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Between 1900 and 1950 the population almost doubled from 5.14 to 10.11 million people. From 1950 to 2000 the population increased from 10.11 to 15.92 million people, increasing by a smaller proportion but, still, at an impressive pace for a European country, recording a growth of 57.45% over a 50-year time span. [2]
With a population of over 18 million people, all living within a total area of 41,850 km 2 (16,160 sq mi)—of which the land area is 33,500 km 2 (12,900 sq mi)—the Netherlands is the 33rd most densely populated country, with a density of 535 people per square kilometre (1,390 people/sq mi).
By 2000, the population had increased to 15,900,000 people, [2] making the Netherlands one of the most densely-populated countries in the world. Urban development has led to the development of a conurbation called the Randstad ( Dutch : Randstad ), which includes the four largest cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht ), and the ...
After the Second World War the fertility rate of the Netherlands was for twenty consecutive years higher than 3.0, with the baby boom as an outlier between 1945 and 1954. [8] [5] Starting in 1969 the fertility rate started to decline rapidly; in 1973 it reached 2.1 and in 1976 it stabilized at around 1.5 to 1.6.
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Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6444-3. John B. Roney (2009). "Chronology". Culture and Customs of the Netherlands. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34808-2. Friso Wielenga (2015). "Timeline". A History of the Netherlands: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1 ...
18 March – Three people are killed and seven others are injured in the 2019 Utrecht shooting [2] 20 March – 2019 provincial elections; 18 May – Duncan Laurence wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2019; the Netherlands' first victory since 1975 [3] 23 May – 2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands; 27 May – 2019 Senate election
With a population of 17.4 million [2] and density of 521/km 2 (1,350/sq mi) makes it the second most densely populated member of the European Union after Malta, and the 12th most densely populated country in the world, behind only three countries with a population over 16 million. Consequently, the Netherlands is highly urbanized.