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Value of agricultural exports up by over 8 percent in 2025
The Netherlands exported agricultural goods with a total value of 137.5 billion euros in 2025. That was an increase of 8.4 percent relative to 2024.
Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; key figures
Birth, death, life expectancy, health and disease, use of health care services, education and labour market, costs of care, care providers
New research shows continued decline in vaccination rates among children
In recent years, vaccination rates among children have fallen in many countries, including the Netherlands.
Health expectancy; since 1981
Health expectancy, healthy life expectancy, perceived health, physical limitations, chronic morbidity, GALI-limitations
Hospital readmission Ratio: Methodological report 2023 model
Statistics Netherlands has developed a model (2023) to derive hospital readmission ratios for Dutch hospitals, adjusted for case mix differences. This report describes the methods that were used for...
Excess mortality for the third consecutive year in 2022
In 2022, a total of 170 thousand deaths were recorded. This is 14.5 thousand (9.3 percent) more than was expected.
Excess mortality in November lower than in October
In week 48 (28 November to 4 December 2022 inclusive), the estimated number of deaths stood at 3,400.
Population counter
The population counter shows the current estimated number of inhabitants in the Netherlands.
Life expectancy forecast for 65-year-olds: 20.96 years in 2030
According to current projections by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), life expectancy at the age of 65 will stand at 20.96 years in 2030.
HSMR 2023 Methodological report
Statistics Netherlands has calculated The Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs) for Dutch hospitals for the period 2021-2023. This report describes the methods that were used
Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2023
Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2023.
Forecast: population of the Netherlands will reach 19 million in 2037
The population of the Netherlands will continue to increase in the years to come, but less rapidly than in recent years.
1,849 suicides in 2024
Last year, 1,849 people took their own lives. That means there were five suicides per day, on average.
Population growth in Q1 was around the same as last year
The population of the Netherlands grew by nearly 21 thousand people in the first quarter of 2025 to reach 18.07 million
Excess mortality in October
Over the whole month of October, there were nearly 1,800 (16 percent) more deaths than expected, with excess mortality in all four weeks.
Population forecast, Caribbean Netherlands 2025-2050
The population of Bonaire is expected to grow from 26.6 thousand today to 34.2 thousand by the year 2035. Last year’s forecast was for 30.5 thousand inhabitants on Bonaire in 2035.
Population dynamics; month and year
Population dynamics Periods
Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region
Population growth by birth, death and migration, per sex and region
Births: key figures
Fertility, live and stillborn children and multiple births sex, marital status mother, average age mother and father
Lower population growth in 2024
The population of the Netherlands grew by an estimated 103 thousand people in 2024, reaching a total of over 18.05 million.
Excess mortality in three of the four weeks in September
In the last week of September (week 39: 26 September to 2 October 2022 inclusive), the estimated number of deaths stood at 3,100.
Caribbean Netherlands; population, births, deaths, migration
Population growth Caribbean Netherlands, population, births, deaths, migration
Again excess mortality in all weeks, but lower in August
In the last week of August (week 35: 29 August to 4 September 2022 inclusive), the estimated number of deaths stood at 2,900.
Population growth in first three quarters lower than in 2023
The population of the Netherlands grew by 85.3 thousand in the first three quarters of 2024.
98 cases of drowning in 2023
A total of 98 people resident in the Netherlands drowned in open water or in their home or garden in 2023.