| Population |
16,318,199 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 18.3% (male 1,527,316; female 1,457,192)
15-64 years: 67.8% (male 5,598,706; female 5,459,936)
65 years and over: 13.9% (male 953,370; female 1,321,679) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 38.7 years
male: 37.9 years
female: 39.6 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
0.57% (2004 est.) |
| 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: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 5.68 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 78.68 years
male: 76.15 years
female: 81.34 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.66 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.2% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
17,000 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
110 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: dutchman(men), dutchwoman(women)
adjective: dutch |
| Ethnic groups |
Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese and Indonesians) (1999 est.) |
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998) |
| Languages |
Dutch (official language), Frisian (official language) |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: kingdom of the netherlands
conventional short form: netherlands
local long form: koninkrijk der nederlanden
local short form: nederland |