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The Netherlands is the 69th most populous country in the world. As of January 2023, the Netherlands has a population of 17,821,419. [1]Between 1900 and 1950 the population almost doubled from 5.14 to 10.11 million people.
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).
This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 .
With 391,124 inhabitants, Zeeland has the smallest population. However Drenthe is the least densely populated province with 191/km 2 (490/sq mi). In terms of area, Friesland is the largest province with a total area of 5,753 km 2 (2,221 sq mi).
In thirty years, Amsterdam's population more than doubled between 1585 and 1610. [95] By 1600, its population was around 50,000. [ 91 ] During the 1660s, Amsterdam's population reached 200,000. [ 96 ]
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.
Comparison of the map of Eindhoven from c. 1550 with the 2024 map The capture of ... Population; Netherlands: 160,420 (61.48%) ... Year Population 1996 197,374 2000 ...
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.