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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Brazil was 211,998,573 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brazil's population is 213,415,080 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • Brazil's population is 11.7 times bigger than the Netherlands'.
  • Brazil is ranked the 7th most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 2.8% of the world: 2.58% for Brazil vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, Brazil has had an average growth rate of +0.6% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Brazil has increased from 185M people to 213M (15.6% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
  • Brazil is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 219M people compared to the peak of 18.8M people in 2041 for the Netherlands.

Brazil vs Netherlands: live population counter

Brazil Netherlands
Current population
213415080
18191638
Population rank 7/197 72/197
Percent of world population 2.58% 0.22%
One net population change
36.8 seconds
4.49 minutes
One birth every
12.1 seconds
3.2 minutes
One death every
21.1 seconds
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
2.33 minutes
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change -225,510 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +2,350 +321
Annual growth/decline +857,844 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +0.41% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 141/197 122/197

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

Brazil
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Brazil Netherlands Brazil Netherlands
1960 72,388,126 11,486,631 - -
1961 74,605,447 11,638,712 3.06% 1.32%
1962 76,865,323 11,805,689 3.03% 1.43%
1963 79,164,235 11,965,966 2.99% 1.36%
1964 81,488,595 12,127,120 2.94% 1.35%
1965 83,817,583 12,294,732 2.86% 1.38%
1966 86,139,359 12,456,251 2.77% 1.31%
1967 88,446,124 12,598,201 2.68% 1.14%
1968 90,741,240 12,729,721 2.59% 1.04%
1969 93,045,777 12,877,984 2.54% 1.16%
1970 95,375,651 13,038,526 2.5% 1.25%
1971 97,739,273 13,194,497 2.48% 1.2%
1972 100,146,797 13,328,593 2.46% 1.02%
1973 102,600,976 13,439,322 2.45% 0.83%
1974 105,089,675 13,545,056 2.43% 0.79%
1975 107,619,565 13,666,335 2.41% 0.9%
1976 110,213,349 13,774,037 2.41% 0.79%
1977 112,875,292 13,856,185 2.42% 0.6%
1978 115,600,942 13,941,700 2.41% 0.62%
1979 118,380,821 14,038,270 2.4% 0.69%
1980 121,207,461 14,149,800 2.39% 0.79%
1981 124,063,109 14,247,208 2.36% 0.69%
1982 126,923,155 14,312,690 2.31% 0.46%
1983 129,790,077 14,367,070 2.26% 0.38%
1984 132,658,864 14,424,211 2.21% 0.4%
1985 135,515,595 14,491,632 2.15% 0.47%
1986 138,336,370 14,572,278 2.08% 0.56%
1987 141,104,944 14,665,037 2% 0.64%
1988 143,826,357 14,760,094 1.93% 0.65%
1989 146,502,972 14,848,907 1.86% 0.6%
1990 149,143,223 14,951,510 1.8% 0.69%
1991 151,724,256 15,069,798 1.73% 0.79%
1992 154,275,079 15,184,166 1.68% 0.76%
1993 156,794,577 15,290,368 1.63% 0.7%
1994 159,265,006 15,382,838 1.58% 0.6%
1995 161,735,073 15,459,006 1.55% 0.5%
1996 164,202,549 15,530,498 1.53% 0.46%
1997 166,661,659 15,610,650 1.5% 0.52%
1998 169,159,655 15,707,209 1.5% 0.62%
1999 171,641,543 15,812,088 1.47% 0.67%
2000 174,018,282 15,925,513 1.38% 0.72%
2001 176,301,203 16,046,180 1.31% 0.76%
2002 178,503,484 16,148,929 1.25% 0.64%
2003 180,622,688 16,225,302 1.19% 0.47%
2004 182,675,143 16,281,779 1.14% 0.35%
2005 184,688,101 16,319,868 1.1% 0.23%
2006 186,653,106 16,346,101 1.06% 0.16%
2007 188,552,320 16,381,696 1.02% 0.22%
2008 190,367,302 16,445,593 0.96% 0.39%
2009 192,079,951 16,530,388 0.9% 0.52%
2010 193,701,929 16,615,394 0.84% 0.51%
2011 195,284,734 16,693,074 0.82% 0.47%
2012 196,876,111 16,754,962 0.81% 0.37%
2013 198,478,299 16,804,432 0.81% 0.3%
2014 200,085,127 16,865,008 0.81% 0.36%
2015 201,675,532 16,939,923 0.79% 0.44%
2016 203,218,114 17,030,314 0.76% 0.53%
2017 204,703,445 17,131,296 0.73% 0.59%
2018 206,107,261 17,231,624 0.69% 0.59%
2019 207,455,459 17,344,874 0.65% 0.66%
2020 208,660,842 17,441,500 0.58% 0.56%
2021 209,550,294 17,533,044 0.43% 0.52%
2022 210,306,415 17,700,982 0.36% 0.96%
2023 211,140,729 17,877,117 0.4% 1%
2024 211,998,573 17,994,237 0.41% 0.66%
2025 212,812,405 18,110,800 0.38% 0.65%
2026 213,562,674 18,211,436 0.35% 0.56%
2027 214,261,037 18,299,531 0.33% 0.48%
2028 214,911,388 18,379,573 0.3% 0.44%
2029 215,515,178 18,452,044 0.28% 0.39%
2030 216,074,424 18,515,913 0.26% 0.35%
2031 216,587,355 18,571,934 0.24% 0.3%
2032 217,055,392 18,621,087 0.22% 0.26%
2033 217,479,394 18,664,975 0.2% 0.24%
2034 217,860,892 18,702,456 0.18% 0.2%
2035 218,199,715 18,733,223 0.16% 0.16%
2036 218,495,215 18,760,054 0.14% 0.14%
2037 218,747,246 18,781,793 0.12% 0.12%
2038 218,955,573 18,798,283 0.1% 0.09%
2039 219,118,385 18,810,276 0.07% 0.06%
2040 219,237,085 18,817,745 0.05% 0.04%
2041 219,307,158 18,820,870 0.03% 0.02%
2042 219,319,771 18,819,607 0.006% -0.007%
2043 219,276,528 18,815,261 -0.02% -0.02%
2044 219,179,002 18,807,564 -0.04% -0.04%
2045 219,026,208 18,797,005 -0.07% -0.06%
2046 218,821,045 18,785,724 -0.09% -0.06%
2047 218,565,379 18,771,651 -0.12% -0.07%
2048 218,258,225 18,754,325 -0.14% -0.09%
2049 217,897,833 18,735,299 -0.17% -0.1%
2050 217,489,309 18,714,579 -0.19% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brazil increased by 16,987,431 people (a 9.2% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brazil gained 11,739,548 (a 5.82% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2005 and is 7th 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) Brazil's population will grow by 1.91% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. 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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