| Population: |
16,570,613 (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 17.8% (male 1,505,931/female 1,436,532)
15-64 years: 67.8% (male 5,683,877/female 5,557,745)
65 years and over: 14.4% (male 1,015,731/female 1,370,797) (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
0.464% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
10.7 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
8.69 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.048 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.023 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.741 male(s)/female
total population: 0.981 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
total: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 79.11 years
male: 76.52 years
female: 81.82 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.66 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.2% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
19,000 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (2003 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%, Dutch Reformed 13%, Calvinist 7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 2.5%, none 41% (2002) |
| Languages: |
Dutch (official), Frisian (official) |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
