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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Syria	Netherlands	Syria
1960	11,486,631	4,673,500	-	-
1961	11,638,712	4,815,466	1.32%	3.04%
1962	11,805,689	4,959,340	1.43%	2.99%
1963	11,965,966	5,110,467	1.36%	3.05%
1964	12,127,120	5,269,087	1.35%	3.1%
1965	12,294,732	5,435,267	1.38%	3.15%
1966	12,456,251	5,609,047	1.31%	3.2%
1967	12,598,201	5,790,198	1.14%	3.23%
1968	12,729,721	5,978,742	1.04%	3.26%
1969	12,877,984	6,175,166	1.16%	3.29%
1970	13,038,526	6,380,609	1.25%	3.33%
1971	13,194,497	6,598,094	1.2%	3.41%
1972	13,328,593	6,826,024	1.02%	3.45%
1973	13,439,322	7,060,321	0.83%	3.43%
1974	13,545,056	7,302,160	0.79%	3.43%
1975	13,666,335	7,554,364	0.9%	3.45%
1976	13,774,037	7,817,320	0.79%	3.48%
1977	13,856,185	8,090,501	0.6%	3.49%
1978	13,941,700	8,372,759	0.62%	3.49%
1979	14,038,270	8,661,909	0.69%	3.45%
1980	14,149,800	8,957,663	0.79%	3.41%
1981	14,247,208	9,260,189	0.69%	3.38%
1982	14,312,690	9,572,511	0.46%	3.37%
1983	14,367,070	9,904,809	0.38%	3.47%
1984	14,424,211	10,258,398	0.4%	3.57%
1985	14,491,632	10,625,672	0.47%	3.58%
1986	14,572,278	11,002,844	0.56%	3.55%
1987	14,665,037	11,388,923	0.64%	3.51%
1988	14,760,094	11,782,264	0.65%	3.45%
1989	14,848,907	12,179,060	0.6%	3.37%
1990	14,951,510	12,579,208	0.69%	3.29%
1991	15,069,798	12,980,821	0.79%	3.19%
1992	15,184,166	13,385,571	0.76%	3.12%
1993	15,290,368	13,795,686	0.7%	3.06%
1994	15,382,838	14,208,583	0.6%	2.99%
1995	15,459,006	14,616,801	0.5%	2.87%
1996	15,530,498	15,018,104	0.46%	2.75%
1997	15,610,650	15,417,542	0.52%	2.66%
1998	15,707,209	15,820,413	0.62%	2.61%
1999	15,812,088	16,228,061	0.67%	2.58%
2000	15,925,513	16,637,888	0.72%	2.53%
2001	16,046,180	17,051,338	0.76%	2.48%
2002	16,148,929	17,468,332	0.64%	2.45%
2003	16,225,302	17,889,296	0.47%	2.41%
2004	16,281,779	18,336,875	0.35%	2.5%
2005	16,319,868	18,814,091	0.23%	2.6%
2006	16,346,101	19,637,022	0.16%	4.37%
2007	16,381,696	20,884,125	0.22%	6.35%
2008	16,445,593	21,636,564	0.39%	3.6%
2009	16,530,388	21,976,969	0.52%	1.57%
2010	16,615,394	22,482,421	0.51%	2.3%
2011	16,693,074	22,878,098	0.47%	1.76%
2012	16,754,962	22,759,763	0.37%	-0.52%
2013	16,804,432	21,666,917	0.3%	-4.8%
2014	16,865,008	20,273,659	0.36%	-6.43%
2015	16,939,923	19,424,618	0.44%	-4.19%
2016	17,030,314	19,193,834	0.53%	-1.19%
2017	17,131,296	19,224,668	0.59%	0.16%
2018	17,231,624	19,577,845	0.59%	1.84%
2019	17,344,874	20,353,534	0.66%	3.96%
2020	17,441,500	21,049,429	0.56%	3.42%
2021	17,533,044	21,628,839	0.52%	2.75%
2022	17,700,982	22,462,173	0.96%	3.85%
2023	17,877,117	23,594,623	1%	5.04%
2024	17,993,485	24,672,760	0.65%	4.57%
2025	18,110,044	25,620,422	0.65%	3.84%
2026	18,210,675	26,472,499	0.56%	3.33%
2027	18,298,766	27,261,544	0.48%	2.98%
2028	18,378,805	28,006,558	0.44%	2.73%
2029	18,451,273	28,719,309	0.39%	2.54%
2030	18,515,139	29,395,545	0.35%	2.35%
2031	18,571,158	30,029,824	0.3%	2.16%
2032	18,620,309	30,633,661	0.26%	2.01%
2033	18,664,195	31,212,478	0.24%	1.89%
2034	18,701,674	31,768,138	0.2%	1.78%
2035	18,732,440	32,294,792	0.16%	1.66%
2036	18,759,270	32,788,153	0.14%	1.53%
2037	18,781,008	33,258,407	0.12%	1.43%
2038	18,797,497	33,710,718	0.09%	1.36%
2039	18,809,490	34,131,238	0.06%	1.25%
2040	18,816,959	34,533,185	0.04%	1.18%
2041	18,820,083	34,916,936	0.02%	1.11%
2042	18,818,821	35,279,863	-0.007%	1.04%
2043	18,814,475	35,623,325	-0.02%	0.97%
2044	18,806,778	35,944,394	-0.04%	0.9%
2045	18,796,219	36,265,295	-0.06%	0.89%
2046	18,784,939	36,583,260	-0.06%	0.88%
2047	18,770,867	36,878,640	-0.07%	0.81%
2048	18,753,541	37,171,029	-0.09%	0.79%
2049	18,734,516	37,477,690	-0.1%	0.83%
2050	18,713,797	37,793,378	-0.11%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Netherlands increased by 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Netherlands gained 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2006 and is 72nd in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.