Demographics of the Netherlands

Demographics of the Netherlands
Demographics of the Netherlands
	Population pyramid of the Netherlands in 2023
Population	18,000,000 (15 August 2024) (67th)
Density	424 per km2 (33rd)
Growth rate	0.29% (155th)
Birth rate	10.2 births/1,000 (2021)
Death rate	9.6 deaths/1,000 (2022)
Life expectancy	81.6 years (16th)
• male	80.1 years
• female	83.1 years
Fertility rate	1.43 children/woman (2023)
Age structure
0–14 years	16.1%
15–64 years	64.1%
65 and over	20.2%
Sex ratio
Total	0.98 male/female
At birth	1.05 male/female
Under 15	1.05 male/female
15–64 years	1.02 male/female
65 and over	0.83 male/female
Nationality
Nationality	Dutch citizen
Major ethnic	Dutch or Frisians (74.77%)
Minor ethnic	Turks or Kurds (2.44%); Moroccans (2.38%); Surinamese (2.05%) Indo-Surinamese (N/D); Afro-Surinamese (N/D); Others (N/D); ; Indos (1.99%); Germans (1.95%); Serbians (1.81%); Poles (1.26%); Arabs (1.18%); Russians (1.00%); Antilleans (0.94%); British people (0.76%); Belgians (0.70%); Han Chinese (0.60%); Italians (0.51%); Spaniards (0.45%); Pakistanis (0.37%); Other groups (0.45%); ;
Language
Official	Dutch and Frisian
Spoken	Languages of the Netherlands

Demographic features of the population of the Netherlands include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the population, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.