Overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Netherlands
Netherlands: Overcrowding rate by household type - total population was 5.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Netherlands, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Netherlands stood at 5.9%.
The figure is down 13.2% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Netherlands peaked at 7.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2007.
Netherlands ranks 29th of 38 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 3.0% | 5.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 3.2% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.7% | 5.9% | 7.1% | 6 |
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More population data for Netherlands
- World population growth -0.2% (2100)
- Population density 519.97 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 757,165 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.2% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 1.43 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 1.43 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 263,399 people (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 1.43 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 1.42 children per women (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Netherlands?
- Overcrowding rate by household type - total population in Netherlands was 5.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by household type - total population recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by household type - total population recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2007.
- How does Netherlands rank for overcrowding rate by household type - total population?
- Netherlands ranks 29th out of 38 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by household type - total population rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 household type - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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