Population aged 0 to 14 in Netherlands

14.9% of the population of Netherlands was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Share of population aged 0 to 14 Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Netherlands, 2025 14.9% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.1percentage points 2024: 15.0%
European Union, 2025 14.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 14.5% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 181st of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Netherlands over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of population aged 0 to 14 (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period NetherlandsEuropean Union
2025 14.9% 14.2%
2024 15.0% 14.4%
2023 15.2% 14.6%
2022 15.4% 14.8%
2021 15.5% 14.9%
2020 15.6% 15.0%
2019 15.8% 15.1%
2018 16.0% 15.2%
2017 16.2% 15.2%
2016 16.4% 15.2%
2015 16.6% 15.2%
2014 16.9% 15.3%
2013 17.1% 15.3%
2012 17.3% 15.4%
2011 17.4% 15.4%
2010 17.6% 15.4%
2009 17.7% 15.4%
2008 17.9% 15.5%
2007 18.1% 15.6%
2006 18.3% 15.7%
2005 18.5% 15.9%
2004 18.6% 16.1%
2003 18.7% 16.3%
2002 18.8% 16.5%
2001 18.8% 16.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 15.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 16.6%, the figure has changed by −1.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 181st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 14.2%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Netherlands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects