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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Netherlands	Zimbabwe	Netherlands	Zimbabwe
1960	11,486,631	3,809,389	-	-
1961	11,638,712	3,930,401	1.32%	3.18%
1962	11,805,689	4,055,959	1.43%	3.19%
1963	11,965,966	4,185,877	1.36%	3.2%
1964	12,127,120	4,320,006	1.35%	3.2%
1965	12,294,732	4,458,462	1.38%	3.2%
1966	12,456,251	4,601,217	1.31%	3.2%
1967	12,598,201	4,748,307	1.14%	3.2%
1968	12,729,721	4,900,440	1.04%	3.2%
1969	12,877,984	5,058,181	1.16%	3.22%
1970	13,038,526	5,215,918	1.25%	3.12%
1971	13,194,497	5,374,712	1.2%	3.04%
1972	13,328,593	5,542,445	1.02%	3.12%
1973	13,439,322	5,720,404	0.83%	3.21%
1974	13,545,056	5,908,328	0.79%	3.29%
1975	13,666,335	6,098,658	0.9%	3.22%
1976	13,774,037	6,287,105	0.79%	3.09%
1977	13,856,185	6,449,512	0.6%	2.58%
1978	13,941,700	6,543,575	0.62%	1.46%
1979	14,038,270	6,647,556	0.69%	1.59%
1980	14,149,800	7,041,303	0.79%	5.92%
1981	14,247,208	7,498,635	0.69%	6.49%
1982	14,312,690	7,796,496	0.46%	3.97%
1983	14,367,070	8,098,404	0.38%	3.87%
1984	14,424,211	8,391,488	0.4%	3.62%
1985	14,491,632	8,686,813	0.47%	3.52%
1986	14,572,278	8,982,578	0.56%	3.4%
1987	14,665,037	9,284,644	0.64%	3.36%
1988	14,760,094	9,583,094	0.65%	3.21%
1989	14,848,907	9,864,798	0.6%	2.94%
1990	14,951,510	10,137,281	0.69%	2.76%
1991	15,069,798	10,404,816	0.79%	2.64%
1992	15,184,166	10,702,700	0.76%	2.86%
1993	15,290,368	10,860,288	0.7%	1.47%
1994	15,382,838	10,873,148	0.6%	0.12%
1995	15,459,006	10,974,599	0.5%	0.93%
1996	15,530,498	11,158,360	0.46%	1.67%
1997	15,610,650	11,369,827	0.52%	1.9%
1998	15,707,209	11,594,297	0.62%	1.97%
1999	15,812,088	11,783,458	0.67%	1.63%
2000	15,925,513	11,892,055	0.72%	0.92%
2001	16,046,180	11,971,901	0.76%	0.67%
2002	16,148,929	12,087,653	0.64%	0.97%
2003	16,225,302	12,232,323	0.47%	1.2%
2004	16,281,779	12,365,896	0.35%	1.09%
2005	16,319,868	12,483,432	0.23%	0.95%
2006	16,346,101	12,636,445	0.16%	1.23%
2007	16,381,696	12,804,058	0.22%	1.33%
2008	16,445,593	12,959,149	0.39%	1.21%
2009	16,530,388	13,142,790	0.52%	1.42%
2010	16,615,394	13,356,548	0.51%	1.63%
2011	16,693,074	13,595,424	0.47%	1.79%
2012	16,754,962	13,817,887	0.37%	1.64%
2013	16,804,432	14,013,808	0.3%	1.42%
2014	16,865,008	14,207,359	0.36%	1.38%
2015	16,939,923	14,399,013	0.44%	1.35%
2016	17,030,314	14,600,294	0.53%	1.4%
2017	17,131,296	14,812,482	0.59%	1.45%
2018	17,231,624	15,034,452	0.59%	1.5%
2019	17,344,874	15,271,368	0.66%	1.58%
2020	17,441,500	15,526,888	0.56%	1.67%
2021	17,533,044	15,797,210	0.52%	1.74%
2022	17,700,982	16,069,056	0.96%	1.72%
2023	17,877,117	16,340,822	1%	1.69%
2024	17,994,237	16,634,373	0.66%	1.8%
2025	18,110,800	16,950,805	0.65%	1.9%
2026	18,211,436	17,273,591	0.56%	1.9%
2027	18,299,531	17,600,621	0.48%	1.89%
2028	18,379,573	17,932,015	0.44%	1.88%
2029	18,452,044	18,268,967	0.39%	1.88%
2030	18,515,913	18,610,356	0.35%	1.87%
2031	18,571,934	18,956,207	0.3%	1.86%
2032	18,621,087	19,311,368	0.26%	1.87%
2033	18,664,975	19,675,929	0.24%	1.89%
2034	18,702,456	20,041,125	0.2%	1.86%
2035	18,733,223	20,409,159	0.16%	1.84%
2036	18,760,054	20,778,662	0.14%	1.81%
2037	18,781,793	21,144,748	0.12%	1.76%
2038	18,798,283	21,512,919	0.09%	1.74%
2039	18,810,276	21,881,123	0.06%	1.71%
2040	18,817,745	22,250,123	0.04%	1.69%
2041	18,820,870	22,627,428	0.02%	1.7%
2042	18,819,607	23,000,906	-0.007%	1.65%
2043	18,815,261	23,371,301	-0.02%	1.61%
2044	18,807,564	23,740,630	-0.04%	1.58%
2045	18,797,005	24,102,391	-0.06%	1.52%
2046	18,785,724	24,462,491	-0.06%	1.49%
2047	18,771,651	24,816,449	-0.07%	1.45%
2048	18,754,325	25,168,419	-0.09%	1.42%
2049	18,735,299	25,518,513	-0.1%	1.39%
2050	18,714,579	25,866,397	-0.11%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Netherlands increased by 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Netherlands gained 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

The Netherlands was ranked 61st most populous country in 2005 and is 72nd in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.