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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Zambia	Netherlands	Zambia
1960	11,486,631	3,153,729	-	-
1961	11,638,712	3,254,086	1.32%	3.18%
1962	11,805,689	3,358,099	1.43%	3.2%
1963	11,965,966	3,465,907	1.36%	3.21%
1964	12,127,120	3,577,017	1.35%	3.21%
1965	12,294,732	3,692,086	1.38%	3.22%
1966	12,456,251	3,812,003	1.31%	3.25%
1967	12,598,201	3,936,343	1.14%	3.26%
1968	12,729,721	4,065,593	1.04%	3.28%
1969	12,877,984	4,197,116	1.16%	3.24%
1970	13,038,526	4,321,718	1.25%	2.97%
1971	13,194,497	4,442,525	1.2%	2.8%
1972	13,328,593	4,569,309	1.02%	2.85%
1973	13,439,322	4,702,693	0.83%	2.92%
1974	13,545,056	4,842,746	0.79%	2.98%
1975	13,666,335	4,990,086	0.9%	3.04%
1976	13,774,037	5,143,842	0.79%	3.08%
1977	13,856,185	5,302,480	0.6%	3.08%
1978	13,941,700	5,465,374	0.62%	3.07%
1979	14,038,270	5,631,728	0.69%	3.04%
1980	14,149,800	5,802,833	0.79%	3.04%
1981	14,247,208	5,983,289	0.69%	3.11%
1982	14,312,690	6,178,637	0.46%	3.26%
1983	14,367,070	6,381,038	0.38%	3.28%
1984	14,424,211	6,580,490	0.4%	3.13%
1985	14,491,632	6,780,953	0.47%	3.05%
1986	14,572,278	6,986,471	0.56%	3.03%
1987	14,665,037	7,191,282	0.64%	2.93%
1988	14,760,094	7,391,440	0.65%	2.78%
1989	14,848,907	7,589,216	0.6%	2.68%
1990	14,951,510	7,786,169	0.69%	2.6%
1991	15,069,798	7,981,650	0.79%	2.51%
1992	15,184,166	8,176,680	0.76%	2.44%
1993	15,290,368	8,373,921	0.7%	2.41%
1994	15,382,838	8,576,269	0.6%	2.42%
1995	15,459,006	8,785,763	0.5%	2.44%
1996	15,530,498	9,004,053	0.46%	2.48%
1997	15,610,650	9,237,063	0.52%	2.59%
1998	15,707,209	9,482,408	0.62%	2.66%
1999	15,812,088	9,740,005	0.67%	2.72%
2000	15,925,513	10,017,631	0.72%	2.85%
2001	16,046,180	10,325,185	0.76%	3.07%
2002	16,148,929	10,647,949	0.64%	3.13%
2003	16,225,302	10,983,595	0.47%	3.15%
2004	16,281,779	11,338,198	0.35%	3.23%
2005	16,319,868	11,718,819	0.23%	3.36%
2006	16,346,101	12,129,553	0.16%	3.5%
2007	16,381,696	12,565,085	0.22%	3.59%
2008	16,445,593	13,021,324	0.39%	3.63%
2009	16,530,388	13,490,389	0.52%	3.6%
2010	16,615,394	13,965,594	0.51%	3.52%
2011	16,693,074	14,437,796	0.47%	3.38%
2012	16,754,962	14,913,629	0.37%	3.3%
2013	16,804,432	15,398,997	0.3%	3.25%
2014	16,865,008	15,895,315	0.36%	3.22%
2015	16,939,923	16,399,089	0.44%	3.17%
2016	17,030,314	16,914,423	0.53%	3.14%
2017	17,131,296	17,441,320	0.59%	3.12%
2018	17,231,624	17,973,569	0.59%	3.05%
2019	17,344,874	18,513,839	0.66%	3.01%
2020	17,441,500	19,059,395	0.56%	2.95%
2021	17,533,044	19,603,607	0.52%	2.86%
2022	17,700,982	20,152,938	0.96%	2.8%
2023	17,877,117	20,723,965	1%	2.83%
2024	17,993,485	21,314,956	0.65%	2.85%
2025	18,110,044	21,913,869	0.65%	2.81%
2026	18,210,675	22,521,905	0.56%	2.77%
2027	18,298,766	23,138,716	0.48%	2.74%
2028	18,378,805	23,761,368	0.44%	2.69%
2029	18,451,273	24,389,681	0.39%	2.64%
2030	18,515,139	25,024,887	0.35%	2.6%
2031	18,571,158	25,666,496	0.3%	2.56%
2032	18,620,309	26,311,946	0.26%	2.51%
2033	18,664,195	26,960,073	0.24%	2.46%
2034	18,701,674	27,611,621	0.2%	2.42%
2035	18,732,440	28,266,887	0.16%	2.37%
2036	18,759,270	28,925,103	0.14%	2.33%
2037	18,781,008	29,583,482	0.12%	2.28%
2038	18,797,497	30,240,549	0.09%	2.22%
2039	18,809,490	30,895,586	0.06%	2.17%
2040	18,816,959	31,550,394	0.04%	2.12%
2041	18,820,083	32,204,340	0.02%	2.07%
2042	18,818,821	32,856,596	-0.007%	2.03%
2043	18,814,475	33,510,500	-0.02%	1.99%
2044	18,806,778	34,165,920	-0.04%	1.96%
2045	18,796,219	34,821,101	-0.06%	1.92%
2046	18,784,939	35,475,795	-0.06%	1.88%
2047	18,770,867	36,129,270	-0.07%	1.84%
2048	18,753,541	36,782,260	-0.09%	1.81%
2049	18,734,516	37,434,667	-0.1%	1.77%
2050	18,713,797	38,083,369	-0.11%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Netherlands increased by 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Netherlands gained 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2006 and is 72nd in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.