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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Nigeria	Netherlands	Nigeria
1960	11,486,631	45,053,782	-	-
1961	11,638,712	45,989,310	1.32%	2.08%
1962	11,805,689	46,965,292	1.43%	2.12%
1963	11,965,966	47,973,575	1.36%	2.15%
1964	12,127,120	49,012,016	1.35%	2.16%
1965	12,294,732	50,086,764	1.38%	2.19%
1966	12,456,251	51,188,234	1.31%	2.2%
1967	12,598,201	52,293,065	1.14%	2.16%
1968	12,729,721	53,432,783	1.04%	2.18%
1969	12,877,984	54,631,914	1.16%	2.24%
1970	13,038,526	55,893,838	1.25%	2.31%
1971	13,194,497	57,214,684	1.2%	2.36%
1972	13,328,593	58,601,748	1.02%	2.42%
1973	13,439,322	60,082,139	0.83%	2.53%
1974	13,545,056	61,679,144	0.79%	2.66%
1975	13,666,335	63,410,815	0.9%	2.81%
1976	13,774,037	65,258,009	0.79%	2.91%
1977	13,856,185	67,234,590	0.6%	3.03%
1978	13,941,700	69,326,532	0.62%	3.11%
1979	14,038,270	71,498,242	0.69%	3.13%
1980	14,149,800	73,764,641	0.79%	3.17%
1981	14,247,208	76,068,103	0.69%	3.12%
1982	14,312,690	78,378,701	0.46%	3.04%
1983	14,367,070	80,438,260	0.38%	2.63%
1984	14,424,211	82,526,443	0.4%	2.6%
1985	14,491,632	84,897,973	0.47%	2.87%
1986	14,572,278	87,235,953	0.56%	2.75%
1987	14,665,037	89,591,716	0.64%	2.7%
1988	14,760,094	92,020,090	0.65%	2.71%
1989	14,848,907	94,531,014	0.6%	2.73%
1990	14,951,510	97,120,925	0.69%	2.74%
1991	15,069,798	99,720,162	0.79%	2.68%
1992	15,184,166	102,372,770	0.76%	2.66%
1993	15,290,368	105,122,069	0.7%	2.69%
1994	15,382,838	107,935,714	0.6%	2.68%
1995	15,459,006	110,819,428	0.5%	2.67%
1996	15,530,498	113,754,779	0.46%	2.65%
1997	15,610,650	116,754,792	0.52%	2.64%
1998	15,707,209	119,846,254	0.62%	2.65%
1999	15,812,088	123,047,320	0.67%	2.67%
2000	15,925,513	126,382,494	0.72%	2.71%
2001	16,046,180	129,862,595	0.76%	2.75%
2002	16,148,929	133,471,989	0.64%	2.78%
2003	16,225,302	137,202,644	0.47%	2.8%
2004	16,281,779	141,057,045	0.35%	2.81%
2005	16,319,868	145,017,253	0.23%	2.81%
2006	16,346,101	149,077,334	0.16%	2.8%
2007	16,381,696	153,267,261	0.22%	2.81%
2008	16,445,593	157,595,014	0.39%	2.82%
2009	16,530,388	162,049,464	0.52%	2.83%
2010	16,615,394	166,642,886	0.51%	2.83%
2011	16,693,074	171,379,598	0.47%	2.84%
2012	16,754,962	176,200,625	0.37%	2.81%
2013	16,804,432	181,049,443	0.3%	2.75%
2014	16,865,008	185,896,915	0.36%	2.68%
2015	16,939,923	190,671,878	0.44%	2.57%
2016	17,030,314	195,443,700	0.53%	2.5%
2017	17,131,296	200,254,579	0.59%	2.46%
2018	17,231,624	204,938,755	0.59%	2.34%
2019	17,344,874	209,485,641	0.66%	2.22%
2020	17,441,500	213,996,181	0.56%	2.15%
2021	17,533,044	218,529,286	0.52%	2.12%
2022	17,700,982	223,150,896	0.96%	2.11%
2023	17,877,117	227,882,945	1%	2.12%
2024	17,994,237	232,679,478	0.66%	2.1%
2025	18,110,800	237,527,783	0.65%	2.08%
2026	18,211,436	242,431,830	0.56%	2.06%
2027	18,299,531	247,374,258	0.48%	2.04%
2028	18,379,573	252,346,128	0.44%	2.01%
2029	18,452,044	257,352,638	0.39%	1.98%
2030	18,515,913	262,380,975	0.35%	1.95%
2031	18,571,934	267,421,079	0.3%	1.92%
2032	18,621,087	272,483,635	0.26%	1.89%
2033	18,664,975	277,555,116	0.24%	1.86%
2034	18,702,456	282,622,388	0.2%	1.83%
2035	18,733,223	287,685,757	0.16%	1.79%
2036	18,760,054	292,739,390	0.14%	1.76%
2037	18,781,793	297,773,236	0.12%	1.72%
2038	18,798,283	302,782,350	0.09%	1.68%
2039	18,810,276	307,764,754	0.06%	1.65%
2040	18,817,745	312,710,403	0.04%	1.61%
2041	18,820,870	317,607,237	0.02%	1.57%
2042	18,819,607	322,450,302	-0.007%	1.52%
2043	18,815,261	327,243,941	-0.02%	1.49%
2044	18,807,564	331,983,354	-0.04%	1.45%
2045	18,797,005	336,662,502	-0.06%	1.41%
2046	18,785,724	341,281,757	-0.06%	1.37%
2047	18,771,651	345,844,004	-0.07%	1.34%
2048	18,754,325	350,347,757	-0.09%	1.3%
2049	18,735,299	354,792,418	-0.1%	1.27%
2050	18,714,579	359,185,550	-0.11%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Netherlands' population will grow by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people with a rank change from 72nd to 77th. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.