Population: 14,790,125 (July 1989), growth rate 0.5% (1989)

Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 74 years male, 81 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women); adjective--Dutch

Ethnic divisions: 99% Dutch, 1% Indonesian and other

Religion: 40% Roman Catholic, 31% Protestant, 24% unaffiliated, 5% none

Language: Dutch

Literacy: 99%

Labor force: 5,300,000; 50.1% services, 28.2% manufacturing and construction, 15.9% government, 5.8% agriculture (1986)

Organized labor: 29% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.