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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Netherlands	Nauru	Netherlands
1960	4,607	11,486,631	-	-
1961	4,774	11,638,712	3.62%	1.32%
1962	4,979	11,805,689	4.29%	1.43%
1963	5,226	11,965,966	4.96%	1.36%
1964	5,515	12,127,120	5.53%	1.35%
1965	5,832	12,294,732	5.75%	1.38%
1966	6,043	12,456,251	3.62%	1.31%
1967	6,135	12,598,201	1.52%	1.14%
1968	6,328	12,729,721	3.15%	1.04%
1969	6,581	12,877,984	4%	1.16%
1970	6,710	13,038,526	1.96%	1.25%
1971	6,762	13,194,497	0.77%	1.2%
1972	6,812	13,328,593	0.74%	1.02%
1973	6,866	13,439,322	0.79%	0.83%
1974	6,923	13,545,056	0.83%	0.79%
1975	6,987	13,666,335	0.92%	0.9%
1976	7,064	13,774,037	1.1%	0.79%
1977	7,163	13,856,185	1.4%	0.6%
1978	7,298	13,941,700	1.88%	0.62%
1979	7,468	14,038,270	2.33%	0.69%
1980	7,649	14,149,800	2.42%	0.79%
1981	7,839	14,247,208	2.48%	0.69%
1982	8,040	14,312,690	2.56%	0.46%
1983	8,216	14,367,070	2.19%	0.38%
1984	8,377	14,424,211	1.96%	0.4%
1985	8,551	14,491,632	2.08%	0.47%
1986	8,742	14,572,278	2.23%	0.56%
1987	8,946	14,665,037	2.33%	0.64%
1988	9,165	14,760,094	2.45%	0.65%
1989	9,390	14,848,907	2.45%	0.6%
1990	9,622	14,951,510	2.47%	0.69%
1991	9,850	15,069,798	2.37%	0.79%
1992	10,021	15,184,166	1.74%	0.76%
1993	10,102	15,290,368	0.81%	0.7%
1994	10,137	15,382,838	0.35%	0.6%
1995	10,165	15,459,006	0.28%	0.5%
1996	10,183	15,530,498	0.18%	0.46%
1997	10,197	15,610,650	0.14%	0.52%
1998	10,198	15,707,209	0.01%	0.62%
1999	10,187	15,812,088	-0.11%	0.67%
2000	10,168	15,925,513	-0.19%	0.72%
2001	10,130	16,046,180	-0.37%	0.76%
2002	10,082	16,148,929	-0.47%	0.64%
2003	10,059	16,225,302	-0.23%	0.47%
2004	10,060	16,281,779	0.01%	0.35%
2005	10,049	16,319,868	-0.11%	0.23%
2006	10,034	16,346,101	-0.15%	0.16%
2007	10,020	16,381,696	-0.14%	0.22%
2008	10,009	16,445,593	-0.11%	0.39%
2009	10,016	16,530,388	0.07%	0.52%
2010	10,043	16,615,394	0.27%	0.51%
2011	10,098	16,693,074	0.55%	0.47%
2012	10,267	16,754,962	1.67%	0.37%
2013	10,517	16,804,432	2.43%	0.3%
2014	10,742	16,865,008	2.14%	0.36%
2015	10,954	16,939,923	1.97%	0.44%
2016	11,150	17,030,314	1.79%	0.53%
2017	11,324	17,131,296	1.56%	0.59%
2018	11,477	17,231,624	1.35%	0.59%
2019	11,587	17,344,874	0.96%	0.66%
2020	11,643	17,441,500	0.48%	0.56%
2021	11,709	17,533,044	0.57%	0.52%
2022	11,801	17,700,982	0.79%	0.96%
2023	11,875	17,877,117	0.63%	1%
2024	11,947	17,994,237	0.61%	0.66%
2025	12,030	18,110,800	0.7%	0.65%
2026	12,103	18,211,436	0.61%	0.56%
2027	12,196	18,299,531	0.77%	0.48%
2028	12,296	18,379,573	0.82%	0.44%
2029	12,403	18,452,044	0.87%	0.39%
2030	12,519	18,515,913	0.94%	0.35%
2031	12,645	18,571,934	1%	0.3%
2032	12,785	18,621,087	1.11%	0.26%
2033	12,921	18,664,975	1.06%	0.24%
2034	13,071	18,702,456	1.16%	0.2%
2035	13,230	18,733,223	1.22%	0.16%
2036	13,391	18,760,054	1.21%	0.14%
2037	13,541	18,781,793	1.12%	0.12%
2038	13,697	18,798,283	1.16%	0.09%
2039	13,857	18,810,276	1.17%	0.06%
2040	14,041	18,817,745	1.33%	0.04%
2041	14,220	18,820,870	1.27%	0.02%
2042	14,402	18,819,607	1.28%	-0.007%
2043	14,579	18,815,261	1.23%	-0.02%
2044	14,754	18,807,564	1.2%	-0.04%
2045	14,920	18,797,005	1.13%	-0.06%
2046	15,098	18,785,724	1.19%	-0.06%
2047	15,268	18,771,651	1.12%	-0.07%
2048	15,431	18,754,325	1.07%	-0.09%
2049	15,595	18,735,299	1.06%	-0.1%
2050	15,751	18,714,579	1%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nauru increased by 905 people (a 9.01% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nauru gained 1,134 (a 10.4% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Nauru was ranked 195th most populous country in 2005 and is still 195th 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) Nauru's population will grow by 30.3% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.