Population in East Timor compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

East Timor and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	East Timor	Netherlands	East Timor	Netherlands
1960	468,118	11,486,631	-	-
1961	475,291	11,638,712	1.53%	1.32%
1962	482,774	11,805,689	1.57%	1.43%
1963	490,564	11,965,966	1.61%	1.36%
1964	498,659	12,127,120	1.65%	1.35%
1965	507,034	12,294,732	1.68%	1.38%
1966	515,696	12,456,251	1.71%	1.31%
1967	524,648	12,598,201	1.74%	1.14%
1968	533,875	12,729,721	1.76%	1.04%
1969	543,356	12,877,984	1.78%	1.16%
1970	553,069	13,038,526	1.79%	1.25%
1971	562,966	13,194,497	1.79%	1.2%
1972	572,962	13,328,593	1.78%	1.02%
1973	582,855	13,439,322	1.73%	0.83%
1974	590,827	13,545,056	1.37%	0.79%
1975	598,158	13,666,335	1.24%	0.9%
1976	607,620	13,774,037	1.58%	0.79%
1977	618,315	13,856,185	1.76%	0.6%
1978	628,775	13,941,700	1.69%	0.62%
1979	638,719	14,038,270	1.58%	0.69%
1980	649,871	14,149,800	1.75%	0.79%
1981	660,493	14,247,208	1.63%	0.69%
1982	669,149	14,312,690	1.31%	0.46%
1983	677,707	14,367,070	1.28%	0.38%
1984	686,777	14,424,211	1.34%	0.4%
1985	696,665	14,491,632	1.44%	0.47%
1986	707,185	14,572,278	1.51%	0.56%
1987	718,476	14,665,037	1.6%	0.64%
1988	730,745	14,760,094	1.71%	0.65%
1989	744,856	14,848,907	1.93%	0.6%
1990	760,345	14,951,510	2.08%	0.69%
1991	778,278	15,069,798	2.36%	0.79%
1992	799,318	15,184,166	2.7%	0.76%
1993	821,437	15,290,368	2.77%	0.7%
1994	844,493	15,382,838	2.81%	0.6%
1995	868,146	15,459,006	2.8%	0.5%
1996	892,282	15,530,498	2.78%	0.46%
1997	917,184	15,610,650	2.79%	0.52%
1998	942,530	15,707,209	2.76%	0.62%
1999	834,697	15,812,088	-11.4%	0.67%
2000	745,088	15,925,513	-10.7%	0.72%
2001	812,249	16,046,180	9.01%	0.76%
2002	879,159	16,148,929	8.24%	0.64%
2003	916,878	16,225,302	4.29%	0.47%
2004	929,074	16,281,779	1.33%	0.35%
2005	948,311	16,319,868	2.07%	0.23%
2006	976,597	16,346,101	2.98%	0.16%
2007	1,004,889	16,381,696	2.9%	0.22%
2008	1,032,429	16,445,593	2.74%	0.39%
2009	1,058,782	16,530,388	2.55%	0.52%
2010	1,084,679	16,615,394	2.45%	0.51%
2011	1,110,207	16,693,074	2.35%	0.47%
2012	1,134,885	16,754,962	2.22%	0.37%
2013	1,158,695	16,804,432	2.1%	0.3%
2014	1,181,903	16,865,008	2%	0.36%
2015	1,205,131	16,939,923	1.97%	0.44%
2016	1,228,312	17,030,314	1.92%	0.53%
2017	1,251,703	17,131,296	1.9%	0.59%
2018	1,275,959	17,231,624	1.94%	0.59%
2019	1,300,945	17,344,874	1.96%	0.66%
2020	1,326,053	17,441,500	1.93%	0.56%
2021	1,350,139	17,533,044	1.82%	0.52%
2022	1,369,295	17,700,982	1.42%	0.96%
2023	1,384,286	17,877,117	1.09%	1%
2024	1,400,638	17,993,485	1.18%	0.65%
2025	1,418,519	18,110,044	1.28%	0.65%
2026	1,436,934	18,210,675	1.3%	0.56%
2027	1,456,334	18,298,766	1.35%	0.48%
2028	1,476,850	18,378,805	1.41%	0.44%
2029	1,498,119	18,451,273	1.44%	0.39%
2030	1,519,802	18,515,139	1.45%	0.35%
2031	1,540,659	18,571,158	1.37%	0.3%
2032	1,559,710	18,620,309	1.24%	0.26%
2033	1,578,114	18,664,195	1.18%	0.24%
2034	1,597,444	18,701,674	1.22%	0.2%
2035	1,618,799	18,732,440	1.34%	0.16%
2036	1,639,721	18,759,270	1.29%	0.14%
2037	1,659,327	18,781,008	1.2%	0.12%
2038	1,678,953	18,797,497	1.18%	0.09%
2039	1,698,891	18,809,490	1.19%	0.06%
2040	1,718,249	18,816,959	1.14%	0.04%
2041	1,736,476	18,820,083	1.06%	0.02%
2042	1,755,847	18,818,821	1.12%	-0.007%
2043	1,776,066	18,814,475	1.15%	-0.02%
2044	1,793,758	18,806,778	1%	-0.04%
2045	1,809,637	18,796,219	0.89%	-0.06%
2046	1,825,551	18,784,939	0.88%	-0.06%
2047	1,841,558	18,770,867	0.88%	-0.07%
2048	1,858,311	18,753,541	0.91%	-0.09%
2049	1,873,846	18,734,516	0.84%	-0.1%
2050	1,889,246	18,713,797	0.82%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of East Timor increased by 251,715 people (a 25.8% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, East Timor gained 208,834 (a 17% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

East Timor was ranked 155th most populous country in 2006 and is 152nd 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) East Timor's population will grow by 31.5% to 1,889,246 people with a rank change from 152nd to 149th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.