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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Netherlands	Nepal	Netherlands
1960	10,123,658	11,486,631	-	-
1961	10,318,396	11,638,712	1.92%	1.32%
1962	10,521,116	11,805,689	1.96%	1.43%
1963	10,729,818	11,965,966	1.98%	1.36%
1964	10,946,392	12,127,120	2.02%	1.35%
1965	11,173,411	12,294,732	2.07%	1.38%
1966	11,408,710	12,456,251	2.11%	1.31%
1967	11,652,716	12,598,201	2.14%	1.14%
1968	11,906,266	12,729,721	2.18%	1.04%
1969	12,167,036	12,877,984	2.19%	1.16%
1970	12,436,190	13,038,526	2.21%	1.25%
1971	12,710,061	13,194,497	2.2%	1.2%
1972	12,989,099	13,328,593	2.2%	1.02%
1973	13,275,239	13,439,322	2.2%	0.83%
1974	13,568,435	13,545,056	2.21%	0.79%
1975	13,870,695	13,666,335	2.23%	0.9%
1976	14,177,649	13,774,037	2.21%	0.79%
1977	14,499,175	13,856,185	2.27%	0.6%
1978	14,839,695	13,941,700	2.35%	0.62%
1979	15,190,590	14,038,270	2.36%	0.69%
1980	15,553,105	14,149,800	2.39%	0.79%
1981	15,922,423	14,247,208	2.37%	0.69%
1982	16,297,987	14,312,690	2.36%	0.46%
1983	16,689,119	14,367,070	2.4%	0.38%
1984	17,085,242	14,424,211	2.37%	0.4%
1985	17,477,692	14,491,632	2.3%	0.47%
1986	17,868,124	14,572,278	2.23%	0.56%
1987	18,250,505	14,665,037	2.14%	0.64%
1988	18,638,661	14,760,094	2.13%	0.65%
1989	19,057,807	14,848,907	2.25%	0.6%
1990	19,524,573	14,951,510	2.45%	0.69%
1991	20,036,500	15,069,798	2.62%	0.79%
1992	20,609,707	15,184,166	2.86%	0.76%
1993	21,180,159	15,290,368	2.77%	0.7%
1994	21,717,479	15,382,838	2.54%	0.6%
1995	22,245,439	15,459,006	2.43%	0.5%
1996	22,741,862	15,530,498	2.23%	0.46%
1997	23,219,463	15,610,650	2.1%	0.52%
1998	23,680,357	15,707,209	1.98%	0.62%
1999	24,125,199	15,812,088	1.88%	0.67%
2000	24,546,509	15,925,513	1.75%	0.72%
2001	24,946,748	16,046,180	1.63%	0.76%
2002	25,328,981	16,148,929	1.53%	0.64%
2003	25,688,758	16,225,302	1.42%	0.47%
2004	26,016,656	16,281,779	1.28%	0.35%
2005	26,309,458	16,319,868	1.13%	0.23%
2006	26,565,425	16,346,101	0.97%	0.16%
2007	26,788,492	16,381,696	0.84%	0.22%
2008	26,990,037	16,445,593	0.75%	0.39%
2009	27,173,035	16,530,388	0.68%	0.52%
2010	27,341,952	16,615,394	0.62%	0.51%
2011	27,464,494	16,693,074	0.45%	0.47%
2012	27,534,915	16,754,962	0.26%	0.37%
2013	27,589,996	16,804,432	0.2%	0.3%
2014	27,672,370	16,865,008	0.3%	0.36%
2015	27,823,629	16,939,923	0.55%	0.44%
2016	27,955,462	17,030,314	0.47%	0.53%
2017	28,011,258	17,131,296	0.2%	0.59%
2018	28,079,689	17,231,624	0.24%	0.59%
2019	28,414,064	17,344,874	1.19%	0.66%
2020	28,966,574	17,441,500	1.94%	0.56%
2021	29,475,010	17,533,044	1.76%	0.52%
2022	29,715,436	17,700,982	0.82%	0.96%
2023	29,694,614	17,877,117	-0.07%	1%
2024	29,651,054	17,994,237	-0.15%	0.66%
2025	29,618,120	18,110,800	-0.11%	0.65%
2026	29,629,406	18,211,436	0.04%	0.56%
2027	29,727,164	18,299,531	0.33%	0.48%
2028	29,947,588	18,379,573	0.74%	0.44%
2029	30,232,115	18,452,044	0.95%	0.39%
2030	30,509,999	18,515,913	0.92%	0.35%
2031	30,780,916	18,571,934	0.89%	0.3%
2032	31,045,411	18,621,087	0.86%	0.26%
2033	31,304,035	18,664,975	0.83%	0.24%
2034	31,555,068	18,702,456	0.8%	0.2%
2035	31,798,003	18,733,223	0.77%	0.16%
2036	32,033,714	18,760,054	0.74%	0.14%
2037	32,262,286	18,781,793	0.71%	0.12%
2038	32,484,801	18,798,283	0.69%	0.09%
2039	32,700,695	18,810,276	0.66%	0.06%
2040	32,909,540	18,817,745	0.64%	0.04%
2041	33,112,254	18,820,870	0.62%	0.02%
2042	33,309,062	18,819,607	0.59%	-0.007%
2043	33,499,440	18,815,261	0.57%	-0.02%
2044	33,683,331	18,807,564	0.55%	-0.04%
2045	33,861,058	18,797,005	0.53%	-0.06%
2046	34,032,994	18,785,724	0.51%	-0.06%
2047	34,197,261	18,771,651	0.48%	-0.07%
2048	34,352,077	18,754,325	0.45%	-0.09%
2049	34,500,201	18,735,299	0.43%	-0.1%
2050	34,642,021	18,714,579	0.41%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd 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) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.