Population (total, 1 January)

In 2024, Netherlands's population (total, 1 january) increased by 0.7% compared to 2023, reaching 17,942,942.

Netherlands accounts for 4.0% of the EU-27 total of 449,306,184.

Netherlands ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.8% (from 17,282,163 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.