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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Japan	Netherlands	Japan	Netherlands
1960	93,216,000	11,486,631	-	-
1961	94,055,000	11,638,712	0.9%	1.32%
1962	94,933,000	11,805,689	0.93%	1.43%
1963	95,900,000	11,965,966	1.02%	1.36%
1964	96,903,000	12,127,120	1.05%	1.35%
1965	97,952,000	12,294,732	1.08%	1.38%
1966	98,851,000	12,456,251	0.92%	1.31%
1967	99,879,000	12,598,201	1.04%	1.14%
1968	101,011,000	12,729,721	1.13%	1.04%
1969	102,219,000	12,877,984	1.2%	1.16%
1970	103,403,000	13,038,526	1.16%	1.25%
1971	105,697,000	13,194,497	2.22%	1.2%
1972	107,188,000	13,328,593	1.41%	1.02%
1973	108,707,000	13,439,322	1.42%	0.83%
1974	110,162,000	13,545,056	1.34%	0.79%
1975	111,573,000	13,666,335	1.28%	0.9%
1976	112,775,000	13,774,037	1.08%	0.79%
1977	113,872,000	13,856,185	0.97%	0.6%
1978	114,913,000	13,941,700	0.91%	0.62%
1979	115,890,000	14,038,270	0.85%	0.69%
1980	116,807,000	14,149,800	0.79%	0.79%
1981	117,661,000	14,247,208	0.73%	0.69%
1982	118,480,000	14,312,690	0.7%	0.46%
1983	119,307,000	14,367,070	0.7%	0.38%
1984	120,083,000	14,424,211	0.65%	0.4%
1985	120,837,000	14,491,632	0.63%	0.47%
1986	121,482,000	14,572,278	0.53%	0.56%
1987	122,069,000	14,665,037	0.48%	0.64%
1988	122,578,000	14,760,094	0.42%	0.65%
1989	123,069,000	14,848,907	0.4%	0.6%
1990	123,478,000	14,951,510	0.33%	0.69%
1991	123,964,000	15,069,798	0.39%	0.79%
1992	124,425,000	15,184,166	0.37%	0.76%
1993	124,829,000	15,290,368	0.32%	0.7%
1994	125,178,000	15,382,838	0.28%	0.6%
1995	125,472,000	15,459,006	0.23%	0.5%
1996	125,757,000	15,530,498	0.23%	0.46%
1997	126,057,000	15,610,650	0.24%	0.52%
1998	126,400,000	15,707,209	0.27%	0.62%
1999	126,631,000	15,812,088	0.18%	0.67%
2000	126,843,000	15,925,513	0.17%	0.72%
2001	127,149,000	16,046,180	0.24%	0.76%
2002	127,445,000	16,148,929	0.23%	0.64%
2003	127,718,000	16,225,302	0.21%	0.47%
2004	127,761,000	16,281,779	0.03%	0.35%
2005	127,773,000	16,319,868	0.009%	0.23%
2006	127,854,000	16,346,101	0.06%	0.16%
2007	128,001,000	16,381,696	0.11%	0.22%
2008	128,063,000	16,445,593	0.05%	0.39%
2009	128,047,000	16,530,388	-0.01%	0.52%
2010	128,070,000	16,615,394	0.02%	0.51%
2011	127,833,000	16,693,074	-0.19%	0.47%
2012	127,629,000	16,754,962	-0.16%	0.37%
2013	127,445,000	16,804,432	-0.14%	0.3%
2014	127,276,000	16,865,008	-0.13%	0.36%
2015	127,141,000	16,939,923	-0.11%	0.44%
2016	127,076,000	17,030,314	-0.05%	0.53%
2017	126,972,000	17,131,296	-0.08%	0.59%
2018	126,811,000	17,231,624	-0.13%	0.59%
2019	126,633,000	17,344,874	-0.14%	0.66%
2020	126,261,000	17,441,500	-0.29%	0.56%
2021	125,681,593	17,533,044	-0.46%	0.52%
2022	125,124,989	17,700,982	-0.44%	0.96%
2023	124,516,650	17,877,117	-0.49%	1%
2024	123,975,371	17,994,237	-0.43%	0.66%
2025	123,324,642	18,110,800	-0.52%	0.65%
2026	122,647,678	18,211,436	-0.55%	0.56%
2027	121,951,038	18,299,531	-0.57%	0.48%
2028	121,241,776	18,379,573	-0.58%	0.44%
2029	120,524,230	18,452,044	-0.59%	0.39%
2030	119,798,959	18,515,913	-0.6%	0.35%
2031	119,065,610	18,571,934	-0.61%	0.3%
2032	118,326,333	18,621,087	-0.62%	0.26%
2033	117,583,337	18,664,975	-0.63%	0.24%
2034	116,836,274	18,702,456	-0.64%	0.2%
2035	116,084,328	18,733,223	-0.64%	0.16%
2036	115,332,395	18,760,054	-0.65%	0.14%
2037	114,582,890	18,781,793	-0.65%	0.12%
2038	113,837,760	18,798,283	-0.65%	0.09%
2039	113,097,352	18,810,276	-0.65%	0.06%
2040	112,359,802	18,817,745	-0.65%	0.04%
2041	111,622,622	18,820,870	-0.66%	0.02%
2042	110,891,223	18,819,607	-0.66%	-0.007%
2043	110,169,955	18,815,261	-0.65%	-0.02%
2044	109,455,823	18,807,564	-0.65%	-0.04%
2045	108,747,012	18,797,005	-0.65%	-0.06%
2046	108,044,346	18,785,724	-0.65%	-0.06%
2047	107,350,486	18,771,651	-0.64%	-0.07%
2048	106,665,616	18,754,325	-0.64%	-0.09%
2049	105,986,908	18,735,299	-0.64%	-0.1%
2050	105,312,022	18,714,579	-0.64%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Japan decreased by 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Japan lost -3,816,358 (a 3% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Japan was ranked 10th most populous country in 2005 and is 12th 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) Japan's population will shrink by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people with a rank change from 12th to 17th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.