Demographics of Netherlands

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Netherlands is projected at 17.17 million, up by 0.22% compared with 17.13 million in 2020. Netherlands is ranked 70th in terms of population and 184th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.17 million births in Netherlands in 2021. That is 476 per day, which is ranked 90th. The crude birth rate is 10.12 per 1000 people. There are 0.16 million deaths in Netherlands in 2021. That is 426 per day, which is ranked 62nd. The crude death rate is 9.04 per 1000 people.

15.95 million people are living in urban areas, which is 92.57% of Netherlands population. Netherlands is ranked 26th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Netherlands in 2021 is 99.36 males per 100 females. There are 8.56 million males and 8.61 million females in Netherlands. The percentage of female population is 50.16% compare to 49.84% male population. Netherlands has 55 thousand more females than males. Netherlands is at 108th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Netherlands population

Year Population Growth (%)
195010,042,051-
195510,709,6211.32
196011,448,8151.36
196512,248,3331.31
197013,001,9411.14
197513,683,2870.89
198014,148,4100.57
198514,513,9470.53
199014,965,4420.65
199515,467,8520.64
200015,926,1880.57
200516,367,1530.49
201016,682,9270.34
201516,938,4920.27
201616,981,2850.25
201717,021,3430.24
201817,059,5600.22
201917,097,1230.22
202017,134,8730.22
202117,173,0940.22
  • Total
  • Crude

Netherlands death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195075,985227,3177.5122.46
195580,884231,6317.5521.62
196087,986244,4927.6821.32
196597,481249,6857.9620.39
1970107,203227,8628.2517.53
1975112,007190,6978.2113.97
1980114,608172,9688.1112.22
1985120,742180,7948.3112.44
1990128,637192,1788.5912.83
1995135,433194,8918.7612.61
2000139,836197,4768.7812.39
2005138,218193,8078.4611.86
2010136,745181,5358.2010.88
2015143,315173,8738.4610.27
2020153,289173,0808.9510.10
2021155,316173,8199.0410.12
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Netherlands

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19505,637,1664,404,877-56.136
19556,209,4364,500,1941.9557.980
19606,840,9324,607,8851.9759.752
19657,441,2374,807,1071.6260.753
19708,017,3344,984,6091.4461.663
19758,645,4805,037,8111.4063.183
19809,160,3984,988,0171.0564.745
19859,683,5864,830,3631.1466.719
199010,278,9334,686,5151.2268.684
199511,261,9604,205,8911.8372.809
200012,230,4823,695,7061.5876.795
200513,524,2122,842,9461.8782.630
201014,536,4742,146,4431.3287.134
201515,273,8791,664,6200.8390.173
202015,847,2811,333,9670.6892.236
202115,949,7521,279,7870.6592.572
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  • Gender ratio

Netherlands population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 438,356 416,818 855,174 4.98 105.167
05-09 455,599 432,048 887,647 5.17 105.451
10-14 476,053 450,708 926,761 5.40 105.623
15-19 517,853 490,766 1,008,619 5.87 105.519
20-24 522,851 498,304 1,021,155 5.95 104.926
25-29 546,145 525,043 1,071,188 6.24 104.019
30-34 550,369 535,297 1,085,666 6.32 102.816
35-39 522,275 511,300 1,033,575 6.02 102.146
40-44 500,082 496,031 996,113 5.80 100.817
45-49 555,717 557,463 1,113,180 6.48 99.687
50-54 629,523 626,356 1,255,879 7.31 100.506
55-59 635,293 625,664 1,260,957 7.34 101.539
60-64 572,917 572,207 1,145,124 6.67 100.124
65-69 496,958 512,229 1,009,187 5.88 97.019
70-74 468,556 494,442 962,998 5.61 94.765
75-79 320,990 355,869 676,859 3.94 90.199
80-84 198,351 248,145 446,496 2.60 79.934
85-89 105,731 162,763 268,494 1.56 64.960
90-94 37,650 77,908 115,558 0.67 48.326
95-99 7,260 22,030 29,290 0.17 32.955
100+ 525 2,649 3,174 0.02 19.819
Total 8,559,054 8,614,040 17,173,094 99.362