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Belgium vs Netherlands: Health & Population

This page compares Belgium and Netherlands across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Belgium Netherlands Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 32.40 31.79 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 82.30 81.97 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 73.08 64.15 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 87.61 95.64 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.69 50.32 Compare →
Population, male 5.85M 8.94M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.31 49.68 Compare →
Rural population 1.47M 784,579.00 Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 12.39 4.36 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.74 0.98 Compare →
Urban population 10.39M 17.21M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.44 1.43 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 43.50 43.63 Compare →
Population, total 11.86M 17.99M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 20.56 20.50 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 16.00 15.03 Compare →
Net migration 31,989.00 104,681.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 3.50 1.75 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.20 9.20 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.50 9.60 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 84.40 83.40 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 80.30 80.60 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 92.37 92.42 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 87.65 89.85 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 927,205.00 1.32M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 15.42 14.57 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 969,713.00 1.38M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 16.58 15.49 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 1.90M 2.70M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 3.74M 5.77M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 62.17 63.67 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 3.79M 5.84M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.76 65.29 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 7.52M 11.60M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 63.45 64.48 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 1.35M 1.97M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 22.41 21.76 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 1.09M 1.72M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 18.66 19.22 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 2.44M 3.69M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.05 1.05 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 57.61 55.09 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 25.21 23.30 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.67 0.65 Compare →
Population, female 6.01M 9.05M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 20.00 16.20 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 2.35M 2.96M Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 100.00 100.00 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 99.49 97.66 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 5.90 5.00 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) 0.17 -6.38 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 187.00 258.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 93.00 136.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 3.10 3.40 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.40 0.50 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.00 1.10 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 1.60 1.50 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 3.30 3.50 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 4.10 4.20 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2.20 2.60 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2.80 3.10 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.50 3.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 3.70 3.90 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 41.00 65.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 53.00 93.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 135.00 215.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 213.00 357.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 318.00 577.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 385.00 661.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 225.00 450.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.30 0.40 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.00 0.01 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 3.57 3.88 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 4.00 4.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 4.00 7.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 21,405.00 18,117.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 10.80 10.01 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 86.00 85.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 96.00 89.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 41.33 43.33 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 97.00 91.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 13.90 16.50 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 15.00 16.50 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 15.10 16.50 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 17.40 15.50 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 5.80 4.00 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 5.42 2.42 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 97.00 89.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 14.83 13.59 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 4.25 3.95 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 9.43 8.71 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 9.20 9.90 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.42 0.08 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.33 0.11 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.52 0.05 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 26.25 15.45 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 18.36 11.50 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 10.69 7.62 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 17.90 16.46 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 6.24 5.38 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 75.85 78.16 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 7.40 8.80 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 11.00 11.00 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 19.40 15.50 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 15.30 13.10 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 11.90 11.10 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 5.30 3.40 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.