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	17,993,485	11,943,408	0.65%	4.01%
2025	18,110,044	12,188,793	0.65%	2.05%
2026	18,210,675	12,436,036	0.56%	2.03%
2027	18,298,766	12,687,301	0.48%	2.02%
2028	18,378,805	12,941,503	0.44%	2%
2029	18,451,273	13,198,080	0.39%	1.98%
2030	18,515,139	13,457,446	0.35%	1.97%
2031	18,571,158	13,725,413	0.3%	1.99%
2032	18,620,309	13,996,343	0.26%	1.97%
2033	18,664,195	14,261,762	0.24%	1.9%
2034	18,701,674	14,527,550	0.2%	1.86%
2035	18,732,440	14,798,602	0.16%	1.87%
2036	18,759,270	15,070,098	0.14%	1.83%
2037	18,781,008	15,335,700	0.12%	1.76%
2038	18,797,497	15,595,968	0.09%	1.7%
2039	18,809,490	15,850,696	0.06%	1.63%
2040	18,816,959	16,101,470	0.04%	1.58%
2041	18,820,083	16,350,149	0.02%	1.54%
2042	18,818,821	16,593,361	-0.007%	1.49%
2043	18,814,475	16,829,209	-0.02%	1.42%
2044	18,806,778	17,060,176	-0.04%	1.37%
2045	18,796,219	17,286,412	-0.06%	1.33%
2046	18,784,939	17,509,693	-0.06%	1.29%
2047	18,770,867	17,728,331	-0.07%	1.25%
2048	18,753,541	17,938,437	-0.09%	1.19%
2049	18,734,516	18,142,893	-0.1%	1.14%
2050	18,713,797	18,341,968	-0.11%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Netherlands increased by 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Netherlands gained 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2006 and is 72nd in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.