25% of Dutch population will be 65 or older in 2030!
Forecast Dutch population: 3.5 Dutch million singles in 2029
The Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has released data on the projected Dutch population growth in Holland in the next 10 years. Population will increase from its present 17.2 million to about 18 million in 2029. The number of households will rise from 7.9 million now to 8.5 million in 2029, and – remarklable – 3.5 million of these households will be singles.
2030 will see an estimated 4.2 million senior citizens – people aged 65 or over which is a respectable 920.000 more than in 2018 – almost 25% of the entire Dutch population.
More elderly than youngsters: in 2030 the number of citizens aged 0-20 will be at the same level as now: about 3,8 million. In 2030 for the first time in history there will be more senior citizens than youngsters.
The number of people aged between 20 and 65 will decrease from 10.1 million tot 10 million (56% of the population. In this age group the number of forty and fifty-aged will decline whilst there will be more thirty plus people.
In short: interesting figures for the travel industry to adept their product offer to these changing age groups
| Forecast growth Dutch population –
sex and age by 2030 |
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| Year 2030 | ||
| Sex | Age | Total number |
| Total number men and women | Total | 18.030.355 |
| Total number men and women | 0Â -20 year | 3.766.335 |
| Total number men and women | 20 – 65 year | 10.030.071 |
| Total number men and women | 65 year or older | 4.233.950 |
| Men | Total | 8.953.885 |
| Men | 0 -20 year | 1.931.896 |
| Men | 20 – 65 year | 5.035.283 |
| Men | 65 year and older | 1.986.706 |
| Women | Total | 9.076.470 |
| Women | 0 – 20 year | 1.834.439 |
| Women | 20 – 65 year | 4.99.4788 |
| Women | 65 year and older | 2.247.243 |
| Sourc CBS | ||
