Population in the Netherlands compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Netherlands and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Saint Lucia	Netherlands	Saint Lucia
1960	11,486,631	92,585	-	-
1961	11,638,712	93,490	1.32%	0.98%
1962	11,805,689	94,505	1.43%	1.09%
1963	11,965,966	95,519	1.36%	1.07%
1964	12,127,120	96,505	1.35%	1.03%
1965	12,294,732	97,493	1.38%	1.02%
1966	12,456,251	98,463	1.31%	0.99%
1967	12,598,201	99,504	1.14%	1.06%
1968	12,729,721	100,675	1.04%	1.18%
1969	12,877,984	101,879	1.16%	1.2%
1970	13,038,526	103,165	1.25%	1.26%
1971	13,194,497	104,564	1.2%	1.36%
1972	13,328,593	106,002	1.02%	1.38%
1973	13,439,322	107,498	0.83%	1.41%
1974	13,545,056	109,076	0.79%	1.47%
1975	13,666,335	110,725	0.9%	1.51%
1976	13,774,037	112,425	0.79%	1.54%
1977	13,856,185	114,135	0.6%	1.52%
1978	13,941,700	115,834	0.62%	1.49%
1979	14,038,270	117,528	0.69%	1.46%
1980	14,149,800	119,290	0.79%	1.5%
1981	14,247,208	121,166	0.69%	1.57%
1982	14,312,690	123,087	0.46%	1.59%
1983	14,367,070	125,044	0.38%	1.59%
1984	14,424,211	127,067	0.4%	1.62%
1985	14,491,632	129,159	0.47%	1.65%
1986	14,572,278	131,239	0.56%	1.61%
1987	14,665,037	133,227	0.64%	1.51%
1988	14,760,094	135,000	0.65%	1.33%
1989	14,848,907	136,512	0.6%	1.12%
1990	14,951,510	137,857	0.69%	0.99%
1991	15,069,798	139,520	0.79%	1.21%
1992	15,184,166	141,617	0.76%	1.5%
1993	15,290,368	143,726	0.7%	1.49%
1994	15,382,838	145,890	0.6%	1.51%
1995	15,459,006	148,208	0.5%	1.59%
1996	15,530,498	150,436	0.46%	1.5%
1997	15,610,650	152,569	0.52%	1.42%
1998	15,707,209	154,677	0.62%	1.38%
1999	15,812,088	156,702	0.67%	1.31%
2000	15,925,513	158,616	0.72%	1.22%
2001	16,046,180	160,237	0.76%	1.02%
2002	16,148,929	161,641	0.64%	0.88%
2003	16,225,302	162,976	0.47%	0.83%
2004	16,281,779	164,239	0.35%	0.77%
2005	16,319,868	165,450	0.23%	0.74%
2006	16,346,101	166,639	0.16%	0.72%
2007	16,381,696	167,758	0.22%	0.67%
2008	16,445,593	168,808	0.39%	0.63%
2009	16,530,388	169,869	0.52%	0.63%
2010	16,615,394	170,906	0.51%	0.61%
2011	16,693,074	171,801	0.47%	0.52%
2012	16,754,962	172,587	0.37%	0.46%
2013	16,804,432	173,369	0.3%	0.45%
2014	16,865,008	174,138	0.36%	0.44%
2015	16,939,923	174,905	0.44%	0.44%
2016	17,030,314	175,646	0.53%	0.42%
2017	17,131,296	176,342	0.59%	0.4%
2018	17,231,624	177,017	0.59%	0.38%
2019	17,344,874	177,661	0.66%	0.36%
2020	17,441,500	178,250	0.56%	0.33%
2021	17,533,044	178,522	0.52%	0.15%
2022	17,700,982	178,781	0.96%	0.15%
2023	17,877,117	179,285	1%	0.28%
2024	17,993,485	179,744	0.65%	0.26%
2025	18,110,044	180,148	0.65%	0.23%
2026	18,210,675	180,489	0.56%	0.19%
2027	18,298,766	180,771	0.48%	0.16%
2028	18,378,805	181,003	0.44%	0.13%
2029	18,451,273	181,198	0.39%	0.11%
2030	18,515,139	181,360	0.35%	0.09%
2031	18,571,158	181,463	0.3%	0.06%
2032	18,620,309	181,495	0.26%	0.02%
2033	18,664,195	181,458	0.24%	-0.02%
2034	18,701,674	181,354	0.2%	-0.06%
2035	18,732,440	181,177	0.16%	-0.1%
2036	18,759,270	180,948	0.14%	-0.13%
2037	18,781,008	180,636	0.12%	-0.17%
2038	18,797,497	180,230	0.09%	-0.22%
2039	18,809,490	179,781	0.06%	-0.25%
2040	18,816,959	179,296	0.04%	-0.27%
2041	18,820,083	178,760	0.02%	-0.3%
2042	18,818,821	178,187	-0.007%	-0.32%
2043	18,814,475	177,593	-0.02%	-0.33%
2044	18,806,778	176,937	-0.04%	-0.37%
2045	18,796,219	176,243	-0.06%	-0.39%
2046	18,784,939	175,520	-0.06%	-0.41%
2047	18,770,867	174,726	-0.07%	-0.45%
2048	18,753,541	173,877	-0.09%	-0.49%
2049	18,734,516	172,991	-0.1%	-0.51%
2050	18,713,797	172,081	-0.11%	-0.53%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Netherlands increased by 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,007 people (a 5.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Netherlands gained 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 4,846 (a 2.76% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2006 and is 72nd in 2026. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2006 and ranked 178th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Netherlands' population will grow by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people with a rank change from 72nd to 77th. The population of Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.66% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.