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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mozambique was 34,631,766 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mozambique's population is 36,441,519 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • Mozambique's population is 2 times bigger than the Netherlands'.
  • Mozambique is ranked the 43rd most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.66% of the world: 0.44% for Mozambique vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, Mozambique has had an average growth rate of +2.99% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mozambique has increased from 20.3M people to 36.4M (79.5% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
  • Mozambique is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 104M people compared to the peak of 18.8M people in 2041 for the Netherlands.

Mozambique vs Netherlands: live population counter

Mozambique Netherlands
Current population
36441519
18191638
Population rank 43/197 72/197
Percent of world population 0.44% 0.22%
One net population change
31.6 seconds
4.49 minutes
One birth every
25 seconds
3.2 minutes
One death every
2.23 minutes
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
13.5 minutes
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change -38,940 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +2,730 +321
Annual growth/decline +996,606 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +2.96% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 17/197 122/197

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

Mozambique
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
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 17,994,237 2.96% 0.66%
2025 35,631,656 18,110,800 2.89% 0.65%
2026 36,639,853 18,211,436 2.83% 0.56%
2027 37,668,656 18,299,531 2.81% 0.48%
2028 38,714,097 18,379,573 2.78% 0.44%
2029 39,774,947 18,452,044 2.74% 0.39%
2030 40,846,749 18,515,913 2.69% 0.35%
2031 41,931,250 18,571,934 2.66% 0.3%
2032 43,032,887 18,621,087 2.63% 0.26%
2033 44,144,533 18,664,975 2.58% 0.24%
2034 45,273,522 18,702,456 2.56% 0.2%
2035 46,411,774 18,733,223 2.51% 0.16%
2036 47,548,671 18,760,054 2.45% 0.14%
2037 48,684,563 18,781,793 2.39% 0.12%
2038 49,822,039 18,798,283 2.34% 0.09%
2039 50,971,124 18,810,276 2.31% 0.06%
2040 52,124,215 18,817,745 2.26% 0.04%
2041 53,271,004 18,820,870 2.2% 0.02%
2042 54,423,407 18,819,607 2.16% -0.007%
2043 55,574,711 18,815,261 2.12% -0.02%
2044 56,716,585 18,807,564 2.05% -0.04%
2045 57,851,787 18,797,005 2% -0.06%
2046 58,981,102 18,785,724 1.95% -0.06%
2047 60,117,587 18,771,651 1.93% -0.07%
2048 61,254,584 18,754,325 1.89% -0.09%
2049 62,397,018 18,735,299 1.87% -0.1%
2050 63,530,955 18,714,579 1.82% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mozambique gained 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2005 and is 43rd 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) Mozambique's population will grow by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. 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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