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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	South Sudan	Netherlands	South Sudan
1960	11,486,631	2,931,559	-	-
1961	11,638,712	2,976,724	1.32%	1.54%
1962	11,805,689	3,024,308	1.43%	1.6%
1963	11,965,966	3,072,669	1.36%	1.6%
1964	12,127,120	3,129,918	1.35%	1.86%
1965	12,294,732	3,189,835	1.38%	1.91%
1966	12,456,251	3,236,423	1.31%	1.46%
1967	12,598,201	3,277,648	1.14%	1.27%
1968	12,729,721	3,321,528	1.04%	1.34%
1969	12,877,984	3,365,533	1.16%	1.32%
1970	13,038,526	3,409,614	1.25%	1.31%
1971	13,194,497	3,468,646	1.2%	1.73%
1972	13,328,593	3,542,497	1.02%	2.13%
1973	13,439,322	3,627,383	0.83%	2.4%
1974	13,545,056	3,723,259	0.79%	2.64%
1975	13,666,335	3,821,494	0.9%	2.64%
1976	13,774,037	3,921,910	0.79%	2.63%
1977	13,856,185	4,024,032	0.6%	2.6%
1978	13,941,700	4,127,657	0.62%	2.58%
1979	14,038,270	4,232,605	0.69%	2.54%
1980	14,149,800	4,339,030	0.79%	2.51%
1981	14,247,208	4,447,272	0.69%	2.49%
1982	14,312,690	4,557,686	0.46%	2.48%
1983	14,367,070	4,661,574	0.38%	2.28%
1984	14,424,211	4,750,627	0.4%	1.91%
1985	14,491,632	4,834,296	0.47%	1.76%
1986	14,572,278	4,921,240	0.56%	1.8%
1987	14,665,037	4,962,395	0.64%	0.84%
1988	14,760,094	4,848,029	0.65%	-2.3%
1989	14,848,907	4,713,229	0.6%	-2.78%
1990	14,951,510	4,737,633	0.69%	0.52%
1991	15,069,798	4,836,677	0.79%	2.09%
1992	15,184,166	4,909,749	0.76%	1.51%
1993	15,290,368	4,956,002	0.7%	0.94%
1994	15,382,838	5,071,184	0.6%	2.32%
1995	15,459,006	5,225,836	0.5%	3.05%
1996	15,530,498	5,356,925	0.46%	2.51%
1997	15,610,650	5,509,136	0.52%	2.84%
1998	15,707,209	5,620,068	0.62%	2.01%
1999	15,812,088	5,771,628	0.67%	2.7%
2000	15,925,513	6,032,267	0.72%	4.52%
2001	16,046,180	6,308,391	0.76%	4.58%
2002	16,148,929	6,596,806	0.64%	4.57%
2003	16,225,302	6,903,127	0.47%	4.64%
2004	16,281,779	7,233,041	0.35%	4.78%
2005	16,319,868	7,590,143	0.23%	4.94%
2006	16,346,101	7,976,526	0.16%	5.09%
2007	16,381,696	8,388,788	0.22%	5.17%
2008	16,445,593	8,817,647	0.39%	5.11%
2009	16,530,388	9,243,556	0.52%	4.83%
2010	16,615,394	9,745,953	0.51%	5.44%
2011	16,693,074	10,288,109	0.47%	5.56%
2012	16,754,962	10,756,240	0.37%	4.55%
2013	16,804,432	11,166,275	0.3%	3.81%
2014	16,865,008	11,235,073	0.36%	0.62%
2015	16,939,923	11,107,561	0.44%	-1.13%
2016	17,030,314	10,830,102	0.53%	-2.5%
2017	17,131,296	10,259,154	0.59%	-5.27%
2018	17,231,624	10,122,977	0.59%	-1.33%
2019	17,344,874	10,423,384	0.66%	2.97%
2020	17,441,500	10,698,467	0.56%	2.64%
2021	17,533,044	10,865,780	0.52%	1.56%
2022	17,700,982	11,021,177	0.96%	1.43%
2023	17,877,117	11,483,374	1%	4.19%
2024	17,994,237	11,943,408	0.66%	4.01%
2025	18,110,800	12,188,793	0.65%	2.05%
2026	18,211,436	12,436,036	0.56%	2.03%
2027	18,299,531	12,687,301	0.48%	2.02%
2028	18,379,573	12,941,503	0.44%	2%
2029	18,452,044	13,198,080	0.39%	1.98%
2030	18,515,913	13,457,446	0.35%	1.97%
2031	18,571,934	13,725,413	0.3%	1.99%
2032	18,621,087	13,996,343	0.26%	1.97%
2033	18,664,975	14,261,762	0.24%	1.9%
2034	18,702,456	14,527,550	0.2%	1.86%
2035	18,733,223	14,798,602	0.16%	1.87%
2036	18,760,054	15,070,098	0.14%	1.83%
2037	18,781,793	15,335,700	0.12%	1.76%
2038	18,798,283	15,595,968	0.09%	1.7%
2039	18,810,276	15,850,696	0.06%	1.63%
2040	18,817,745	16,101,470	0.04%	1.58%
2041	18,820,870	16,350,149	0.02%	1.54%
2042	18,819,607	16,593,361	-0.007%	1.49%
2043	18,815,261	16,829,209	-0.02%	1.42%
2044	18,807,564	17,060,176	-0.04%	1.37%
2045	18,797,005	17,286,412	-0.06%	1.33%
2046	18,785,724	17,509,693	-0.06%	1.29%
2047	18,771,651	17,728,331	-0.07%	1.25%
2048	18,754,325	17,938,437	-0.09%	1.19%
2049	18,735,299	18,142,893	-0.1%	1.14%
2050	18,714,579	18,341,968	-0.11%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.