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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Finland	Netherlands	Finland	Netherlands
1960	4,429,634	11,486,631	-	-
1961	4,461,005	11,638,712	0.71%	1.32%
1962	4,491,443	11,805,689	0.68%	1.43%
1963	4,523,309	11,965,966	0.71%	1.36%
1964	4,548,543	12,127,120	0.56%	1.35%
1965	4,563,732	12,294,732	0.33%	1.38%
1966	4,580,869	12,456,251	0.38%	1.31%
1967	4,605,744	12,598,201	0.54%	1.14%
1968	4,626,469	12,729,721	0.45%	1.04%
1969	4,623,785	12,877,984	-0.06%	1.16%
1970	4,606,307	13,038,526	-0.38%	1.25%
1971	4,612,124	13,194,497	0.13%	1.2%
1972	4,639,657	13,328,593	0.6%	1.02%
1973	4,666,081	13,439,322	0.57%	0.83%
1974	4,690,574	13,545,056	0.52%	0.79%
1975	4,711,440	13,666,335	0.44%	0.9%
1976	4,725,664	13,774,037	0.3%	0.79%
1977	4,738,902	13,856,185	0.28%	0.6%
1978	4,752,528	13,941,700	0.29%	0.62%
1979	4,764,690	14,038,270	0.26%	0.69%
1980	4,779,535	14,149,800	0.31%	0.79%
1981	4,799,964	14,247,208	0.43%	0.69%
1982	4,826,933	14,312,690	0.56%	0.46%
1983	4,855,787	14,367,070	0.6%	0.38%
1984	4,881,803	14,424,211	0.54%	0.4%
1985	4,902,206	14,491,632	0.42%	0.47%
1986	4,918,154	14,572,278	0.33%	0.56%
1987	4,932,123	14,665,037	0.28%	0.64%
1988	4,946,481	14,760,094	0.29%	0.65%
1989	4,964,371	14,848,907	0.36%	0.6%
1990	4,986,431	14,951,510	0.44%	0.69%
1991	5,013,740	15,069,798	0.55%	0.79%
1992	5,041,992	15,184,166	0.56%	0.76%
1993	5,066,447	15,290,368	0.49%	0.7%
1994	5,088,333	15,382,838	0.43%	0.6%
1995	5,107,790	15,459,006	0.38%	0.5%
1996	5,124,573	15,530,498	0.33%	0.46%
1997	5,139,835	15,610,650	0.3%	0.52%
1998	5,153,498	15,707,209	0.27%	0.62%
1999	5,165,474	15,812,088	0.23%	0.67%
2000	5,176,209	15,925,513	0.21%	0.72%
2001	5,188,008	16,046,180	0.23%	0.76%
2002	5,200,598	16,148,929	0.24%	0.64%
2003	5,213,014	16,225,302	0.24%	0.47%
2004	5,228,172	16,281,779	0.29%	0.35%
2005	5,246,096	16,319,868	0.34%	0.23%
2006	5,266,268	16,346,101	0.38%	0.16%
2007	5,288,720	16,381,696	0.43%	0.22%
2008	5,313,399	16,445,593	0.47%	0.39%
2009	5,338,871	16,530,388	0.48%	0.52%
2010	5,363,352	16,615,394	0.46%	0.51%
2011	5,388,272	16,693,074	0.46%	0.47%
2012	5,413,971	16,754,962	0.48%	0.37%
2013	5,438,972	16,804,432	0.46%	0.3%
2014	5,461,512	16,865,008	0.41%	0.36%
2015	5,479,531	16,939,923	0.33%	0.44%
2016	5,495,303	17,030,314	0.29%	0.53%
2017	5,508,214	17,131,296	0.23%	0.59%
2018	5,515,525	17,231,624	0.13%	0.59%
2019	5,521,606	17,344,874	0.11%	0.66%
2020	5,529,543	17,441,500	0.14%	0.56%
2021	5,541,017	17,533,044	0.21%	0.52%
2022	5,556,106	17,700,982	0.27%	0.96%
2023	5,583,911	17,877,117	0.5%	1%
2024	5,619,911	17,993,485	0.64%	0.65%
2025	5,625,932	18,110,044	0.11%	0.65%
2026	5,624,333	18,210,675	-0.03%	0.56%
2027	5,618,598	18,298,766	-0.1%	0.48%
2028	5,611,400	18,378,805	-0.13%	0.44%
2029	5,603,365	18,451,273	-0.14%	0.39%
2030	5,594,631	18,515,139	-0.16%	0.35%
2031	5,585,302	18,571,158	-0.17%	0.3%
2032	5,575,456	18,620,309	-0.18%	0.26%
2033	5,565,204	18,664,195	-0.18%	0.24%
2034	5,554,448	18,701,674	-0.19%	0.2%
2035	5,543,219	18,732,440	-0.2%	0.16%
2036	5,531,603	18,759,270	-0.21%	0.14%
2037	5,519,668	18,781,008	-0.22%	0.12%
2038	5,507,536	18,797,497	-0.22%	0.09%
2039	5,495,296	18,809,490	-0.22%	0.06%
2040	5,483,053	18,816,959	-0.22%	0.04%
2041	5,470,834	18,820,083	-0.22%	0.02%
2042	5,458,532	18,818,821	-0.22%	-0.007%
2043	5,446,086	18,814,475	-0.23%	-0.02%
2044	5,433,513	18,806,778	-0.23%	-0.04%
2045	5,420,858	18,796,219	-0.23%	-0.06%
2046	5,408,069	18,784,939	-0.24%	-0.06%
2047	5,395,098	18,770,867	-0.24%	-0.07%
2048	5,381,776	18,753,541	-0.25%	-0.09%
2049	5,368,125	18,734,516	-0.25%	-0.1%
2050	5,354,121	18,713,797	-0.26%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th 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) Finland's population will shrink by 4.8% to 5,354,121 people with a rank change from 120th to 127th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.