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Population forecast: more elderly than young people
The number of elderly people in the Netherlands continues to grow. People aged 65 and over now outnumber young people aged under 20 for the first time.
Nearly 10 percent of women with elderly parents report heavy care burden
In 2022, 37 percent of people with a parent aged 80 or over provided informal care.
Traffic mortality down by 42 percent in past 25 years
A total of 675 people died in traffic accidents in 2024, 9 fewer than in 2023.
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
Households; size, composition, position in the household, 1 January
Households in the Netherlands size and composition Persons by position in the household on 1 January
Health expenditure; functions and financing
Health expenditure Health functions, financing schemes, High Value Dataset – Statistiek
Population pyramid
Population pyramid x 1,000 Age composition in the Nederlands 2023 (estimate)
More Dutch citizens in favour of nuclear energy
Thirty-six percent of Dutch adults think the Netherlands should make more use of nuclear energy. This was still 25 percent in 2020.
Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex
Persons to whom medicines were dispensed by medicine group (ATC), age and sex in absolute figures and as percentage of the total population
Persons with dispensed medicines; origin
Persons to whom medicines were dispensed by origin, medicine group, age, sex
Municipal finances from 1900
Realised figures on revenues, expenditures and debts of municipalities. Municipal levies.
Number of driving licence holders and car owners on the rise
At the beginning of 2026, the number of people in the Netherlands who hold a driving licence and own a car was higher than in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic.
Population growth slows for third consecutive year
The population of the Netherlands grew by 87 thousand in 2025, to reach 18.13 million
Population in the future
Dutch population forecast, number of inhabitants in the Netherlands in the future
Spending on health and social care up by 8.9 percent in 2024
In 2024, government spending on health and social care, including childcare rose by 8.9 percent to 155 billion euros.
Health expenditure; functions and providers
Health expenditure Health functions, health care providers, High Value Dataset – Statistiek
Public awareness campaign This is us!
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has launched a campaign to improve public awareness about data. CBS is responsible for collecting data and compiling statistics for the Caribbean Netherlands. It produces...
Purchasing power development; household characteristics
Purchasing power development Main source of income, composition of the household
Health expenditure: (inter)national compared; financing, 1998-2022
Health and social care expenditure, national and international Health functions, financing schemes
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
Spending on health care up by 8.1 percent in 2024
The Netherlands spent 113.5 billion euros on health care in 2024
Public libraries
Number of libraries, collection of volumes, volumes lent out, users Type of collection, operating costs and revenues
Health expenditure: (inter)national compared; providers, 1998-2022
Health and social care expenditure, national and international Health functions, health care providers
172 thousand deaths in 2024
A total of 172 thousand people died in the Netherlands in 2024
Excess mortality in September
In Q3 2023, there were 37.6 thousand deaths, 1.8 thousand or 5 percent more than was expected.