344,874	1.47%	0.66%
2020	390,812	17,441,500	1.29%	0.56%
2021	395,346	17,533,044	1.16%	0.52%
2022	402,733	17,700,982	1.87%	0.96%
2023	411,106	17,877,117	2.08%	1%
2024	417,072	17,994,237	1.45%	0.66%
2025	422,922	18,110,800	1.4%	0.65%
2026	428,651	18,211,436	1.35%	0.56%
2027	434,214	18,299,531	1.3%	0.48%
2028	439,588	18,379,573	1.24%	0.44%
2029	444,794	18,452,044	1.18%	0.39%
2030	449,845	18,515,913	1.14%	0.35%
2031	454,733	18,571,934	1.09%	0.3%
2032	459,517	18,621,087	1.05%	0.26%
2033	464,203	18,664,975	1.02%	0.24%
2034	468,777	18,702,456	0.99%	0.2%
2035	473,126	18,733,223	0.93%	0.16%
2036	477,230	18,760,054	0.87%	0.14%
2037	481,157	18,781,793	0.82%	0.12%
2038	484,877	18,798,283	0.77%	0.09%
2039	488,334	18,810,276	0.71%	0.06%
2040	491,592	18,817,745	0.67%	0.04%
2041	494,725	18,820,870	0.64%	0.02%
2042	497,695	18,819,607	0.6%	-0.007%
2043	500,514	18,815,261	0.57%	-0.02%
2044	503,171	18,807,564	0.53%	-0.04%
2045	505,692	18,797,005	0.5%	-0.06%
2046	508,116	18,785,724	0.48%	-0.06%
2047	510,423	18,771,651	0.45%	-0.07%
2048	512,657	18,754,325	0.44%	-0.09%
2049	514,721	18,735,299	0.4%	-0.1%
2050	516,621	18,714,579	0.37%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belize increased by 76,602 people (a 27.4% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belize gained 71,190 (a 20% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2005 and is 171st 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) Belize's population will grow by 20.8% to 516,621 people with a rank change from 171st to 172nd. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.