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NETHERLANDS

The people of The Netherlands are almost all Dutch. There are small minorities of Moroccans, Turks, Surinamese.
POPULATION GRAPH
Population:
16,067,754 (July 2002 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 18.3% (male 1,502,687; female 1,437,141)
15-64 years: 67.9% (male 5,548,188; female 5,362,412)
65 years and over: 13.8% (male 913,020; female 1,304,306) (2002 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.53% (2002 est.)
Birth rate:
11.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Death rate:
8.67 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
4.31 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.58 years
female: 81.59 years (2002 est.)
male: 75.7 years
Total fertility rate:
1.65 children born/woman (2002 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.19% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
15,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
100 (1999 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%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998)
Languages:
Dutch
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (2000 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%