Population of Netherlands

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Netherlands is 17,210,357 as of June 26, 2022, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Netherlands is projected at 17,173,099 or 17.173 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Netherlands is projected at 17,134,872 or 17.135 million people for the year 2020. Netherlands ranks number 70th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Netherlands is ranked 10th among 48 countries in Europe.

The Netherlands' population peak will be 2035, with 17,50 mn people after the Netherlands' population decreases year by year. The Netherlands population is projected to reach 17.45 million in 2030 and decrease further to 17.17 million in 2050, and it will decrease to 15.76 million by 2100. The Netherlands accounts for 0.22 percent of the world population. However, its global share declined by 0.39% in 1951 and is projected to decline at 0.14% by 2100.

The Netherlands was at 35th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 85th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Netherlands population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	10,042,043	-	-	0.40
1951	10,167,534	125,491	1.25	0.39
1952	10,297,984	130,450	1.28	0.39
1953	10,432,301	134,317	1.30	0.39
1954	10,569,688	137,387	1.32	0.39
1955	10,709,630	139,942	1.32	0.39
1956	10,851,920	142,290	1.33	0.38
1957	10,996,635	144,715	1.33	0.38
1958	11,144,070	147,435	1.34	0.38
1959	11,294,689	150,619	1.35	0.38
1960	11,448,817	154,128	1.36	0.38
1961	11,606,402	157,585	1.38	0.38
1962	11,766,726	160,324	1.38	0.37
1963	11,928,361	161,635	1.37	0.37
1964	12,089,385	161,024	1.35	0.37
1965	12,248,344	158,959	1.31	0.37
1966	12,404,193	155,849	1.27	0.36
1967	12,556,839	152,646	1.23	0.36
1968	12,706,787	149,948	1.19	0.36
1969	12,855,007	148,220	1.17	0.35
1970	13,001,943	146,936	1.14	0.35
1971	13,147,932	145,989	1.12	0.35
1972	13,291,873	143,941	1.09	0.35
1973	13,431,182	139,309	1.05	0.34
1974	13,562,438	131,256	0.98	0.34
1975	13,683,291	120,853	0.89	0.34
1976	13,793,110	109,819	0.80	0.33
1977	13,892,917	99,807	0.72	0.33
1978	13,984,060	91,143	0.66	0.32
1979	14,068,593	84,533	0.60	0.32
1980	14,148,415	79,822	0.57	0.32
1981	14,223,763	75,348	0.53	0.31
1982	14,295,217	71,454	0.50	0.31
1983	14,365,385	70,168	0.49	0.31
1984	14,437,506	72,121	0.50	0.30
1985	14,513,949	76,443	0.53	0.30
1986	14,595,755	81,806	0.56	0.29
1987	14,682,649	86,894	0.60	0.29
1988	14,774,038	91,389	0.62	0.29
1989	14,868,655	94,617	0.64	0.28
1990	14,965,448	96,793	0.65	0.28
1991	15,064,519	99,071	0.66	0.28
1992	15,165,862	101,343	0.67	0.28
1993	15,268,006	102,144	0.67	0.27
1994	15,369,120	101,114	0.66	0.27
1995	15,467,851	98,731	0.64	0.27
1996	15,563,255	95,404	0.62	0.27
1997	15,655,475	92,220	0.59	0.27
1998	15,745,647	90,172	0.58	0.26
1999	15,835,523	89,876	0.57	0.26
2000	15,926,188	90,665	0.57	0.26
2001	16,018,114	91,926	0.58	0.26
2002	16,110,355	92,241	0.58	0.26
2003	16,200,951	90,596	0.56	0.25
2004	16,287,182	86,231	0.53	0.25
2005	16,367,158	79,976	0.49	0.25
2006	16,440,097	72,939	0.45	0.25
2007	16,506,655	66,558	0.40	0.25
2008	16,568,104	61,449	0.37	0.24
2009	16,626,373	58,269	0.35	0.24
2010	16,682,917	56,544	0.34	0.24
2011	16,738,193	55,276	0.33	0.24
2012	16,791,840	53,647	0.32	0.24
2013	16,843,502	51,662	0.31	0.23
2014	16,892,523	49,021	0.29	0.23
2015	16,938,499	45,976	0.27	0.23
2016	16,981,295	42,796	0.25	0.23
2017	17,021,347	40,052	0.24	0.23
2018	17,059,560	38,213	0.22	0.22
2019	17,097,130	37,570	0.22	0.22

Netherlands population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	17,134,872	37,742	0.22	0.22
2021	17,173,099	38,227	0.22	0.22
2022	17,211,447	38,348	0.22	0.22
2023	17,249,265	37,818	0.22	0.21
2024	17,285,567	36,302	0.21	0.21
2025	17,319,579	34,012	0.20	0.21
2026	17,351,066	31,487	0.18	0.21
2027	17,380,064	28,998	0.17	0.21
2028	17,406,366	26,302	0.15	0.21
2029	17,429,835	23,469	0.13	0.21
2030	17,450,322	20,487	0.12	0.20
2031	17,467,695	17,373	0.10	0.20
2032	17,481,791	14,096	0.08	0.20
2033	17,492,409	10,618	0.06	0.20
2034	17,499,315	6,906	0.04	0.20
2035	17,502,352	3,037	0.02	0.20
2036	17,501,491	-861	0.00	0.20
2037	17,496,761	-4,730	-0.03	0.19
2038	17,488,287	-8,474	-0.05	0.19
2039	17,476,232	-12,055	-0.07	0.19
2040	17,460,757	-15,475	-0.09	0.19
2041	17,441,989	-18,768	-0.11	0.19
2042	17,420,065	-21,924	-0.13	0.19
2043	17,395,268	-24,797	-0.14	0.19
2044	17,367,949	-27,319	-0.16	0.18
2045	17,338,420	-29,529	-0.17	0.18
2046	17,306,923	-31,497	-0.18	0.18
2047	17,273,635	-33,288	-0.19	0.18
2048	17,238,806	-34,829	-0.20	0.18
2049	17,202,636	-36,170	-0.21	0.18
2050	17,165,372	-37,264	-0.22	0.18
2051	17,127,205	-38,167	-0.22	0.18
2052	17,088,395	-38,810	-0.23	0.17
2053	17,049,228	-39,167	-0.23	0.17
2054	17,010,048	-39,180	-0.23	0.17
2055	16,971,148	-38,900	-0.23	0.17
2056	16,932,724	-38,424	-0.23	0.17
2057	16,894,921	-37,803	-0.22	0.17
2058	16,857,920	-37,001	-0.22	0.17
2059	16,821,902	-36,018	-0.21	0.17
2060	16,787,011	-34,891	-0.21	0.17
2061	16,753,308	-33,703	-0.20	0.16
2062	16,720,863	-32,445	-0.19	0.16
2063	16,689,781	-31,082	-0.19	0.16
2064	16,660,132	-29,649	-0.18	0.16
2065	16,631,947	-28,185	-0.17	0.16
2066	16,605,239	-26,708	-0.16	0.16
2067	16,579,885	-25,354	-0.15	0.16
2068	16,555,702	-24,183	-0.15	0.16
2069	16,532,397	-23,305	-0.14	0.16
2070	16,509,737	-22,660	-0.14	0.16
2071	16,487,600	-22,137	-0.13	0.16
2072	16,465,879	-21,721	-0.13	0.16
2073	16,444,296	-21,583	-0.13	0.16
2074	16,422,494	-21,802	-0.13	0.16
2075	16,400,210	-22,284	-0.14	0.16
2076	16,377,334	-22,876	-0.14	0.15
2077	16,353,837	-23,497	-0.14	0.15
2078	16,329,607	-24,230	-0.15	0.15
2079	16,304,609	-24,998	-0.15	0.15
2080	16,278,809	-25,800	-0.16	0.15
2081	16,252,171	-26,638	-0.16	0.15
2082	16,224,751	-27,420	-0.17	0.15
2083	16,196,756	-27,995	-0.17	0.15
2084	16,168,528	-28,228	-0.17	0.15
2085	16,140,316	-28,212	-0.17	0.15
2086	16,112,211	-28,105	-0.17	0.15
2087	16,084,249	-27,962	-0.17	0.15
2088	16,056,494	-27,755	-0.17	0.15
2089	16,029,051	-27,443	-0.17	0.15
2090	16,001,970	-27,081	-0.17	0.15
2091	15,975,321	-26,649	-0.17	0.15
2092	15,949,137	-26,184	-0.16	0.15
2093	15,923,476	-25,661	-0.16	0.15
2094	15,898,365	-25,111	-0.16	0.15
2095	15,873,835	-24,530	-0.15	0.15
2096	15,849,877	-23,958	-0.15	0.15
2097	15,826,500	-23,377	-0.15	0.15
2098	15,803,678	-22,822	-0.14	0.15
2099	15,781,402	-22,276	-0.14	0.15
2100	15,759,618	-21,784	-0.14	0.14