Population in Netherlands

The population of Netherlands was 18,087,633 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Netherlands, 2025 18,087,633 People
Change from 2024 +0.5% 2024: 17,993,485 people
European Union, 2025 451,127,411 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 71st of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Netherlands over time

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

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period NetherlandsEuropean Union
2025 18,087,633 people 451,127,411 people
2024 17,993,485 people 450,228,188 people
2023 17,877,117 people 448,897,545 people
2022 17,700,982 people 447,203,596 people
2021 17,533,044 people 446,228,281 people
2020 17,441,500 people 446,870,959 people
2019 17,344,874 people 446,910,453 people
2018 17,231,624 people 446,058,453 people
2017 17,131,296 people 445,321,060 people
2016 17,030,314 people 444,676,652 people
2015 16,939,923 people 443,793,218 people
2014 16,865,008 people 442,920,819 people
2013 16,804,432 people 442,425,741 people
2012 16,754,962 people 442,069,839 people
2011 16,693,074 people 441,414,078 people
2010 16,615,394 people 442,088,310 people
2009 16,530,388 people 441,388,573 people
2008 16,445,593 people 440,270,719 people
2007 16,381,696 people 438,796,003 people
2006 16,346,101 people 437,263,803 people
2005 16,319,868 people 435,789,139 people
2004 16,281,779 people 434,193,248 people
2003 16,225,302 people 432,512,916 people
2002 16,148,929 people 430,924,112 people
2001 16,046,180 people 429,909,307 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5% from 17,993,485 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 16,939,923 people, the figure has changed by +6.8%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 71st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 451,127,411 people.

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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.TOTL · 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