In 2021, 168 thousand children were born in the Netherlands and 169 thousand died, thus the death rate in the kingdom exceeded the birth rate for the first time since 1900. This is mentioned area The country’s Central Bureau of Statistics.
It is assumed that this may be due to the fact that a large number of citizens have died due to coronavirus infection. Despite this, experts warn that the birth rate in the country has been declining for many years, while the death rate is the opposite.
At the same time, the population of the Netherlands continues to increase, under the influence of this migration. Now 17.8 million people live in the kingdom. Last year, the population of the country increased by 227 thousand people.
Previously reported500 people die every week in Britain due to delays in emergency medical care.