Population in the Netherlands compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Netherlands and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	North Korea	Netherlands	North Korea
1960	11,486,631	11,722,953	-	-
1961	11,638,712	11,990,713	1.32%	2.28%
1962	11,805,689	12,262,882	1.43%	2.27%
1963	11,965,966	12,567,057	1.36%	2.48%
1964	12,127,120	12,889,770	1.35%	2.57%
1965	12,294,732	13,219,369	1.38%	2.56%
1966	12,456,251	13,569,094	1.31%	2.65%
1967	12,598,201	13,958,350	1.14%	2.87%
1968	12,729,721	14,365,596	1.04%	2.92%
1969	12,877,984	14,767,615	1.16%	2.8%
1970	13,038,526	15,172,775	1.25%	2.74%
1971	13,194,497	15,572,457	1.2%	2.63%
1972	13,328,593	15,975,069	1.02%	2.59%
1973	13,439,322	16,350,367	0.83%	2.35%
1974	13,545,056	16,673,121	0.79%	1.97%
1975	13,666,335	16,971,055	0.9%	1.79%
1976	13,774,037	17,243,450	0.79%	1.61%
1977	13,856,185	17,492,798	0.6%	1.45%
1978	13,941,700	17,735,995	0.62%	1.39%
1979	14,038,270	17,983,470	0.69%	1.4%
1980	14,149,800	18,236,786	0.79%	1.41%
1981	14,247,208	18,501,295	0.69%	1.45%
1982	14,312,690	18,776,357	0.46%	1.49%
1983	14,367,070	19,054,034	0.38%	1.48%
1984	14,424,211	19,335,043	0.4%	1.47%
1985	14,491,632	19,620,388	0.47%	1.48%
1986	14,572,278	19,910,855	0.56%	1.48%
1987	14,665,037	20,205,483	0.64%	1.48%
1988	14,760,094	20,503,161	0.65%	1.47%
1989	14,848,907	20,804,367	0.6%	1.47%
1990	14,951,510	21,112,137	0.69%	1.48%
1991	15,069,798	21,428,638	0.79%	1.5%
1992	15,184,166	21,750,911	0.76%	1.5%
1993	15,290,368	22,073,352	0.7%	1.48%
1994	15,382,838	22,393,975	0.6%	1.45%
1995	15,459,006	22,669,304	0.5%	1.23%
1996	15,530,498	22,895,746	0.46%	1%
1997	15,610,650	23,110,830	0.52%	0.94%
1998	15,707,209	23,311,564	0.62%	0.87%
1999	15,812,088	23,497,599	0.67%	0.8%
2000	15,925,513	23,665,910	0.72%	0.72%
2001	16,046,180	23,815,358	0.76%	0.63%
2002	16,148,929	23,943,973	0.64%	0.54%
2003	16,225,302	24,090,380	0.47%	0.61%
2004	16,281,779	24,254,943	0.35%	0.68%
2005	16,319,868	24,396,433	0.23%	0.58%
2006	16,346,101	24,524,507	0.16%	0.52%
2007	16,381,696	24,646,383	0.22%	0.5%
2008	16,445,593	24,764,618	0.39%	0.48%
2009	16,530,388	24,878,332	0.52%	0.46%
2010	16,615,394	24,987,258	0.51%	0.44%
2011	16,693,074	25,097,874	0.47%	0.44%
2012	16,754,962	25,211,728	0.37%	0.45%
2013	16,804,432	25,329,451	0.3%	0.47%
2014	16,865,008	25,451,262	0.36%	0.48%
2015	16,939,923	25,575,350	0.44%	0.49%
2016	17,030,314	25,698,326	0.53%	0.48%
2017	17,131,296	25,817,709	0.59%	0.46%
2018	17,231,624	25,931,147	0.59%	0.44%
2019	17,344,874	26,037,632	0.66%	0.41%
2020	17,441,500	26,136,312	0.56%	0.38%
2021	17,533,044	26,232,534	0.52%	0.37%
2022	17,700,982	26,328,845	0.96%	0.37%
2023	17,877,117	26,418,204	1%	0.34%
2024	17,994,237	26,498,823	0.66%	0.31%
2025	18,110,800	26,571,033	0.65%	0.27%
2026	18,211,436	26,633,682	0.56%	0.24%
2027	18,299,531	26,686,492	0.48%	0.2%
2028	18,379,573	26,729,261	0.44%	0.16%
2029	18,452,044	26,762,008	0.39%	0.12%
2030	18,515,913	26,784,894	0.35%	0.09%
2031	18,571,934	26,797,946	0.3%	0.05%
2032	18,621,087	26,801,071	0.26%	0.01%
2033	18,664,975	26,795,061	0.24%	-0.02%
2034	18,702,456	26,780,481	0.2%	-0.05%
2035	18,733,223	26,757,705	0.16%	-0.09%
2036	18,760,054	26,727,309	0.14%	-0.11%
2037	18,781,793	26,689,907	0.12%	-0.14%
2038	18,798,283	26,646,323	0.09%	-0.16%
2039	18,810,276	26,596,967	0.06%	-0.19%
2040	18,817,745	26,542,417	0.04%	-0.21%
2041	18,820,870	26,483,475	0.02%	-0.22%
2042	18,819,607	26,420,812	-0.007%	-0.24%
2043	18,815,261	26,354,324	-0.02%	-0.25%
2044	18,807,564	26,284,000	-0.04%	-0.27%
2045	18,797,005	26,210,196	-0.06%	-0.28%
2046	18,785,724	26,132,922	-0.06%	-0.29%
2047	18,771,651	26,052,086	-0.07%	-0.31%
2048	18,754,325	25,967,581	-0.09%	-0.32%
2049	18,735,299	25,879,244	-0.1%	-0.34%
2050	18,714,579	25,787,120	-0.11%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.