The latest officially reported population of the Netherlands was 17,994,237 in 2024 vs 24,672,760 people in Syria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Netherlands' population is 18,191,638 people compared to 26,304,877 in Syria.
Population statistics:
- Syria's population is 1.45 times bigger than the Netherlands'.
- The Netherlands is ranked the 72nd most populous country in the world, while Syria is the 57th.
- The countries together account for 0.54% of the world: 0.22% for the Netherlands vs 0.32% for Syria.
- For the last 10 years, the Netherlands has had an average growth rate of +0.62% per year vs +1.25% in Syria.
- Since 2005, the population of the Netherlands has increased from 16.3M people to 18.2M (11.5% growth), while Syria has grown from 18.8M to 26.3M (39.8% growth).
- The Netherlands is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 18.8M people compared to the peak of 44.1M people in 2086 for Syria.
Netherlands vs Syria: live population counter
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| Current population |
18191638
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26304877
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| Population rank | 72/197 | 57/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.22% | 0.32% |
| One net population change |
4.49 minutes
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29.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
3.2 minutes
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1.01 minutes
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| One death every |
3.09 minutes
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4.42 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.32 minutes
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57.7 seconds
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| Annual migration change | +121,628 | +546,494 |
| Daily growth/decline | +321 | +2,954 |
| Annual growth/decline | +117,120 | +1,078,137 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.66% | +4.57% |
| Population growth rate rank | 122/197 | 5/197 |
the Netherlands and Syria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 17,994,237 | 24,672,760 | 0.66% | 4.57% |
| 2025 | 18,110,800 | 25,620,422 | 0.65% | 3.84% |
| 2026 | 18,211,436 | 26,472,499 | 0.56% | 3.33% |
| 2027 | 18,299,531 | 27,261,544 | 0.48% | 2.98% |
| 2028 | 18,379,573 | 28,006,558 | 0.44% | 2.73% |
| 2029 | 18,452,044 | 28,719,309 | 0.39% | 2.54% |
| 2030 | 18,515,913 | 29,395,545 | 0.35% | 2.35% |
| 2031 | 18,571,934 | 30,029,824 | 0.3% | 2.16% |
| 2032 | 18,621,087 | 30,633,661 | 0.26% | 2.01% |
| 2033 | 18,664,975 | 31,212,478 | 0.24% | 1.89% |
| 2034 | 18,702,456 | 31,768,138 | 0.2% | 1.78% |
| 2035 | 18,733,223 | 32,294,792 | 0.16% | 1.66% |
| 2036 | 18,760,054 | 32,788,153 | 0.14% | 1.53% |
| 2037 | 18,781,793 | 33,258,407 | 0.12% | 1.43% |
| 2038 | 18,798,283 | 33,710,718 | 0.09% | 1.36% |
| 2039 | 18,810,276 | 34,131,238 | 0.06% | 1.25% |
| 2040 | 18,817,745 | 34,533,185 | 0.04% | 1.18% |
| 2041 | 18,820,870 | 34,916,936 | 0.02% | 1.11% |
| 2042 | 18,819,607 | 35,279,863 | -0.007% | 1.04% |
| 2043 | 18,815,261 | 35,623,325 | -0.02% | 0.97% |
| 2044 | 18,807,564 | 35,944,394 | -0.04% | 0.9% |
| 2045 | 18,797,005 | 36,265,295 | -0.06% | 0.89% |
| 2046 | 18,785,724 | 36,583,260 | -0.06% | 0.88% |
| 2047 | 18,771,651 | 36,878,640 | -0.07% | 0.81% |
| 2048 | 18,754,325 | 37,171,029 | -0.09% | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 18,735,299 | 37,477,690 | -0.1% | 0.83% |
| 2050 | 18,714,579 | 37,793,378 | -0.11% | 0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).
The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.
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Population differences between the Netherlands and Syria
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| Life expectancy | 82.4 years | 73 years |
| Average age | 42.5 years | 27.8 years |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 23.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 1.43 births per woman | 2.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,384 ppl/mi² | 348 ppl/mi² |
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