!!!Netherlands: People & Society ||Population|17,016,967 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women) \\ ''adjective'': Dutch \\ ||Ethnic groups|Dutch 78.6%, EU 5.8%, Turkish 2.4%, Indonesian 2.2%, Moroccan 2.2%, Surinamese 2.1%, Bonairian, Saba Islander, Sint Eustatian 0.8%, other 5.9% (2014 est.) ||Languages|Dutch (official) \\ ''__note__'': Frisian is an official language in Fryslan province; Frisian, Low Saxon, Limburgish, Romani, and Yiddish have protected status under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; Dutch is the official language of the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands, while English is a recognized regional language on Sint Eustatius and Saba and Papiamento is a recognized regional language on Bonaire \\ ||Religions|Roman Catholic 28%, Protestant 19% (includes Dutch Reformed 9%, Protestant Church of The Netherlands, 7%, Calvinist 3%), other 11% (includes about 5% Muslim and fewer numbers of Hindu, Buddhist, Jehovah's Witness, and Orthodox), none 42% (2009 est.) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 16.56% (male 1,442,059/female 1,375,479) \\ ''15-24 years'': 12.11% (male 1,050,889/female 1,010,596) \\ ''25-54 years'': 39.83% (male 3,400,998/female 3,377,311) \\ ''55-64 years'': 13.14% (male 1,113,587/female 1,123,165) \\ ''65 years and over'': 18.35% (male 1,411,830/female 1,711,053) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 53.3% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 25.3% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 27.9% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 3.6% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 42.5 years \\ ''male'': 41.4 years \\ ''female'': 43.4 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|0.4% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|10.9 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|8.8 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|an area known as the Randstad, anchored by the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague, and Utrecht, is the most densely populated region; the north tends to be less dense, though sizeable communities can be found throughout the entire country ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 90.5% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 1.05% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|AMSTERDAM (capital) 1.091 million; Rotterdam 993,000; The Hague (seat of government) 650,000 (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.01 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.99 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.82 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.98 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|29.4 (2011 est.) ||Maternal mortality rate|7 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 81.3 years \\ ''male'': 79.2 years \\ ''female'': 83.6 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.78 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|69% \\ ''__note__'': percent of women aged 18-45 (2008) \\ ||Health expenditures|10.9% of GDP (2014) ||Hospital bed density|4.7 beds/1,000 population (2009) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 100% of population \\ rural: 100% of population \\ total: 100% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0% of population \\ rural: 0% of population \\ total: 0% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 97.5% of population \\ rural: 99.9% of population \\ total: 97.7% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 2.5% of population \\ rural: 0.1% of population \\ total: 2.3% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|21.9% (2014) ||Education expenditures|5.6% of GDP (2013) ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 18 years \\ ''male'': 18 years \\ ''female'': 18 years (2012) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 10.5% \\ ''male'': 9.7% \\ ''female'': 11.3% (2014 est.) \\