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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Luxembourg	Netherlands
1960	313,970	11,486,631	-	-
1961	316,845	11,638,712	0.92%	1.32%
1962	320,750	11,805,689	1.23%	1.43%
1963	324,100	11,965,966	1.04%	1.36%
1964	327,750	12,127,120	1.13%	1.35%
1965	331,500	12,294,732	1.14%	1.38%
1966	333,895	12,456,251	0.72%	1.31%
1967	334,995	12,598,201	0.33%	1.14%
1968	335,850	12,729,721	0.26%	1.04%
1969	337,500	12,877,984	0.49%	1.16%
1970	339,171	13,038,526	0.5%	1.25%
1971	342,421	13,194,497	0.96%	1.2%
1972	346,600	13,328,593	1.22%	1.02%
1973	350,450	13,439,322	1.11%	0.83%
1974	355,050	13,545,056	1.31%	0.79%
1975	358,950	13,666,335	1.1%	0.9%
1976	360,731	13,774,037	0.5%	0.79%
1977	361,358	13,856,185	0.17%	0.6%
1978	362,007	13,941,700	0.18%	0.62%
1979	362,856	14,038,270	0.23%	0.69%
1980	364,150	14,149,800	0.36%	0.79%
1981	365,225	14,247,208	0.3%	0.69%
1982	365,525	14,312,690	0.08%	0.46%
1983	365,622	14,367,070	0.03%	0.38%
1984	365,998	14,424,211	0.1%	0.4%
1985	366,706	14,491,632	0.19%	0.47%
1986	368,355	14,572,278	0.45%	0.56%
1987	370,750	14,665,037	0.65%	0.64%
1988	373,450	14,760,094	0.73%	0.65%
1989	377,100	14,848,907	0.98%	0.6%
1990	381,850	14,951,510	1.26%	0.69%
1991	387,000	15,069,798	1.35%	0.79%
1992	392,175	15,184,166	1.34%	0.76%
1993	397,475	15,290,368	1.35%	0.7%
1994	402,925	15,382,838	1.37%	0.6%
1995	408,625	15,459,006	1.41%	0.5%
1996	414,225	15,530,498	1.37%	0.46%
1997	419,450	15,610,650	1.26%	0.52%
1998	424,700	15,707,209	1.25%	0.62%
1999	430,475	15,812,088	1.36%	0.67%
2000	436,300	15,925,513	1.35%	0.72%
2001	441,525	16,046,180	1.2%	0.76%
2002	446,175	16,148,929	1.05%	0.64%
2003	451,630	16,225,302	1.22%	0.47%
2004	458,095	16,281,779	1.43%	0.35%
2005	465,158	16,319,868	1.54%	0.23%
2006	472,637	16,346,101	1.61%	0.16%
2007	479,993	16,381,696	1.56%	0.22%
2008	488,650	16,445,593	1.8%	0.39%
2009	497,783	16,530,388	1.87%	0.52%
2010	506,953	16,615,394	1.84%	0.51%
2011	518,347	16,693,074	2.25%	0.47%
2012	530,946	16,754,962	2.43%	0.37%
2013	543,360	16,804,432	2.34%	0.3%
2014	556,319	16,865,008	2.38%	0.36%
2015	569,604	16,939,923	2.39%	0.44%
2016	582,014	17,030,314	2.18%	0.53%
2017	596,336	17,131,296	2.46%	0.59%
2018	607,950	17,231,624	1.95%	0.59%
2019	620,001	17,344,874	1.98%	0.66%
2020	630,419	17,441,500	1.68%	0.56%
2021	640,064	17,533,044	1.53%	0.52%
2022	653,103	17,700,982	2.04%	0.96%
2023	666,430	17,877,117	2.04%	1%
2024	677,717	17,994,237	1.69%	0.66%
2025	685,180	18,110,800	1.1%	0.65%
2026	692,217	18,211,436	1.03%	0.56%
2027	699,102	18,299,531	0.99%	0.48%
2028	705,956	18,379,573	0.98%	0.44%
2029	712,502	18,452,044	0.93%	0.39%
2030	718,627	18,515,913	0.86%	0.35%
2031	724,433	18,571,934	0.81%	0.3%
2032	730,118	18,621,087	0.78%	0.26%
2033	735,604	18,664,975	0.75%	0.24%
2034	740,767	18,702,456	0.7%	0.2%
2035	745,776	18,733,223	0.68%	0.16%
2036	750,596	18,760,054	0.65%	0.14%
2037	755,119	18,781,793	0.6%	0.12%
2038	759,551	18,798,283	0.59%	0.09%
2039	763,923	18,810,276	0.58%	0.06%
2040	767,972	18,817,745	0.53%	0.04%
2041	771,757	18,820,870	0.49%	0.02%
2042	775,418	18,819,607	0.47%	-0.007%
2043	778,811	18,815,261	0.44%	-0.02%
2044	781,936	18,807,564	0.4%	-0.04%
2045	784,957	18,797,005	0.39%	-0.06%
2046	787,788	18,785,724	0.36%	-0.06%
2047	790,356	18,771,651	0.33%	-0.07%
2048	792,821	18,754,325	0.31%	-0.09%
2049	795,064	18,735,299	0.28%	-0.1%
2050	796,958	18,714,579	0.24%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Luxembourg increased by 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Luxembourg gained 121,228 (a 21.3% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Luxembourg was ranked 167th most populous country in 2005 and is 164th 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) Luxembourg's population will grow by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.