Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Netherlands	Guinea-Bissau	Netherlands
1960	577,633	11,486,631	-	-
1961	582,532	11,638,712	0.85%	1.32%
1962	589,474	11,805,689	1.19%	1.43%
1963	594,418	11,965,966	0.84%	1.36%
1964	588,543	12,127,120	-0.99%	1.35%
1965	575,005	12,294,732	-2.3%	1.38%
1966	566,908	12,456,251	-1.41%	1.31%
1967	569,011	12,598,201	0.37%	1.14%
1968	578,170	12,729,721	1.61%	1.04%
1969	581,610	12,877,984	0.59%	1.16%
1970	584,403	13,038,526	0.48%	1.25%
1971	586,221	13,194,497	0.31%	1.2%
1972	586,620	13,328,593	0.07%	1.02%
1973	592,808	13,439,322	1.05%	0.83%
1974	613,338	13,545,056	3.46%	0.79%
1975	650,966	13,666,335	6.13%	0.9%
1976	694,191	13,774,037	6.64%	0.79%
1977	741,789	13,856,185	6.86%	0.6%
1978	791,694	13,941,700	6.73%	0.62%
1979	819,867	14,038,270	3.56%	0.69%
1980	829,303	14,149,800	1.15%	0.79%
1981	842,432	14,247,208	1.58%	0.69%
1982	855,891	14,312,690	1.6%	0.46%
1983	869,592	14,367,070	1.6%	0.38%
1984	883,519	14,424,211	1.6%	0.4%
1985	897,697	14,491,632	1.6%	0.47%
1986	912,126	14,572,278	1.61%	0.56%
1987	926,862	14,665,037	1.62%	0.64%
1988	942,061	14,760,094	1.64%	0.65%
1989	957,789	14,848,907	1.67%	0.6%
1990	973,669	14,951,510	1.66%	0.69%
1991	994,639	15,069,798	2.15%	0.79%
1992	1,024,356	15,184,166	2.99%	0.76%
1993	1,058,745	15,290,368	3.36%	0.7%
1994	1,092,031	15,382,838	3.14%	0.6%
1995	1,119,949	15,459,006	2.56%	0.5%
1996	1,143,535	15,530,498	2.11%	0.46%
1997	1,165,545	15,610,650	1.92%	0.52%
1998	1,187,473	15,707,209	1.88%	0.62%
1999	1,210,206	15,812,088	1.91%	0.67%
2000	1,234,741	15,925,513	2.03%	0.72%
2001	1,261,273	16,046,180	2.15%	0.76%
2002	1,289,307	16,148,929	2.22%	0.64%
2003	1,318,806	16,225,302	2.29%	0.47%
2004	1,349,563	16,281,779	2.33%	0.35%
2005	1,381,585	16,319,868	2.37%	0.23%
2006	1,415,303	16,346,101	2.44%	0.16%
2007	1,450,986	16,381,696	2.52%	0.22%
2008	1,488,054	16,445,593	2.55%	0.39%
2009	1,526,377	16,530,388	2.58%	0.52%
2010	1,566,347	16,615,394	2.62%	0.51%
2011	1,608,076	16,693,074	2.66%	0.47%
2012	1,651,417	16,754,962	2.7%	0.37%
2013	1,695,973	16,804,432	2.7%	0.3%
2014	1,741,122	16,865,008	2.66%	0.36%
2015	1,786,457	16,939,923	2.6%	0.44%
2016	1,831,893	17,030,314	2.54%	0.53%
2017	1,877,072	17,131,296	2.47%	0.59%
2018	1,922,168	17,231,624	2.4%	0.59%
2019	1,967,696	17,344,874	2.37%	0.66%
2020	2,013,255	17,441,500	2.32%	0.56%
2021	2,058,841	17,533,044	2.26%	0.52%
2022	2,105,529	17,700,982	2.27%	0.96%
2023	2,153,339	17,877,117	2.27%	1%
2024	2,201,352	17,994,237	2.23%	0.66%
2025	2,249,512	18,110,800	2.19%	0.65%
2026	2,297,807	18,211,436	2.15%	0.56%
2027	2,346,190	18,299,531	2.11%	0.48%
2028	2,394,226	18,379,573	2.05%	0.44%
2029	2,441,574	18,452,044	1.98%	0.39%
2030	2,488,931	18,515,913	1.94%	0.35%
2031	2,536,893	18,571,934	1.93%	0.3%
2032	2,585,565	18,621,087	1.92%	0.26%
2033	2,634,701	18,664,975	1.9%	0.24%
2034	2,683,078	18,702,456	1.84%	0.2%
2035	2,730,136	18,733,223	1.75%	0.16%
2036	2,777,887	18,760,054	1.75%	0.14%
2037	2,826,159	18,781,793	1.74%	0.12%
2038	2,873,929	18,798,283	1.69%	0.09%
2039	2,921,973	18,810,276	1.67%	0.06%
2040	2,969,699	18,817,745	1.63%	0.04%
2041	3,016,537	18,820,870	1.58%	0.02%
2042	3,063,161	18,819,607	1.55%	-0.007%
2043	3,109,927	18,815,261	1.53%	-0.02%
2044	3,156,704	18,807,564	1.5%	-0.04%
2045	3,204,242	18,797,005	1.51%	-0.06%
2046	3,251,465	18,785,724	1.47%	-0.06%
2047	3,298,563	18,771,651	1.45%	-0.07%
2048	3,345,853	18,754,325	1.43%	-0.09%
2049	3,392,557	18,735,299	1.4%	-0.1%
2050	3,438,597	18,714,579	1.36%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.