Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Netherlands
Netherlands: Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population was 4.1 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Netherlands, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 4.1 for overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in 2025.
That represents a change of down 10.9% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Netherlands peaked at 4.8 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.7, in 2008.
That places Netherlands 36th out of 37 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1.9 | — |
| 2006 | 1.8 | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 1.9 | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 1.7 | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 1.7 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2 | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 1.7 | -15.0% |
| 2012 | 2.5 | +47.1% |
| 2013 | 2.6 | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 3.5 | +34.6% |
| 2015 | 3.3 | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 4 | +21.2% |
| 2017 | 4.1 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 4.1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4.8 | +17.1% |
| 2020 | 4.8 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3.4 | -29.2% |
| 2022 | 2.9 | -14.7% |
| 2023 | 3.8 | +31.0% |
| 2024 | 4.6 | +21.1% |
| 2025 | 4.1 | -10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.26 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.93 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 6 |
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More population data for Netherlands
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.5458 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.1961 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.1463 % change on previous year (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.2761 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population growth rate -0.201 (2100)
- Population density 519.97 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 757,165 (2100)
- Population growth rate by level of development -0.201 (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban and rural population 2050, per capita 0.0412 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Netherlands?
- Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Netherlands was 4.1 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8 in 2019.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7 in 2008.
- How does Netherlands rank for overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population?
- Netherlands ranks 36th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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