Population in the Netherlands compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Netherlands and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Sao Tome	Netherlands	Sao Tome
1960	11,486,631	68,012	-	-
1961	11,638,712	68,707	1.32%	1.02%
1962	11,805,689	69,403	1.43%	1.01%
1963	11,965,966	70,112	1.36%	1.02%
1964	12,127,120	70,865	1.35%	1.07%
1965	12,294,732	71,680	1.38%	1.15%
1966	12,456,251	72,576	1.31%	1.25%
1967	12,598,201	73,596	1.14%	1.41%
1968	12,729,721	74,765	1.04%	1.59%
1969	12,877,984	76,083	1.16%	1.76%
1970	13,038,526	77,626	1.25%	2.03%
1971	13,194,497	79,330	1.2%	2.2%
1972	13,328,593	81,041	1.02%	2.16%
1973	13,439,322	82,798	0.83%	2.17%
1974	13,545,056	84,672	0.79%	2.26%
1975	13,666,335	86,708	0.9%	2.4%
1976	13,774,037	88,922	0.79%	2.55%
1977	13,856,185	91,301	0.6%	2.68%
1978	13,941,700	93,794	0.62%	2.73%
1979	14,038,270	96,252	0.69%	2.62%
1980	14,149,800	98,544	0.79%	2.38%
1981	14,247,208	100,615	0.69%	2.1%
1982	14,312,690	102,508	0.46%	1.88%
1983	14,367,070	104,380	0.38%	1.83%
1984	14,424,211	106,394	0.4%	1.93%
1985	14,491,632	108,658	0.47%	2.13%
1986	14,572,278	111,150	0.56%	2.29%
1987	14,665,037	113,919	0.64%	2.49%
1988	14,760,094	116,939	0.65%	2.65%
1989	14,848,907	119,979	0.6%	2.6%
1990	14,951,510	122,980	0.69%	2.5%
1991	15,069,798	125,697	0.79%	2.21%
1992	15,184,166	128,110	0.76%	1.92%
1993	15,290,368	130,467	0.7%	1.84%
1994	15,382,838	132,732	0.6%	1.74%
1995	15,459,006	134,895	0.5%	1.63%
1996	15,530,498	136,962	0.46%	1.53%
1997	15,610,650	138,922	0.52%	1.43%
1998	15,707,209	140,751	0.62%	1.32%
1999	15,812,088	142,442	0.67%	1.2%
2000	15,925,513	144,018	0.72%	1.11%
2001	16,046,180	146,375	0.76%	1.64%
2002	16,148,929	149,922	0.64%	2.42%
2003	16,225,302	153,814	0.47%	2.6%
2004	16,281,779	157,705	0.35%	2.53%
2005	16,319,868	161,639	0.23%	2.49%
2006	16,346,101	165,638	0.16%	2.47%
2007	16,381,696	169,700	0.22%	2.45%
2008	16,445,593	173,793	0.39%	2.41%
2009	16,530,388	177,853	0.52%	2.34%
2010	16,615,394	181,802	0.51%	2.22%
2011	16,693,074	185,649	0.47%	2.12%
2012	16,754,962	189,439	0.37%	2.04%
2013	16,804,432	193,148	0.3%	1.96%
2014	16,865,008	196,767	0.36%	1.87%
2015	16,939,923	200,291	0.44%	1.79%
2016	17,030,314	203,689	0.53%	1.7%
2017	17,131,296	206,970	0.59%	1.61%
2018	17,231,624	210,187	0.59%	1.55%
2019	17,344,874	213,392	0.66%	1.52%
2020	17,441,500	217,435	0.56%	1.89%
2021	17,533,044	221,961	0.52%	2.08%
2022	17,700,982	226,305	0.96%	1.96%
2023	17,877,117	230,871	1%	2.02%
2024	17,994,237	235,536	0.66%	2.02%
2025	18,110,800	240,251	0.65%	2%
2026	18,211,436	244,987	0.56%	1.97%
2027	18,299,531	249,783	0.48%	1.96%
2028	18,379,573	254,657	0.44%	1.95%
2029	18,452,044	259,597	0.39%	1.94%
2030	18,515,913	264,560	0.35%	1.91%
2031	18,571,934	269,566	0.3%	1.89%
2032	18,621,087	274,643	0.26%	1.88%
2033	18,664,975	279,761	0.24%	1.86%
2034	18,702,456	284,911	0.2%	1.84%
2035	18,733,223	290,082	0.16%	1.81%
2036	18,760,054	295,269	0.14%	1.79%
2037	18,781,793	300,439	0.12%	1.75%
2038	18,798,283	305,590	0.09%	1.71%
2039	18,810,276	310,729	0.06%	1.68%
2040	18,817,745	315,833	0.04%	1.64%
2041	18,820,870	320,875	0.02%	1.6%
2042	18,819,607	325,888	-0.007%	1.56%
2043	18,815,261	330,908	-0.02%	1.54%
2044	18,807,564	335,919	-0.04%	1.51%
2045	18,797,005	340,911	-0.06%	1.49%
2046	18,785,724	345,883	-0.06%	1.46%
2047	18,771,651	350,758	-0.07%	1.41%
2048	18,754,325	355,569	-0.09%	1.37%
2049	18,735,299	360,353	-0.1%	1.35%
2050	18,714,579	365,103	-0.11%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.