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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	South Korea	Netherlands	South Korea
1960	11,486,631	25,012,374	-	-
1961	11,638,712	25,765,673	1.32%	3.01%
1962	11,805,689	26,513,030	1.43%	2.9%
1963	11,965,966	27,261,747	1.36%	2.82%
1964	12,127,120	27,984,155	1.35%	2.65%
1965	12,294,732	28,704,674	1.38%	2.57%
1966	12,456,251	29,435,571	1.31%	2.55%
1967	12,598,201	30,130,983	1.14%	2.36%
1968	12,729,721	30,838,302	1.04%	2.35%
1969	12,877,984	31,544,266	1.16%	2.29%
1970	13,038,526	32,240,827	1.25%	2.21%
1971	13,194,497	32,882,704	1.2%	1.99%
1972	13,328,593	33,505,406	1.02%	1.89%
1973	13,439,322	34,103,149	0.83%	1.78%
1974	13,545,056	34,692,266	0.79%	1.73%
1975	13,666,335	35,280,725	0.9%	1.7%
1976	13,774,037	35,848,523	0.79%	1.61%
1977	13,856,185	36,411,795	0.6%	1.57%
1978	13,941,700	36,969,185	0.62%	1.53%
1979	14,038,270	37,534,236	0.69%	1.53%
1980	14,149,800	38,123,775	0.79%	1.57%
1981	14,247,208	38,723,248	0.69%	1.57%
1982	14,312,690	39,326,352	0.46%	1.56%
1983	14,367,070	39,910,403	0.38%	1.49%
1984	14,424,211	40,405,956	0.4%	1.24%
1985	14,491,632	40,805,744	0.47%	0.99%
1986	14,572,278	41,213,674	0.56%	1%
1987	14,665,037	41,621,690	0.64%	0.99%
1988	14,760,094	42,031,247	0.65%	0.98%
1989	14,848,907	42,449,038	0.6%	0.99%
1990	14,951,510	42,869,283	0.69%	0.99%
1991	15,069,798	43,295,704	0.79%	0.99%
1992	15,184,166	43,747,962	0.76%	1.04%
1993	15,290,368	44,194,628	0.7%	1.02%
1994	15,382,838	44,641,540	0.6%	1.01%
1995	15,459,006	45,092,991	0.5%	1.01%
1996	15,530,498	45,524,681	0.46%	0.96%
1997	15,610,650	45,953,580	0.52%	0.94%
1998	15,707,209	46,286,503	0.62%	0.72%
1999	15,812,088	46,616,677	0.67%	0.71%
2000	15,925,513	47,008,111	0.72%	0.84%
2001	16,046,180	47,370,164	0.76%	0.77%
2002	16,148,929	47,644,736	0.64%	0.58%
2003	16,225,302	47,892,330	0.47%	0.52%
2004	16,281,779	48,082,519	0.35%	0.4%
2005	16,319,868	48,184,561	0.23%	0.21%
2006	16,346,101	48,438,292	0.16%	0.53%
2007	16,381,696	48,683,638	0.22%	0.51%
2008	16,445,593	49,054,708	0.39%	0.76%
2009	16,530,388	49,307,835	0.52%	0.52%
2010	16,615,394	49,554,112	0.51%	0.5%
2011	16,693,074	49,936,638	0.47%	0.77%
2012	16,754,962	50,199,853	0.37%	0.53%
2013	16,804,432	50,428,893	0.3%	0.46%
2014	16,865,008	50,746,659	0.36%	0.63%
2015	16,939,923	51,014,947	0.44%	0.53%
2016	17,030,314	51,217,803	0.53%	0.4%
2017	17,131,296	51,361,911	0.59%	0.28%
2018	17,231,624	51,585,058	0.59%	0.43%
2019	17,344,874	51,764,822	0.66%	0.35%
2020	17,441,500	51,836,239	0.56%	0.14%
2021	17,533,044	51,769,539	0.52%	-0.13%
2022	17,700,982	51,672,569	0.96%	-0.19%
2023	17,877,117	51,712,619	1%	0.08%
2024	17,994,237	51,751,065	0.66%	0.07%
2025	18,110,800	51,700,480	0.65%	-0.1%
2026	18,211,436	51,633,793	0.56%	-0.13%
2027	18,299,531	51,552,198	0.48%	-0.16%
2028	18,379,573	51,456,707	0.44%	-0.19%
2029	18,452,044	51,347,230	0.39%	-0.21%
2030	18,515,913	51,221,713	0.35%	-0.24%
2031	18,571,934	51,081,220	0.3%	-0.27%
2032	18,621,087	50,924,233	0.26%	-0.31%
2033	18,664,975	50,747,132	0.24%	-0.35%
2034	18,702,456	50,549,508	0.2%	-0.39%
2035	18,733,223	50,333,286	0.16%	-0.43%
2036	18,760,054	50,098,951	0.14%	-0.47%
2037	18,781,793	49,845,669	0.12%	-0.51%
2038	18,798,283	49,573,234	0.09%	-0.55%
2039	18,810,276	49,283,770	0.06%	-0.58%
2040	18,817,745	48,980,369	0.04%	-0.62%
2041	18,820,870	48,661,905	0.02%	-0.65%
2042	18,819,607	48,331,004	-0.007%	-0.68%
2043	18,815,261	47,990,085	-0.02%	-0.71%
2044	18,807,564	47,634,183	-0.04%	-0.74%
2045	18,797,005	47,263,526	-0.06%	-0.78%
2046	18,785,724	46,881,228	-0.06%	-0.81%
2047	18,771,651	46,482,133	-0.07%	-0.85%
2048	18,754,325	46,063,595	-0.09%	-0.9%
2049	18,735,299	45,626,805	-0.1%	-0.95%
2050	18,714,579	45,172,356	-0.11%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.