Demographics & population — Netherlands
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Netherlands: 17,280,397
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Population overview
- Population
17,280,397
- Population Growth Rate
0.44%
- Urban Population
83.200000
- Population in Major Urban Areas
- AMSTERDAM (capital) 1.056 million
- Rotterdam 1.014 million
- The Hague (seat of government) 635,000
Age & family
- Age Structure
16.560000
- Median Age
41.800000
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
11
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
8.48
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
1.78
- Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49
69%
- Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49
69%
- Mean Age for Mother's First Birth (age 25-49)
28.9
- Mother's mean age at first birth
28.9
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
1.050000
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
1.99
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese and Indonesians)
- Nationality Noun
Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women)
Education
- Literacy - total population
99%
- Literacy - male
99%
- Literacy - female
99%
- Literacy Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
5.9%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
18.000000
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
81.010000
- Infant Mortality Rate
3.690000
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
3.690000
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
6
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
3.92
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
4.7
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
12%
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
18.8%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
100.000000
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
100.000000