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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Netherlands	Liberia	Netherlands
1960	1,139,522	11,486,631	-	-
1961	1,167,717	11,638,712	2.47%	1.32%
1962	1,197,039	11,805,689	2.51%	1.43%
1963	1,227,414	11,965,966	2.54%	1.36%
1964	1,258,745	12,127,120	2.55%	1.35%
1965	1,291,156	12,294,732	2.57%	1.38%
1966	1,324,383	12,456,251	2.57%	1.31%
1967	1,358,435	12,598,201	2.57%	1.14%
1968	1,393,530	12,729,721	2.58%	1.04%
1969	1,429,605	12,877,984	2.59%	1.16%
1970	1,466,676	13,038,526	2.59%	1.25%
1971	1,504,077	13,194,497	2.55%	1.2%
1972	1,542,670	13,328,593	2.57%	1.02%
1973	1,583,588	13,439,322	2.65%	0.83%
1974	1,626,362	13,545,056	2.7%	0.79%
1975	1,670,913	13,666,335	2.74%	0.9%
1976	1,717,060	13,774,037	2.76%	0.79%
1977	1,766,019	13,856,185	2.85%	0.6%
1978	1,818,247	13,941,700	2.96%	0.62%
1979	1,872,713	14,038,270	3%	0.69%
1980	1,929,253	14,149,800	3.02%	0.79%
1981	1,986,867	14,247,208	2.99%	0.69%
1982	2,045,073	14,312,690	2.93%	0.46%
1983	2,107,113	14,367,070	3.03%	0.38%
1984	2,173,312	14,424,211	3.14%	0.4%
1985	2,240,539	14,491,632	3.09%	0.47%
1986	2,308,511	14,572,278	3.03%	0.56%
1987	2,377,229	14,665,037	2.98%	0.64%
1988	2,446,941	14,760,094	2.93%	0.65%
1989	2,517,858	14,848,907	2.9%	0.6%
1990	2,223,667	14,951,510	-11.7%	0.69%
1991	1,956,518	15,069,798	-12%	0.79%
1992	2,072,461	15,184,166	5.93%	0.76%
1993	2,155,126	15,290,368	3.99%	0.7%
1994	2,149,928	15,382,838	-0.24%	0.6%
1995	2,169,162	15,459,006	0.89%	0.5%
1996	2,232,289	15,530,498	2.91%	0.46%
1997	2,412,989	15,610,650	8.09%	0.52%
1998	2,670,124	15,707,209	10.7%	0.62%
1999	2,821,684	15,812,088	5.68%	0.67%
2000	2,928,117	15,925,513	3.77%	0.72%
2001	3,015,338	16,046,180	2.98%	0.76%
2002	3,094,782	16,148,929	2.63%	0.64%
2003	3,119,532	16,225,302	0.8%	0.47%
2004	3,156,892	16,281,779	1.2%	0.35%
2005	3,301,015	16,319,868	4.57%	0.23%
2006	3,490,787	16,346,101	5.75%	0.16%
2007	3,669,050	16,381,696	5.11%	0.22%
2008	3,821,003	16,445,593	4.14%	0.39%
2009	3,943,028	16,530,388	3.19%	0.52%
2010	4,058,890	16,615,394	2.94%	0.51%
2011	4,221,178	16,693,074	4%	0.47%
2012	4,373,043	16,754,962	3.6%	0.37%
2013	4,470,239	16,804,432	2.22%	0.3%
2014	4,564,293	16,865,008	2.1%	0.36%
2015	4,659,431	16,939,923	2.08%	0.44%
2016	4,755,608	17,030,314	2.06%	0.53%
2017	4,848,925	17,131,296	1.96%	0.59%
2018	4,944,726	17,231,624	1.98%	0.59%
2019	5,043,721	17,344,874	2%	0.66%
2020	5,149,463	17,441,500	2.1%	0.56%
2021	5,259,323	17,533,044	2.13%	0.52%
2022	5,373,294	17,700,982	2.17%	0.96%
2023	5,493,031	17,877,117	2.23%	1%
2024	5,612,817	17,994,237	2.18%	0.66%
2025	5,731,211	18,110,800	2.11%	0.65%
2026	5,853,958	18,211,436	2.14%	0.56%
2027	5,986,805	18,299,531	2.27%	0.48%
2028	6,118,769	18,379,573	2.2%	0.44%
2029	6,245,093	18,452,044	2.06%	0.39%
2030	6,366,293	18,515,913	1.94%	0.35%
2031	6,486,749	18,571,934	1.89%	0.3%
2032	6,614,257	18,621,087	1.97%	0.26%
2033	6,744,927	18,664,975	1.98%	0.24%
2034	6,873,688	18,702,456	1.91%	0.2%
2035	7,003,567	18,733,223	1.89%	0.16%
2036	7,142,326	18,760,054	1.98%	0.14%
2037	7,278,759	18,781,793	1.91%	0.12%
2038	7,408,720	18,798,283	1.79%	0.09%
2039	7,545,510	18,810,276	1.85%	0.06%
2040	7,681,693	18,817,745	1.8%	0.04%
2041	7,817,089	18,820,870	1.76%	0.02%
2042	7,954,182	18,819,607	1.75%	-0.007%
2043	8,077,173	18,815,261	1.55%	-0.02%
2044	8,194,136	18,807,564	1.45%	-0.04%
2045	8,310,657	18,797,005	1.42%	-0.06%
2046	8,428,924	18,785,724	1.42%	-0.06%
2047	8,552,033	18,771,651	1.46%	-0.07%
2048	8,673,963	18,754,325	1.43%	-0.09%
2049	8,795,838	18,735,299	1.41%	-0.1%
2050	8,910,539	18,714,579	1.3%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.