Demographics of Netherlands

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date10 May 2024

There are 8.79 million males and 8.88 million females in Netherlands. The percentage of the male population is 49.74%, compared to 50.26% of the female population. Netherlands has 92k more females than males. The sex ratio in Netherlands in 2024 will be 98.960 males per 100 females. Netherlands is in the 130th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Netherlands population

Year Population Growth (%)
195010,093,5541.32
195510,767,9061.27
196011,493,1171.30
196512,275,7911.25
197013,037,6861.18
197513,663,9690.71
198014,130,3870.64
198514,515,7040.51
199014,944,5480.67
199515,446,6680.61
200015,899,1350.54
200516,261,8310.39
201016,617,1170.50
201517,041,1070.48
202017,434,5570.37
202117,501,6960.40
202217,564,0140.31
202317,618,2990.30
202417,671,1250.29
  • Total
  • Crude

Netherlands death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195075,846230,5807.50822.824
195581,741230,0057.58721.348
196087,757239,5417.63620.842
196597,895243,1877.97919.821
1970109,491238,9618.40818.349
1975113,541177,9288.32113.040
1980114,160180,0868.08512.754
1985122,765178,1308.46212.279
1990128,841196,9488.62913.190
1995135,491190,5298.78412.352
2000140,526205,2848.84412.919
2005136,356186,2788.39011.461
2010136,078183,5218.19811.056
2015147,236172,2668.65510.127
2020167,303173,0589.6129.942
2021168,003180,2739.61410.316
2022156,455181,3878.91510.336
2023158,788182,4359.02010.364
2024161,218183,2279.13110.377
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Netherlands

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19505,637,1664,404,87756.136
19556,209,4364,500,19457.980
19606,840,9324,607,88559.752
19657,441,2374,807,10760.753
19708,017,3344,984,60961.663
19758,645,4805,037,81163.183
19809,160,3984,988,01764.745
19859,683,5864,830,36366.719
199010,278,9334,686,51568.684
199511,261,9604,205,89172.809
200012,230,4823,695,70676.795
200513,524,2122,842,94682.630
201014,536,4742,146,44387.134
201515,273,8791,664,62090.173
202015,847,2811,333,96792.236
202115,949,7521,279,78792.572
202216,048,4861,229,12292.886
202316,143,1841,181,71493.179
202416,233,3701,137,31293.453
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Netherlands population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 459,567 437,482 897,048 5.08 105.048
05-09 448,565 426,842 875,408 4.95 105.089
10-14 473,260 449,940 923,201 5.22 105.183
15-19 498,251 475,144 973,394 5.51 104.863
20-24 561,432 540,977 1,102,409 6.24 103.781
25-29 574,224 558,043 1,132,267 6.41 102.900
30-34 591,676 573,360 1,165,035 6.59 103.195
35-39 560,649 549,899 1,110,547 6.28 101.955
40-44 526,040 523,523 1,049,562 5.94 100.481
45-49 510,817 515,999 1,026,815 5.81 98.996
50-54 599,246 605,386 1,204,632 6.82 98.986
55-59 632,465 628,951 1,261,416 7.14 100.559
60-64 603,295 605,839 1,209,134 6.84 99.580
65-69 523,549 536,260 1,059,810 6.00 97.630
70-74 453,233 474,751 927,984 5.25 95.468
75-79 392,714 432,576 825,290 4.67 90.785
80-84 224,780 277,111 501,891 2.84 81.116
85-89 112,275 171,047 283,322 1.60 65.640
90-94 36,474 77,031 113,505 0.64 47.350
95-99 6,362 19,328 25,690 0.15 32.916
100+ 503 2,260 2,764 0.02 22.257
Total 8,789,377 8,881,749 17,671,124 98.960