Population in Netherlands

333 indicators covering population for Netherlands.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population on 1 January by age group, sex and country of birth 18.04 million Number 2025 up 6.8% 11th
Population on 1 January by age, sex and group of country of birth 18.04 million Number 2025 up 6.8% 11th
Immigration by age group, sex and citizenship 257,714 Number 2024 up 77.3% 10th
Immigration by age, sex and group of citizenship 257,714 Number 2024 up 77.3% 10th
Households - level of internet access 99.3% 2025 up 3.4% 2nd
Emigration by age group, sex and citizenship 140,087 Number 2024 up 24.1% 10th
Estimated average age of young persons leaving the parental household 23.4 Average 2025 down 1.3% 34th
Immigration by age group, sex and country of previous residence 257,714 Number 2024 up 77.3% 10th
Standardised inflows of temporary migrants — Migration flows by 2,519 Persons 2024 — 2nd
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population 4.1% 2025 up 24.2% 45th
Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by age, sex and 58.5% 2025 up 12.9% 4th
Population in private households by educational attainment level and 25.2% 2025 down 18.2% 8th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 23.0% 2025 down 19.0% 9th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 23.0% 2025 down 19.0% 9th
Emigration by age group, sex and country of next usual residence 140,087 Number 2024 up 24.1% 10th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by 70.4% 2025 down 2.1% 4th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 13,426 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.8% 11th
Population in private households by educational attainment level and 25.2% 2025 down 18.2% 8th
Population in private households by educational attainment level and 25.2% 2025 down 18.2% 8th
At-risk-of-poverty rate of persons living in single-person households 31.1% 2025 up 28.5% 9th
Early leavers from education and training by country of birth 7.4% 2025 down 9.8% 22nd
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 36.8% 2025 down 5.9% 40th
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 21.2% 2025 down 4.9% 40th
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 11.2% 2025 up 124.0% 30th
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population 7.2% 2025 up 20.0% 35th
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - population without 3.7% 2025 up 32.1% 45th
Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by tenure status 58.5% 2025 up 12.9% 4th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by age and 44.2 Thousand 2025 up 13.3% 15th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by most 8.2% 2025 down 44.2% 21st
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by 8.3% 2025 down 44.3% 20th
Distribution of households with children by number of children 43.8% 2025 up 9.5% 40th
Distribution of population by sex and age 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of population aged 18 and over by educational attainment 16.5% 2025 down 19.1% 19th
Distribution of population aged 65 and over by type of household 63.2% 2025 down 0.2% 1st
Distribution of population over 18 years by most frequent activity 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Average household size 2.1 Average 2025 down 4.5% 36th
Distribution of households by household size 40.1% 2025 up 7.2% 10th
Share of children (aged less than 18) living with their parents by 70.4% 2025 down 2.9% 20th
Distribution of households by household type from 2003 onwards 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and sex 22.3% 2025 down 58.7% 15th
Live births by mother's age and newborn's sex 166,143 Number 2024 down 5.2% 14th
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and household type 66.3% 2025 down 17.6% 5th
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population 5.7% 2025 up 35.7% 42nd
Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by degree of 52.2% 2025 up 17.8% 4th
Distribution of population aged 18 and over by health status, age 15.5% 2025 down 37.5% 38th
Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population 1.6% 2025 down 11.1% 43rd
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by country of birth of their 24.4% 2025 up 20.8% 32nd
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by tenure 7.9% 2025 down 23.3% 21st
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, work intensity of the 0.1% 2025 down 66.7% 46th
Live births (total) by other typologies 132,585 Number 2024 down 5.0% 6th
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and degree of 27.4% 2025 down 54.9% 17th
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by educational attainment level 49.4% 2025 up 23.2% 37th
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and tenure status 4.5% 2025 down 90.6% 41st
Children living in households with very low work intensity by 42.5% 2025 up 596.7% 13th
Other types of childcare by age group and duration - % over the 62.7% 2025 up 82.8% 33rd
Children cared only by their parents by age group - % over the 16.1% 2025 down 13.0% 43rd
Standardised inflows of permanent-type migrants — Migration flows by 0 Persons 2021 — 1st
Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and other typologies 14.12 million 2025 up 7.5% 6th
Children in formal childcare or education by age group and duration 33.5% 2025 down 37.6% 42nd
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents 31.0% 2025 up 71.3% 19th