The latest officially reported population of the Netherlands was 17,993,485 in 2024 vs 2,127,400 people in Slovenia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Netherlands' population is 18,211,637 people compared to 2,123,263 in Slovenia.
Population statistics:
- The Netherlands' population is 8.58 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- The Netherlands is ranked the 72nd most populous country in the world, while Slovenia is the 147th.
- The countries together account for 0.25% of the world: 0.22% for the Netherlands vs 0.03% for Slovenia.
- For the last 10 years, the Netherlands has had an average growth rate of +0.62% per year vs +0.29% in Slovenia.
- Since 2006, the population of the Netherlands has increased from 16.3M people to 18.2M (11.4% growth), while Slovenia has grown from 2.01M to 2.12M (5.8% growth).
- The Netherlands is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 18.8M people, while Slovenia's population already peaked in 2024 at 2.13M people and is projected to decrease to 1.64M people by 2100.
Netherlands vs Slovenia: live population counter
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| Current population |
18211637
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2123263
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| Population rank | 72/197 | 147/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
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1.26 hours
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| One birth every |
3.2 minutes
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31 minutes
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| One death every |
3.09 minutes
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24.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.32 minutes
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2.64 hours
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| Annual migration change | +121,628 | +3,319 |
| Daily growth/decline | +319 | +19 |
| Annual growth/decline | +116,368 | +6,939 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.65% | +0.33% |
| Population growth rate rank | 122/197 | 148/197 |
the Netherlands and Slovenia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,486,631 | 1,584,720 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,638,712 | 1,594,131 | 1.32% | 0.59% |
| 1962 | 11,805,689 | 1,603,649 | 1.43% | 0.6% |
| 1963 | 11,965,966 | 1,616,971 | 1.36% | 0.83% |
| 1964 | 12,127,120 | 1,632,114 | 1.35% | 0.94% |
| 1965 | 12,294,732 | 1,649,160 | 1.38% | 1.04% |
| 1966 | 12,456,251 | 1,669,905 | 1.31% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 12,598,201 | 1,689,528 | 1.14% | 1.18% |
| 1968 | 12,729,721 | 1,704,546 | 1.04% | 0.89% |
| 1969 | 12,877,984 | 1,713,874 | 1.16% | 0.55% |
| 1970 | 13,038,526 | 1,724,891 | 1.25% | 0.64% |
| 1971 | 13,194,497 | 1,738,335 | 1.2% | 0.78% |
| 1972 | 13,328,593 | 1,752,233 | 1.02% | 0.8% |
| 1973 | 13,439,322 | 1,766,697 | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 1974 | 13,545,056 | 1,776,132 | 0.79% | 0.53% |
| 1975 | 13,666,335 | 1,793,581 | 0.9% | 0.98% |
| 1976 | 13,774,037 | 1,820,249 | 0.79% | 1.49% |
| 1977 | 13,856,185 | 1,842,377 | 0.6% | 1.22% |
| 1978 | 13,941,700 | 1,862,548 | 0.62% | 1.09% |
| 1979 | 14,038,270 | 1,882,599 | 0.69% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 14,149,800 | 1,901,315 | 0.79% | 0.99% |
| 1981 | 14,247,208 | 1,906,531 | 0.69% | 0.27% |
| 1982 | 14,312,690 | 1,910,334 | 0.46% | 0.2% |
| 1983 | 14,367,070 | 1,922,321 | 0.38% | 0.63% |
| 1984 | 14,424,211 | 1,932,154 | 0.4% | 0.51% |
| 1985 | 14,491,632 | 1,941,641 | 0.47% | 0.49% |
| 1986 | 14,572,278 | 1,965,964 | 0.56% | 1.25% |
| 1987 | 14,665,037 | 1,989,776 | 0.64% | 1.21% |
| 1988 | 14,760,094 | 1,995,196 | 0.65% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 14,848,907 | 1,996,351 | 0.6% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 14,951,510 | 1,998,161 | 0.69% | 0.09% |
| 1991 | 15,069,798 | 1,999,429 | 0.79% | 0.06% |
| 1992 | 15,184,166 | 1,996,498 | 0.76% | -0.15% |
| 1993 | 15,290,368 | 1,991,746 | 0.7% | -0.24% |
| 1994 | 15,382,838 | 1,989,443 | 0.6% | -0.12% |
| 1995 | 15,459,006 | 1,989,872 | 0.5% | 0.02% |
| 1996 | 15,530,498 | 1,988,628 | 0.46% | -0.06% |
| 1997 | 15,610,650 | 1,985,956 | 0.52% | -0.13% |
| 1998 | 15,707,209 | 1,981,629 | 0.62% | -0.22% |
| 1999 | 15,812,088 | 1,983,045 | 0.67% | 0.07% |
| 2000 | 15,925,513 | 1,988,925 | 0.72% | 0.3% |
| 2001 | 16,046,180 | 1,992,060 | 0.76% | 0.16% |
| 2002 | 16,148,929 | 1,994,530 | 0.64% | 0.12% |
| 2003 | 16,225,302 | 1,995,733 | 0.47% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 16,281,779 | 1,997,012 | 0.35% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 16,319,868 | 2,000,474 | 0.23% | 0.17% |
| 2006 | 16,346,101 | 2,006,868 | 0.16% | 0.32% |
| 2007 | 16,381,696 | 2,018,122 | 0.22% | 0.56% |
| 2008 | 16,445,593 | 2,021,316 | 0.39% | 0.16% |
| 2009 | 16,530,388 | 2,039,669 | 0.52% | 0.91% |
| 2010 | 16,615,394 | 2,048,583 | 0.51% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 16,693,074 | 2,052,843 | 0.47% | 0.21% |
| 2012 | 16,754,962 | 2,057,159 | 0.37% | 0.21% |
| 2013 | 16,804,432 | 2,059,953 | 0.3% | 0.14% |
| 2014 | 16,865,008 | 2,061,980 | 0.36% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 16,939,923 | 2,063,531 | 0.44% | 0.08% |
| 2016 | 17,030,314 | 2,065,042 | 0.53% | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 17,131,296 | 2,066,388 | 0.59% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 17,231,624 | 2,073,894 | 0.59% | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 17,344,874 | 2,088,385 | 0.66% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 17,441,500 | 2,102,419 | 0.56% | 0.67% |
| 2021 | 17,533,044 | 2,108,079 | 0.52% | 0.27% |
| 2022 | 17,700,982 | 2,112,076 | 0.96% | 0.19% |
| 2023 | 17,877,117 | 2,120,461 | 1% | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 17,993,485 | 2,127,400 | 0.65% | 0.33% |
| 2025 | 18,110,044 | 2,125,771 | 0.65% | -0.08% |
| 2026 | 18,210,675 | 2,123,263 | 0.56% | -0.12% |
| 2027 | 18,298,766 | 2,120,217 | 0.48% | -0.14% |
| 2028 | 18,378,805 | 2,116,494 | 0.44% | -0.18% |
| 2029 | 18,451,273 | 2,112,173 | 0.39% | -0.2% |
| 2030 | 18,515,139 | 2,107,590 | 0.35% | -0.22% |
| 2031 | 18,571,158 | 2,102,682 | 0.3% | -0.23% |
| 2032 | 18,620,309 | 2,097,639 | 0.26% | -0.24% |
| 2033 | 18,664,195 | 2,092,539 | 0.24% | -0.24% |
| 2034 | 18,701,674 | 2,087,474 | 0.2% | -0.24% |
| 2035 | 18,732,440 | 2,082,359 | 0.16% | -0.25% |
| 2036 | 18,759,270 | 2,076,980 | 0.14% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 18,781,008 | 2,071,332 | 0.12% | -0.27% |
| 2038 | 18,797,497 | 2,065,836 | 0.09% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 18,809,490 | 2,060,512 | 0.06% | -0.26% |
| 2040 | 18,816,959 | 2,055,171 | 0.04% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 18,820,083 | 2,049,707 | 0.02% | -0.27% |
| 2042 | 18,818,821 | 2,043,776 | -0.007% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 18,814,475 | 2,037,534 | -0.02% | -0.31% |
| 2044 | 18,806,778 | 2,031,130 | -0.04% | -0.31% |
| 2045 | 18,796,219 | 2,024,576 | -0.06% | -0.32% |
| 2046 | 18,784,939 | 2,017,955 | -0.06% | -0.33% |
| 2047 | 18,770,867 | 2,011,220 | -0.07% | -0.33% |
| 2048 | 18,753,541 | 2,004,390 | -0.09% | -0.34% |
| 2049 | 18,734,516 | 1,997,296 | -0.1% | -0.35% |
| 2050 | 18,713,797 | 1,989,697 | -0.11% | -0.38% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Netherlands increased by 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth), while Slovenia gained 58,174 people (a 2.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Netherlands gained 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth), while Slovenia's population increased by 58,221 (a 2.82% growth).
The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2006 and is 72nd in 2026. Slovenia was ranked 141st in 2006 and ranked 147th 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 Slovenia will decrease by 6.29% to 1,989,697 people and will still be ranked 147th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Amsterdam | 921K |
| Rotterdam | 664K |
| The Hague | 548K |
| Utrecht | 359K |
| Eindhoven | 244K |
| Groningen | 238K |
| Almere | 215K |
| Breda | 188K |
| Nijmegen | 177K |
| Arnhem | 164K |
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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Population differences between the Netherlands and Slovenia
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| Life expectancy | 82.6 years | 82.1 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 45.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.43 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,384 ppl/mi² | 273.7 ppl/mi² |
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