Population; sex, age and marital status, 1 January; 1950-2019

Population; sex, age and marital status, 1 January; 1950-2019

Sex Age Periods Total population (number) Never married (number) Married (number) Widowed (number) Divorced (number)
Men and women Total population (all ages) 2019 17,282,163 8,374,133 6,706,554 858,443 1,343,033
Men and women 0 years 2019 168,443 168,443
Men and women 1 years 2019 170,816 170,816
Men and women 2 years 2019 174,256 174,256
Men and women 3 years 2019 173,722 173,722
Men and women 4 years 2019 178,825 178,825
Men and women 5 years 2019 175,210 175,210
Men and women 6 years 2019 180,043 180,043
Men and women 7 years 2019 183,815 183,815
Men and women 8 years 2019 188,854 188,854
Men and women 9 years 2019 189,520 189,520
Men and women 10 years 2019 190,090 190,090
Men and women 11 years 2019 186,613 186,613
Men and women 12 years 2019 190,026 190,026
Men and women 13 years 2019 191,909 191,909
Men and women 14 years 2019 197,677 197,677
Men and women 15 years 2019 204,306 204,306
Men and women 16 years 2019 205,638 205,638 0 0 0
Men and women 17 years 2019 207,992 207,992 0 0 0
Men and women 18 years 2019 216,614 216,502 110 0 2
Men and women 19 years 2019 217,469 217,017 444 0 8
Men and women 20 years 2019 218,315 217,074 1,196 3 42
Men and women 21 years 2019 212,979 210,219 2,672 4 84
Men and women 22 years 2019 212,854 207,417 5,256 6 175
Men and women 23 years 2019 214,501 205,301 8,838 6 356
Men and women 24 years 2019 221,276 206,659 13,973 15 629
Men and women 25 years 2019 221,595 200,345 20,265 24 961
Men and women 26 years 2019 224,138 194,835 27,783 32 1,488
Men and women 27 years 2019 227,080 187,756 37,093 36 2,195
Men and women 28 years 2019 228,156 177,641 47,447 49 3,019
Men and women 29 years 2019 220,894 160,595 56,366 55 3,878
Men and women 30 years 2019 218,629 148,570 65,192 88 4,779
Men and women 31 years 2019 218,397 138,229 74,093 107 5,968
Men and women 32 years 2019 217,522 128,060 82,126 153 7,183
Men and women 33 years 2019 212,882 117,903 86,374 176 8,429
Men and women 34 years 2019 209,476 109,245 90,537 181 9,513
Men and women 35 years 2019 203,806 100,883 92,052 252 10,619
Men and women 36 years 2019 204,401 96,100 96,194 270 11,837
Men and women 37 years 2019 208,114 93,193 101,359 345 13,217
Men and women 38 years 2019 210,971 90,462 105,179 403 14,927
Men and women 39 years 2019 204,001 83,514 104,140 477 15,870
Men and women 40 years 2019 203,992 80,101 105,748 586 17,557
Men and women 41 years 2019 201,027 75,450 106,331 548 18,698
Men and women 42 years 2019 202,851 73,497 108,653 735 19,966
Men and women 43 years 2019 204,259 70,356 110,928 876 22,099
Men and women 44 years 2019 213,259 70,066 117,291 1,014 24,888
Men and women 45 years 2019 220,643 69,233 122,535 1,169 27,706
Men and women 46 years 2019 238,587 71,643 133,626 1,387 31,931
Men and women 47 years 2019 249,933 71,144 141,728 1,713 35,348
Men and women 48 years 2019 260,536 70,109 149,622 1,947 38,858
Men and women 49 years 2019 266,020 67,674 154,669 2,408 41,269
Men and women 50 years 2019 254,909 60,410 151,358 2,471 40,670
Men and women 51 years 2019 251,946 56,358 151,224 2,796 41,568
Men and women 52 years 2019 253,097 52,927 154,794 3,280 42,096
Men and women 53 years 2019 256,392 50,186 158,235 3,731 44,240
Men and women 54 years 2019 260,512 48,336 162,809 4,522 44,845
Men and women 55 years 2019 255,864 45,072 161,965 4,868 43,959
Men and women 56 years 2019 250,557 41,409 160,521 5,492 43,135
Men and women 57 years 2019 247,542 38,957 160,446 6,141 41,998
Men and women 58 years 2019 240,203 35,907 157,547 6,849 39,900
Men and women 59 years 2019 237,366 33,850 156,720 7,688 39,108
Men and women 60 years 2019 230,261 30,586 153,999 8,547 37,129
Men and women 61 years 2019 224,577 28,133 151,510 9,171 35,763
Men and women 62 years 2019 219,687 25,479 149,733 10,420 34,055
Men and women 63 years 2019 213,299 23,110 146,552 11,325 32,312
Men and women 64 years 2019 209,015 21,071 144,384 12,329 31,231
Men and women 65 years 2019 204,712 19,271 141,969 13,770 29,702
Men and women 66 years 2019 203,761 17,783 142,045 15,003 28,930
Men and women 67 years 2019 194,999 15,948 136,230 15,718 27,103
Men and women 68 years 2019 194,511 14,675 135,470 17,666 26,700
Men and women 69 years 2019 195,091 13,564 135,932 19,831 25,764
Men and women 70 years 2019 198,650 12,453 138,933 22,400 24,864
Men and women 71 years 2019 206,366 11,861 142,916 26,239 25,350
Men and women 72 years 2019 209,871 11,478 144,639 29,602 24,152
Men and women 73 years 2019 147,392 7,464 100,029 23,433 16,466
Men and women 74 years 2019 151,105 7,181 100,869 26,805 16,250
Men and women 75 years 2019 140,466 6,430 92,035 27,281 14,720
Men and women 76 years 2019 126,649 5,708 80,947 27,151 12,843
Men and women 77 years 2019 117,269 5,146 72,909 27,557 11,657
Men and women 78 years 2019 116,317 5,142 69,989 29,879 11,307
Men and women 79 years 2019 108,025 4,823 62,591 30,756 9,855
Men and women 80 years 2019 101,095 4,372 56,171 31,695 8,857
Men and women 81 years 2019 90,011 4,070 47,686 31,184 7,071
Men and women 82 years 2019 84,177 3,769 42,127 31,842 6,439
Men and women 83 years 2019 76,736 3,592 35,902 31,819 5,423
Men and women 84 years 2019 70,095 3,118 30,671 31,596 4,710
Men and women 85 years 2019 62,552 2,951 24,855 30,875 3,871
Men and women 86 years 2019 57,367 2,820 21,002 30,232 3,313
Men and women 87 years 2019 50,089 2,512 16,613 28,182 2,782
Men and women 88 years 2019 44,093 2,300 12,903 26,619 2,271
Men and women 89 years 2019 35,967 1,845 9,400 22,933 1,789
Men and women 90 years 2019 30,351 1,677 6,804 20,546 1,324
Men and women 91 years 2019 24,104 1,311 4,721 16,959 1,113
Men and women 92 years 2019 19,691 1,176 3,292 14,413 810
Men and women 93 years 2019 15,081 946 2,133 11,353 649
Men and women 94 years 2019 11,736 712 1,320 9,266 438
Men and women 95 years 2019 8,705 526 879 6,925 375
Men and women 96 years 2019 6,138 408 420 5,082 228
Men and women 97 years 2019 4,159 260 268 3,473 158
Men and women 98 years 2019 2,826 170 148 2,393 115
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains the registered population in The Netherlands on 1 January by sex, age and marital status.

Data available from: 1950-2019.

Status of the figures:
All data recorded in this publication are final data.

Changes as of 13 December 2019:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

Description topics

Total population
Data refer to 1 January.

Population:
The number of people residing in the Netherlands. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants of a given area are the people registered in the population register, whose address is located in that area.
Never married
Never married population.

Break in series
From 2010 onwards a small shift has occurred between a number of marital statuses (fewer never married and more divorced and widowed respectively). Because information on some marital statuses was lacking for the period 1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, 'divorces after partnership' and 'widowed after partnership' were not included in these statistics for this period. For these statistics, the marital status before the partnership was used instead, which was mostly 'never married'. From 2010 all marital statuses are available.

Population:
The number of people residing in The Netherlands. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Never married:
From 2010: marital status indicating that someone was never married or never in a registered partnership.
1998 until 2010: marital status indicating that someone was never married or never in a registered partnership.
Because information was lacking on some marital statuses in the period 1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, 'widowed after partnership' and 'divorces after partnership' were not included in this period in these statistics. For these statistics this means that the marital status before the partnership was used, wich was mostly unmarried.
Until 1998: marital status indicating that someone was never married.

Marriage:
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people. Since 1 April 2001, it is legally possible for people in the Netherlands to marry a person of the same sex.

Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registered partnership was introduced in The Netherlands on 1 January 1998.
Married
Married population.

Break in series
From 2010 onwards a small shift has occurred between a number of marital statuses (fewer never married and more divorced and widowed respectively). Because information on some marital statuses was lacking for the period 1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, 'divorces after partnership' and 'widowed after partnership' were not included in these statistics for this period. For these statistics, the marital status before the partnership was used instead, which was mostly 'never married'. From 2010 all marital statuses are available.

Population:
The number of people residing in The Netherlands. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Married:
From 1998: legally married and partnership.
Until 1998: legally married.

Legally married:
Marital status resulting from having married legally. Including judicial separations which are included in the catagory married.

Partnership:
Marital status resulting from entering into a registered partnership.

Marriage:
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people. Since 1 April 2001, it is legally possible for people in the Netherlands to marry a person of the same sex.

Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registered partnership was introduced in The Netherlands on 1 January 1998.
Widowed
Widowed population.

Break in series
From 2010 onwards a small shift has occurred between a number of marital statuses (fewer never married and more divorced and widowed respectively). Because information on some marital statuses was lacking for the period 1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, 'divorces after partnership' and 'widowed after partnership' were not included in these statistics for this period. For these statistics, the marital status before the partnership was used instead, which was mostly 'never married'. From 2010 all marital statuses are available.

Population:
The number of people residing in The Netherlands. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Widowed:
From 2010: widowed after a legal marriage and widowed after a partnership.
Until 2010: widowed after a legal marriage. Because information was lacking on some marital statuses in the period
1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, widowed after a partnership is not included in this period in these statistics.

Widowed after a legal marriage:
Marital status resulting from death ending a legal marriage.

Widowed after a partnership:
Marital status resulting from death ending a registered partnership.

Marriage:
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people. Since 1 April 2001, it is legally possible for people in the Netherlands to marry a person of the same sex.

Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registered partnership was introduced in The Netherlands on 1 January 1998.
Divorced
Divorced population.

Break in series
From 2010 onwards a small shift has occurred between a number of marital statuses (fewer never married and more divorced and widowed respectively). Because information on some marital statuses was lacking for the period 1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, 'divorces after partnership' and 'widowed after partnership' were not included in these statistics for this period. For these statistics, the marital status before the partnership was used instead, which was mostly 'never married'. From 2010 all marital statuses are available.

Population:
The number of people residing in The Netherlands. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Divorced:
From 2010: divorced after legal marriage and divorced after partnership.
Until 2010: divorced after legal marriage. Because information was lacking on some marital statuses in the period
1998 to 2010 in data used by Statistics Netherlands, divorced after partnership is not included in this period in these statistics.

Divorced after a legal marriage
Marital status resulting from ending a legal marriage by divorce. Excluding judicial separations which are included in the catagory married.

Divorced after a partnership
Marital status resulting from ending a registered partnership other than by the death of the partner.

Marriage:
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people. Since 1 April 2001, it is legally possible for people in the Netherlands to marry a person of the same sex.

Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registered partnership was introduced in The Netherlands on 1 January 1998.