Netherlands People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 14,536,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 0.4%

Nationality: noun—Netherlander(s); adjective—Netherlands

Ethnic divisions: 99% Dutch, 1% Indonesian and other

Religion: 40% Roman Catholic, 31% Protestant, 24% unaffiliated

Language: Dutch

Infant mortality rate: 8 4/1,000(1983)

Life expectancy: 76

Literary: 99%

Labor force: 5.9 million (1984); 57% services, 30% manufacturing and construction, 6%

transportation and communications, 5% agriculture; 12.5% unemployed September 1985

Organized labor: 33% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.