Population on 1 January in Netherlands
Netherlands had 18,044,027 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Netherlands, 2025
18,044,027
Change from 2024
+0.6%
European Union, 2025
450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
8th of 40
Population on 1 January in Netherlands over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18,044,027 people | 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 17,942,942 people | 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 17,811,291 people | 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 17,590,672 people | 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 17,475,415 people | 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 17,407,585 people | 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 17,282,163 people | 446,149,924 people |
| 2018 | 17,181,084 people | 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 17,081,507 people | 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 16,979,120 people | 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 16,900,726 people | 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 16,829,289 people | 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 16,779,575 people | 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2012 | 16,730,348 people | 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 16,655,799 people | 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 16,574,989 people | 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 16,485,787 people | 440,047,892 people |
| 2008 | 16,405,399 people | 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 16,357,992 people | 437,227,496 people |
| 2006 | 16,334,210 people | 435,816,236 people |
| 2005 | 16,305,526 people | 434,416,272 people |
| 2004 | 16,258,032 people | 432,762,039 people |
| 2003 | 16,192,572 people | 431,190,184 people |
| 2002 | 16,105,285 people | 429,723,142 people |
| 2001 | 15,987,075 people | 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6% from 17,942,942 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 16,900,726 people, the figure has changed by +6.8%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 8th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.
More for Netherlands
All statistics for Netherlands
Population
18,087,633 people
2025 · World Bank
Median age of the population
42.6 years
2025 · Eurostat
Immigration
257,714 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
18,044,027 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.1p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.6p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat