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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Netherlands	Greece	Netherlands
1960	8,331,725	11,486,631	-	-
1961	8,398,050	11,638,712	0.8%	1.32%
1962	8,448,233	11,805,689	0.6%	1.43%
1963	8,479,625	11,965,966	0.37%	1.36%
1964	8,510,429	12,127,120	0.36%	1.35%
1965	8,550,333	12,294,732	0.47%	1.38%
1966	8,613,651	12,456,251	0.74%	1.31%
1967	8,684,088	12,598,201	0.82%	1.14%
1968	8,740,765	12,729,721	0.65%	1.04%
1969	8,772,764	12,877,984	0.37%	1.16%
1970	8,792,806	13,038,526	0.23%	1.25%
1971	8,831,036	13,194,497	0.43%	1.2%
1972	8,888,628	13,328,593	0.65%	1.02%
1973	8,929,086	13,439,322	0.46%	0.83%
1974	8,962,022	13,545,056	0.37%	0.79%
1975	9,046,541	13,666,335	0.94%	0.9%
1976	9,188,150	13,774,037	1.57%	0.79%
1977	9,308,479	13,856,185	1.31%	0.6%
1978	9,429,959	13,941,700	1.31%	0.62%
1979	9,548,258	14,038,270	1.25%	0.69%
1980	9,642,505	14,149,800	0.99%	0.79%
1981	9,729,350	14,247,208	0.9%	0.69%
1982	9,789,513	14,312,690	0.62%	0.46%
1983	9,846,627	14,367,070	0.58%	0.38%
1984	9,895,801	14,424,211	0.5%	0.4%
1985	9,934,300	14,491,632	0.39%	0.47%
1986	9,967,213	14,572,278	0.33%	0.56%
1987	10,000,595	14,665,037	0.33%	0.64%
1988	10,036,983	14,760,094	0.36%	0.65%
1989	10,089,498	14,848,907	0.52%	0.6%
1990	10,196,792	14,951,510	1.06%	0.69%
1991	10,319,927	15,069,798	1.21%	0.79%
1992	10,399,061	15,184,166	0.77%	0.76%
1993	10,460,415	15,290,368	0.59%	0.7%
1994	10,512,922	15,382,838	0.5%	0.6%
1995	10,562,153	15,459,006	0.47%	0.5%
1996	10,608,800	15,530,498	0.44%	0.46%
1997	10,661,259	15,610,650	0.49%	0.52%
1998	10,720,509	15,707,209	0.56%	0.62%
1999	10,761,698	15,812,088	0.38%	0.67%
2000	10,805,808	15,925,513	0.41%	0.72%
2001	10,862,132	16,046,180	0.52%	0.76%
2002	10,902,022	16,148,929	0.37%	0.64%
2003	10,928,070	16,225,302	0.24%	0.47%
2004	10,955,141	16,281,779	0.25%	0.35%
2005	10,987,314	16,319,868	0.29%	0.23%
2006	11,020,362	16,346,101	0.3%	0.16%
2007	11,048,473	16,381,696	0.26%	0.22%
2008	11,077,841	16,445,593	0.27%	0.39%
2009	11,107,017	16,530,388	0.26%	0.52%
2010	11,121,341	16,615,394	0.13%	0.51%
2011	11,104,899	16,693,074	-0.15%	0.47%
2012	11,045,011	16,754,962	-0.54%	0.37%
2013	10,965,211	16,804,432	-0.72%	0.3%
2014	10,892,413	16,865,008	-0.66%	0.36%
2015	10,820,883	16,939,923	-0.66%	0.44%
2016	10,775,971	17,030,314	-0.42%	0.53%
2017	10,754,679	17,131,296	-0.2%	0.59%
2018	10,732,882	17,231,624	-0.2%	0.59%
2019	10,721,582	17,344,874	-0.11%	0.66%
2020	10,698,599	17,441,500	-0.21%	0.56%
2021	10,569,207	17,533,044	-1.21%	0.52%
2022	10,436,882	17,700,982	-1.25%	0.96%
2023	10,405,588	17,877,117	-0.3%	1%
2024	10,388,805	17,994,237	-0.16%	0.66%
2025	10,276,140	18,110,800	-1.08%	0.65%
2026	10,232,997	18,211,436	-0.42%	0.56%
2027	10,188,386	18,299,531	-0.44%	0.48%
2028	10,143,203	18,379,573	-0.44%	0.44%
2029	10,097,603	18,452,044	-0.45%	0.39%
2030	10,051,921	18,515,913	-0.45%	0.35%
2031	10,006,045	18,571,934	-0.46%	0.3%
2032	9,959,048	18,621,087	-0.47%	0.26%
2033	9,911,765	18,664,975	-0.47%	0.24%
2034	9,865,342	18,702,456	-0.47%	0.2%
2035	9,818,783	18,733,223	-0.47%	0.16%
2036	9,772,426	18,760,054	-0.47%	0.14%
2037	9,726,502	18,781,793	-0.47%	0.12%
2038	9,680,639	18,798,283	-0.47%	0.09%
2039	9,635,315	18,810,276	-0.47%	0.06%
2040	9,590,401	18,817,745	-0.47%	0.04%
2041	9,545,637	18,820,870	-0.47%	0.02%
2042	9,501,568	18,819,607	-0.46%	-0.007%
2043	9,457,398	18,815,261	-0.46%	-0.02%
2044	9,411,943	18,807,564	-0.48%	-0.04%
2045	9,365,737	18,797,005	-0.49%	-0.06%
2046	9,319,023	18,785,724	-0.5%	-0.06%
2047	9,269,970	18,771,651	-0.53%	-0.07%
2048	9,218,699	18,754,325	-0.55%	-0.09%
2049	9,165,668	18,735,299	-0.58%	-0.1%
2050	9,111,122	18,714,579	-0.6%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.