Population of Netherlands (2025)

Netherlands population

17,321,607

Births this year: 1,581,227 Births today 285
Deaths this year 1,276,587 Deaths today 230

Netherlands Population by Religions

Region Name Percents Number
Roman Catholic 28% 4,764,751 people
Protestant (includes Dutch Reformed, Protestant Church of The Netherlands, Calvinist) 19% 3,233,224 people
other 11% 1,871,866 people

Netherlands Population by Ethnic groups (2008 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Dutch 80.7% 13,732,692 people
EU 5% 850,848 people
Indonesian 2.4% 408,407 people
Turkish 2.2% 374,373 people
Surinamese 2% 340,339 people
Moroccan 2% 340,339 people
Caribbean 0.8% 136,136 people
other 4.8% 816,814 people

Netherlands population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 17,418,496 8,672,910 8,745,586 100 100 100 99.2
00-04 917,498 470,002 447,496 5.3 5.4 5.1 105
05-09 902,041 463,027 439,014 5.2 5.3 5 105.5
10-14 893,096 459,458 433,638 5.1 5.3 5 106
15-19 931,877 479,681 452,196 5.3 5.5 5.2 106.1
20-24 1,020,101 523,314 496,787 5.9 6 5.7 105.3
25-29 1,043,028 534,060 508,968 6 6.2 5.8 104.9
30-34 1,078,397 551,064 527,333 6.2 6.4 6 104.5
35-39 1,063,955 539,528 524,427 6.1 6.2 6 102.9
40-44 1,011,332 508,297 503,035 5.8 5.9 5.8 101
45-49 992,523 496,174 496,349 5.7 5.7 5.7 100
50-54 1,123,615 560,730 562,885 6.5 6.5 6.4 99.6
55-59 1,277,660 640,510 637,150 7.3 7.4 7.3 100.5
60-64 1,241,008 622,092 618,916 7.1 7.2 7.1 100.5
65-69 1,099,904 544,522 555,382 6.3 6.3 6.4 98
70-74 954,365 463,752 490,613 5.5 5.3 5.6 94.5
75-79 875,524 413,628 461,896 5 4.8 5.3 89.6
80-84 529,482 234,982 294,500 3 2.7 3.4 79.8
85-89 295,252 116,814 178,438 1.7 1.3 2 65.5
90-94 129,883 42,329 87,554 0.7 0.5 1 48.3
95-99 33,318 8,133 25,185 0.2 0.1 0.3 32.3
100+ 4,637 813 3,824 0 0 0 21.3

Netherlands Age structure and Population pyramid

Netherlands Age structure and Population pyramid

Netherlands Sex ratio

Netherlands Sex ratio

Netherlands Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Netherlands

Netherlands Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change		 Yearly
Change		 Sex ratio Density
(P/Km²)
2024 17,374,786 0.26 45,453 99.12 515.27
2023 17,329,333 0.27 46,938 99.07 513.92
2022 17,282,395 0.28 48,141 99.02 512.53
2021 17,234,254 0.29 49,142 98.96 511.10
2020 17,185,112 0.29 49,914 98.90 509.64
2019 17,135,198 0.30 50,667 98.84 508.16
2018 17,084,531 0.30 51,686 98.78 506.66
2017 17,032,845 0.31 53,116 98.71 505.13
2016 16,979,729 0.32 54,800 98.63 503.55
2015 16,924,929 0.34 56,909 98.55 501.93
2014 16,868,020 0.35 58,863 98.45 500.24
2013 16,809,157 0.36 59,839 98.35 498.49
2012 16,749,318 0.36 59,455 98.25 496.72
2011 16,689,863 0.35 58,292 98.16 494.95
2010 16,631,571 0.34 56,398 98.08 493.23
2005 16,331,646 2.75 437,630 97.94 484.33
2000 15,894,016 2.87 443,213 97.93 471.35
1995 15,450,803 3.59 535,664 97.89 458.21
1990 14,915,139 3.06 443,548 97.72 442.32
1985 14,471,591 2.61 368,312 97.92 429.17
1980 14,103,279 3.62 492,215 98.58 418.25
1975 13,611,064 4.98 646,184 99.19 403.65
1970 12,964,880 6.13 748,758 99.58 384.49
1965 12,216,122 6.98 797,470 99.49 362.28
1960 11,418,652 6.91 738,020 99.22 338.63
1955 10,680,632 6.52 653,585 99.28 316.74
1950 10,027,047 99.40 297.36
Chart population Netherlands Population (1950 - 2025)