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Netherlands NETHERLANDS POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    COUNTRY PROFILE
    Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
    Netherlands NETHERLANDS LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    80.4
    83.1
    13
    29
    Age 5
    80.8
    83.5
    15
    29
    Age 10
    80.8
    83.5
    15
    29
    Age 15
    80.8
    83.5
    15
    29
    Age 20
    80.9
    83.6
    15
    29
    Age 25
    81.0
    83.6
    15
    30
    Age 30
    81.1
    83.7
    15
    30
    Age 35
    81.2
    83.7
    14
    30
    Age 40
    81.4
    83.9
    16
    30
    Age 45
    81.6
    84.0
    18
    32
    Age 50
    81.9
    84.2
    17
    32
    Age 55
    82.4
    84.6
    20
    32
    Age 60
    83.0
    85.1
    20
    32
    Age 65
    83.8
    85.9
    20
    33
    Age 70
    85.0
    86.7
    23
    32
    Age 75
    86.5
    87.9
    26
    34
    Age 80
    88.2
    89.3
    31
    36
    Age 85
    90.6
    91.2
    44
    50
    Netherlands NETHERLANDS TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    38.44
    175
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    33.78
    7
    3. Lung Cancers
    29.85
    13
    4. Lung Disease
    21.59
    93
    5. Stroke
    20.66
    167
    6. Breast Cancer
    19.00
    64
    7. Prostate Cancer
    16.73
    81
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    15.00
    27
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    9.84
    160
    10. Suicide
    9.27
    84
    11. Falls
    8.22
    46
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    7.94
    23
    13. Lymphomas
    6.40
    28
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    5.83
    29
    15. Diabetes Mellitus
    5.62
    166
    16. Ovary Cancer
    5.58
    47
    17. Kidney Disease
    5.19
    164
    18. Parkinson's Disease
    4.43
    72
    19. Other Neoplasms
    4.24
    20
    20. Leukemia
    4.14
    62
    21. Stomach Cancer
    3.58
    139
    22. Other Injuries
    3.51
    160
    23. Bladder Cancer
    3.42
    45
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    3.26
    101
    25. Congenital Anomalies
    3.22
    153
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Liver Cancer
    3.18
    160
    27. Liver Disease
    3.02
    174
    28. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.02
    136
    29. Skin Cancers
    2.94
    33
    30. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.83
    172
    31. Uterin Cancer
    2.70
    73
    32. Oral Cancer
    2.16
    127
    33. Alcohol
    2.12
    56
    34. Cervical Cancer
    1.76
    174
    35. Hypertension
    1.62
    180
    36. Low Birth Weight
    1.38
    158
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.18
    128
    38. Epilepsy
    1.13
    128
    39. Drug Use
    1.03
    115
    40. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.97
    9
    41. Birth Trauma
    0.61
    143
    42. Skin Disease
    0.60
    133
    43. Violence
    0.58
    174
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.50
    157
    45. Drownings
    0.48
    171
    46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.47
    60
    47. Anemia
    0.46
    26
    48. Osteoarthritis
    0.42
    7
    49. Asthma
    0.39
    171
    50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.31
    181
    Netherlands NETHERLANDS TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18,148
    14.31
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    17,601
    13.87
    3. Lung Cancers
    10,980
    8.66
    4. Stroke
    9,707
    7.65
    5. Lung Disease
    9,567
    7.54
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    5,829
    4.60
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    4,946
    3.90
    8. Falls
    4,131
    3.26
    9. Breast Cancer
    3,535
    2.79
    10. Prostate Cancer
    3,265
    2.57
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    2,995
    2.36
    12. Kidney Disease
    2,530
    1.99
    13. Lymphomas
    2,511
    1.98
    14. Diabetes Mellitus
    2,386
    1.88
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    2,145
    1.69
    16. Parkinson's Disease
    2,120
    1.67
    17. Suicide
    2,025
    1.60
    18. Other Neoplasms
    1,831
    1.44
    19. Other Injuries
    1,648
    1.30
    20. Leukemia
    1,578
    1.24
    21. Bladder Cancer
    1,471
    1.16
    22. Stomach Cancer
    1,361
    1.07
    23. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,201
    0.95
    24. Liver Cancer
    1,163
    0.92
    25. Ovary Cancer
    1,067
    0.84
      Deaths %
    26. Endocrine Disorders
    1,055
    0.83
    27. Skin Cancers
    1,024
    0.81
    28. Liver Disease
    936
    0.74
    29. Hypertension
    818
    0.64
    30. Oral Cancer
    768
    0.61
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    681
    0.54
    32. Alcohol
    612
    0.48
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    584
    0.46
    34. Uterin Cancer
    566
    0.45
    35. Congenital Anomalies
    544
    0.43
    36. Multiple Sclerosis
    295
    0.23
    37. Skin Disease
    295
    0.23
    38. Epilepsy
    289
    0.23
    39. Cervical Cancer
    266
    0.21
    40. Anemia
    249
    0.20
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    238
    0.19
    42. Drug Use
    231
    0.18
    43. Osteoarthritis
    220
    0.17
    44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    214
    0.17
    45. Low Birth Weight
    167
    0.13
    46. Asthma
    165
    0.13
    47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    130
    0.10
    48. Violence
    107
    0.08
    49. Drownings
    98
    0.08
    50. Schizophrenia
    96
    0.08
    Netherlands NETHERLANDS CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    29.85
    13
    2. Breast Cancer
    19.00
    64
    3. Prostate Cancer
    16.73
    81
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    15.00
    27
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.94
    23
    6. Lymphomas
    6.40
    28
    7. Oesophagus Cancer
    5.83
    29
    8. Ovary Cancer
    5.58
    47
      Rate World Rank
    9. Leukemia
    4.14
    62
    10. Stomach Cancer
    3.58
    139
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.42
    45
    12. Liver Cancer
    3.18
    160
    13. Skin Cancers
    2.94
    33
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.70
    73
    15. Oral Cancer
    2.16
    127
    16. Cervical Cancer
    1.76
    174
    Netherlands NETHERLANDS HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    9.7
    41
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    23.5
    18.6
    100
    33
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    20.8
    20.0
    71
    116
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    7.42
    5
    Netherlands NETHERLANDS LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    71.5
    75.4
    73.4
    1
    2
    2
    1970
    70.8
    76.5
    73.6
    4
    3
    3
    1980
    72.5
    79.2
    75.7
    4
    1
    2
    1990
    73.8
    80.1
    76.9
    10
    9
    7
    2000
    75.5
    80.6
    78.1
    14
    20
    17
    2010
    78.7
    82.7
    80.8
    13
    20
    14
    2019
    80.4
    83.1
    81.8
    13
    29
    19
    Netherlands NETHERLANDS DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    17.337m
    68
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.98
    103
    Population 0-14
    16.1%
    162
    Population 15-64
    64.1%
    116
    Population 65 +
    19.8%
    23
    Birth Rate / 1000
    10.99
    147
    Death Rate / 1000
    9.24
    49
    Fertility Rate
    1.78
    131
    Infant Mortality
    3.45
    170
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.05
    65
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.05
    69
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    1.01
    82
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.83
    72
    Net Migration
    1.90
    36
    Population Growth
    0.37%
    143
    Literacy Total
    99.0%
    50
    Literacy Male
    N/D
    N/D
    Literacy Female
    N/D
    N/D
    Unemployment
    3.4%
    148
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    81.8
    19
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    71.4
    14
    GDP per Capita USD
    $54,200
    13

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    8,635,591
    22,992
    4/1/24
    Netherlands COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Netherlands causes.

     
     
    Netherlands COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Netherlands COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.