Natural population change in Netherlands
Births minus deaths in Netherlands came to -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Netherlands, 2025
-0.5p (Provisional)
Change from 2024
−0.2per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
-3.0 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
-2.5 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
19th of 43
Natural population change in Netherlands over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.5 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | -3.0 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | -0.3 per 1,000 people | -2.8 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | -0.3 per 1,000 people | -2.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | -0.1 per 1,000 people | -2.8 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 0.5 per 1,000 people | -2.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 0.0 per 1,000 people | -2.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 1.0 per 1,000 people | -1.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 0.9 per 1,000 people | -1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 1.1 per 1,000 people | -0.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 1.4 per 1,000 people | -0.4 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 1.4 per 1,000 people | -0.7 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 2.1 per 1,000 people | 0.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 1.8 per 1,000 people | -0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 2.1 per 1,000 people | -0.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 2.7 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 3.1 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 3.0 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 3.0 per 1,000 people | 0.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 3.2 per 1,000 people | 0.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 3.6 per 1,000 people | 0.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 3.7 per 1,000 people | 0.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 0.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 from -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.4 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.9.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 19th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was -3.0 per 1,000 people.
More for Netherlands
All statistics for Netherlands
Crude birth rate
9.1p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.6p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
5.2p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
18,044,027 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
18,044,027 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.43 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat