Population in the Netherlands compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Netherlands and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Sri Lanka	Netherlands	Sri Lanka
1960	11,486,631	9,661,389	-	-
1961	11,638,712	9,899,372	1.32%	2.46%
1962	11,805,689	10,143,754	1.43%	2.47%
1963	11,965,966	10,395,040	1.36%	2.48%
1964	12,127,120	10,653,397	1.35%	2.49%
1965	12,294,732	10,916,965	1.38%	2.47%
1966	12,456,251	11,183,928	1.31%	2.45%
1967	12,598,201	11,457,328	1.14%	2.44%
1968	12,729,721	11,736,088	1.04%	2.43%
1969	12,877,984	12,013,858	1.16%	2.37%
1970	13,038,526	12,287,110	1.25%	2.27%
1971	13,194,497	12,551,910	1.2%	2.16%
1972	13,328,593	12,809,205	1.02%	2.05%
1973	13,439,322	13,060,916	0.83%	1.97%
1974	13,545,056	13,305,693	0.79%	1.87%
1975	13,666,335	13,548,984	0.9%	1.83%
1976	13,774,037	13,796,770	0.79%	1.83%
1977	13,856,185	14,049,371	0.6%	1.83%
1978	13,941,700	14,310,128	0.62%	1.86%
1979	14,038,270	14,579,614	0.69%	1.88%
1980	14,149,800	14,847,974	0.79%	1.84%
1981	14,247,208	15,099,414	0.69%	1.69%
1982	14,312,690	15,286,567	0.46%	1.24%
1983	14,367,070	15,388,794	0.38%	0.67%
1984	14,424,211	15,441,860	0.4%	0.34%
1985	14,491,632	15,544,154	0.47%	0.66%
1986	14,572,278	15,731,256	0.56%	1.2%
1987	14,665,037	15,916,576	0.64%	1.18%
1988	14,760,094	16,078,621	0.65%	1.02%
1989	14,848,907	16,248,557	0.6%	1.06%
1990	14,951,510	16,352,458	0.69%	0.64%
1991	15,069,798	16,475,354	0.79%	0.75%
1992	15,184,166	16,739,284	0.76%	1.6%
1993	15,290,368	17,025,918	0.7%	1.71%
1994	15,382,838	17,275,773	0.6%	1.47%
1995	15,459,006	17,564,068	0.5%	1.67%
1996	15,530,498	17,905,018	0.46%	1.94%
1997	15,610,650	18,248,200	0.52%	1.92%
1998	15,707,209	18,596,003	0.62%	1.91%
1999	15,812,088	18,944,731	0.67%	1.88%
2000	15,925,513	19,293,054	0.72%	1.84%
2001	16,046,180	19,600,362	0.76%	1.59%
2002	16,148,929	19,805,752	0.64%	1.05%
2003	16,225,302	19,951,521	0.47%	0.74%
2004	16,281,779	20,087,605	0.35%	0.68%
2005	16,319,868	20,216,524	0.23%	0.64%
2006	16,346,101	20,352,411	0.16%	0.67%
2007	16,381,696	20,492,545	0.22%	0.69%
2008	16,445,593	20,629,378	0.39%	0.67%
2009	16,530,388	20,756,435	0.52%	0.62%
2010	16,615,394	20,879,089	0.51%	0.59%
2011	16,693,074	21,009,048	0.47%	0.62%
2012	16,754,962	21,169,458	0.37%	0.76%
2013	16,804,432	20,585,000	0.3%	-2.76%
2014	16,865,008	20,778,000	0.36%	0.94%
2015	16,939,923	20,970,000	0.44%	0.92%
2016	17,030,314	21,209,000	0.53%	1.14%
2017	17,131,296	21,453,000	0.59%	1.15%
2018	17,231,624	21,670,000	0.59%	1.01%
2019	17,344,874	21,803,000	0.66%	0.61%
2020	17,441,500	21,919,000	0.56%	0.53%
2021	17,533,044	22,156,000	0.52%	1.08%
2022	17,700,982	22,181,000	0.96%	0.11%
2023	17,877,117	22,037,000	1%	-0.65%
2024	17,994,237	21,916,000	0.66%	-0.55%
2025	18,110,800	22,035,440	0.65%	0.54%
2026	18,211,436	22,148,172	0.56%	0.51%
2027	18,299,531	22,255,601	0.48%	0.49%
2028	18,379,573	22,357,682	0.44%	0.46%
2029	18,452,044	22,453,922	0.39%	0.43%
2030	18,515,913	22,546,245	0.35%	0.41%
2031	18,571,934	22,635,106	0.3%	0.39%
2032	18,621,087	22,720,118	0.26%	0.38%
2033	18,664,975	22,802,043	0.24%	0.36%
2034	18,702,456	22,879,527	0.2%	0.34%
2035	18,733,223	22,952,739	0.16%	0.32%
2036	18,760,054	23,022,027	0.14%	0.3%
2037	18,781,793	23,088,877	0.12%	0.29%
2038	18,798,283	23,152,480	0.09%	0.28%
2039	18,810,276	23,211,633	0.06%	0.26%
2040	18,817,745	23,265,986	0.04%	0.23%
2041	18,820,870	23,315,260	0.02%	0.21%
2042	18,819,607	23,359,578	-0.007%	0.19%
2043	18,815,261	23,398,752	-0.02%	0.17%
2044	18,807,564	23,433,096	-0.04%	0.15%
2045	18,797,005	23,464,943	-0.06%	0.14%
2046	18,785,724	23,492,738	-0.06%	0.12%
2047	18,771,651	23,512,629	-0.07%	0.08%
2048	18,754,325	23,525,953	-0.09%	0.06%
2049	18,735,299	23,533,940	-0.1%	0.03%
2050	18,714,579	23,538,230	-0.11%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.