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Population in the Czech Republic compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Czech Republic was 10,882,164 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Czech Republic's population is 10,753,822 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • The Netherlands' population is 1.69 times bigger than the Czech Republic's.
  • The Czech Republic is ranked the 91st most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.35% of the world: 0.13% for the Czech Republic vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, the Czech Republic has had an average growth rate of +0.32% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Czech Republic has increased from 10.2M people to 10.8M (5.31% 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 the Czech Republic's population already peaked in 2024 at 10.9M people and is projected to decrease to 8.34M people by 2100.

Czech Republic vs Netherlands: live population counter

Czech Republic Netherlands
Current population
10753822
18191638
Population rank 91/197 72/197
Percent of world population 0.13% 0.22%
One net population change
29 minutes
4.49 minutes
One birth every
5.76 minutes
3.2 minutes
One death every
4.65 minutes
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
6.1 minutes
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change -86,169 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +50 +321
Annual growth/decline +18,122 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +0.17% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 156/197 122/197

the Czech Republic and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Czech Republic
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Czech Republic Netherlands Czech Republic Netherlands
1960 9,602,006 11,486,631 - -
1961 9,586,651 11,638,712 -0.16% 1.32%
1962 9,624,660 11,805,689 0.4% 1.43%
1963 9,670,685 11,965,966 0.48% 1.36%
1964 9,727,804 12,127,120 0.59% 1.35%
1965 9,779,358 12,294,732 0.53% 1.38%
1966 9,821,040 12,456,251 0.43% 1.31%
1967 9,852,899 12,598,201 0.32% 1.14%
1968 9,876,346 12,729,721 0.24% 1.04%
1969 9,896,580 12,877,984 0.2% 1.16%
1970 9,858,071 13,038,526 -0.39% 1.25%
1971 9,826,815 13,194,497 -0.32% 1.2%
1972 9,867,632 13,328,593 0.42% 1.02%
1973 9,922,266 13,439,322 0.55% 0.83%
1974 9,988,459 13,545,056 0.67% 0.79%
1975 10,058,620 13,666,335 0.7% 0.9%
1976 10,125,939 13,774,037 0.67% 0.79%
1977 10,186,755 13,856,185 0.6% 0.6%
1978 10,242,098 13,941,700 0.54% 0.62%
1979 10,292,341 14,038,270 0.49% 0.69%
1980 10,304,193 14,149,800 0.12% 0.79%
1981 10,300,591 14,247,208 -0.03% 0.69%
1982 10,314,826 14,312,690 0.14% 0.46%
1983 10,323,856 14,367,070 0.09% 0.38%
1984 10,330,213 14,424,211 0.06% 0.4%
1985 10,337,118 14,491,632 0.07% 0.47%
1986 10,342,227 14,572,278 0.05% 0.56%
1987 10,347,318 14,665,037 0.05% 0.64%
1988 10,355,276 14,760,094 0.08% 0.65%
1989 10,361,068 14,848,907 0.06% 0.6%
1990 10,333,355 14,951,510 -0.27% 0.69%
1991 10,308,578 15,069,798 -0.24% 0.79%
1992 10,319,123 15,184,166 0.1% 0.76%
1993 10,329,855 15,290,368 0.1% 0.7%
1994 10,333,587 15,382,838 0.04% 0.6%
1995 10,327,253 15,459,006 -0.06% 0.5%
1996 10,315,241 15,530,498 -0.12% 0.46%
1997 10,304,131 15,610,650 -0.11% 0.52%
1998 10,294,373 15,707,209 -0.09% 0.62%
1999 10,283,860 15,812,088 -0.1% 0.67%
2000 10,255,063 15,925,513 -0.28% 0.72%
2001 10,216,605 16,046,180 -0.38% 0.76%
2002 10,196,916 16,148,929 -0.19% 0.64%
2003 10,193,998 16,225,302 -0.03% 0.47%
2004 10,197,101 16,281,779 0.03% 0.35%
2005 10,211,216 16,319,868 0.14% 0.23%
2006 10,238,905 16,346,101 0.27% 0.16%
2007 10,298,828 16,381,696 0.59% 0.22%
2008 10,384,603 16,445,593 0.83% 0.39%
2009 10,443,936 16,530,388 0.57% 0.52%
2010 10,474,410 16,615,394 0.29% 0.51%
2011 10,496,088 16,693,074 0.21% 0.47%
2012 10,510,785 16,754,962 0.14% 0.37%
2013 10,514,272 16,804,432 0.03% 0.3%
2014 10,525,347 16,865,008 0.11% 0.36%
2015 10,546,059 16,939,923 0.2% 0.44%
2016 10,566,332 17,030,314 0.19% 0.53%
2017 10,594,438 17,131,296 0.27% 0.59%
2018 10,629,928 17,231,624 0.33% 0.59%
2019 10,671,870 17,344,874 0.39% 0.66%
2020 10,697,858 17,441,500 0.24% 0.56%
2021 10,505,772 17,533,044 -1.8% 0.52%
2022 10,672,118 17,700,982 1.58% 0.96%
2023 10,864,042 17,877,117 1.8% 1%
2024 10,882,164 17,994,237 0.17% 0.66%
2025 10,753,822 18,110,800 -1.18% 0.65%
2026 10,671,254 18,211,436 -0.77% 0.56%
2027 10,648,879 18,299,531 -0.21% 0.48%
2028 10,623,904 18,379,573 -0.23% 0.44%
2029 10,596,362 18,452,044 -0.26% 0.39%
2030 10,567,167 18,515,913 -0.28% 0.35%
2031 10,536,602 18,571,934 -0.29% 0.3%
2032 10,504,828 18,621,087 -0.3% 0.26%
2033 10,472,203 18,664,975 -0.31% 0.24%
2034 10,439,141 18,702,456 -0.32% 0.2%
2035 10,405,856 18,733,223 -0.32% 0.16%
2036 10,372,835 18,760,054 -0.32% 0.14%
2037 10,339,980 18,781,793 -0.32% 0.12%
2038 10,307,577 18,798,283 -0.31% 0.09%
2039 10,275,882 18,810,276 -0.31% 0.06%
2040 10,244,966 18,817,745 -0.3% 0.04%
2041 10,214,805 18,820,870 -0.29% 0.02%
2042 10,185,286 18,819,607 -0.29% -0.007%
2043 10,156,643 18,815,261 -0.28% -0.02%
2044 10,128,611 18,807,564 -0.28% -0.04%
2045 10,100,890 18,797,005 -0.27% -0.06%
2046 10,073,030 18,785,724 -0.28% -0.06%
2047 10,045,121 18,771,651 -0.28% -0.07%
2048 10,017,123 18,754,325 -0.28% -0.09%
2049 9,988,795 18,735,299 -0.28% -0.1%
2050 9,959,445 18,714,579 -0.29% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Czech Republic increased by 334,843 people (a 3.28% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Czech Republic gained 207,763 (a 1.97% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

The Czech Republic was ranked 80th most populous country in 2005 and is 91st 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) the Czech Republic's population will shrink by 7.39% to 9,959,445 people with a rank change from 91st to 98th. 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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