| People | Netherlands |
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Population:
 | 16,645,313 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
 | 492 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 0-14 years: 17.6% (male 1,496,348/female 1,427,297) 15-64 years: 67.8% (male 5,705,003/female 5,583,787) 65 years and over: 14.6% (male 1,040,932/female 1,391,946) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
 | total: 40 years male: 39.2 years female: 40.9 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 0.436% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 10.53 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 8.71 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | 2.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 4.81 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 79.25 years male: 76.66 years female: 81.98 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 1.66 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | 0.2% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 19,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | less than 100 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
 | noun: Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women) adjective: Dutch |
Ethnic groups:
 | Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese, and Indonesians) (1999 est.) |
Religions:
 | Roman Catholic 31%, Dutch Reformed 13%, Calvinist 7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 2.5%, none 41% (2002) |
Languages:
 | Dutch (official), Frisian (official) |
Literacy:
 | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.) |
People - note:
 | void |
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