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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Qatar	Netherlands	Qatar
1960	11,486,631	36,010	-	-
1961	11,638,712	39,680	1.32%	10.2%
1962	11,805,689	44,630	1.43%	12.5%
1963	11,965,966	50,380	1.36%	12.9%
1964	12,127,120	56,867	1.35%	12.9%
1965	12,294,732	64,065	1.38%	12.7%
1966	12,456,251	72,192	1.31%	12.7%
1967	12,598,201	81,439	1.14%	12.8%
1968	12,729,721	91,749	1.04%	12.7%
1969	12,877,984	103,025	1.16%	12.3%
1970	13,038,526	116,350	1.25%	12.9%
1971	13,194,497	131,346	1.2%	12.9%
1972	13,328,593	146,506	1.02%	11.5%
1973	13,439,322	161,841	0.83%	10.5%
1974	13,545,056	177,362	0.79%	9.59%
1975	13,666,335	193,087	0.9%	8.87%
1976	13,774,037	209,052	0.79%	8.27%
1977	13,856,185	225,285	0.6%	7.77%
1978	13,941,700	241,808	0.62%	7.33%
1979	14,038,270	258,670	0.69%	6.97%
1980	14,149,800	275,913	0.79%	6.67%
1981	14,247,208	293,553	0.69%	6.39%
1982	14,312,690	311,537	0.46%	6.13%
1983	14,367,070	329,709	0.38%	5.83%
1984	14,424,211	347,878	0.4%	5.51%
1985	14,491,632	365,940	0.47%	5.19%
1986	14,572,278	382,422	0.56%	4.5%
1987	14,665,037	397,005	0.64%	3.81%
1988	14,760,094	411,264	0.65%	3.59%
1989	14,848,907	425,646	0.6%	3.5%
1990	14,951,510	440,175	0.69%	3.41%
1991	15,069,798	454,853	0.79%	3.33%
1992	15,184,166	469,657	0.76%	3.25%
1993	15,290,368	484,545	0.7%	3.17%
1994	15,382,838	499,459	0.6%	3.08%
1995	15,459,006	514,325	0.5%	2.98%
1996	15,530,498	529,019	0.46%	2.86%
1997	15,610,650	550,500	0.52%	4.06%
1998	15,707,209	580,540	0.62%	5.46%
1999	15,812,088	612,500	0.67%	5.51%
2000	15,925,513	644,989	0.72%	5.3%
2001	16,046,180	677,925	0.76%	5.11%
2002	16,148,929	711,205	0.64%	4.91%
2003	16,225,302	744,682	0.47%	4.71%
2004	16,281,779	773,332	0.35%	3.85%
2005	16,319,868	825,408	0.23%	6.73%
2006	16,346,101	972,831	0.16%	17.9%
2007	16,381,696	1,208,595	0.22%	24.2%
2008	16,445,593	1,426,938	0.39%	18.1%
2009	16,530,388	1,608,903	0.52%	12.8%
2010	16,615,394	1,616,832	0.51%	0.49%
2011	16,693,074	1,624,761	0.47%	0.49%
2012	16,754,962	1,722,438	0.37%	6.01%
2013	16,804,432	1,916,426	0.3%	11.3%
2014	16,865,008	2,151,745	0.36%	12.3%
2015	16,939,923	2,344,557	0.44%	8.96%
2016	17,030,314	2,477,113	0.53%	5.65%
2017	17,131,296	2,545,820	0.59%	2.77%
2018	17,231,624	2,580,734	0.59%	1.37%
2019	17,344,874	2,638,657	0.66%	2.24%
2020	17,441,500	2,794,148	0.56%	5.89%
2021	17,533,044	2,504,910	0.52%	-10.4%
2022	17,700,982	2,657,333	0.96%	6.08%
2023	17,877,117	2,656,032	1%	-0.05%
2024	17,994,237	2,857,822	0.66%	7.6%
2025	18,110,800	2,921,065	0.65%	2.21%
2026	18,211,436	2,975,134	0.56%	1.85%
2027	18,299,531	3,019,526	0.48%	1.49%
2028	18,379,573	3,057,695	0.44%	1.26%
2029	18,452,044	3,092,803	0.39%	1.15%
2030	18,515,913	3,125,174	0.35%	1.05%
2031	18,571,934	3,156,754	0.3%	1.01%
2032	18,621,087	3,189,188	0.26%	1.03%
2033	18,664,975	3,222,500	0.24%	1.04%
2034	18,702,456	3,256,691	0.2%	1.06%
2035	18,733,223	3,291,711	0.16%	1.08%
2036	18,760,054	3,327,585	0.14%	1.09%
2037	18,781,793	3,364,333	0.12%	1.1%
2038	18,798,283	3,401,906	0.09%	1.12%
2039	18,810,276	3,440,293	0.06%	1.13%
2040	18,817,745	3,479,439	0.04%	1.14%
2041	18,820,870	3,519,302	0.02%	1.15%
2042	18,819,607	3,559,840	-0.007%	1.15%
2043	18,815,261	3,601,019	-0.02%	1.16%
2044	18,807,564	3,642,784	-0.04%	1.16%
2045	18,797,005	3,685,111	-0.06%	1.16%
2046	18,785,724	3,727,959	-0.06%	1.16%
2047	18,771,651	3,771,287	-0.07%	1.16%
2048	18,754,325	3,815,108	-0.09%	1.16%
2049	18,735,299	3,859,368	-0.1%	1.16%
2050	18,714,579	3,904,074	-0.11%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.