The latest officially reported population of the Netherlands was 17,994,237 in 2024 vs 10,576,502 people in Papua New Guinea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Netherlands' population is 18,191,638 people compared to 10,911,445 in Papua New Guinea.
Population statistics:
- The Netherlands' population is 1.67 times bigger than Papua New Guinea's.
- The Netherlands is ranked the 72nd most populous country in the world, while Papua New Guinea is the 90th.
- The countries together account for 0.35% of the world: 0.22% for the Netherlands vs 0.13% for Papua New Guinea.
- For the last 10 years, the Netherlands has had an average growth rate of +0.62% per year vs +2.23% in Papua New Guinea.
- Since 2005, the population of the Netherlands has increased from 16.3M people to 18.2M (11.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea has grown from 6.54M to 10.9M (66.9% growth).
- The Netherlands is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 18.8M people compared to the peak of 18.6M people in 2100 for Papua New Guinea.
Netherlands vs Papua New Guinea: live population counter
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| Current population |
18191638
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10911445
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| Population rank | 72/197 | 90/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
4.49 minutes
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2.81 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.2 minutes
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2.06 minutes
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| One death every |
3.09 minutes
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7.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.32 minutes
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12.4 hours
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| Annual migration change | +121,628 | -707 |
| Daily growth/decline | +321 | +512 |
| Annual growth/decline | +117,120 | +186,867 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.66% | +1.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 122/197 | 61/197 |
the Netherlands and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,486,631 | 1,995,110 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,638,712 | 2,046,127 | 1.32% | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 11,805,689 | 2,093,919 | 1.43% | 2.34% |
| 1963 | 11,965,966 | 2,141,376 | 1.36% | 2.27% |
| 1964 | 12,127,120 | 2,188,325 | 1.35% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 12,294,732 | 2,235,820 | 1.38% | 2.17% |
| 1966 | 12,456,251 | 2,285,774 | 1.31% | 2.23% |
| 1967 | 12,598,201 | 2,337,532 | 1.14% | 2.26% |
| 1968 | 12,729,721 | 2,390,803 | 1.04% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 12,877,984 | 2,446,927 | 1.16% | 2.35% |
| 1970 | 13,038,526 | 2,505,628 | 1.25% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 13,194,497 | 2,566,421 | 1.2% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 13,328,593 | 2,628,432 | 1.02% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 13,439,322 | 2,690,629 | 0.83% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 13,545,056 | 2,752,671 | 0.79% | 2.31% |
| 1975 | 13,666,335 | 2,814,820 | 0.9% | 2.26% |
| 1976 | 13,774,037 | 2,877,327 | 0.79% | 2.22% |
| 1977 | 13,856,185 | 2,940,327 | 0.6% | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 13,941,700 | 3,003,714 | 0.62% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 14,038,270 | 3,067,341 | 0.69% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 14,149,800 | 3,131,512 | 0.79% | 2.09% |
| 1981 | 14,247,208 | 3,197,019 | 0.69% | 2.09% |
| 1982 | 14,312,690 | 3,264,291 | 0.46% | 2.1% |
| 1983 | 14,367,070 | 3,333,633 | 0.38% | 2.12% |
| 1984 | 14,424,211 | 3,405,198 | 0.4% | 2.15% |
| 1985 | 14,491,632 | 3,478,936 | 0.47% | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 14,572,278 | 3,554,793 | 0.56% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 14,665,037 | 3,632,543 | 0.64% | 2.19% |
| 1988 | 14,760,094 | 3,711,880 | 0.65% | 2.18% |
| 1989 | 14,848,907 | 3,796,078 | 0.6% | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 14,951,510 | 3,896,481 | 0.69% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 15,069,798 | 4,021,837 | 0.79% | 3.22% |
| 1992 | 15,184,166 | 4,166,699 | 0.76% | 3.6% |
| 1993 | 15,290,368 | 4,320,872 | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| 1994 | 15,382,838 | 4,480,208 | 0.6% | 3.69% |
| 1995 | 15,459,006 | 4,644,278 | 0.5% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 15,530,498 | 4,813,361 | 0.46% | 3.64% |
| 1997 | 15,610,650 | 4,987,883 | 0.52% | 3.63% |
| 1998 | 15,707,209 | 5,166,390 | 0.62% | 3.58% |
| 1999 | 15,812,088 | 5,349,333 | 0.67% | 3.54% |
| 2000 | 15,925,513 | 5,537,064 | 0.72% | 3.51% |
| 2001 | 16,046,180 | 5,728,435 | 0.76% | 3.46% |
| 2002 | 16,148,929 | 5,924,003 | 0.64% | 3.41% |
| 2003 | 16,225,302 | 6,123,997 | 0.47% | 3.38% |
| 2004 | 16,281,779 | 6,328,041 | 0.35% | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 16,319,868 | 6,535,905 | 0.23% | 3.28% |
| 2006 | 16,346,101 | 6,747,720 | 0.16% | 3.24% |
| 2007 | 16,381,696 | 6,963,345 | 0.22% | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 16,445,593 | 7,183,002 | 0.39% | 3.15% |
| 2009 | 16,530,388 | 7,406,438 | 0.52% | 3.11% |
| 2010 | 16,615,394 | 7,633,523 | 0.51% | 3.07% |
| 2011 | 16,693,074 | 7,859,346 | 0.47% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 16,754,962 | 8,081,390 | 0.37% | 2.83% |
| 2013 | 16,804,432 | 8,302,698 | 0.3% | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 16,865,008 | 8,523,441 | 0.36% | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 16,939,923 | 8,743,246 | 0.44% | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 17,030,314 | 8,961,718 | 0.53% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 17,131,296 | 9,178,714 | 0.59% | 2.42% |
| 2018 | 17,231,624 | 9,394,513 | 0.59% | 2.35% |
| 2019 | 17,344,874 | 9,609,010 | 0.66% | 2.28% |
| 2020 | 17,441,500 | 9,815,746 | 0.56% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 17,533,044 | 10,012,896 | 0.52% | 2.01% |
| 2022 | 17,700,982 | 10,203,169 | 0.96% | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 17,877,117 | 10,389,635 | 1% | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 17,994,237 | 10,576,502 | 0.66% | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 18,110,800 | 10,762,813 | 0.65% | 1.76% |
| 2026 | 18,211,436 | 10,947,845 | 0.56% | 1.72% |
| 2027 | 18,299,531 | 11,131,268 | 0.48% | 1.68% |
| 2028 | 18,379,573 | 11,312,895 | 0.44% | 1.63% |
| 2029 | 18,452,044 | 11,492,799 | 0.39% | 1.59% |
| 2030 | 18,515,913 | 11,671,420 | 0.35% | 1.55% |
| 2031 | 18,571,934 | 11,848,221 | 0.3% | 1.51% |
| 2032 | 18,621,087 | 12,023,121 | 0.26% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 18,664,975 | 12,196,639 | 0.24% | 1.44% |
| 2034 | 18,702,456 | 12,369,248 | 0.2% | 1.42% |
| 2035 | 18,733,223 | 12,540,596 | 0.16% | 1.39% |
| 2036 | 18,760,054 | 12,710,682 | 0.14% | 1.36% |
| 2037 | 18,781,793 | 12,879,737 | 0.12% | 1.33% |
| 2038 | 18,798,283 | 13,047,122 | 0.09% | 1.3% |
| 2039 | 18,810,276 | 13,212,668 | 0.06% | 1.27% |
| 2040 | 18,817,745 | 13,376,156 | 0.04% | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 18,820,870 | 13,537,361 | 0.02% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 18,819,607 | 13,696,139 | -0.007% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 18,815,261 | 13,853,410 | -0.02% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 18,807,564 | 14,009,926 | -0.04% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 18,797,005 | 14,165,578 | -0.06% | 1.11% |
| 2046 | 18,785,724 | 14,318,889 | -0.06% | 1.08% |
| 2047 | 18,771,651 | 14,469,210 | -0.07% | 1.05% |
| 2048 | 18,754,325 | 14,617,364 | -0.09% | 1.02% |
| 2049 | 18,735,299 | 14,763,600 | -0.1% | 1% |
| 2050 | 18,714,579 | 14,906,584 | -0.11% | 0.97% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).
The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Amsterdam | 921K |
| Rotterdam | 664K |
| The Hague | 548K |
| Utrecht | 359K |
| Eindhoven | 244K |
| Groningen | 238K |
| Almere | 215K |
| Breda | 188K |
| Nijmegen | 177K |
| Arnhem | 164K |
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| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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Population differences between the Netherlands and Papua New Guinea
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| Life expectancy | 82.4 years | 66.4 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 26.7 years |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 23.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 51.4:48.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.43 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,384 ppl/mi² | 60.5 ppl/mi² |
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