2025

1950

2070

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Age composition in the Netherlands 2025 (estimate)

Age	Men	Women
105 yrs or older	0	0
104 yrs	0	0
103 yrs	0	0
102 yrs	0	0
101 yrs	0	1 000
100 yrs	0	1 000
99 yrs	0	1 000
98 yrs	1 000	2 000
97 yrs	1 000	3 000
96 yrs	2 000	5 000
95 yrs	2 000	6 000
94 yrs	4 000	9 000
93 yrs	5 000	12 000
92 yrs	7 000	15 000
91 yrs	9 000	18 000
90 yrs	12 000	22 000
89 yrs	15 000	26 000
88 yrs	18 000	30 000
87 yrs	22 000	33 000
86 yrs	27 000	39 000
85 yrs	31 000	43 000
84 yrs	36 000	48 000
83 yrs	39 000	49 000
82 yrs	44 000	54 000
81 yrs	51 000	61 000
80 yrs	57 000	67 000
79 yrs	57 000	66 000
78 yrs	85 000	95 000
77 yrs	85 000	94 000
76 yrs	84 000	91 000
75 yrs	84 000	90 000
74 yrs	85 000	91 000
73 yrs	87 000	91 000
72 yrs	91 000	96 000
71 yrs	92 000	97 000
70 yrs	95 000	99 000
69 yrs	98 000	102 000
68 yrs	102 000	105 000
67 yrs	105 000	108 000
66 yrs	109 000	111 000
65 yrs	113 000	115 000
64 yrs	115 000	117 000
63 yrs	119 000	121 000
62 yrs	121 000	123 000
61 yrs	125 000	125 000
60 yrs	128 000	127 000
59 yrs	126 000	126 000
58 yrs	125 000	125 000
57 yrs	125 000	125 000
56 yrs	126 000	127 000
55 yrs	132 000	133 000
54 yrs	130 000	131 000
53 yrs	125 000	126 000
52 yrs	119 000	122 000
51 yrs	111 000	113 000
50 yrs	108 000	110 000
49 yrs	104 000	106 000
48 yrs	104 000	105 000
47 yrs	103 000	105 000
46 yrs	105 000	106 000
45 yrs	105 000	106 000
44 yrs	110 000	110 000
43 yrs	108 000	109 000
42 yrs	108 000	107 000
41 yrs	108 000	107 000
40 yrs	112 000	110 000
39 yrs	114 000	112 000
38 yrs	116 000	115 000
37 yrs	118 000	115 000
36 yrs	119 000	116 000
35 yrs	121 000	117 000
34 yrs	125 000	121 000
33 yrs	125 000	121 000
32 yrs	124 000	120 000
31 yrs	123 000	119 000
30 yrs	124 000	119 000
29 yrs	120 000	116 000
28 yrs	120 000	115 000
27 yrs	119 000	116 000
26 yrs	122 000	118 000
25 yrs	122 000	118 000
24 yrs	124 000	121 000
23 yrs	121 000	118 000
22 yrs	120 000	118 000
21 yrs	119 000	117 000
20 yrs	115 000	112 000
19 yrs	112 000	107 000
18 yrs	107 000	100 000
17 yrs	101 000	95 000
16 yrs	102 000	96 000
15 yrs	102 000	96 000
14 yrs	101 000	96 000
13 yrs	98 000	93 000
12 yrs	96 000	92 000
11 yrs	94 000	89 000
10 yrs	95 000	91 000
9 yrs	93 000	88 000
8 yrs	93 000	89 000
7 yrs	92 000	87 000
6 yrs	90 000	86 000
5 yrs	90 000	86 000
4 yrs	89 000	85 000
3 yrs	94 000	90 000
2 yrs	87 000	83 000
1 yrs	85 000	81 000
0 yrs	85 000	81 000

The ‘play’ button shows the development through the years. You can pin an age by clicking on it: for example, you can see how the group of 5-year-olds in 1950 changes through the years. Move the mouse over the pyramid to see how many men and women each age group consists of. The 'surplus' button shows whether there are more men or women per age.

What do you see in the population pyramid?

Each year starts with the number of children who are born. This group moves up to a higher age every year. As age increases, groups get smaller because people pass away. An age group can also become larger due to immigration (mostly immigrants in their twenties and thirties), or smaller due to emigration. If there are more children than elderly people, the chart will have the shape of a true pyramid. Take 1950, for example. Here, the post-war baby boom generation is clearly visible. Nowadays, only the top has a pyramid shape. In the future, it will be more urn-shaped, with a bulge for the age groups between twenty and thirty years.

Men and women

On an annual basis, more boys than girls are born in the Netherlands. On average, men die at a younger age than women. There is a slight ‘male surplus’ until about the age of forty, after which the ratio of men to women almost evens out, tipping over into a ‘female surplus’ by the age of sixty. This surplus then increases with age.