The latest officially reported population of the Netherlands was 17,993,485 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Netherlands' population is 18,211,637 people compared to 51,633,793 in South Korea.
Population statistics:
- South Korea's population is 2.84 times bigger than the Netherlands'.
- The Netherlands is ranked the 72nd most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
- The countries together account for 0.84% of the world: 0.22% for the Netherlands vs 0.62% for South Korea.
- For the last 10 years, the Netherlands has had an average growth rate of +0.62% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
- Since 2006, the population of the Netherlands has increased from 16.3M people to 18.2M (11.4% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.4M to 51.6M (6.6% growth).
- The Netherlands is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 18.8M people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.
Netherlands vs South Korea: live population counter
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| Current population |
18211637
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51633793
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| Population rank | 72/197 | 31/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | 0.62% |
| One net population change |
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13.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
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| One death every |
3.09 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +121,628 | +75,963 |
| Daily growth/decline | +319 | +105 |
| Annual growth/decline | +116,368 | +38,446 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.65% | +0.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 122/197 | 161/197 |
the Netherlands and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 17,993,485 | 51,751,065 | 0.65% | 0.07% |
| 2025 | 18,110,044 | 51,700,480 | 0.65% | -0.1% |
| 2026 | 18,210,675 | 51,633,793 | 0.56% | -0.13% |
| 2027 | 18,298,766 | 51,552,198 | 0.48% | -0.16% |
| 2028 | 18,378,805 | 51,456,707 | 0.44% | -0.19% |
| 2029 | 18,451,273 | 51,347,230 | 0.39% | -0.21% |
| 2030 | 18,515,139 | 51,221,713 | 0.35% | -0.24% |
| 2031 | 18,571,158 | 51,081,220 | 0.3% | -0.27% |
| 2032 | 18,620,309 | 50,924,233 | 0.26% | -0.31% |
| 2033 | 18,664,195 | 50,747,132 | 0.24% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 18,701,674 | 50,549,508 | 0.2% | -0.39% |
| 2035 | 18,732,440 | 50,333,286 | 0.16% | -0.43% |
| 2036 | 18,759,270 | 50,098,951 | 0.14% | -0.47% |
| 2037 | 18,781,008 | 49,845,669 | 0.12% | -0.51% |
| 2038 | 18,797,497 | 49,573,234 | 0.09% | -0.55% |
| 2039 | 18,809,490 | 49,283,770 | 0.06% | -0.58% |
| 2040 | 18,816,959 | 48,980,369 | 0.04% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 18,820,083 | 48,661,905 | 0.02% | -0.65% |
| 2042 | 18,818,821 | 48,331,004 | -0.007% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 18,814,475 | 47,990,085 | -0.02% | -0.71% |
| 2044 | 18,806,778 | 47,634,183 | -0.04% | -0.74% |
| 2045 | 18,796,219 | 47,263,526 | -0.06% | -0.78% |
| 2046 | 18,784,939 | 46,881,228 | -0.06% | -0.81% |
| 2047 | 18,770,867 | 46,482,133 | -0.07% | -0.85% |
| 2048 | 18,753,541 | 46,063,595 | -0.09% | -0.9% |
| 2049 | 18,734,516 | 45,626,805 | -0.1% | -0.95% |
| 2050 | 18,713,797 | 45,172,356 | -0.11% | -1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Netherlands increased by 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Netherlands gained 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).
The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2006 and is 72nd in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.
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Population differences between the Netherlands and South Korea
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| Life expectancy | 82.6 years | 84.6 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 44.8 years |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 46.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.43 births per woman | 0.72 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,384 ppl/mi² | 1,373 ppl/mi² |
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