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On average, 373 teenagers in the age category 10–20 annually died in the Netherlands in the past decade. Nearly half of them died from non-natural causes. Traffic accidents are the most common...

2365 girls under 20 years of age gave birth in 2011. Fewer than 5 in a thousand teenage girls became mothers in 2011. This is the lowest figure ever observed by Statistics Netherlands.

Last year, 2.2 thousand girls under the age of 20 gave birth, i.e. less than 1.5 percent of all births registered in the Netherlands. The number of teenage births has never been this low. Teenage...

In 2017, 1,917 people took their own lives, i.e. 23 more than in 2016.

In 2017, the average age of young people leaving the parental home was 23.5 years, versus 22.8 years in 2012.

Forty years ago to the day, on 27 February 1971, the first abortion clinic opened its doors in the Netherlands. Approximately 28 thousand abortions are carried out on women living in the Netherlands...

Nine out of ten 12 to 25-year-olds are satisfied with life, as indicated by a study in 2015.

The number of fathers over the age of 40 at childbirth is growing.

Slightly over half of Dutch young people between the ages of 15 and 24 occasionally do volunteer work.

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 14 October - 18 October 2013 (Week 42).

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 6 - 10 Dec. 2010 (Week 49).

Dutch people aged 12 years or older – including those who never drink - drink 1 unit of alcohol a day on average.

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 9-13 June 2008 (Week 24).

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 25 February - 1 March 2013 (Week 9).

According to the latest forecast by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the population of the Netherlands will continue to grow in the coming years. The 18 millionth inhabitant is expected to arrive in...