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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	Netherlands	Germany	Netherlands
1960	72,814,900	11,486,631	-	-
1961	73,377,632	11,638,712	0.77%	1.32%
1962	74,025,784	11,805,689	0.88%	1.43%
1963	74,714,353	11,965,966	0.93%	1.36%
1964	75,318,337	12,127,120	0.81%	1.35%
1965	75,963,695	12,294,732	0.86%	1.38%
1966	76,600,311	12,456,251	0.84%	1.31%
1967	76,951,336	12,598,201	0.46%	1.14%
1968	77,294,314	12,729,721	0.45%	1.04%
1969	77,909,682	12,877,984	0.8%	1.16%
1970	78,169,289	13,038,526	0.33%	1.25%
1971	78,312,842	13,194,497	0.18%	1.2%
1972	78,688,452	13,328,593	0.48%	1.02%
1973	78,936,666	13,439,322	0.32%	0.83%
1974	78,967,433	13,545,056	0.04%	0.79%
1975	78,673,554	13,666,335	-0.37%	0.9%
1976	78,336,950	13,774,037	-0.43%	0.79%
1977	78,159,814	13,856,185	-0.23%	0.6%
1978	78,091,820	13,941,700	-0.09%	0.62%
1979	78,126,350	14,038,270	0.04%	0.69%
1980	78,288,576	14,149,800	0.21%	0.79%
1981	78,407,907	14,247,208	0.15%	0.69%
1982	78,333,366	14,312,690	-0.1%	0.46%
1983	78,128,282	14,367,070	-0.26%	0.38%
1984	77,858,685	14,424,211	-0.35%	0.4%
1985	77,684,873	14,491,632	-0.22%	0.47%
1986	77,720,436	14,572,278	0.05%	0.56%
1987	77,839,920	14,665,037	0.15%	0.64%
1988	78,144,619	14,760,094	0.39%	0.65%
1989	78,751,283	14,848,907	0.78%	0.6%
1990	79,433,029	14,951,510	0.87%	0.69%
1991	80,013,896	15,069,798	0.73%	0.79%
1992	80,624,598	15,184,166	0.76%	0.76%
1993	81,156,363	15,290,368	0.66%	0.7%
1994	81,438,348	15,382,838	0.35%	0.6%
1995	81,678,051	15,459,006	0.29%	0.5%
1996	81,914,831	15,530,498	0.29%	0.46%
1997	82,034,771	15,610,650	0.15%	0.52%
1998	82,047,195	15,707,209	0.02%	0.62%
1999	82,100,243	15,812,088	0.06%	0.67%
2000	82,211,508	15,925,513	0.14%	0.72%
2001	82,349,925	16,046,180	0.17%	0.76%
2002	82,488,495	16,148,929	0.17%	0.64%
2003	82,534,176	16,225,302	0.06%	0.47%
2004	82,516,260	16,281,779	-0.02%	0.35%
2005	82,469,422	16,319,868	-0.06%	0.23%
2006	82,376,451	16,346,101	-0.11%	0.16%
2007	82,266,372	16,381,696	-0.13%	0.22%
2008	82,110,097	16,445,593	-0.19%	0.39%
2009	81,902,307	16,530,388	-0.25%	0.52%
2010	81,776,930	16,615,394	-0.15%	0.51%
2011	80,274,983	16,693,074	-1.84%	0.47%
2012	80,425,823	16,754,962	0.19%	0.37%
2013	80,645,605	16,804,432	0.27%	0.3%
2014	80,982,500	16,865,008	0.42%	0.36%
2015	81,686,611	16,939,923	0.87%	0.44%
2016	82,348,669	17,030,314	0.81%	0.53%
2017	82,657,002	17,131,296	0.37%	0.59%
2018	82,905,782	17,231,624	0.3%	0.59%
2019	83,092,962	17,344,874	0.23%	0.66%
2020	83,160,871	17,441,500	0.08%	0.56%
2021	83,196,078	17,533,044	0.04%	0.52%
2022	83,797,985	17,700,982	0.72%	0.96%
2023	83,901,923	17,877,117	0.12%	1%
2024	83,510,950	17,994,237	-0.47%	0.66%
2025	83,039,665	18,110,800	-0.56%	0.65%
2026	82,614,154	18,211,436	-0.51%	0.56%
2027	82,415,087	18,299,531	-0.24%	0.48%
2028	82,204,095	18,379,573	-0.26%	0.44%
2029	81,983,207	18,452,044	-0.27%	0.39%
2030	81,761,486	18,515,913	-0.27%	0.35%
2031	81,535,782	18,571,934	-0.28%	0.3%
2032	81,309,833	18,621,087	-0.28%	0.26%
2033	81,088,671	18,664,975	-0.27%	0.24%
2034	80,874,239	18,702,456	-0.26%	0.2%
2035	80,664,119	18,733,223	-0.26%	0.16%
2036	80,440,400	18,760,054	-0.28%	0.14%
2037	80,216,687	18,781,793	-0.28%	0.12%
2038	79,996,530	18,798,283	-0.27%	0.09%
2039	79,775,309	18,810,276	-0.28%	0.06%
2040	79,559,716	18,817,745	-0.27%	0.04%
2041	79,356,179	18,820,870	-0.26%	0.02%
2042	79,162,051	18,819,607	-0.24%	-0.007%
2043	78,957,628	18,815,261	-0.26%	-0.02%
2044	78,737,840	18,807,564	-0.28%	-0.04%
2045	78,512,825	18,797,005	-0.29%	-0.06%
2046	78,288,289	18,785,724	-0.29%	-0.06%
2047	78,060,952	18,771,651	-0.29%	-0.07%
2048	77,820,753	18,754,325	-0.31%	-0.09%
2049	77,573,634	18,735,299	-0.32%	-0.1%
2050	77,330,385	18,714,579	-0.31%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Germany decreased by 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Germany gained 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Germany was ranked 13th most populous country in 2005 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.