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Male population — Netherlands

Male population in the Netherlands in 2025 — 8,987,375 people. Ranked 71 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 57.1%.

2025 8.99M people +0.54% vs 2024
World rank 71of 217
Period maximum 8.99M people2025
Period minimum 5.72M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Netherlands, 1960–20255M6M7M8M9M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5,720,216 people1962: 5,881,564 people1964: 6,043,492 people1966: 6,218,654 people1968: 6,349,244 people1970: 6,506,998 people1972: 6,649,449 people1974: 6,746,398 people1976: 6,853,919 people1978: 6,926,029 people1980: 7,021,031 people1982: 7,088,722 people1984: 7,120,956 people1986: 7,187,450 people1988: 7,278,448 people1990: 7,372,588 people1992: 7,491,515 people1994: 7,590,714 people1996: 7,663,992 people1998: 7,751,195 people2000: 7,862,495 people2002: 7,978,464 people2004: 8,041,052 people2006: 8,068,414 people2008: 8,119,682 people2010: 8,209,279 people2012: 8,281,346 people2014: 8,340,251 people2016: 8,433,336 people2018: 8,541,883 people2020: 8,654,519 people2022: 8,789,000 people2024: 8,939,104 people2025: 8,987,375 people
Change over the period: +3.27M (+57.12%) Average annual rate: 0.7 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Netherlands

Netherlands 8.99M people
World 4.13B people
Europe & Central Asia 453M people
Western Europe computed 98.84M people
High-income countries computed 690M people
Male population — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 8.99M +48,271 +0.54%
2024 8.94M +59,838 +0.67%
2023 8.88M +90,266 +1.03%
2022 8.79M +86,309 +0.99%
2021 8.7M +48,172 +0.56%
2020 8.65M +51,833 +0.6%
2019 8.6M +60,803 +0.71%
2018 8.54M +53,244 +0.63%
2017 8.49M +55,303 +0.66%
2016 8.43M +51,481 +0.61%
2015 8.38M +41,604 +0.5%
2014 8.34M +32,955 +0.4%
2013 8.31M +25,950 +0.31%
2012 8.28M +32,143 +0.39%
2011 8.25M +39,924 +0.49%
2010 8.21M +43,743 +0.54%
2009 8.17M +45,854 +0.56%
2008 8.12M +33,934 +0.42%
2007 8.09M +17,334 +0.21%
2006 8.07M +11,434 +0.14%
2005 8.06M +15,928 +0.2%
2004 8.04M +25,430 +0.32%
2003 8.02M +37,158 +0.47%
2002 7.98M +52,987 +0.67%
2001 7.93M +62,982 +0.8%
2000 7.86M +58,340 +0.75%
1999 7.8M +52,960 +0.68%
1998 7.75M +48,178 +0.63%
1997 7.7M +39,025 +0.51%
1996 7.66M +34,792 +0.46%
1995 7.63M +38,486 +0.51%
1994 7.59M +46,386 +0.61%
1993 7.54M +52,813 +0.7%
1992 7.49M +57,827 +0.78%
1991 7.43M +61,100 +0.83%
1990 7.37M +51,667 +0.71%
1989 7.32M +42,473 +0.58%
1988 7.28M +46,277 +0.64%
1987 7.23M +44,721 +0.62%
1986 7.19M +37,442 +0.52%
1985 7.15M +29,052 +0.41%
1984 7.12M +17,956 +0.25%
1983 7.1M +14,278 +0.2%
1982 7.09M +24,261 +0.34%
1981 7.06M +43,430 +0.62%
1980 7.02M +51,475 +0.74%
1979 6.97M +43,527 +0.63%
1978 6.93M +36,948 +0.54%
1977 6.89M +35,162 +0.51%
1976 6.85M +50,048 +0.74%
1975 6.8M +57,473 +0.85%
1974 6.75M +48,023 +0.72%
1973 6.7M +48,926 +0.74%
1972 6.65M +62,901 +0.95%
1971 6.59M +79,550 +1.22%
1970 6.51M +83,519 +1.3%
1969 6.42M +74,235 +1.17%
1968 6.35M +60,755 +0.97%
1967 6.29M +69,835 +1.12%
1966 6.22M +86,217 +1.41%
1965 6.13M +88,945 +1.47%
1964 6.04M +81,966 +1.37%
1963 5.96M +79,962 +1.36%
1962 5.88M +85,084 +1.47%
1961 5.8M +76,264 +1.33%
1960 5.72M

Western Europe, 2025

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About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.