Netherlands People:
Population:
16,407,491 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 18.1% (male:1,523,316; female:1,453,232)
15-64 years: 67.8% (male:5,627,007; female:5,491,802)
65 years and over: 14.1% (male:974,037; female:1,338,097) (2005)
Median age:
total: 39.04 years
male: 38.22 years
female: 39.9 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.53% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
11.14 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
8.68 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.8 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 5.04 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 5.62 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 4.44 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 78.81 years (2005 est.)
male: 76.25 years
female: 81.51 years
Total fertility rate:
1.66 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.2% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
19,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
100 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women)
adjective: Dutch
Ethnic groups:
Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are non-western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese and Indonesians) (1999)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 31%, Dutch Reformed 13%, Muslim 5.5%, other 2.5%, none 41%, Calvinist 7% (2002)
Languages:
Dutch (official), Frisian (official)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (2000)
male: NA
female: NA
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