Population in the Netherlands compared to Suriname: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Netherlands and Suriname: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Suriname	Netherlands	Suriname
1960	11,486,631	263,918	-	-
1961	11,638,712	272,791	1.32%	3.36%
1962	11,805,689	283,912	1.43%	4.08%
1963	11,965,966	297,034	1.36%	4.62%
1964	12,127,120	309,041	1.35%	4.04%
1965	12,294,732	320,000	1.38%	3.55%
1966	12,456,251	331,135	1.31%	3.48%
1967	12,598,201	342,679	1.14%	3.49%
1968	12,729,721	354,616	1.04%	3.48%
1969	12,877,984	366,906	1.16%	3.47%
1970	13,038,526	379,442	1.25%	3.42%
1971	13,194,497	391,932	1.2%	3.29%
1972	13,328,593	397,413	1.02%	1.4%
1973	13,439,322	395,772	0.83%	-0.41%
1974	13,545,056	393,676	0.79%	-0.53%
1975	13,666,335	391,170	0.9%	-0.64%
1976	13,774,037	388,289	0.79%	-0.74%
1977	13,856,185	385,067	0.6%	-0.83%
1978	13,941,700	381,502	0.62%	-0.93%
1979	14,038,270	377,602	0.69%	-1.02%
1980	14,149,800	375,377	0.79%	-0.59%
1981	14,247,208	375,459	0.69%	0.02%
1982	14,312,690	376,555	0.46%	0.29%
1983	14,367,070	378,746	0.38%	0.58%
1984	14,424,211	382,193	0.4%	0.91%
1985	14,491,632	386,972	0.47%	1.25%
1986	14,572,278	392,330	0.56%	1.38%
1987	14,665,037	396,911	0.64%	1.17%
1988	14,760,094	402,227	0.65%	1.34%
1989	14,848,907	408,409	0.6%	1.54%
1990	14,951,510	412,493	0.69%	1%
1991	15,069,798	415,013	0.79%	0.61%
1992	15,184,166	417,589	0.76%	0.62%
1993	15,290,368	419,352	0.7%	0.42%
1994	15,382,838	422,375	0.6%	0.72%
1995	15,459,006	429,606	0.5%	1.71%
1996	15,530,498	438,830	0.46%	2.15%
1997	15,610,650	448,067	0.52%	2.1%
1998	15,707,209	457,406	0.62%	2.08%
1999	15,812,088	466,916	0.67%	2.08%
2000	15,925,513	476,643	0.72%	2.08%
2001	16,046,180	486,560	0.76%	2.08%
2002	16,148,929	496,551	0.64%	2.05%
2003	16,225,302	506,414	0.47%	1.99%
2004	16,281,779	513,923	0.35%	1.48%
2005	16,319,868	519,313	0.23%	1.05%
2006	16,346,101	524,997	0.16%	1.09%
2007	16,381,696	531,016	0.22%	1.15%
2008	16,445,593	537,245	0.39%	1.17%
2009	16,530,388	543,568	0.52%	1.18%
2010	16,615,394	549,923	0.51%	1.17%
2011	16,693,074	556,269	0.47%	1.15%
2012	16,754,962	562,633	0.37%	1.14%
2013	16,804,432	569,020	0.3%	1.14%
2014	16,865,008	575,373	0.36%	1.12%
2015	16,939,923	581,627	0.44%	1.09%
2016	17,030,314	587,757	0.53%	1.05%
2017	17,131,296	593,713	0.59%	1.01%
2018	17,231,624	599,513	0.59%	0.98%
2019	17,344,874	605,768	0.66%	1.04%
2020	17,441,500	612,317	0.56%	1.08%
2021	17,533,044	617,896	0.52%	0.91%
2022	17,700,982	623,164	0.96%	0.85%
2023	17,877,117	628,886	1%	0.92%
2024	17,994,237	634,431	0.66%	0.88%
2025	18,110,800	639,852	0.65%	0.85%
2026	18,211,436	645,257	0.56%	0.84%
2027	18,299,531	650,564	0.48%	0.82%
2028	18,379,573	655,783	0.44%	0.8%
2029	18,452,044	660,793	0.39%	0.76%
2030	18,515,913	665,650	0.35%	0.74%
2031	18,571,934	670,421	0.3%	0.72%
2032	18,621,087	675,070	0.26%	0.69%
2033	18,664,975	679,573	0.24%	0.67%
2034	18,702,456	683,911	0.2%	0.64%
2035	18,733,223	688,189	0.16%	0.63%
2036	18,760,054	692,343	0.14%	0.6%
2037	18,781,793	696,213	0.12%	0.56%
2038	18,798,283	699,908	0.09%	0.53%
2039	18,810,276	703,569	0.06%	0.52%
2040	18,817,745	707,156	0.04%	0.51%
2041	18,820,870	710,619	0.02%	0.49%
2042	18,819,607	713,900	-0.007%	0.46%
2043	18,815,261	716,999	-0.02%	0.43%
2044	18,807,564	719,920	-0.04%	0.41%
2045	18,797,005	722,759	-0.06%	0.39%
2046	18,785,724	725,322	-0.06%	0.35%
2047	18,771,651	727,726	-0.07%	0.33%
2048	18,754,325	730,038	-0.09%	0.32%
2049	18,735,299	732,021	-0.1%	0.27%
2050	18,714,579	733,898	-0.11%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.