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Introduction

Geography

People

Government

Economy

Communications

Transportation

Military

Transnational Issues
   

 
People:
Population: 16,570,613 (July 2007 est.)

Age Structure: 
0-14 years: 17.8% (male 1,505,931/female 1,436,532)
15-64 years: 67.8% (male 5,683,877/female 5,557,745)
65 years and over: 14.4% (male 1,015,731/female 1,370,797) (2007 est.)

Median Age: 
total: 39.7 years
male: 38.9 years
female: 40.5 years (2007 est.) 

Population Growth Rate: 0.464% (2007 est.)

Birth Rate: 10.7 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death Rate: 8.69 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net Migration rate: 2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex Ratio: 
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.048 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.023 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.741 male(s)/female
total population: 0.981 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate: 
total: 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life Expectancy at birth: 
total population: 79.11 years
male: 76.52 years
female: 81.82 years (2007 est.)

Total Fertility Rate: 1.66 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 19,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (2003 est.)

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

Ethnic Groups: Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese, and Indonesians) (1999 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 31%, Dutch Reformed 13%, Calvinist 7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 2.5%, none 41% (2002)

Languages: Dutch (official), Frisian (official)

Literacy: 
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 2008.

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