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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Kazakhstan was 20,592,571 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kazakhstan's population is 21,036,432 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • Kazakhstan's population is 1.16 times bigger than the Netherlands'.
  • Kazakhstan is ranked the 65th most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.47% of the world: 0.25% for Kazakhstan vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, Kazakhstan has had an average growth rate of +1.46% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Kazakhstan has increased from 16M people to 21M (31.7% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
  • Kazakhstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 33.7M people compared to the peak of 18.8M people in 2041 for the Netherlands.

Kazakhstan vs Netherlands: live population counter

Kazakhstan Netherlands
Current population
21036432
18191638
Population rank 65/197 72/197
Percent of world population 0.25% 0.22%
One net population change
2 minutes
4.49 minutes
One birth every
1.28 minutes
3.2 minutes
One death every
3.85 minutes
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
1.19 hours
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change -7,368 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +719 +321
Annual growth/decline +262,467 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +1.29% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 84/197 122/197

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

Kazakhstan
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Kazakhstan Netherlands Kazakhstan Netherlands
1960 9,429,981 11,486,631 - -
1961 9,742,085 11,638,712 3.31% 1.32%
1962 10,058,928 11,805,689 3.25% 1.43%
1963 10,377,466 11,965,966 3.17% 1.36%
1964 10,690,309 12,127,120 3.01% 1.35%
1965 10,993,183 12,294,732 2.83% 1.38%
1966 11,288,989 12,456,251 2.69% 1.31%
1967 11,584,428 12,598,201 2.62% 1.14%
1968 11,879,182 12,729,721 2.54% 1.04%
1969 12,156,212 12,877,984 2.33% 1.16%
1970 12,419,057 13,038,526 2.16% 1.25%
1971 12,684,813 13,194,497 2.14% 1.2%
1972 12,951,798 13,328,593 2.1% 1.02%
1973 13,208,121 13,439,322 1.98% 0.83%
1974 13,454,570 13,545,056 1.87% 0.79%
1975 13,700,843 13,666,335 1.83% 0.9%
1976 13,998,738 13,774,037 2.17% 0.79%
1977 14,353,265 13,856,185 2.53% 0.6%
1978 14,711,497 13,941,700 2.5% 0.62%
1979 14,978,696 14,038,270 1.82% 0.69%
1980 15,152,949 14,149,800 1.16% 0.79%
1981 15,323,082 14,247,208 1.12% 0.69%
1982 15,492,595 14,312,690 1.11% 0.46%
1983 15,665,551 14,367,070 1.12% 0.38%
1984 15,844,621 14,424,211 1.14% 0.4%
1985 16,031,090 14,491,632 1.18% 0.47%
1986 16,262,702 14,572,278 1.44% 0.56%
1987 16,527,715 14,665,037 1.63% 0.64%
1988 16,781,168 14,760,094 1.53% 0.65%
1989 16,997,013 14,848,907 1.29% 0.6%
1990 17,154,054 14,951,510 0.92% 0.69%
1991 17,278,600 15,069,798 0.73% 0.79%
1992 17,332,625 15,184,166 0.31% 0.76%
1993 17,274,487 15,290,368 -0.34% 0.7%
1994 17,043,771 15,382,838 -1.34% 0.6%
1995 16,730,536 15,459,006 -1.84% 0.5%
1996 16,416,027 15,530,498 -1.88% 0.46%
1997 16,043,251 15,610,650 -2.27% 0.52%
1998 15,647,785 15,707,209 -2.46% 0.62%
1999 15,455,874 15,812,088 -1.23% 0.67%
2000 15,501,103 15,925,513 0.29% 0.72%
2001 15,575,550 16,046,180 0.48% 0.76%
2002 15,656,677 16,148,929 0.52% 0.64%
2003 15,747,380 16,225,302 0.58% 0.47%
2004 15,850,159 16,281,779 0.65% 0.35%
2005 15,968,117 16,319,868 0.74% 0.23%
2006 16,103,716 16,346,101 0.85% 0.16%
2007 16,257,214 16,381,696 0.95% 0.22%
2008 16,426,525 16,445,593 1.04% 0.39%
2009 16,619,846 16,530,388 1.18% 0.52%
2010 16,836,810 16,615,394 1.31% 0.51%
2011 17,066,002 16,693,074 1.36% 0.47%
2012 17,306,106 16,754,962 1.41% 0.37%
2013 17,556,502 16,804,432 1.45% 0.3%
2014 17,816,285 16,865,008 1.48% 0.36%
2015 18,084,169 16,939,923 1.5% 0.44%
2016 18,363,600 17,030,314 1.55% 0.53%
2017 18,651,931 17,131,296 1.57% 0.59%
2018 18,932,727 17,231,624 1.51% 0.59%
2019 19,209,555 17,344,874 1.46% 0.66%
2020 19,482,117 17,441,500 1.42% 0.56%
2021 19,743,603 17,533,044 1.34% 0.52%
2022 20,034,609 17,700,982 1.47% 0.96%
2023 20,330,104 17,877,117 1.47% 1%
2024 20,592,571 17,994,237 1.29% 0.66%
2025 20,843,753 18,110,800 1.22% 0.65%
2026 21,083,619 18,211,436 1.15% 0.56%
2027 21,316,177 18,299,531 1.1% 0.48%
2028 21,547,638 18,379,573 1.09% 0.44%
2029 21,777,008 18,452,044 1.06% 0.39%
2030 22,003,192 18,515,913 1.04% 0.35%
2031 22,227,045 18,571,934 1.02% 0.3%
2032 22,452,639 18,621,087 1.01% 0.26%
2033 22,679,377 18,664,975 1.01% 0.24%
2034 22,903,209 18,702,456 0.99% 0.2%
2035 23,125,951 18,733,223 0.97% 0.16%
2036 23,349,072 18,760,054 0.96% 0.14%
2037 23,571,233 18,781,793 0.95% 0.12%
2038 23,793,387 18,798,283 0.94% 0.09%
2039 24,017,887 18,810,276 0.94% 0.06%
2040 24,246,822 18,817,745 0.95% 0.04%
2041 24,477,612 18,820,870 0.95% 0.02%
2042 24,707,974 18,819,607 0.94% -0.007%
2043 24,941,020 18,815,261 0.94% -0.02%
2044 25,175,225 18,807,564 0.94% -0.04%
2045 25,409,749 18,797,005 0.93% -0.06%
2046 25,642,870 18,785,724 0.92% -0.06%
2047 25,875,743 18,771,651 0.91% -0.07%
2048 26,106,834 18,754,325 0.89% -0.09%
2049 26,328,898 18,735,299 0.85% -0.1%
2050 26,544,261 18,714,579 0.82% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kazakhstan gained 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2005 and is 65th 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) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.

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