this statistic on the life expectancy at birth in the Netherlands shows, women in the Netherlands live some four years longer than men. For this reason it is not surprising that the number of women living in the Netherlands is larger than the number of men. According to a recent forecast, the life expectancy is likely to increase even further in the future, narrowing the gap between the genders to approximately 2.8 years in 2060, but not completely eliminating it.
On January 1, 2022, approximately 8.75 million people living in the Netherlands were male and roughly 8.85 million were female, making the female population in the Netherlands the majority. As Population of the Netherlands in 2022, by gender
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (August 22, 2022). Population of the Netherlands in 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/519796/population-of-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Population of the Netherlands in 2022, by gender." Chart. August 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/519796/population-of-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2022). Population of the Netherlands in 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/519796/population-of-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Population of The Netherlands in 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/519796/population-of-the-netherlands-by-gender/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Population of the Netherlands in 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/519796/population-of-the-netherlands-by-gender/ (last visited May 31, 2023)
Population of the Netherlands in 2022, by gender [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, August 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/519796/population-of-the-netherlands-by-gender/