Note: located at mouths of three major European rivers (Rhine,
Maas or Meuse, Schelde)
- People
Population: 14,936,032 (July 1990), growth rate 0.6% (1990)
Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1990)
Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (1990)
Net migration rate: 2 migrants/1,000 population (1990)
Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)
Life expectancy at birth: 74 years male, 81 years female (1990)
Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1990)
Nationality: noun—Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women); adjective—Dutch
Ethnic divisions: 96% Dutch, 4% Moroccans, Turks, and others (1988)