Population: 15,367,928 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.58% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 12.62 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 8.5 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.75 years
male: 74.69 years
female: 80.97 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.58 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women)
adjective: Dutch

Ethnic divisions: Dutch 96%, Moroccans, Turks, and other 4% (1988)

Religions: Roman Catholic 34%, Protestant 25%, Muslim 3%, other 2%, unaffiliated 36% (1991)

Languages: Dutch

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1979 est.)
total population: 99%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Labor force: 6.7 million (1991)
by occupation: services 50.1%, manufacturing and construction 28.2%, government 15.9%, agriculture 5.8% (1986)

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.