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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Netherlands	Brunei	Netherlands
1960	88,347	11,486,631	-	-
1961	92,517	11,638,712	4.72%	1.32%
1962	96,719	11,805,689	4.54%	1.43%
1963	101,159	11,965,966	4.59%	1.36%
1964	105,922	12,127,120	4.71%	1.35%
1965	110,838	12,294,732	4.64%	1.38%
1966	115,874	12,456,251	4.54%	1.31%
1967	121,017	12,598,201	4.44%	1.14%
1968	126,222	12,729,721	4.3%	1.04%
1969	131,446	12,877,984	4.14%	1.16%
1970	135,138	13,038,526	2.81%	1.25%
1971	137,921	13,194,497	2.06%	1.2%
1972	142,189	13,328,593	3.09%	1.02%
1973	147,369	13,439,322	3.64%	0.83%
1974	152,656	13,545,056	3.59%	0.79%
1975	158,070	13,666,335	3.55%	0.9%
1976	163,607	13,774,037	3.5%	0.79%
1977	169,277	13,856,185	3.47%	0.6%
1978	174,884	13,941,700	3.31%	0.62%
1979	180,422	14,038,270	3.17%	0.69%
1980	186,111	14,149,800	3.15%	0.79%
1981	191,977	14,247,208	3.15%	0.69%
1982	198,165	14,312,690	3.22%	0.46%
1983	204,741	14,367,070	3.32%	0.38%
1984	211,661	14,424,211	3.38%	0.4%
1985	218,919	14,491,632	3.43%	0.47%
1986	226,495	14,572,278	3.46%	0.56%
1987	233,860	14,665,037	3.25%	0.64%
1988	240,913	14,760,094	3.02%	0.65%
1989	248,064	14,848,907	2.97%	0.6%
1990	255,292	14,951,510	2.91%	0.69%
1991	262,596	15,069,798	2.86%	0.79%
1992	269,839	15,184,166	2.76%	0.76%
1993	276,971	15,290,368	2.64%	0.7%
1994	284,091	15,382,838	2.57%	0.6%
1995	291,195	15,459,006	2.5%	0.5%
1996	298,276	15,530,498	2.43%	0.46%
1997	305,341	15,610,650	2.37%	0.52%
1998	312,385	15,707,209	2.31%	0.62%
1999	319,411	15,812,088	2.25%	0.67%
2000	326,424	15,925,513	2.2%	0.72%
2001	333,345	16,046,180	2.12%	0.76%
2002	340,099	16,148,929	2.03%	0.64%
2003	346,637	16,225,302	1.92%	0.47%
2004	352,911	16,281,779	1.81%	0.35%
2005	358,916	16,319,868	1.7%	0.23%
2006	364,663	16,346,101	1.6%	0.16%
2007	370,873	16,381,696	1.7%	0.22%
2008	377,793	16,445,593	1.87%	0.39%
2009	384,952	16,530,388	1.89%	0.52%
2010	392,332	16,615,394	1.92%	0.51%
2011	399,389	16,693,074	1.8%	0.47%
2012	405,557	16,754,962	1.54%	0.37%
2013	411,202	16,804,432	1.39%	0.3%
2014	416,750	16,865,008	1.35%	0.36%
2015	422,212	16,939,923	1.31%	0.44%
2016	427,564	17,030,314	1.27%	0.53%
2017	432,772	17,131,296	1.22%	0.59%
2018	437,810	17,231,624	1.16%	0.59%
2019	442,680	17,344,874	1.11%	0.66%
2020	447,404	17,441,500	1.07%	0.56%
2021	451,721	17,533,044	0.96%	0.52%
2022	455,370	17,700,982	0.81%	0.96%
2023	458,949	17,877,117	0.79%	1%
2024	462,721	17,993,485	0.82%	0.65%
2025	466,324	18,110,044	0.78%	0.65%
2026	469,766	18,210,675	0.74%	0.56%
2027	473,148	18,298,766	0.72%	0.48%
2028	476,428	18,378,805	0.69%	0.44%
2029	479,491	18,451,273	0.64%	0.39%
2030	482,438	18,515,139	0.61%	0.35%
2031	485,308	18,571,158	0.59%	0.3%
2032	487,943	18,620,309	0.54%	0.26%
2033	490,424	18,664,195	0.51%	0.24%
2034	492,887	18,701,674	0.5%	0.2%
2035	495,286	18,732,440	0.49%	0.16%
2036	497,544	18,759,270	0.46%	0.14%
2037	499,693	18,781,008	0.43%	0.12%
2038	501,910	18,797,497	0.44%	0.09%
2039	504,061	18,809,490	0.43%	0.06%
2040	505,968	18,816,959	0.38%	0.04%
2041	507,800	18,820,083	0.36%	0.02%
2042	509,531	18,818,821	0.34%	-0.007%
2043	511,124	18,814,475	0.31%	-0.02%
2044	512,586	18,806,778	0.29%	-0.04%
2045	514,047	18,796,219	0.29%	-0.06%
2046	515,409	18,784,939	0.26%	-0.06%
2047	516,596	18,770,867	0.23%	-0.07%
2048	517,693	18,753,541	0.21%	-0.09%
2049	518,684	18,734,516	0.19%	-0.1%
2050	519,542	18,713,797	0.17%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brunei increased by 62,901 people (a 17.2% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brunei gained 42,238 (a 9.88% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2006 and is 170th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Brunei's population will grow by 10.6% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.