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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Seychelles	Netherlands	Seychelles
1960	11,486,631	41,700	-	-
1961	11,638,712	42,889	1.32%	2.85%
1962	11,805,689	44,042	1.43%	2.69%
1963	11,965,966	45,176	1.36%	2.57%
1964	12,127,120	46,322	1.35%	2.54%
1965	12,294,732	47,500	1.38%	2.54%
1966	12,456,251	48,699	1.31%	2.52%
1967	12,598,201	49,911	1.14%	2.49%
1968	12,729,721	51,134	1.04%	2.45%
1969	12,877,984	52,365	1.16%	2.41%
1970	13,038,526	53,600	1.25%	2.36%
1971	13,194,497	54,695	1.2%	2.04%
1972	13,328,593	56,029	1.02%	2.44%
1973	13,439,322	56,892	0.83%	1.54%
1974	13,545,056	57,937	0.79%	1.84%
1975	13,666,335	59,292	0.9%	2.34%
1976	13,774,037	60,504	0.79%	2.04%
1977	13,856,185	61,786	0.6%	2.12%
1978	13,941,700	62,150	0.62%	0.59%
1979	14,038,270	62,686	0.69%	0.86%
1980	14,149,800	63,261	0.79%	0.92%
1981	14,247,208	64,035	0.69%	1.22%
1982	14,312,690	64,413	0.46%	0.59%
1983	14,367,070	64,335	0.38%	-0.12%
1984	14,424,211	64,717	0.4%	0.59%
1985	14,491,632	65,244	0.47%	0.81%
1986	14,572,278	65,652	0.56%	0.63%
1987	14,665,037	68,499	0.64%	4.34%
1988	14,760,094	68,755	0.65%	0.37%
1989	14,848,907	69,167	0.6%	0.6%
1990	14,951,510	69,507	0.69%	0.49%
1991	15,069,798	70,439	0.79%	1.34%
1992	15,184,166	70,763	0.76%	0.46%
1993	15,290,368	72,253	0.7%	2.11%
1994	15,382,838	74,205	0.6%	2.7%
1995	15,459,006	75,304	0.5%	1.48%
1996	15,530,498	76,417	0.46%	1.48%
1997	15,610,650	77,319	0.52%	1.18%
1998	15,707,209	78,846	0.62%	1.97%
1999	15,812,088	80,410	0.67%	1.98%
2000	15,925,513	81,131	0.72%	0.9%
2001	16,046,180	81,202	0.76%	0.09%
2002	16,148,929	83,723	0.64%	3.1%
2003	16,225,302	82,781	0.47%	-1.13%
2004	16,281,779	82,475	0.35%	-0.37%
2005	16,319,868	82,858	0.23%	0.46%
2006	16,346,101	84,600	0.16%	2.1%
2007	16,381,696	85,033	0.22%	0.51%
2008	16,445,593	86,956	0.39%	2.26%
2009	16,530,388	87,298	0.52%	0.39%
2010	16,615,394	89,770	0.51%	2.83%
2011	16,693,074	87,441	0.47%	-2.59%
2012	16,754,962	88,303	0.37%	0.99%
2013	16,804,432	89,949	0.3%	1.86%
2014	16,865,008	91,359	0.36%	1.57%
2015	16,939,923	93,419	0.44%	2.25%
2016	17,030,314	94,677	0.53%	1.35%
2017	17,131,296	95,843	0.59%	1.23%
2018	17,231,624	96,762	0.59%	0.96%
2019	17,344,874	97,625	0.66%	0.89%
2020	17,441,500	98,462	0.56%	0.86%
2021	17,533,044	99,258	0.52%	0.81%
2022	17,700,982	119,878	0.96%	20.8%
2023	17,877,117	119,773	1%	-0.09%
2024	17,994,237	121,354	0.66%	1.32%
2025	18,110,800	123,549	0.65%	1.81%
2026	18,211,436	125,581	0.56%	1.64%
2027	18,299,531	127,380	0.48%	1.43%
2028	18,379,573	128,883	0.44%	1.18%
2029	18,452,044	130,011	0.39%	0.87%
2030	18,515,913	130,635	0.35%	0.48%
2031	18,571,934	130,989	0.3%	0.27%
2032	18,621,087	131,305	0.26%	0.24%
2033	18,664,975	131,578	0.24%	0.21%
2034	18,702,456	131,816	0.2%	0.18%
2035	18,733,223	132,027	0.16%	0.16%
2036	18,760,054	132,202	0.14%	0.13%
2037	18,781,793	132,348	0.12%	0.11%
2038	18,798,283	132,467	0.09%	0.09%
2039	18,810,276	132,552	0.06%	0.06%
2040	18,817,745	132,631	0.04%	0.06%
2041	18,820,870	132,681	0.02%	0.04%
2042	18,819,607	132,700	-0.007%	0.01%
2043	18,815,261	132,698	-0.02%	-0.001%
2044	18,807,564	132,665	-0.04%	-0.03%
2045	18,797,005	132,613	-0.06%	-0.04%
2046	18,785,724	132,531	-0.06%	-0.06%
2047	18,771,651	132,415	-0.07%	-0.09%
2048	18,754,325	132,264	-0.09%	-0.11%
2049	18,735,299	132,085	-0.1%	-0.14%
2050	18,714,579	131,885	-0.11%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.