The Netherlands
Population 2026
18,448,770
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.56%
- Density
- 548 per km²
- Land area
- 33,670 km²
- Capital
- Amsterdam
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Official languages
- NL-NL, FY-NL
- Urban population
- 95.9%
- Continent
- EU
Demographics
- Births
- 176,0632026
- Deaths
- 171,3092026
- Birth rate
- 9.2per 1,000
- Death rate
- 9.6per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.43
- Life expectancy
- 82.0At birth, years
- Median age
- 41.5
- Net migration
- 104,681
Age distribution
- 0–1414.9%
- 15–6464.2%
- 65+20.9%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $1.3T
- GDP per capita
- $73.7K
- GDP growth
- +1.8%
- Inflation
- 3.2%
- Unemployment
- 3.9%
- Exports
- $1.1T
- Imports
- $926B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.4%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture1.7%
- Industry17.7%
- Manufacturing10.1%
- Services70.4%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture1.7%
- Industry13.8%
- Services84.5%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RotterdamSouth Holland | 868,1352025 |
| 2 | AmsterdamNorth Holland | 741,6362026 |
| 3 | The HagueSouth Holland | 474,2922017 |
| 4 | UtrechtUtrecht | 376,4352026 |
| 5 | GroningenGroningen | 244,8072026 |
| 6 | EindhovenNorth Brabant | 235,6912025 |
| 7 | TilburgNorth Brabant | 221,9472025 |
| 8 | BredaNorth Brabant | 184,1262025 |
| 9 | NijmegenGelderland | 177,3592025 |
| 10 | Almere StadFlevoland | 176,4322026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18,448,770 | 176K | 171K |
| 2020 | 17,636,732 | 171K | 169K |
| 2010 | 16,771,232 | 185K | 136K |
| 2000 | 16,058,757 | 209K | 141K |
| 1990 | 15,030,886 | 201K | 129K |
| 1980 | 14,162,686 | 180K | 114K |
| 1970 | 13,052,082 | 239K | 110K |
| 1960 | 11,486,909 | 239K | 87.7K |
| 1950 | 10,113,759 | 230K | 75.8K |