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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Netherlands	India	Netherlands
1960	435,990,338	11,486,631	-	-
1961	446,564,729	11,638,712	2.43%	1.32%
1962	457,283,090	11,805,689	2.4%	1.43%
1963	468,138,575	11,965,966	2.37%	1.36%
1964	479,229,598	12,127,120	2.37%	1.35%
1965	490,140,146	12,294,732	2.28%	1.38%
1966	500,740,247	12,456,251	2.16%	1.31%
1967	511,606,372	12,598,201	2.17%	1.14%
1968	522,716,889	12,729,721	2.17%	1.04%
1969	533,880,544	12,877,984	2.14%	1.16%
1970	545,864,268	13,038,526	2.24%	1.25%
1971	558,096,387	13,194,497	2.24%	1.2%
1972	570,482,142	13,328,593	2.22%	1.02%
1973	583,465,598	13,439,322	2.28%	0.83%
1974	597,041,391	13,545,056	2.33%	0.79%
1975	611,309,535	13,666,335	2.39%	0.9%
1976	625,861,883	13,774,037	2.38%	0.79%
1977	640,801,103	13,856,185	2.39%	0.6%
1978	655,728,229	13,941,700	2.33%	0.62%
1979	671,155,747	14,038,270	2.35%	0.69%
1980	687,354,025	14,149,800	2.41%	0.79%
1981	703,696,250	14,247,208	2.38%	0.69%
1982	720,313,473	14,312,690	2.36%	0.46%
1983	737,372,681	14,367,070	2.37%	0.38%
1984	754,875,449	14,424,211	2.37%	0.4%
1985	772,647,793	14,491,632	2.35%	0.47%
1986	790,689,978	14,572,278	2.34%	0.56%
1987	808,931,270	14,665,037	2.31%	0.64%
1988	827,342,990	14,760,094	2.28%	0.65%
1989	846,039,529	14,848,907	2.26%	0.6%
1990	864,972,221	14,951,510	2.24%	0.69%
1991	883,927,600	15,069,798	2.19%	0.79%
1992	902,957,070	15,184,166	2.15%	0.76%
1993	922,118,387	15,290,368	2.12%	0.7%
1994	941,163,767	15,382,838	2.07%	0.6%
1995	960,301,044	15,459,006	2.03%	0.5%
1996	979,678,458	15,530,498	2.02%	0.46%
1997	999,133,762	15,610,650	1.99%	0.52%
1998	1,018,665,080	15,707,209	1.95%	0.62%
1999	1,038,225,823	15,812,088	1.92%	0.67%
2000	1,057,922,733	15,925,513	1.9%	0.72%
2001	1,077,898,575	16,046,180	1.89%	0.76%
2002	1,097,600,380	16,148,929	1.83%	0.64%
2003	1,116,803,006	16,225,302	1.75%	0.47%
2004	1,135,991,513	16,281,779	1.72%	0.35%
2005	1,154,676,322	16,319,868	1.64%	0.23%
2006	1,172,878,890	16,346,101	1.58%	0.16%
2007	1,190,676,021	16,381,696	1.52%	0.22%
2008	1,207,930,964	16,445,593	1.45%	0.39%
2009	1,225,524,753	16,530,388	1.46%	0.52%
2010	1,243,481,564	16,615,394	1.47%	0.51%
2011	1,261,224,954	16,693,074	1.43%	0.47%
2012	1,278,674,502	16,754,962	1.38%	0.37%
2013	1,295,829,511	16,804,432	1.34%	0.3%
2014	1,312,277,191	16,865,008	1.27%	0.36%
2015	1,328,024,498	16,939,923	1.2%	0.44%
2016	1,343,944,296	17,030,314	1.2%	0.53%
2017	1,359,657,400	17,131,296	1.17%	0.59%
2018	1,374,659,064	17,231,624	1.1%	0.59%
2019	1,389,030,312	17,344,874	1.05%	0.66%
2020	1,402,617,695	17,441,500	0.98%	0.56%
2021	1,414,203,896	17,533,044	0.83%	0.52%
2022	1,425,423,212	17,700,982	0.79%	0.96%
2023	1,438,069,596	17,877,117	0.89%	1%
2024	1,450,935,791	17,993,485	0.89%	0.65%
2025	1,463,865,531	18,110,044	0.89%	0.65%
2026	1,476,625,576	18,210,675	0.87%	0.56%
2027	1,489,164,679	18,298,766	0.85%	0.48%
2028	1,501,432,748	18,378,805	0.82%	0.44%
2029	1,513,423,737	18,451,273	0.8%	0.39%
2030	1,525,138,852	18,515,139	0.77%	0.35%
2031	1,536,540,604	18,571,158	0.75%	0.3%
2032	1,547,607,126	18,620,309	0.72%	0.26%
2033	1,558,324,087	18,664,195	0.69%	0.24%
2034	1,568,688,356	18,701,674	0.67%	0.2%
2035	1,578,694,799	18,732,440	0.64%	0.16%
2036	1,588,325,366	18,759,270	0.61%	0.14%
2037	1,597,537,009	18,781,008	0.58%	0.12%
2038	1,606,300,646	18,797,497	0.55%	0.09%
2039	1,614,639,243	18,809,490	0.52%	0.06%
2040	1,622,580,052	18,816,959	0.49%	0.04%
2041	1,630,119,374	18,820,083	0.46%	0.02%
2042	1,637,235,363	18,818,821	0.44%	-0.007%
2043	1,643,915,269	18,814,475	0.41%	-0.02%
2044	1,650,186,610	18,806,778	0.38%	-0.04%
2045	1,656,067,585	18,796,219	0.36%	-0.06%
2046	1,661,548,400	18,784,939	0.33%	-0.06%
2047	1,666,628,151	18,770,867	0.31%	-0.07%
2048	1,671,309,727	18,753,541	0.28%	-0.09%
2049	1,675,619,893	18,734,516	0.26%	-0.1%
2050	1,679,589,268	18,713,797	0.24%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.