Population: 15,022,393 (July 1991), growth rate 0.6% (1991)

Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 74 years male, 81 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1991)

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

Ethnic divisions: Dutch 96%, Moroccans, Turks, and other 4% (1988)

Religion: Roman Catholic 36%, Protestant 27%, other 6%, unaffiliated 31% (1988)

Language: Dutch

Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1979 est.)

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

Organized labor: 29% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.