In the last decade, the average age of the Dutch population increased year on year. Whereas the population had an average age of around 30.8 years in 1950, the average age reached 42.5 years by 2023. As a result, in this period the grey population pressure (the ratio of the non-working population compared to the working population) increased as well.

 Historical development  

Since the 1950s, the average age of the population has increased significantly. In nearly 70 years, the population’s average age grew by over ten years. This also caused a more than doubling of the grey population pressure in the country in this period, from 14 percent in 1950 to 33.1 percent in 2020. By 2060, the grey population pressure in the Netherlands is forecast to reach nearly 50 percent, meaning that for every working person in the country, there will also be a non-working person.

Comparison to Belgium  

The average age of the population in the Netherlands was comparable to the average age of the population in neighboring country Belgium, which reached 41.87 years in 2020. In Belgium too, the average age of the population is expected to increase in the future. By 2022, the average age here is forecast to reach 42.08 years.

The statistic depicts the median age in the Netherlands between 1950 and 2100. The median age of a population is an index that divides the population into two equal groups: half of the population is older than the median age and the other half younger. In 2020, the median age of Netherlands's population was 41.5 years.

Between the 1950s and today, the average age to marry in the Netherlands increased significantly for both genders. Whereas in 1950, men were on average 30 years old when they married and women were nearly 27 years old, in 2022 this was 39.1 and 36.4 years respectively. This raise in the average age at marriage however meant a decrease in the number of marriages per person, which decreased by almost 0.20 in the last decade alone. The average Dutch person married between 0.48 and 0.47 times in 2021.

 Number of marriages   

In 2021, roughly 56,000 marriages took place. The majority of these marriages were closed between a man and a woman, but since same-sex marriages were legalized in the Netherlands in 2001, each year also between 1,000 and 2,400 same-sex couples tie the knot. In the last decade, the number of marriages peaked in 2010, when almost 86,000 marriages took place.

Living happily ever after  

In 2021, nearly 60,000 couples celebrated 12.5 years of marital bliss, and a further 51.9 thousand couples had been married for 25 years. And of course, with time the number of special wedding anniversaries decreases, as divorce or death dissolves many a marriage. Still, that year 327 couples celebrated 70 years of wedded life together.

This dataset is about countries per year in Netherlands. It has 64 rows. It features 3 columns: country, and median age.

This statistic shows the average age of the mother at the birth of a child in the Netherlands in 2022, according to whether it is the mother's first, second, third, or fourth child. It reveals that in 2022 women in the Netherlands on average were 30.3 years old when they had their first child. If they had a second child, on average it came around two years later, when they were 32.3 years old. At the birth of a 3rd or 4th child they were 33.6 and 35.3 years on average respectively.

This scatter chart displays life expectancy at birth (year) against median age (year) in Netherlands. The data is about countries per year.

This bar chart displays median age (year) by ISO 3 country code using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Netherlands. The data is about countries per year.

UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years, both sexes in Netherlands was reported at 12.41 Years in 2018, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Netherlands - Mean years of schooling of the population age 25+. Total - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data was reported at 25.326 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 25.509 % for 2016. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data is updated yearly, averaging 27.217 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.245 % in 1960 and a record low of 25.326 % in 2017. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

This dataset is about countries per year in Netherlands. It has 64 rows. It features 4 columns: country, access to electricity, and median age.

This bar chart displays median age (year) by capital city using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Netherlands. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

On average in the Netherlands, women tend to live longer than men, and that the discrepancy has only grown over time. In 1950, women lived to be about 63.2 years old, while men lived to be about 59.3. By 2022, this had grown to 81 years old for women and 76.7 years old for men.

This dataset is about countries per year in Netherlands. It has 1 row and is filtered where the date is 2021. It features 3 columns: country, and median age.

Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and Spain and other 14 countries' historical and estimated median ages.

Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data was reported at 28.976 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 28.242 % for 2016. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data is updated yearly, averaging 18.134 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.976 % in 2017 and a record low of 14.598 % in 1960. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data was reported at 54.302 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 53.751 % for 2016. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data is updated yearly, averaging 49.415 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 63.843 % in 1960 and a record low of 44.779 % in 1989. Netherlands NL: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency ratio.

There were 8 887 200 Instagram users in Netherlands in January 2024, which accounted for 50.7% of its entire population. The majority of them were women - 56.1%. People aged 25 to 34 were the largest user group (2 400 000). The highest difference between men and women occurs within people aged 35 to 44, where women lead by 673 000.

This scatter chart displays median age (year) against alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in Netherlands. The data is about countries per year.

This statistic shows the average age of mothers at the birth of a child in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022. It reveals that the average age of the mother has increased since the 1970s, rising from around 27 years old to 31.7 years at the time of giving birth.

Key figures on fertility, live and stillborn children and multiple births among inhabitants of The Netherlands. Available selections: - Live born children by sex; - Live born children by age of the mother (31 December), in groups; - Live born children by birth order from the mother; - Live born children by marital status of the mother; - Live born children by migration background of the mother; - Stillborn children by duration of pregnancy; - Births: single and multiple; - Average number of children per female; - Average number of children per male; - Average age of the mother at childbirth by birth order from the mother; - Average age of the father at childbirth by birth order from the mother. CBS is in transition towards a new classification of the population by origin. Greater emphasis is now placed on where a person was born, aside from where that person’s parents were born. The term ‘migration background’ is no longer used in this regard. The main categories western/non-western are being replaced by categories based on continents and a few countries that share a specific migration history with the Netherlands. The new classification is being implemented gradually in tables and publications on population by origin. Data available from: 1950 Most of the data is available as of 1950 with the exception of the live born children by migration background of the mother (from 1996), stillborn children by duration of pregnancy (24+) (from 1991), average number of children per male (from 1996) and the average age of the father at childbirth (from 1996). Status of the figures: All data recorded in this publication are final data. Changes per 6 November 2023: None, this table was discontinued. When will new figures be published? No longer applicable. This table is succeeded by the table 'Births; key figures'. See section 3.