Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Netherlands

Population aged 15–64 in the Netherlands in 2025 — 11,611,748 people. Ranked 68 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 65.7%.

2025 11.61M people +0.08% vs 2024
World rank 68of 217
Period maximum 11.61M people2025
Period minimum 7.01M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Netherlands, 1960–20256M8M10M12M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7,009,073 people1962: 7,272,082 people1964: 7,525,433 people1966: 7,757,182 people1968: 7,943,049 people1970: 8,154,812 people1972: 8,379,831 people1974: 8,595,361 people1976: 8,860,486 people1978: 9,095,446 people1980: 9,362,922 people1982: 9,595,674 people1984: 9,812,721 people1986: 10,016,752 people1988: 10,184,585 people1990: 10,298,453 people1992: 10,422,056 people1994: 10,520,865 people1996: 10,588,132 people1998: 10,673,474 people2000: 10,789,663 people2002: 10,927,829 people2004: 10,997,584 people2006: 11,028,741 people2008: 11,083,169 people2010: 11,155,832 people2012: 11,122,073 people2014: 11,094,308 people2016: 11,152,992 people2018: 11,243,424 people2020: 11,338,727 people2022: 11,460,982 people2024: 11,601,889 people2025: 11,611,748 people
Change over the period: +4.6M (+65.67%) Average annual rate: 0.78 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Netherlands 11.61M people
World 5.36B people
Europe & Central Asia 600M people
Western Europe computed 126M people
High-income countries computed 895M people
Population aged 15–64 — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 11.61M +9,859 +0.08%
2024 11.6M +40,405 +0.35%
2023 11.56M +100,502 +0.88%
2022 11.46M +90,590 +0.8%
2021 11.37M +31,665 +0.28%
2020 11.34M +40,055 +0.35%
2019 11.3M +55,248 +0.49%
2018 11.24M +45,334 +0.4%
2017 11.2M +45,098 +0.4%
2016 11.15M +39,545 +0.36%
2015 11.11M +19,139 +0.17%
2014 11.09M −2,930 −0.03%
2013 11.1M −24,835 −0.22%
2012 11.12M −33,997 −0.3%
2011 11.16M +238 +0%
2010 11.16M +34,583 +0.31%
2009 11.12M +38,080 +0.34%
2008 11.08M +33,430 +0.3%
2007 11.05M +20,998 +0.19%
2006 11.03M +14,360 +0.13%
2005 11.01M +16,797 +0.15%
2004 11M +25,922 +0.24%
2003 10.97M +43,833 +0.4%
2002 10.93M +65,519 +0.6%
2001 10.86M +72,647 +0.67%
2000 10.79M +62,220 +0.58%
1999 10.73M +53,969 +0.51%
1998 10.67M +46,858 +0.44%
1997 10.63M +38,484 +0.36%
1996 10.59M +34,421 +0.33%
1995 10.55M +32,846 +0.31%
1994 10.52M +43,788 +0.42%
1993 10.48M +55,021 +0.53%
1992 10.42M +59,645 +0.58%
1991 10.36M +63,958 +0.62%
1990 10.3M +57,705 +0.56%
1989 10.24M +56,163 +0.55%
1988 10.18M +75,880 +0.75%
1987 10.11M +91,953 +0.92%
1986 10.02M +95,988 +0.97%
1985 9.92M +108,043 +1.1%
1984 9.81M +112,831 +1.16%
1983 9.7M +104,216 +1.09%
1982 9.6M +106,295 +1.12%
1981 9.49M +126,457 +1.35%
1980 9.36M +138,511 +1.5%
1979 9.22M +128,965 +1.42%
1978 9.1M +118,057 +1.32%
1977 8.98M +116,903 +1.32%
1976 8.86M +132,882 +1.52%
1975 8.73M +132,243 +1.54%
1974 8.6M +111,927 +1.32%
1973 8.48M +103,603 +1.24%
1972 8.38M +109,009 +1.32%
1971 8.27M +116,010 +1.42%
1970 8.15M +110,879 +1.38%
1969 8.04M +100,884 +1.27%
1968 7.94M +89,181 +1.14%
1967 7.85M +96,686 +1.25%
1966 7.76M +113,621 +1.49%
1965 7.64M +118,128 +1.57%
1964 7.53M +119,741 +1.62%
1963 7.41M +133,610 +1.84%
1962 7.27M +151,045 +2.12%
1961 7.12M +111,964 +1.6%
1960 7.01M

Western Europe, 2025

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About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

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