| 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.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.57% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
11.41 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
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 / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 78.68 years
male: 76.15 years
female: 81.34 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.66 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
0.2% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
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 : |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (2000 est.)
male: NA
female: NA |
