Population in the Netherlands compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	United Kingdom	Netherlands	United Kingdom
1960	11,486,631	52,400,000	-	-
1961	11,638,712	52,800,000	1.32%	0.76%
1962	11,805,689	53,250,000	1.43%	0.85%
1963	11,965,966	53,650,000	1.36%	0.75%
1964	12,127,120	54,000,000	1.35%	0.65%
1965	12,294,732	54,348,050	1.38%	0.64%
1966	12,456,251	54,648,500	1.31%	0.55%
1967	12,598,201	54,943,600	1.14%	0.54%
1968	12,729,721	55,211,700	1.04%	0.49%
1969	12,877,984	55,441,750	1.16%	0.42%
1970	13,038,526	55,663,250	1.25%	0.4%
1971	13,194,497	55,896,223	1.2%	0.42%
1972	13,328,593	56,086,065	1.02%	0.34%
1973	13,439,322	56,194,527	0.83%	0.19%
1974	13,545,056	56,229,974	0.79%	0.06%
1975	13,666,335	56,225,800	0.9%	-0.007%
1976	13,774,037	56,211,968	0.79%	-0.02%
1977	13,856,185	56,193,492	0.6%	-0.03%
1978	13,941,700	56,196,504	0.62%	0.005%
1979	14,038,270	56,246,951	0.69%	0.09%
1980	14,149,800	56,314,216	0.79%	0.12%
1981	14,247,208	56,333,829	0.69%	0.03%
1982	14,312,690	56,313,641	0.46%	-0.04%
1983	14,367,070	56,332,848	0.38%	0.03%
1984	14,424,211	56,422,072	0.4%	0.16%
1985	14,491,632	56,550,268	0.47%	0.23%
1986	14,572,278	56,681,396	0.56%	0.23%
1987	14,665,037	56,802,050	0.64%	0.21%
1988	14,760,094	56,928,327	0.65%	0.22%
1989	14,848,907	57,076,711	0.6%	0.26%
1990	14,951,510	57,247,586	0.69%	0.3%
1991	15,069,798	57,424,897	0.79%	0.31%
1992	15,184,166	57,580,402	0.76%	0.27%
1993	15,290,368	57,718,614	0.7%	0.24%
1994	15,382,838	57,865,745	0.6%	0.25%
1995	15,459,006	58,019,030	0.5%	0.26%
1996	15,530,498	58,166,950	0.46%	0.25%
1997	15,610,650	58,316,954	0.52%	0.26%
1998	15,707,209	58,487,141	0.62%	0.29%
1999	15,812,088	58,682,466	0.67%	0.33%
2000	15,925,513	58,892,514	0.72%	0.36%
2001	16,046,180	59,119,673	0.76%	0.39%
2002	16,148,929	59,370,479	0.64%	0.42%
2003	16,225,302	59,647,577	0.47%	0.47%
2004	16,281,779	59,987,905	0.35%	0.57%
2005	16,319,868	60,401,206	0.23%	0.69%
2006	16,346,101	60,846,820	0.16%	0.74%
2007	16,381,696	61,322,463	0.22%	0.78%
2008	16,445,593	61,806,995	0.39%	0.79%
2009	16,530,388	62,276,270	0.52%	0.76%
2010	16,615,394	62,766,365	0.51%	0.79%
2011	16,693,074	63,258,810	0.47%	0.78%
2012	16,754,962	63,711,000	0.37%	0.71%
2013	16,804,432	64,139,000	0.3%	0.67%
2014	16,865,008	64,620,000	0.36%	0.75%
2015	16,939,923	65,088,000	0.44%	0.72%
2016	17,030,314	65,607,000	0.53%	0.8%
2017	17,131,296	65,966,000	0.59%	0.55%
2018	17,231,624	66,289,000	0.59%	0.49%
2019	17,344,874	66,631,000	0.66%	0.52%
2020	17,441,500	66,744,000	0.56%	0.17%
2021	17,533,044	66,984,000	0.52%	0.36%
2022	17,700,982	67,604,000	0.96%	0.93%
2023	17,877,117	68,492,000	1%	1.31%
2024	17,994,237	69,226,000	0.66%	1.07%
2025	18,110,800	69,639,673	0.65%	0.6%
2026	18,211,436	70,020,350	0.56%	0.55%
2027	18,299,531	70,382,853	0.48%	0.52%
2028	18,379,573	70,732,699	0.44%	0.5%
2029	18,452,044	71,061,482	0.39%	0.46%
2030	18,515,913	71,377,535	0.35%	0.44%
2031	18,571,934	71,678,351	0.3%	0.42%
2032	18,621,087	71,959,934	0.26%	0.39%
2033	18,664,975	72,234,509	0.24%	0.38%
2034	18,702,456	72,497,650	0.2%	0.36%
2035	18,733,223	72,749,096	0.16%	0.35%
2036	18,760,054	72,990,847	0.14%	0.33%
2037	18,781,793	73,218,850	0.12%	0.31%
2038	18,798,283	73,441,349	0.09%	0.3%
2039	18,810,276	73,658,392	0.06%	0.3%
2040	18,817,745	73,868,334	0.04%	0.29%
2041	18,820,870	74,074,316	0.02%	0.28%
2042	18,819,607	74,275,779	-0.007%	0.27%
2043	18,815,261	74,475,035	-0.02%	0.27%
2044	18,807,564	74,667,284	-0.04%	0.26%
2045	18,797,005	74,848,605	-0.06%	0.24%
2046	18,785,724	75,020,949	-0.06%	0.23%
2047	18,771,651	75,184,478	-0.07%	0.22%
2048	18,754,325	75,337,543	-0.09%	0.2%
2049	18,735,299	75,476,141	-0.1%	0.18%
2050	18,714,579	75,600,588	-0.11%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.