Population in the Netherlands compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Netherlands and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	South Africa	Netherlands	South Africa
1960	11,486,631	16,440,172	-	-
1961	11,638,712	16,908,035	1.32%	2.85%
1962	11,805,689	17,418,522	1.43%	3.02%
1963	11,965,966	17,954,564	1.36%	3.08%
1964	12,127,120	18,511,361	1.35%	3.1%
1965	12,294,732	19,089,380	1.38%	3.12%
1966	12,456,251	19,690,087	1.31%	3.15%
1967	12,598,201	20,314,066	1.14%	3.17%
1968	12,729,721	20,957,287	1.04%	3.17%
1969	12,877,984	21,614,676	1.16%	3.14%
1970	13,038,526	22,279,984	1.25%	3.08%
1971	13,194,497	22,942,143	1.2%	2.97%
1972	13,328,593	23,609,456	1.02%	2.91%
1973	13,439,322	24,294,263	0.83%	2.9%
1974	13,545,056	24,989,108	0.79%	2.86%
1975	13,666,335	25,690,940	0.9%	2.81%
1976	13,774,037	26,395,450	0.79%	2.74%
1977	13,856,185	27,118,952	0.6%	2.74%
1978	13,941,700	27,869,507	0.62%	2.77%
1979	14,038,270	28,634,162	0.69%	2.74%
1980	14,149,800	29,518,857	0.79%	3.09%
1981	14,247,208	30,541,044	0.69%	3.46%
1982	14,312,690	31,615,339	0.46%	3.52%
1983	14,367,070	32,739,304	0.38%	3.56%
1984	14,424,211	33,892,788	0.4%	3.52%
1985	14,491,632	35,042,093	0.47%	3.39%
1986	14,572,278	36,180,515	0.56%	3.25%
1987	14,665,037	37,326,190	0.64%	3.17%
1988	14,760,094	38,480,649	0.65%	3.09%
1989	14,848,907	39,628,575	0.6%	2.98%
1990	14,951,510	40,746,268	0.69%	2.82%
1991	15,069,798	41,687,898	0.79%	2.31%
1992	15,184,166	42,443,509	0.76%	1.81%
1993	15,290,368	43,297,156	0.7%	2.01%
1994	15,382,838	44,004,139	0.6%	1.63%
1995	15,459,006	44,541,554	0.5%	1.22%
1996	15,530,498	45,123,018	0.46%	1.31%
1997	15,610,650	45,666,838	0.52%	1.21%
1998	15,707,209	46,223,880	0.62%	1.22%
1999	15,812,088	46,730,335	0.67%	1.1%
2000	15,925,513	47,159,719	0.72%	0.92%
2001	16,046,180	47,566,800	0.76%	0.86%
2002	16,148,929	48,019,415	0.64%	0.95%
2003	16,225,302	48,500,348	0.47%	1%
2004	16,281,779	48,991,421	0.35%	1.01%
2005	16,319,868	49,490,033	0.23%	1.02%
2006	16,346,101	49,998,277	0.16%	1.03%
2007	16,381,696	50,528,584	0.22%	1.06%
2008	16,445,593	51,114,599	0.39%	1.16%
2009	16,530,388	51,728,516	0.52%	1.2%
2010	16,615,394	52,344,051	0.51%	1.19%
2011	16,693,074	52,995,205	0.47%	1.24%
2012	16,754,962	53,782,567	0.37%	1.49%
2013	16,804,432	54,678,791	0.3%	1.67%
2014	16,865,008	55,594,838	0.36%	1.68%
2015	16,939,923	56,723,537	0.44%	2.03%
2016	17,030,314	57,259,551	0.53%	0.94%
2017	17,131,296	57,635,162	0.59%	0.66%
2018	17,231,624	58,613,001	0.59%	1.7%
2019	17,344,874	59,587,885	0.66%	1.66%
2020	17,441,500	60,562,381	0.56%	1.64%
2021	17,533,044	61,502,603	0.52%	1.55%
2022	17,700,982	62,378,410	0.96%	1.42%
2023	17,877,117	63,212,384	1%	1.34%
2024	17,993,485	64,007,187	0.65%	1.26%
2025	18,110,044	64,747,317	0.65%	1.16%
2026	18,210,675	65,453,086	0.56%	1.09%
2027	18,298,766	66,143,018	0.48%	1.05%
2028	18,378,805	66,830,384	0.44%	1.04%
2029	18,451,273	67,506,850	0.39%	1.01%
2030	18,515,139	68,161,357	0.35%	0.97%
2031	18,571,158	68,798,574	0.3%	0.93%
2032	18,620,309	69,426,441	0.26%	0.91%
2033	18,664,195	70,040,484	0.24%	0.88%
2034	18,701,674	70,641,572	0.2%	0.86%
2035	18,732,440	71,234,749	0.16%	0.84%
2036	18,759,270	71,816,372	0.14%	0.82%
2037	18,781,008	72,387,807	0.12%	0.8%
2038	18,797,497	72,949,611	0.09%	0.78%
2039	18,809,490	73,496,152	0.06%	0.75%
2040	18,816,959	74,035,615	0.04%	0.73%
2041	18,820,083	74,575,444	0.02%	0.73%
2042	18,818,821	75,111,899	-0.007%	0.72%
2043	18,814,475	75,641,512	-0.02%	0.71%
2044	18,806,778	76,164,461	-0.04%	0.69%
2045	18,796,219	76,681,448	-0.06%	0.68%
2046	18,784,939	77,199,542	-0.06%	0.68%
2047	18,770,867	77,716,650	-0.07%	0.67%
2048	18,753,541	78,215,323	-0.09%	0.64%
2049	18,734,516	78,699,584	-0.1%	0.62%
2050	18,713,797	79,177,329	-0.11%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Netherlands increased by 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Netherlands gained 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2006 and is 72nd in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.