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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lithuania	Netherlands	Lithuania	Netherlands
1960	2,778,550	11,486,631	-	-
1961	2,823,550	11,638,712	1.62%	1.32%
1962	2,863,350	11,805,689	1.41%	1.43%
1963	2,898,950	11,965,966	1.24%	1.36%
1964	2,935,200	12,127,120	1.25%	1.35%
1965	2,971,450	12,294,732	1.24%	1.38%
1966	3,008,050	12,456,251	1.23%	1.31%
1967	3,044,400	12,598,201	1.21%	1.14%
1968	3,078,850	12,729,721	1.13%	1.04%
1969	3,107,321	12,877,984	0.92%	1.16%
1970	3,139,689	13,038,526	1.04%	1.25%
1971	3,179,041	13,194,497	1.25%	1.2%
1972	3,213,622	13,328,593	1.09%	1.02%
1973	3,244,438	13,439,322	0.96%	0.83%
1974	3,273,894	13,545,056	0.91%	0.79%
1975	3,301,652	13,666,335	0.85%	0.9%
1976	3,328,664	13,774,037	0.82%	0.79%
1977	3,355,036	13,856,185	0.79%	0.6%
1978	3,379,514	13,941,700	0.73%	0.62%
1979	3,397,842	14,038,270	0.54%	0.69%
1980	3,413,202	14,149,800	0.45%	0.79%
1981	3,432,947	14,247,208	0.58%	0.69%
1982	3,457,179	14,312,690	0.71%	0.46%
1983	3,485,192	14,367,070	0.81%	0.38%
1984	3,514,205	14,424,211	0.83%	0.4%
1985	3,544,543	14,491,632	0.86%	0.47%
1986	3,578,914	14,572,278	0.97%	0.56%
1987	3,616,367	14,665,037	1.05%	0.64%
1988	3,655,049	14,760,094	1.07%	0.65%
1989	3,684,255	14,848,907	0.8%	0.6%
1990	3,697,838	14,951,510	0.37%	0.69%
1991	3,704,134	15,069,798	0.17%	0.79%
1992	3,700,114	15,184,166	-0.11%	0.76%
1993	3,682,613	15,290,368	-0.47%	0.7%
1994	3,657,144	15,382,838	-0.69%	0.6%
1995	3,629,102	15,459,006	-0.77%	0.5%
1996	3,601,613	15,530,498	-0.76%	0.46%
1997	3,575,137	15,610,650	-0.74%	0.52%
1998	3,549,331	15,707,209	-0.72%	0.62%
1999	3,524,238	15,812,088	-0.71%	0.67%
2000	3,499,536	15,925,513	-0.7%	0.72%
2001	3,470,818	16,046,180	-0.82%	0.76%
2002	3,443,067	16,148,929	-0.8%	0.64%
2003	3,415,213	16,225,302	-0.81%	0.47%
2004	3,377,075	16,281,779	-1.12%	0.35%
2005	3,322,528	16,319,868	-1.62%	0.23%
2006	3,269,909	16,346,101	-1.58%	0.16%
2007	3,231,294	16,381,696	-1.18%	0.22%
2008	3,198,231	16,445,593	-1.02%	0.39%
2009	3,162,916	16,530,388	-1.1%	0.52%
2010	3,097,282	16,615,394	-2.08%	0.51%
2011	3,028,115	16,693,074	-2.23%	0.47%
2012	2,989,139	16,754,962	-1.29%	0.37%
2013	2,961,250	16,804,432	-0.93%	0.3%
2014	2,937,253	16,865,008	-0.81%	0.36%
2015	2,911,109	16,939,923	-0.89%	0.44%
2016	2,877,325	17,030,314	-1.16%	0.53%
2017	2,842,639	17,131,296	-1.21%	0.59%
2018	2,819,200	17,231,624	-0.82%	0.59%
2019	2,811,089	17,344,874	-0.29%	0.66%
2020	2,810,369	17,441,500	-0.03%	0.56%
2021	2,808,380	17,533,044	-0.07%	0.52%
2022	2,831,639	17,700,982	0.83%	0.96%
2023	2,871,585	17,877,117	1.41%	1%
2024	2,888,278	17,993,485	0.58%	0.65%
2025	2,859,019	18,110,044	-1.01%	0.65%
2026	2,825,872	18,210,675	-1.16%	0.56%
2027	2,802,522	18,298,766	-0.83%	0.48%
2028	2,779,241	18,378,805	-0.83%	0.44%
2029	2,756,374	18,451,273	-0.82%	0.39%
2030	2,733,965	18,515,139	-0.81%	0.35%
2031	2,711,850	18,571,158	-0.81%	0.3%
2032	2,689,971	18,620,309	-0.81%	0.26%
2033	2,668,091	18,664,195	-0.81%	0.24%
2034	2,645,992	18,701,674	-0.83%	0.2%
2035	2,623,885	18,732,440	-0.84%	0.16%
2036	2,601,771	18,759,270	-0.84%	0.14%
2037	2,579,132	18,781,008	-0.87%	0.12%
2038	2,556,278	18,797,497	-0.89%	0.09%
2039	2,533,153	18,809,490	-0.9%	0.06%
2040	2,510,186	18,816,959	-0.91%	0.04%
2041	2,487,576	18,820,083	-0.9%	0.02%
2042	2,464,721	18,818,821	-0.92%	-0.007%
2043	2,441,596	18,814,475	-0.94%	-0.02%
2044	2,418,754	18,806,778	-0.94%	-0.04%
2045	2,396,338	18,796,219	-0.93%	-0.06%
2046	2,373,879	18,784,939	-0.94%	-0.06%
2047	2,350,981	18,770,867	-0.96%	-0.07%
2048	2,327,866	18,753,541	-0.98%	-0.09%
2049	2,305,016	18,734,516	-0.98%	-0.1%
2050	2,281,808	18,713,797	-1.01%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lithuania decreased by 392,584 people (a 12% decline), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lithuania lost -51,453 (a 1.79% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Lithuania was ranked 130th most populous country in 2006 and is 140th 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) Lithuania's population will shrink by 19.3% to 2,281,808 people with a rank change from 140th to 145th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.