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Netherlands: Population

Millions of people · 1500–2025 · 229 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
18.1 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+0.5%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.7%a year

Population

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05M10M15M20M150016001700180019002000NetherlandsNetherlands, 1500: 1.02 millionNetherlands, 1600: 1.61 millionNetherlands, 1700: 2.04 millionNetherlands
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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203118.7Forecast
203018.6Forecast
202918.5Forecast
202818.4Forecast
202718.3Forecast
202618.2Forecast
202518.1
202418.0
202317.9
202217.7
202117.5
202017.4
201917.3
201817.2
201717.1
201617.0

Sources

  • Maddison Project Database1500–2022
  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • CBS & Univ. Groningen1804–1998
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Bordo1880–1997
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1969–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Netherlands documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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