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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Vatican	Netherlands	Vatican
1960	11,486,631	-	-	-
1961	11,638,712	-	1.32%	-
1962	11,805,689	-	1.43%	-
1963	11,965,966	-	1.36%	-
1964	12,127,120	-	1.35%	-
1965	12,294,732	-	1.38%	-
1966	12,456,251	-	1.31%	-
1967	12,598,201	-	1.14%	-
1968	12,729,721	-	1.04%	-
1969	12,877,984	-	1.16%	-
1970	13,038,526	-	1.25%	-
1971	13,194,497	-	1.2%	-
1972	13,328,593	-	1.02%	-
1973	13,439,322	-	0.83%	-
1974	13,545,056	-	0.79%	-
1975	13,666,335	-	0.9%	-
1976	13,774,037	-	0.79%	-
1977	13,856,185	-	0.6%	-
1978	13,941,700	-	0.62%	-
1979	14,038,270	-	0.69%	-
1980	14,149,800	-	0.79%	-
1981	14,247,208	-	0.69%	-
1982	14,312,690	-	0.46%	-
1983	14,367,070	-	0.38%	-
1984	14,424,211	-	0.4%	-
1985	14,491,632	-	0.47%	-
1986	14,572,278	-	0.56%	-
1987	14,665,037	-	0.64%	-
1988	14,760,094	-	0.65%	-
1989	14,848,907	-	0.6%	-
1990	14,951,510	-	0.69%	-
1991	15,069,798	-	0.79%	-
1992	15,184,166	-	0.76%	-
1993	15,290,368	-	0.7%	-
1994	15,382,838	-	0.6%	-
1995	15,459,006	-	0.5%	-
1996	15,530,498	-	0.46%	-
1997	15,610,650	-	0.52%	-
1998	15,707,209	-	0.62%	-
1999	15,812,088	-	0.67%	-
2000	15,925,513	880	0.72%	-
2001	16,046,180	890	0.76%	1.14%
2002	16,148,929	900	0.64%	1.12%
2003	16,225,302	911	0.47%	1.22%
2004	16,281,779	921	0.35%	1.1%
2005	16,319,868	921	0.23%	0%
2006	16,346,101	932	0.16%	1.19%
2007	16,381,696	821	0.22%	-11.9%
2008	16,445,593	824	0.39%	0.37%
2009	16,530,388	826	0.52%	0.24%
2010	16,615,394	829	0.51%	0.36%
2011	16,693,074	832	0.47%	0.36%
2012	16,754,962	836	0.37%	0.48%
2013	16,804,432	839	0.3%	0.36%
2014	16,865,008	842	0.36%	0.36%
2015	16,939,923	1,000	0.44%	18.8%
2016	17,030,314	-	0.53%	0%
2017	17,131,296	1,000	0.59%	0%
2018	17,231,624	-	0.59%	0%
2019	17,344,874	1,000	0.66%	0%
2020	17,441,500	987	0.56%	-1.29%
2021	17,533,044	970	0.52%	-1.68%
2022	17,700,982	944	0.96%	-2.66%
2023	17,877,117	922	1%	-2.34%
2024	17,993,485	933	0.65%	1.2%
2025	18,110,044	939	0.65%	0.59%
2026	18,210,675	952	0.56%	1.37%
2027	18,298,766	974	0.48%	2.32%
2028	18,378,805	985	0.44%	1.13%
2029	18,451,273	983	0.39%	-0.19%
2030	18,515,139	976	0.35%	-0.75%
2031	18,571,158	968	0.3%	-0.75%
2032	18,620,309	968	0.26%	0%
2033	18,664,195	988	0.24%	2.09%
2034	18,701,674	992	0.2%	0.37%
2035	18,732,440	1,000	0.16%	0.74%
2036	18,759,270	998	0.14%	-0.18%
2037	18,781,008	1,003	0.12%	0.55%
2038	18,797,497	1,022	0.09%	1.83%
2039	18,809,490	1,060	0.06%	3.78%
2040	18,816,959	1,095	0.04%	3.3%
2041	18,820,083	1,127	0.02%	2.86%
2042	18,818,821	1,149	-0.007%	1.96%
2043	18,814,475	1,169	-0.02%	1.76%
2044	18,806,778	1,186	-0.04%	1.42%
2045	18,796,219	1,209	-0.06%	2.02%
2046	18,784,939	1,224	-0.06%	1.22%
2047	18,770,867	1,248	-0.07%	1.95%
2048	18,753,541	1,272	-0.09%	1.92%
2049	18,734,516	1,296	-0.1%	1.88%
2050	18,713,797	1,325	-0.11%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Netherlands increased by 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Netherlands gained 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2006 and is 72nd in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.