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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	Netherlands	Italy	Netherlands
1960	50,199,700	11,486,631	-	-
1961	50,536,350	11,638,712	0.67%	1.32%
1962	50,879,450	11,805,689	0.68%	1.43%
1963	51,252,000	11,965,966	0.73%	1.36%
1964	51,675,350	12,127,120	0.83%	1.35%
1965	52,112,350	12,294,732	0.85%	1.38%
1966	52,519,000	12,456,251	0.78%	1.31%
1967	52,900,500	12,598,201	0.73%	1.14%
1968	53,235,750	12,729,721	0.63%	1.04%
1969	53,537,950	12,877,984	0.57%	1.16%
1970	53,821,850	13,038,526	0.53%	1.25%
1971	54,073,490	13,194,497	0.47%	1.2%
1972	54,381,345	13,328,593	0.57%	1.02%
1973	54,751,406	13,439,322	0.68%	0.83%
1974	55,110,868	13,545,056	0.66%	0.79%
1975	55,441,001	13,666,335	0.6%	0.9%
1976	55,718,260	13,774,037	0.5%	0.79%
1977	55,955,411	13,856,185	0.43%	0.6%
1978	56,155,143	13,941,700	0.36%	0.62%
1979	56,317,749	14,038,270	0.29%	0.69%
1980	56,433,883	14,149,800	0.21%	0.79%
1981	56,501,675	14,247,208	0.12%	0.69%
1982	56,543,548	14,312,690	0.07%	0.46%
1983	56,564,074	14,367,070	0.04%	0.38%
1984	56,576,718	14,424,211	0.02%	0.4%
1985	56,593,071	14,491,632	0.03%	0.47%
1986	56,596,155	14,572,278	0.005%	0.56%
1987	56,601,931	14,665,037	0.01%	0.64%
1988	56,629,288	14,760,094	0.05%	0.65%
1989	56,671,781	14,848,907	0.08%	0.6%
1990	56,719,240	14,951,510	0.08%	0.69%
1991	56,758,521	15,069,798	0.07%	0.79%
1992	56,797,087	15,184,166	0.07%	0.76%
1993	56,831,821	15,290,368	0.06%	0.7%
1994	56,843,400	15,382,838	0.02%	0.6%
1995	56,844,303	15,459,006	0.002%	0.5%
1996	56,860,281	15,530,498	0.03%	0.46%
1997	56,890,372	15,610,650	0.05%	0.52%
1998	56,906,744	15,707,209	0.03%	0.62%
1999	56,916,317	15,812,088	0.02%	0.67%
2000	56,942,108	15,925,513	0.05%	0.72%
2001	56,976,981	16,046,180	0.06%	0.76%
2002	57,089,824	16,148,929	0.2%	0.64%
2003	57,399,184	16,225,302	0.54%	0.47%
2004	57,828,179	16,281,779	0.75%	0.35%
2005	58,166,682	16,319,868	0.59%	0.23%
2006	58,399,861	16,346,101	0.4%	0.16%
2007	58,756,247	16,381,696	0.61%	0.22%
2008	59,211,181	16,445,593	0.77%	0.39%
2009	59,555,454	16,530,388	0.58%	0.52%
2010	59,819,407	16,615,394	0.44%	0.51%
2011	60,026,841	16,693,074	0.35%	0.47%
2012	60,191,247	16,754,962	0.27%	0.37%
2013	60,311,613	16,804,432	0.2%	0.3%
2014	60,320,707	16,865,008	0.02%	0.36%
2015	60,229,605	16,939,923	-0.15%	0.44%
2016	60,115,223	17,030,314	-0.19%	0.53%
2017	60,002,252	17,131,296	-0.19%	0.59%
2018	60,148,658	17,231,624	0.24%	0.59%
2019	59,729,081	17,344,874	-0.7%	0.66%
2020	59,438,851	17,441,500	-0.49%	0.56%
2021	59,133,173	17,533,044	-0.51%	0.52%
2022	59,013,667	17,700,982	-0.2%	0.96%
2023	58,993,475	17,877,117	-0.03%	1%
2024	58,986,023	17,994,237	-0.01%	0.66%
2025	58,790,597	18,110,800	-0.33%	0.65%
2026	58,571,823	18,211,436	-0.37%	0.56%
2027	58,335,864	18,299,531	-0.4%	0.48%
2028	58,094,373	18,379,573	-0.41%	0.44%
2029	57,851,042	18,452,044	-0.42%	0.39%
2030	57,597,622	18,515,913	-0.44%	0.35%
2031	57,333,277	18,571,934	-0.46%	0.3%
2032	57,071,235	18,621,087	-0.46%	0.26%
2033	56,812,747	18,664,975	-0.45%	0.24%
2034	56,548,816	18,702,456	-0.46%	0.2%
2035	56,279,536	18,733,223	-0.48%	0.16%
2036	56,009,844	18,760,054	-0.48%	0.14%
2037	55,737,477	18,781,793	-0.49%	0.12%
2038	55,460,735	18,798,283	-0.5%	0.09%
2039	55,177,508	18,810,276	-0.51%	0.06%
2040	54,889,107	18,817,745	-0.52%	0.04%
2041	54,601,628	18,820,870	-0.52%	0.02%
2042	54,307,412	18,819,607	-0.54%	-0.007%
2043	53,997,106	18,815,261	-0.57%	-0.02%
2044	53,679,603	18,807,564	-0.59%	-0.04%
2045	53,357,669	18,797,005	-0.6%	-0.06%
2046	53,025,288	18,785,724	-0.62%	-0.06%
2047	52,680,150	18,771,651	-0.65%	-0.07%
2048	52,324,241	18,754,325	-0.68%	-0.09%
2049	51,959,050	18,735,299	-0.7%	-0.1%
2050	51,579,060	18,714,579	-0.73%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Italy increased by 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Italy lost -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2005 and is 25th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people with a rank change from 25th to 40th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.