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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Netherlands was 17,994,237 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Netherlands' population is 18,191,638 people compared to 71,619,867 in Thailand.

Population statistics:

  • Thailand's population is 3.94 times bigger than the Netherlands'.
  • The Netherlands is ranked the 72nd most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
  • The countries together account for 1.09% of the world: 0.22% for the Netherlands vs 0.87% for Thailand.
  • For the last 10 years, the Netherlands has had an average growth rate of +0.62% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Netherlands has increased from 16.3M people to 18.2M (11.5% growth), while Thailand has grown from 66M to 71.6M (8.49% growth).
  • The Netherlands is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 18.8M people, while Thailand's population already peaked in 2022 at 71.7M people and is projected to decrease to 45.6M people by 2100.

Netherlands vs Thailand: live population counter

Netherlands Thailand
Current population
18191638
71619867
Population rank 72/197 21/197
Percent of world population 0.22% 0.87%
One net population change
4.49 minutes
15.3 minutes
One birth every
3.2 minutes
53.3 seconds
One death every
3.09 minutes
49.5 seconds
One migration net change every
4.32 minutes
22.5 minutes
Annual migration change +121,628 +23,321
Daily growth/decline +321 -94
Annual growth/decline +117,120 -34,424
Annual growth/decline rate +0.66% -0.05%
Population growth rate rank 122/197 170/197

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

Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Thailand
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Netherlands Thailand Netherlands Thailand
1960 11,486,631 26,851,747 - -
1961 11,638,712 27,650,334 1.32% 2.97%
1962 11,805,689 28,481,040 1.43% 3%
1963 11,965,966 29,342,322 1.36% 3.02%
1964 12,127,120 30,232,141 1.35% 3.03%
1965 12,294,732 31,149,337 1.38% 3.03%
1966 12,456,251 32,086,071 1.31% 3.01%
1967 12,598,201 33,037,801 1.14% 2.97%
1968 12,729,721 34,002,560 1.04% 2.92%
1969 12,877,984 34,973,782 1.16% 2.86%
1970 13,038,526 35,954,408 1.25% 2.8%
1971 13,194,497 36,937,387 1.2% 2.73%
1972 13,328,593 37,933,929 1.02% 2.7%
1973 13,439,322 38,947,787 0.83% 2.67%
1974 13,545,056 39,952,891 0.79% 2.58%
1975 13,666,335 40,940,005 0.9% 2.47%
1976 13,774,037 41,896,504 0.79% 2.34%
1977 13,856,185 42,843,974 0.6% 2.26%
1978 13,941,700 43,788,976 0.62% 2.21%
1979 14,038,270 44,718,434 0.69% 2.12%
1980 14,149,800 45,650,022 0.79% 2.08%
1981 14,247,208 46,575,855 0.69% 2.03%
1982 14,312,690 47,494,577 0.46% 1.97%
1983 14,367,070 48,423,309 0.38% 1.96%
1984 14,424,211 49,351,708 0.4% 1.92%
1985 14,491,632 50,270,753 0.47% 1.86%
1986 14,572,278 51,177,834 0.56% 1.8%
1987 14,665,037 52,074,105 0.64% 1.75%
1988 14,760,094 52,969,595 0.65% 1.72%
1989 14,848,907 53,848,956 0.6% 1.66%
1990 14,951,510 54,738,329 0.69% 1.65%
1991 15,069,798 55,637,434 0.79% 1.64%
1992 15,184,166 56,528,834 0.76% 1.6%
1993 15,290,368 57,408,198 0.7% 1.56%
1994 15,382,838 58,260,854 0.6% 1.49%
1995 15,459,006 59,098,232 0.5% 1.44%
1996 15,530,498 59,920,064 0.46% 1.39%
1997 15,610,650 60,724,584 0.52% 1.34%
1998 15,707,209 61,522,630 0.62% 1.31%
1999 15,812,088 62,299,043 0.67% 1.26%
2000 15,925,513 63,007,815 0.72% 1.14%
2001 16,046,180 63,651,141 0.76% 1.02%
2002 16,148,929 64,266,437 0.64% 0.97%
2003 16,225,302 64,868,166 0.47% 0.94%
2004 16,281,779 65,452,047 0.35% 0.9%
2005 16,319,868 66,017,420 0.23% 0.86%
2006 16,346,101 66,567,687 0.16% 0.83%
2007 16,381,696 67,102,394 0.22% 0.8%
2008 16,445,593 67,619,830 0.39% 0.77%
2009 16,530,388 68,121,080 0.52% 0.74%
2010 16,615,394 68,579,447 0.51% 0.67%
2011 16,693,074 69,007,208 0.47% 0.62%
2012 16,754,962 69,436,098 0.37% 0.62%
2013 16,804,432 69,845,114 0.3% 0.59%
2014 16,865,008 70,216,367 0.36% 0.53%
2015 16,939,923 70,540,795 0.44% 0.46%
2016 17,030,314 70,859,841 0.53% 0.45%
2017 17,131,296 71,160,187 0.59% 0.42%
2018 17,231,624 71,376,079 0.59% 0.3%
2019 17,344,874 71,522,271 0.66% 0.2%
2020 17,441,500 71,641,484 0.56% 0.17%
2021 17,533,044 71,727,332 0.52% 0.12%
2022 17,700,982 71,735,329 0.96% 0.01%
2023 17,877,117 71,702,435 1% -0.05%
2024 17,994,237 71,668,011 0.66% -0.05%
2025 18,110,800 71,619,867 0.65% -0.07%
2026 18,211,436 71,559,621 0.56% -0.08%
2027 18,299,531 71,488,156 0.48% -0.1%
2028 18,379,573 71,406,996 0.44% -0.11%
2029 18,452,044 71,316,195 0.39% -0.13%
2030 18,515,913 71,215,017 0.35% -0.14%
2031 18,571,934 71,104,025 0.3% -0.16%
2032 18,621,087 70,982,286 0.26% -0.17%
2033 18,664,975 70,847,947 0.24% -0.19%
2034 18,702,456 70,701,651 0.2% -0.21%
2035 18,733,223 70,540,884 0.16% -0.23%
2036 18,760,054 70,366,496 0.14% -0.25%
2037 18,781,793 70,180,031 0.12% -0.26%
2038 18,798,283 69,979,034 0.09% -0.29%
2039 18,810,276 69,763,928 0.06% -0.31%
2040 18,817,745 69,535,003 0.04% -0.33%
2041 18,820,870 69,288,477 0.02% -0.35%
2042 18,819,607 69,025,348 -0.007% -0.38%
2043 18,815,261 68,748,075 -0.02% -0.4%
2044 18,807,564 68,456,533 -0.04% -0.42%
2045 18,797,005 68,150,148 -0.06% -0.45%
2046 18,785,724 67,827,309 -0.06% -0.47%
2047 18,771,651 67,489,358 -0.07% -0.5%
2048 18,754,325 67,136,737 -0.09% -0.52%
2049 18,735,299 66,767,316 -0.1% -0.55%
2050 18,714,579 66,382,732 -0.11% -0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.

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