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Life expectancy at birth (in years), 2023: 81.9 years
Share of the population aged 65 and over
– 2050: 24.62%
– 2023: 20.1%
Share of the population 80 and over
– 2050: 10.14%
– 2023: 4.9%
People aged 65 and over rating their health as poor or very poor, by income quintile (%), 2024
– Total: 8%
– Lowest income quintile: 10.6%
– Highest income quintile: 3.5%
Activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living limitations in adults aged 65 and over (%), 2021-2022
– Some limitations: 16.42%
– Severe limitations: 0.97%
– Total: 17.39%
Registered dementia prevalence among people aged 65 and over (rate per 1,000 population aged 65 and over), 2022: 73.04
People aged 65 and over receiving long-term care (%)
– 2023: 11.3%
– 2013: 19.0%
Long-term care recipients aged 65 and over receiving care at home (%)
– 2023: 64.7%
– 2013: 70.5%
Unmet long-term care needs among people living at home aged 65 and above with some limitations in activities of daily living, 2021-2022 (%)
– Unmet LTC needs among those with at least one ADL/IADL limitations: 49.12%
– Unmet LTC needs among those with at least three ADL/IADL limitations: 42.48%
Long-term care workers per 100 people aged 65 and over
– 2023: 8.30
– 2013: 9.20
Long-term care beds in institutions and hospitals per 1,000 population aged 65 years or over
– 2021-2022: 72.6
– 2013: 87.1

Source: OECD (2025), Health at a Glance 2025: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/8f9e3f98-en.

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Population, Midyear 2022: 17,564,014
Population Density (Number of Persons per Square Kilometer): 521.64
Life Expectancy at Birth, 2022: 82.45
Projected Population, Midyear 2030: 17,943,803
Percentage of Total Population Aged 65 and Older, Midyear 2022: 20.31%
Projected Percentage of Total Population Aged 65 and Older, Midyear 2030: 23.86%
Projected Percentage of Total Population Aged 65 and Older, Midyear 2050: 27.16%

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2023). Data Portal, custom data acquired via website. United Nations: New York. Accessed 12 May 2023.

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“Important demographic trends are ageing and decreasing growth of the population and urbanization. Since the 1980s the proportion of children has steadily decreased, while the proportion of seniors increased (see Table 1.1). In the same period the annual population growth fell strongly to 0.3% in 2014, which is half the average growth among high-income OECD countries.”

Source: Kroneman M, Boerma W, van den Berg M, Groenewegen P, de Jong J, van Ginneken E (2016). The Netherlands: health system review. Health Systems in Transition, 2016; 18(2):1–239.

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