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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Poland	Netherlands	Poland
1960	11,486,631	29,637,450	-	-
1961	11,638,712	29,964,000	1.32%	1.1%
1962	11,805,689	30,308,500	1.43%	1.15%
1963	11,965,966	30,712,000	1.36%	1.33%
1964	12,127,120	31,139,450	1.35%	1.39%
1965	12,294,732	31,444,950	1.38%	0.98%
1966	12,456,251	31,681,000	1.31%	0.75%
1967	12,598,201	31,987,155	1.14%	0.97%
1968	12,729,721	32,294,655	1.04%	0.96%
1969	12,877,984	32,548,300	1.16%	0.79%
1970	13,038,526	32,664,300	1.25%	0.36%
1971	13,194,497	32,783,500	1.2%	0.36%
1972	13,328,593	33,055,650	1.02%	0.83%
1973	13,439,322	33,357,200	0.83%	0.91%
1974	13,545,056	33,678,899	0.79%	0.96%
1975	13,666,335	34,015,199	0.9%	1%
1976	13,774,037	34,356,300	0.79%	1%
1977	13,856,185	34,689,050	0.6%	0.97%
1978	13,941,700	34,965,600	0.62%	0.8%
1979	14,038,270	35,247,217	0.69%	0.81%
1980	14,149,800	35,574,150	0.79%	0.93%
1981	14,247,208	35,898,587	0.69%	0.91%
1982	14,312,690	36,230,481	0.46%	0.92%
1983	14,367,070	36,571,808	0.38%	0.94%
1984	14,424,211	36,904,134	0.4%	0.91%
1985	14,491,632	37,201,885	0.47%	0.81%
1986	14,572,278	37,456,119	0.56%	0.68%
1987	14,665,037	37,668,045	0.64%	0.57%
1988	14,760,094	37,824,487	0.65%	0.42%
1989	14,848,907	37,961,529	0.6%	0.36%
1990	14,951,510	38,110,782	0.69%	0.39%
1991	15,069,798	38,246,193	0.79%	0.36%
1992	15,184,166	38,363,667	0.76%	0.31%
1993	15,290,368	38,461,408	0.7%	0.25%
1994	15,382,838	38,542,652	0.6%	0.21%
1995	15,459,006	38,594,998	0.5%	0.14%
1996	15,530,498	38,624,370	0.46%	0.08%
1997	15,610,650	38,649,660	0.52%	0.07%
1998	15,707,209	38,663,481	0.62%	0.04%
1999	15,812,088	38,660,271	0.67%	-0.008%
2000	15,925,513	38,258,629	0.72%	-1.04%
2001	16,046,180	38,248,076	0.76%	-0.03%
2002	16,148,929	38,230,364	0.64%	-0.05%
2003	16,225,302	38,204,570	0.47%	-0.07%
2004	16,281,779	38,182,222	0.35%	-0.06%
2005	16,319,868	38,165,445	0.23%	-0.04%
2006	16,346,101	38,141,267	0.16%	-0.06%
2007	16,381,696	38,120,560	0.22%	-0.05%
2008	16,445,593	38,125,759	0.39%	0.01%
2009	16,530,388	38,151,603	0.52%	0.07%
2010	16,615,394	38,042,794	0.51%	-0.29%
2011	16,693,074	38,063,255	0.47%	0.05%
2012	16,754,962	38,063,164	0.37%	-0%
2013	16,804,432	38,040,196	0.3%	-0.06%
2014	16,865,008	38,011,735	0.36%	-0.07%
2015	16,939,923	37,986,412	0.44%	-0.07%
2016	17,030,314	37,970,087	0.53%	-0.04%
2017	17,131,296	37,974,826	0.59%	0.01%
2018	17,231,624	37,974,750	0.59%	-0%
2019	17,344,874	37,965,475	0.66%	-0.02%
2020	17,441,500	37,515,748	0.56%	-1.18%
2021	17,533,044	36,981,559	0.52%	-1.42%
2022	17,700,982	36,821,749	0.96%	-0.43%
2023	17,877,117	36,687,353	1%	-0.36%
2024	17,994,237	36,554,707	0.66%	-0.36%
2025	18,110,800	36,176,920	0.65%	-1.03%
2026	18,211,436	35,894,534	0.56%	-0.78%
2027	18,299,531	35,753,988	0.48%	-0.39%
2028	18,379,573	35,605,295	0.44%	-0.42%
2029	18,452,044	35,447,860	0.39%	-0.44%
2030	18,515,913	35,283,068	0.35%	-0.46%
2031	18,571,934	35,111,838	0.3%	-0.49%
2032	18,621,087	34,934,626	0.26%	-0.5%
2033	18,664,975	34,753,118	0.24%	-0.52%
2034	18,702,456	34,567,292	0.2%	-0.53%
2035	18,733,223	34,377,478	0.16%	-0.55%
2036	18,760,054	34,183,187	0.14%	-0.57%
2037	18,781,793	33,984,777	0.12%	-0.58%
2038	18,798,283	33,782,992	0.09%	-0.59%
2039	18,810,276	33,577,269	0.06%	-0.61%
2040	18,817,745	33,368,049	0.04%	-0.62%
2041	18,820,870	33,156,329	0.02%	-0.63%
2042	18,819,607	32,941,367	-0.007%	-0.65%
2043	18,815,261	32,722,775	-0.02%	-0.66%
2044	18,807,564	32,501,991	-0.04%	-0.67%
2045	18,797,005	32,278,695	-0.06%	-0.69%
2046	18,785,724	32,052,771	-0.06%	-0.7%
2047	18,771,651	31,824,481	-0.07%	-0.71%
2048	18,754,325	31,593,911	-0.09%	-0.72%
2049	18,735,299	31,360,713	-0.1%	-0.74%
2050	18,714,579	31,124,396	-0.11%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.