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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominica	Netherlands	Dominica	Netherlands
1960	59,372	11,486,631	-	-
1961	60,209	11,638,712	1.41%	1.32%
1962	60,948	11,805,689	1.23%	1.43%
1963	61,739	11,965,966	1.3%	1.36%
1964	62,587	12,127,120	1.37%	1.35%
1965	63,505	12,294,732	1.47%	1.38%
1966	64,507	12,456,251	1.58%	1.31%
1967	65,585	12,598,201	1.67%	1.14%
1968	66,732	12,729,721	1.75%	1.04%
1969	67,934	12,877,984	1.8%	1.16%
1970	68,908	13,038,526	1.43%	1.25%
1971	69,532	13,194,497	0.91%	1.2%
1972	70,060	13,328,593	0.76%	1.02%
1973	70,585	13,439,322	0.75%	0.83%
1974	71,091	13,545,056	0.72%	0.79%
1975	71,570	13,666,335	0.67%	0.9%
1976	72,017	13,774,037	0.62%	0.79%
1977	72,406	13,856,185	0.54%	0.6%
1978	72,724	13,941,700	0.44%	0.62%
1979	72,959	14,038,270	0.32%	0.69%
1980	73,083	14,149,800	0.17%	0.79%
1981	72,986	14,247,208	-0.13%	0.69%
1982	72,688	14,312,690	-0.41%	0.46%
1983	72,365	14,367,070	-0.44%	0.38%
1984	72,056	14,424,211	-0.43%	0.4%
1985	71,744	14,491,632	-0.43%	0.47%
1986	71,406	14,572,278	-0.47%	0.56%
1987	71,023	14,665,037	-0.54%	0.64%
1988	70,608	14,760,094	-0.58%	0.65%
1989	70,153	14,848,907	-0.64%	0.6%
1990	69,627	14,951,510	-0.75%	0.69%
1991	69,296	15,069,798	-0.48%	0.79%
1992	69,325	15,184,166	0.04%	0.76%
1993	69,433	15,290,368	0.16%	0.7%
1994	69,477	15,382,838	0.06%	0.6%
1995	69,469	15,459,006	-0.01%	0.5%
1996	69,410	15,530,498	-0.08%	0.46%
1997	69,299	15,610,650	-0.16%	0.52%
1998	69,124	15,707,209	-0.25%	0.62%
1999	68,870	15,812,088	-0.37%	0.67%
2000	68,511	15,925,513	-0.52%	0.72%
2001	68,288	16,046,180	-0.33%	0.76%
2002	68,367	16,148,929	0.12%	0.64%
2003	68,531	16,225,302	0.24%	0.47%
2004	68,649	16,281,779	0.17%	0.35%
2005	68,734	16,319,868	0.12%	0.23%
2006	68,806	16,346,101	0.1%	0.16%
2007	68,847	16,381,696	0.06%	0.22%
2008	68,854	16,445,593	0.01%	0.39%
2009	68,864	16,530,388	0.01%	0.52%
2010	68,859	16,615,394	-0.007%	0.51%
2011	69,053	16,693,074	0.28%	0.47%
2012	69,118	16,754,962	0.09%	0.37%
2013	69,715	16,804,432	0.86%	0.3%
2014	70,373	16,865,008	0.94%	0.36%
2015	70,410	16,939,923	0.05%	0.44%
2016	69,606	17,030,314	-1.14%	0.53%
2017	68,496	17,131,296	-1.59%	0.59%
2018	68,174	17,231,624	-0.47%	0.59%
2019	67,880	17,344,874	-0.43%	0.66%
2020	67,573	17,441,500	-0.45%	0.56%
2021	67,202	17,533,044	-0.55%	0.52%
2022	66,826	17,700,982	-0.56%	0.96%
2023	66,510	17,877,117	-0.47%	1%
2024	66,205	17,994,237	-0.46%	0.66%
2025	65,870	18,110,800	-0.51%	0.65%
2026	65,508	18,211,436	-0.55%	0.56%
2027	65,160	18,299,531	-0.53%	0.48%
2028	64,808	18,379,573	-0.54%	0.44%
2029	64,475	18,452,044	-0.51%	0.39%
2030	64,169	18,515,913	-0.47%	0.35%
2031	63,949	18,571,934	-0.34%	0.3%
2032	63,825	18,621,087	-0.19%	0.26%
2033	63,775	18,664,975	-0.08%	0.24%
2034	63,756	18,702,456	-0.03%	0.2%
2035	63,764	18,733,223	0.01%	0.16%
2036	63,757	18,760,054	-0.01%	0.14%
2037	63,770	18,781,793	0.02%	0.12%
2038	63,784	18,798,283	0.02%	0.09%
2039	63,792	18,810,276	0.01%	0.06%
2040	63,798	18,817,745	0.009%	0.04%
2041	63,804	18,820,870	0.009%	0.02%
2042	63,778	18,819,607	-0.04%	-0.007%
2043	63,731	18,815,261	-0.07%	-0.02%
2044	63,677	18,807,564	-0.08%	-0.04%
2045	63,630	18,797,005	-0.07%	-0.06%
2046	63,575	18,785,724	-0.09%	-0.06%
2047	63,501	18,771,651	-0.12%	-0.07%
2048	63,411	18,754,325	-0.14%	-0.09%
2049	63,303	18,735,299	-0.17%	-0.1%
2050	63,191	18,714,579	-0.18%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Dominica increased by 1,676 people (a 2.44% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Dominica lost -4,540 (a 6.45% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2005 and is 188th 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) Dominica's population will shrink by 4.07% to 63,191 people and will still be ranked 188th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.