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Netherlands
NLDTotal population
18.1M
Reference period 2025 · people
World Bank · World Development Indicators
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Total population · Historical trend
- Value
- 18.1M 2025
- Previous value
- 17,993,485 people 2024
- Change
- 94,148 people
World Bank · World Development Indicators
Exact values by period are available in the table below.
| Reference period | Value | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 17,030,314 people | |
| 2017 | 17,131,296 people | |
| 2018 | 17,231,624 people | |
| 2019 | 17,344,874 people | |
| 2020 | 17,441,500 people | |
| 2021 | 17,533,044 people | |
| 2022 | 17,700,982 people | |
| 2023 | 17,877,117 people | |
| 2024 | 17,993,485 people | |
| 2025 | 18,087,633 people |
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- GDP per capita, current US$2025 · World Bank 9 / 175 countries/ 175 countries
- Rate of population change2023 · UN DESA Population Division 112 / 195 countries/ 195 countries
- Median age2023 · UN DESA Population Division 31 / 195 countries/ 195 countries
- Total population2025 · World Bank 71 / 194 countries/ 194 countries
- Life expectancy at birth, total2024 · World Bank 31 / 194 countries/ 194 countries
- Total fertility rate2023 · UN DESA Population Division 161 / 195 countries/ 195 countries
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