CBS StatLine - Population; key figures

Population; key figures

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Subjects					Periods	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2008	2009
Population by sex	Total population				number	10 026 773	11 417 254	12 957 621	14 091 014	14 892 574	16 405 399	16 485 787
	Males					4 998 251	5 686 152	6 465 081	6 994 280	7 358 482	8 112 073	8 156 396
	Females					5 028 522	5 731 102	6 492 540	7 096 734	7 534 092	8 293 326	8 329 391
Population by marital status	Total population					10 026 773	11 417 254	12 957 621	14 091 014	14 892 574	16 405 399	16 485 787
	Never married					5 284 496	5 730 715	6 104 254	6 190 940	6 464 971	7 601 904	7 680 426
	Married					4 232 241	5 103 163	6 121 941	6 835 014	6 956 510	6 898 147	6 882 639
	Widowed					435 532	495 131	616 504	751 355	853 599	869 611	866 808
	Divorced					74 504	88 245	114 922	313 705	617 494	1 035 737	1 055 914
Population by age	Population by age, numbers	Total population				10 026 773	11 417 254	12 957 621	14 091 014	14 892 574	16 405 399	16 485 787
		Younger than 20 years				3 742 499	4 331 042	4 657 606	4 431 785	3 822 205	3 940 450	3 933 585
		20 to 40 years				2 951 369	3 098 779	3 650 362	4 441 579	4 912 128	4 267 063	4 233 861
		40 to 65 years				2 562 311	2 968 611	3 338 678	3 602 326	4 252 617	5 783 060	5 846 526
		65 to 80 years				670 995	864 423	1 089 232	1 303 447	1 477 909	1 799 337	1 840 607
		80 years or older				99 599	154 399	221 743	311 877	427 715	615 489	631 208
	Population by age, rates	Younger than 20 years			%	37.3	37.9	35.9	31.5	25.7	24.0	23.9
		20 to 40 years				29.4	27.1	28.2	31.5	33.0	26.0	25.7
		40 to 65 years				25.6	26.0	25.8	25.6	28.6	35.3	35.5
		65 to 80 years				6.7	7.6	8.4	9.3	9.9	11.0	11.2
		80 years or older				1.0	1.4	1.7	2.2	2.9	3.8	3.8
	Demographic pressure	Total demographic pressure				81.9	88.2	85.4	75.2	62.5	63.2	63.5
		Green pressure				67.9	71.4	66.6	55.1	41.7	39.2	39.0
		Grey pressure				14.0	16.8	18.8	20.1	20.8	24.0	24.5
	Average age	Total population			year	30.8	31.7	32.5	34.4	36.6	39.7	39.9
		Males				30.3	31.1	31.6	33.2	35.3	38.7	38.9
		Females				31.3	32.4	33.4	35.6	37.9	40.7	40.9
Population by origin	Total Population				number	10 026 773	11 417 254	12 957 621	14 091 014	14 892 574	16 405 399	16 485 787
	Persons with a Dutch background					.	.	.	.	.	13 189 983	13 198 081
	Persons with a foreign background	Total perons with a foreign background	Persons with a foreign background			.	.	.	.	.	3 215 416	3 287 706
			Persons with a foreign background, rate		%	.	.	.	.	.	19.6	19.9
			Western background		number	.	.	.	.	.	1 449 686	1 478 396
			Non-western background	Total non-western		.	.	.	.	.	1 765 730	1 809 310
				Morocco		.	.	.	.	.	335 127	341 528
				(former) Neth. Antilles and Aruba		.	.	.	.	.	131 841	134 774
				Suriname		.	.	.	.	.	335 799	338 678
				Turkey		.	.	.	.	.	372 714	378 330
				Other non-western background		.	.	.	.	.	590 249	616 000
		First generation	Total first generation			.	.	.	.	.	1 619 314	1 661 505
			Western background			.	.	.	.	.	602 130	627 311
			Non-western background	Total non-western		.	.	.	.	.	1 017 184	1 034 194
				Morocco		.	.	.	.	.	167 063	166 774
				(former) Neth. Antilles and Aruba		.	.	.	.	.	78 968	79 785
				Suriname		.	.	.	.	.	185 284	184 961
				Turkey		.	.	.	.	.	194 556	195 375
				Other non-western background		.	.	.	.	.	391 313	407 299
		Second generation	Total second generation			.	.	.	.	.	1 596 102	1 626 201
			Western background			.	.	.	.	.	847 556	851 085
			Non-western background	Total non-western		.	.	.	.	.	748 546	775 116
				Morocco		.	.	.	.	.	168 064	174 754
				(former) Neth. Antilles and Aruba		.	.	.	.	.	52 873	54 989
				Suriname		.	.	.	.	.	150 515	153 717
				Turkey		.	.	.	.	.	178 158	182 955
				Other non-western background		.	.	.	.	.	198 936	208 701
Private households	Total private households				x 1,000	2 535	3 171	3 986	5 006	6 061	7 242	7 313
	One-person households					245	387	679	1 085	1 813	2 571	2 619
	Multi-person households					2 290	2 784	3 307	3 921	4 249	4 671	4 693
	Average householdsize				number	3.93	3.56	3.21	2.78	2.42	2.24	2.23
Population in institutional households					x 1,000	.	.	.	.	272	207	207
Population growth	Total population growth				number	173 507	138 754	161 809	117 572	117 871	80 388	89 202
	Total population growth, rate				o/oo	17.3	12.2	12.5	8.3	7.9	4.9	5.4
	Live births				number	229 718	239 128	238 912	181 294	197 965	184 634	184 915
	Deaths					75 929	87 825	109 619	114 279	128 824	135 136	134 235
	Natural increase					153 789	151 303	129 293	67 015	69 141	49 498	50 680
	Natural increase, rate				o/oo	15.2	13.2	9.9	4.7	4.6	3.0	3.1
	Immigration				number	70 602	45 407	90 829	112 504	117 350	143 516	146 378
	Emigration including administrati...					50 697	58 226	57 375	61 948	68 939	117 779	111 897
	Net migration including administrativ...					19 905	-12 819	33 454	50 556	48 411	25 737	34 481
	Net migration (including admin..), rate				o/oo	2.0	-1.1	2.6	3.6	3.2	1.6	2.1
	Other corrections				number	-187	270	-938	1	319	5 153	4 041
Population density					number	309	352	384	415	439	486	489
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