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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Vanuatu	Netherlands	Vanuatu
1960	11,486,631	64,431	-	-
1961	11,638,712	66,264	1.32%	2.84%
1962	11,805,689	68,174	1.43%	2.88%
1963	11,965,966	70,159	1.36%	2.91%
1964	12,127,120	72,219	1.35%	2.94%
1965	12,294,732	74,358	1.38%	2.96%
1966	12,456,251	76,590	1.31%	3%
1967	12,598,201	78,921	1.14%	3.04%
1968	12,729,721	81,314	1.04%	3.03%
1969	12,877,984	83,755	1.16%	3%
1970	13,038,526	86,266	1.25%	3%
1971	13,194,497	88,862	1.2%	3.01%
1972	13,328,593	91,562	1.02%	3.04%
1973	13,439,322	94,362	0.83%	3.06%
1974	13,545,056	97,260	0.79%	3.07%
1975	13,666,335	100,269	0.9%	3.09%
1976	13,774,037	103,388	0.79%	3.11%
1977	13,856,185	106,618	0.6%	3.12%
1978	13,941,700	109,963	0.62%	3.14%
1979	14,038,270	113,040	0.69%	2.8%
1980	14,149,800	115,660	0.79%	2.32%
1981	14,247,208	118,249	0.69%	2.24%
1982	14,312,690	121,035	0.46%	2.36%
1983	14,367,070	123,998	0.38%	2.45%
1984	14,424,211	127,109	0.4%	2.51%
1985	14,491,632	130,356	0.47%	2.55%
1986	14,572,278	133,720	0.56%	2.58%
1987	14,665,037	137,187	0.64%	2.59%
1988	14,760,094	140,756	0.65%	2.6%
1989	14,848,907	144,393	0.6%	2.58%
1990	14,951,510	148,063	0.69%	2.54%
1991	15,069,798	151,793	0.79%	2.52%
1992	15,184,166	155,608	0.76%	2.51%
1993	15,290,368	159,463	0.7%	2.48%
1994	15,382,838	163,314	0.6%	2.41%
1995	15,459,006	167,137	0.5%	2.34%
1996	15,530,498	170,911	0.46%	2.26%
1997	15,610,650	174,626	0.52%	2.17%
1998	15,707,209	178,313	0.62%	2.11%
1999	15,812,088	182,048	0.67%	2.09%
2000	15,925,513	186,281	0.72%	2.33%
2001	16,046,180	191,031	0.76%	2.55%
2002	16,148,929	195,863	0.64%	2.53%
2003	16,225,302	200,746	0.47%	2.49%
2004	16,281,779	205,711	0.35%	2.47%
2005	16,319,868	210,760	0.23%	2.45%
2006	16,346,101	215,923	0.16%	2.45%
2007	16,381,696	221,276	0.22%	2.48%
2008	16,445,593	226,896	0.39%	2.54%
2009	16,530,388	232,731	0.52%	2.57%
2010	16,615,394	238,248	0.51%	2.37%
2011	16,693,074	243,474	0.47%	2.19%
2012	16,754,962	248,883	0.37%	2.22%
2013	16,804,432	254,482	0.3%	2.25%
2014	16,865,008	260,240	0.36%	2.26%
2015	16,939,923	266,101	0.44%	2.25%
2016	17,030,314	272,087	0.53%	2.25%
2017	17,131,296	278,507	0.59%	2.36%
2018	17,231,624	285,259	0.59%	2.42%
2019	17,344,874	291,985	0.66%	2.36%
2020	17,441,500	298,858	0.56%	2.35%
2021	17,533,044	305,868	0.52%	2.35%
2022	17,700,982	313,046	0.96%	2.35%
2023	17,877,117	320,409	1%	2.35%
2024	17,994,237	327,777	0.66%	2.3%
2025	18,110,800	335,169	0.65%	2.26%
2026	18,211,436	342,565	0.56%	2.21%
2027	18,299,531	349,970	0.48%	2.16%
2028	18,379,573	357,397	0.44%	2.12%
2029	18,452,044	364,883	0.39%	2.09%
2030	18,515,913	372,429	0.35%	2.07%
2031	18,571,934	380,015	0.3%	2.04%
2032	18,621,087	387,657	0.26%	2.01%
2033	18,664,975	395,366	0.24%	1.99%
2034	18,702,456	403,188	0.2%	1.98%
2035	18,733,223	411,061	0.16%	1.95%
2036	18,760,054	419,006	0.14%	1.93%
2037	18,781,793	427,031	0.12%	1.92%
2038	18,798,283	435,150	0.09%	1.9%
2039	18,810,276	443,311	0.06%	1.88%
2040	18,817,745	451,509	0.04%	1.85%
2041	18,820,870	459,733	0.02%	1.82%
2042	18,819,607	468,003	-0.007%	1.8%
2043	18,815,261	476,308	-0.02%	1.77%
2044	18,807,564	484,636	-0.04%	1.75%
2045	18,797,005	492,989	-0.06%	1.72%
2046	18,785,724	501,316	-0.06%	1.69%
2047	18,771,651	509,621	-0.07%	1.66%
2048	18,754,325	517,889	-0.09%	1.62%
2049	18,735,299	526,138	-0.1%	1.59%
2050	18,714,579	534,374	-0.11%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.