Demographics of the Netherlands

Population: ( est.)

On an area of 41,526 km² this means a population density of 393/km² per km² (rank), or 482/km² if only the land area, 33,883 km², is counted.

Age structure:
0-14 years: 18% (male 1,497,290; female 1,431,671)
15-64 years: 68% (male 5,490,518; female 5,305,848)
65 years and over: 14% (male 885,839; female 1,281,071) (2000 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.57% (2004 est.) = 93,000/yr = 255/day

Birth rate: 11.41 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Death rate: 8.67 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate: 2.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.28 years
male: 75.4 years
female: 81.28 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.64 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women)
adjective: Dutch

Ethnic groups: Dutch 91%, Moroccans, Turks, and other 9% (1999 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4,4% (See Islam in the Netherlands), other 3,6%, not religious 40% (1998)

Languages: Dutch, Frisian

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1979 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%

Population density comparisons

The Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries in the world: only Bangladesh and South Korea are larger and more densely populated (hence have a larger population), and only Taiwan is smaller and has a larger population (hence a larger population density). There are 21 more countries (12 independent ones and 9 dependent territories) with a larger population density, but they all have a smaller population (hence a smaller area). If the water area is not counted then Taiwan is larger, and there are 16 more countries (9 independent ones and 7 dependent territories) with a larger population density.

Not counting dependent territories, 50 countries are smaller and less densely populated (hence have a smaller population), 73 countries are larger and have a smaller population (hence a smaller population density), and 55 countries with a smaller population density, but a larger population (hence a larger area).

(See also List of countries by population density, which includes dependent territories as separate entries, and List of countries by population, which shows to which countries they belong)

Considering also subdivisions of countries, also the PRC provinces Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan [1] and the Indonesian provinces Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah and Jawa Timur [2] are larger and more densely populated (hence have a larger population), and Shanghai Municipality is smaller and has a larger population (hence a larger population density).

Also several states of India fall into one of these two categories, including Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal (all in the north) [3].

External link

• CIA World Factbook data