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Average age of the population in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2023

Characteristic	Average age
2023	42.5
2022	42.4
2021	42.3
2020	42.2
2019	42
2018	41.8
2017	41.6
2016	41.5
2015	41.3
2014	41
2013	40.8
2012	40.6
2011	40.3
2010	40.1
2009	39.9
2008	39.7
2007	39.5
2006	39.2
2005	39
2004	38.7
2003	38.6
2002	38.4
2001	38.3
2000	38.2
1999	38
1998	37.9
1997	37.7
1996	37.6
1995	37.4
1994	37.2
1993	37.1
1992	36.9
1991	36.8
1990	36.6
1989	36.4
1988	36.2
1987	36.1
1986	35.9
1985	35.6
1984	35.4
1983	35.1
1982	34.9
1981	34.6
1980	34.4
1979	34.2
1978	34
1977	33.7
1976	33.5
1975	33.2
1974	33
1973	32.8
1972	32.7
1971	32.6
1970	32.5
1969	32.4
1968	32.3
1967	32.2
1966	32.1
1965	32
1964	32
1963	31.9
1962	31.9
1961	31.8
1960	31.7
1959	31.6
1958	31.6
1957	31.5
1956	31.4
1955	31.3
1954	31.2
1953	31.1
1952	31
1951	30.8
1950	30.8

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August 2023

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

1950 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Data valid as of January 1 of each year indicated.

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In the last decade, the average age of the Dutch population increased year on year. Whereas the population had an average age of around 30.8 years in 1950, the average age reached 42.5 years by 2023. As a result, in this period the grey population pressure (the ratio of the non-working population compared to the working population) increased as well.

 Historical development 

  Since the 1950s, the average age of the population has increased significantly. In nearly 70 years, the population’s average age grew by over ten years. This also caused a more than doubling of the grey population pressure in the country in this period, from 14 percent in 1950 to 33.1 percent in 2020. By 2060, the grey population pressure in the Netherlands is forecast to reach nearly 50 percent, meaning that for every working person in the country, there will also be a non-working person.

Comparison to Belgium

  The average age of the population in the Netherlands was comparable to the average age of the population in neighboring country Belgium, which reached 41.87 years in 2020. In Belgium too, the average age of the population is expected to increase in the future. By 2022, the average age here is forecast to reach 42.08 years.