Population forecasts; key figures, 2002 - 2050
| Forecast(-interval) | Periods | Total population (absolute) | Age groups 0-19 years (absolute) | Age groups 20-64 years (absolute) | Age groups 65 years and older (absolute) | Age groups % 0-19 years (%) | Age groups % 20-64 years (%) | Age groups % 65 years and older (%) | Demographic burden (%) | Live births (absolute) | Total fertility rate (absolute) | Deaths (absolute) | Life expectancy at birth Life expectancy men (year) | Life expectancy at birth Life expectancy women (year) | External migration Immigration (absolute) | External migration Emigration (absolute) | External migration Net migration (absolute) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast | 2050 | 17,615,232 | 3,935,712 | 9,791,040 | 3,888,477 | 22.3 | 55.6 | 22.1 | 79.91 | 189,927 | 1.75 | 231,282 | 79.55 | 82.55 | 125,984 | 95,329 | 30,655 |
| 95% Lower limit forecast-interval | 2050 | 14,245,937 | 2,649,048 | 8,020,333 | 2,899,281 | 17.2 | 51.7 | 17.1 | 67.69 | 108,485 | 1.21 | 188,767 | 73.51 | 76.51 | 65,423 | 52,820 | -12,001 |
| 95% Upper limit forecast-interval | 2050 | 21,847,808 | 5,599,789 | 12,200,560 | 4,904,147 | 26.8 | 59.6 | 27.3 | 93.28 | 299,776 | 2.28 | 282,573 | 85.35 | 88.35 | 217,439 | 145,277 | 96,149 |
| 67% Lower limit forecast-interval | 2050 | 15,644,457 | 3,209,036 | 8,679,344 | 3,333,081 | 19.9 | 53.9 | 19.4 | 73.79 | 147,051 | 1.48 | 209,850 | 76.29 | 79.29 | 85,951 | 71,218 | 6,879 |
| 67% Upper limit forecast-interval | 2050 | 19,533,860 | 4,678,053 | 10,796,595 | 4,397,041 | 24.5 | 57.5 | 24.7 | 85.64 | 233,419 | 2.00 | 253,523 | 82.38 | 85.39 | 164,798 | 117,563 | 57,600 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||||||||||
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Population forecasts: key figures
Most important key indicators of the population forecasts
2002 - 2050
Changed on December 13 2004.
Frequency: Discontinued.
Most important key indicators of the population forecasts
2002 - 2050
Changed on December 13 2004.
Frequency: Discontinued.
Description topics
- Total population
- Age groups
- 0-19 years
- 20-64 years
- 65 years and older
- % 0-19 years
- % 20-64 years
- % 65 years and older
- Demographic burden
- Ratio between number of people aged over 65 and younger than 20,
and the number of 20-64 year-olds. This ratio is an indicator of the
pressure of the non-active population on the labour force. - Live births
- Total fertility rate
- The total fertility rate gives an indication of how many children women
have on average. In order to calculate this figure, age-specific fertility
rates observed in a given calendar year are used which apply to
every childbearing age (ages between 15 and 50). - Deaths
- Life expectancy at birth
- The number of years men or women can expect to live at the moment they
are born.- Life expectancy men
- Life expectancy women
- External migration
- Immigration
- Arrival in the Netherlands from another country.
- Emigration
- Departure from the Netherlands to another country.
- Net migration
- Immigration minus emigration.