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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Slovakia	Netherlands	Slovakia
1960	11,486,631	4,068,095	-	-
1961	11,638,712	4,191,667	1.32%	3.04%
1962	11,805,689	4,238,188	1.43%	1.11%
1963	11,965,966	4,282,017	1.36%	1.03%
1964	12,127,120	4,327,341	1.35%	1.06%
1965	12,294,732	4,370,983	1.38%	1.01%
1966	12,456,251	4,411,666	1.31%	0.93%
1967	12,598,201	4,449,367	1.14%	0.85%
1968	12,729,721	4,483,915	1.04%	0.78%
1969	12,877,984	4,518,607	1.16%	0.77%
1970	13,038,526	4,538,223	1.25%	0.43%
1971	13,194,497	4,557,449	1.2%	0.42%
1972	13,328,593	4,596,622	1.02%	0.86%
1973	13,439,322	4,641,445	0.83%	0.98%
1974	13,545,056	4,689,623	0.79%	1.04%
1975	13,666,335	4,739,105	0.9%	1.06%
1976	13,774,037	4,789,507	0.79%	1.06%
1977	13,856,185	4,840,501	0.6%	1.06%
1978	13,941,700	4,890,125	0.62%	1.03%
1979	14,038,270	4,938,973	0.69%	1%
1980	14,149,800	4,979,815	0.79%	0.83%
1981	14,247,208	5,016,105	0.69%	0.73%
1982	14,312,690	5,055,099	0.46%	0.78%
1983	14,367,070	5,091,971	0.38%	0.73%
1984	14,424,211	5,127,097	0.4%	0.69%
1985	14,491,632	5,161,768	0.47%	0.68%
1986	14,572,278	5,193,838	0.56%	0.62%
1987	14,665,037	5,222,840	0.64%	0.56%
1988	14,760,094	5,250,596	0.65%	0.53%
1989	14,848,907	5,275,942	0.6%	0.48%
1990	14,951,510	5,299,187	0.69%	0.44%
1991	15,069,798	5,303,294	0.79%	0.08%
1992	15,184,166	5,305,016	0.76%	0.03%
1993	15,290,368	5,325,305	0.7%	0.38%
1994	15,382,838	5,346,331	0.6%	0.39%
1995	15,459,006	5,361,999	0.5%	0.29%
1996	15,530,498	5,373,361	0.46%	0.21%
1997	15,610,650	5,383,291	0.52%	0.18%
1998	15,707,209	5,390,516	0.62%	0.13%
1999	15,812,088	5,396,020	0.67%	0.1%
2000	15,925,513	5,388,720	0.72%	-0.14%
2001	16,046,180	5,378,867	0.76%	-0.18%
2002	16,148,929	5,376,912	0.64%	-0.04%
2003	16,225,302	5,373,374	0.47%	-0.07%
2004	16,281,779	5,372,280	0.35%	-0.02%
2005	16,319,868	5,372,807	0.23%	0.01%
2006	16,346,101	5,373,054	0.16%	0.005%
2007	16,381,696	5,374,622	0.22%	0.03%
2008	16,445,593	5,379,233	0.39%	0.09%
2009	16,530,388	5,386,406	0.52%	0.13%
2010	16,615,394	5,391,428	0.51%	0.09%
2011	16,693,074	5,398,384	0.47%	0.13%
2012	16,754,962	5,407,579	0.37%	0.17%
2013	16,804,432	5,413,393	0.3%	0.11%
2014	16,865,008	5,418,649	0.36%	0.1%
2015	16,939,923	5,423,801	0.44%	0.1%
2016	17,030,314	5,430,798	0.53%	0.13%
2017	17,131,296	5,439,232	0.59%	0.16%
2018	17,231,624	5,446,771	0.59%	0.14%
2019	17,344,874	5,454,147	0.66%	0.14%
2020	17,441,500	5,458,827	0.56%	0.09%
2021	17,533,044	5,447,247	0.52%	-0.21%
2022	17,700,982	5,431,752	0.96%	-0.28%
2023	17,877,117	5,426,740	1%	-0.09%
2024	17,993,485	5,422,069	0.65%	-0.09%
2025	18,110,044	5,390,674	0.65%	-0.58%
2026	18,210,675	5,367,504	0.56%	-0.43%
2027	18,298,766	5,357,756	0.48%	-0.18%
2028	18,378,805	5,346,292	0.44%	-0.21%
2029	18,451,273	5,333,135	0.39%	-0.25%
2030	18,515,139	5,318,323	0.35%	-0.28%
2031	18,571,158	5,302,079	0.3%	-0.31%
2032	18,620,309	5,284,585	0.26%	-0.33%
2033	18,664,195	5,265,970	0.24%	-0.35%
2034	18,701,674	5,246,341	0.2%	-0.37%
2035	18,732,440	5,225,725	0.16%	-0.39%
2036	18,759,270	5,204,191	0.14%	-0.41%
2037	18,781,008	5,181,996	0.12%	-0.43%
2038	18,797,497	5,159,193	0.09%	-0.44%
2039	18,809,490	5,135,906	0.06%	-0.45%
2040	18,816,959	5,112,164	0.04%	-0.46%
2041	18,820,083	5,088,002	0.02%	-0.47%
2042	18,818,821	5,063,600	-0.007%	-0.48%
2043	18,814,475	5,038,933	-0.02%	-0.49%
2044	18,806,778	5,014,014	-0.04%	-0.49%
2045	18,796,219	4,988,989	-0.06%	-0.5%
2046	18,784,939	4,963,847	-0.06%	-0.5%
2047	18,770,867	4,938,476	-0.07%	-0.51%
2048	18,753,541	4,912,885	-0.09%	-0.52%
2049	18,734,516	4,886,923	-0.1%	-0.53%
2050	18,713,797	4,860,572	-0.11%	-0.54%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Netherlands increased by 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth), while Slovakia gained 57,744 people (a 1.07% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Netherlands gained 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth), while Slovakia's population decreased by -63,294 (a 1.17% decline).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2006 and is 72nd in 2026. Slovakia was ranked 110th in 2006 and ranked 124th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.44% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 124th to 129th.