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Netherlands — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Netherlands, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.52%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -60.3% since 1961
Population growth for Netherlands was 0.52% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.42% in 1962. The lowest was 0.16% in 2006 (about 3.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.43% per year.
Netherlands ranks 135 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 62%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Netherlands sits above it. It peaked in 1962 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 18%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.52%
First (1961)
1.32%
Change
-60.3%
Highest
1.42%
in 1962
Lowest
0.16%
in 2006
Average
0.70%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.43%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.52% |
| 2024 | 0.65% |
| 2023 | 0.99% |
| 2022 | 0.95% |
| 2021 | 0.52% |
| 2020 | 0.56% |
| 2019 | 0.66% |
| 2018 | 0.58% |
| 2017 | 0.59% |
| 2016 | 0.53% |
| 2015 | 0.44% |
| 2014 | 0.36% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.