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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	Netherlands	Mozambique	Netherlands
1960	6,713,695	11,486,631	-	-
1961	6,834,936	11,638,712	1.81%	1.32%
1962	6,969,364	11,805,689	1.97%	1.43%
1963	7,109,828	11,965,966	2.02%	1.36%
1964	7,255,061	12,127,120	2.04%	1.35%
1965	7,406,421	12,294,732	2.09%	1.38%
1966	7,562,990	12,456,251	2.11%	1.31%
1967	7,724,550	12,598,201	2.14%	1.14%
1968	7,892,613	12,729,721	2.18%	1.04%
1969	8,066,951	12,877,984	2.21%	1.16%
1970	8,250,506	13,038,526	2.28%	1.25%
1971	8,456,317	13,194,497	2.49%	1.2%
1972	8,692,935	13,328,593	2.8%	1.02%
1973	8,954,242	13,439,322	3.01%	0.83%
1974	9,236,093	13,545,056	3.15%	0.79%
1975	9,540,817	13,666,335	3.3%	0.9%
1976	9,867,209	13,774,037	3.42%	0.79%
1977	10,224,975	13,856,185	3.63%	0.6%
1978	10,618,250	13,941,700	3.85%	0.62%
1979	11,028,809	14,038,270	3.87%	0.69%
1980	11,336,221	14,149,800	2.79%	0.79%
1981	11,568,127	14,247,208	2.05%	0.69%
1982	11,824,370	14,312,690	2.22%	0.46%
1983	12,073,822	14,367,070	2.11%	0.38%
1984	12,315,954	14,424,211	2.01%	0.4%
1985	12,548,949	14,491,632	1.89%	0.47%
1986	12,770,578	14,572,278	1.77%	0.56%
1987	12,822,574	14,665,037	0.41%	0.64%
1988	12,800,558	14,760,094	-0.17%	0.65%
1989	12,906,842	14,848,907	0.83%	0.6%
1990	13,094,537	14,951,510	1.45%	0.69%
1991	13,352,090	15,069,798	1.97%	0.79%
1992	13,613,316	15,184,166	1.96%	0.76%
1993	14,051,192	15,290,368	3.22%	0.7%
1994	15,033,853	15,382,838	6.99%	0.6%
1995	15,960,530	15,459,006	6.16%	0.5%
1996	16,492,480	15,530,498	3.33%	0.46%
1997	16,949,982	15,610,650	2.77%	0.52%
1998	17,340,464	15,707,209	2.3%	0.62%
1999	17,734,506	15,812,088	2.27%	0.67%
2000	18,129,653	15,925,513	2.23%	0.72%
2001	18,537,729	16,046,180	2.25%	0.76%
2002	18,958,338	16,148,929	2.27%	0.64%
2003	19,392,475	16,225,302	2.29%	0.47%
2004	19,840,313	16,281,779	2.31%	0.35%
2005	20,304,569	16,319,868	2.34%	0.23%
2006	20,787,087	16,346,101	2.38%	0.16%
2007	21,287,635	16,381,696	2.41%	0.22%
2008	21,819,036	16,445,593	2.5%	0.39%
2009	22,391,745	16,530,388	2.62%	0.52%
2010	22,999,235	16,615,394	2.71%	0.51%
2011	23,649,039	16,693,074	2.83%	0.47%
2012	24,337,846	16,754,962	2.91%	0.37%
2013	25,051,611	16,804,432	2.93%	0.3%
2014	25,788,475	16,865,008	2.94%	0.36%
2015	26,547,572	16,939,923	2.94%	0.44%
2016	27,337,105	17,030,314	2.97%	0.53%
2017	28,166,393	17,131,296	3.03%	0.59%
2018	29,018,644	17,231,624	3.03%	0.59%
2019	29,884,380	17,344,874	2.98%	0.66%
2020	30,783,688	17,441,500	3.01%	0.56%
2021	31,707,800	17,533,044	3%	0.52%
2022	32,656,246	17,700,982	2.99%	0.96%
2023	33,635,160	17,877,117	3%	1%
2024	34,631,766	17,993,485	2.96%	0.65%
2025	35,631,656	18,110,044	2.89%	0.65%
2026	36,639,853	18,210,675	2.83%	0.56%
2027	37,668,656	18,298,766	2.81%	0.48%
2028	38,714,097	18,378,805	2.78%	0.44%
2029	39,774,947	18,451,273	2.74%	0.39%
2030	40,846,749	18,515,139	2.69%	0.35%
2031	41,931,250	18,571,158	2.66%	0.3%
2032	43,032,887	18,620,309	2.63%	0.26%
2033	44,144,533	18,664,195	2.58%	0.24%
2034	45,273,522	18,701,674	2.56%	0.2%
2035	46,411,774	18,732,440	2.51%	0.16%
2036	47,548,671	18,759,270	2.45%	0.14%
2037	48,684,563	18,781,008	2.39%	0.12%
2038	49,822,039	18,797,497	2.34%	0.09%
2039	50,971,124	18,809,490	2.31%	0.06%
2040	52,124,215	18,816,959	2.26%	0.04%
2041	53,271,004	18,820,083	2.2%	0.02%
2042	54,423,407	18,818,821	2.16%	-0.007%
2043	55,574,711	18,814,475	2.12%	-0.02%
2044	56,716,585	18,806,778	2.05%	-0.04%
2045	57,851,787	18,796,219	2%	-0.06%
2046	58,981,102	18,784,939	1.95%	-0.06%
2047	60,117,587	18,770,867	1.93%	-0.07%
2048	61,254,584	18,753,541	1.89%	-0.09%
2049	62,397,018	18,734,516	1.87%	-0.1%
2050	63,530,955	18,713,797	1.82%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,550,018 people (a 31.5% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mozambique gained 9,313,991 (a 34.1% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2006 and is 43rd 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) Mozambique's population will grow by 73.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.