Netherlands

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Netherlands at a glance

People: 18.1 million; 2025
Income per person: $73,684 a year; 2025
Life expectancy: 82.0 years; 2024
Live in cities: 96%; 2025
Land area: 33,670 km²; 2024

Data: The World Bank: World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Compiled from World Population Prospects (UN), national statistical offices and other sources.

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Data: The World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), updated 8 Oct 2026. Get the data

Who compiles these figures

Population: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN); Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT); Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
Income per person: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
Life expectancy: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN); Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
Babies per woman: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN); Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
Baby deaths: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); World Health Organization (WHO); World Bank (WB); United Nations (UN). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
Living in cities: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.
Internet users: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Access to electricity: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB).
CO₂ per person: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission; International Energy Agency (IEA).
Unemployment: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO). Part of this series is modelled or estimated by its publisher, and the World Bank does not mark which years.

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