Babyboomers in the Netherlands: What the statistics say - Cbs

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Model-based calculations For the sake of clarity: these outcomes are based on models of the value of future pension entitlements on the basis of present wages; these do not take into account wage rises and career steps. Average percentage of present income covered by pension, 2008 100 % 80 60 40 20 0 25 to 30 yrs 30 to 35 yrs 35 to 40 yrs 40 to 45 yrs 45 to 50 yrs 50 to 55 yrs 55 to 60 yrs 60 to 65 yrs State pension Other pension Baby boomers 37
Dutch population relatively young 10 The post-war population increase in the Netherlands was unique in western Europe. Although births also peaked in other west European countries during the war – especially in 1943 – and immediately afterwards, the Dutch birth rate in 1946–1956 was unequalled. In the United Kingdom the birth rate (live births per thousand inhabitants) rose in 1946 and 1947, in France and Belgium it rose in from 1946 to 1948. It Spain it started rising in 1943. But nowhere were the rates as high as in the Netherlands. The Dutch maintained this top position in western Europe up to the mid-1950s. After 1970, the rate dropped sharply. Spain had the highest birth rate after 1957, and after 1972 the rate in France was also higher. Spain grew faster It was the combination of relatively high birth rates and relatively low mortality rates that caused the rapid growth – by European standards – of the Dutch population. In the last fifty years the population of the 27 countries of the European Union has increased by almost a quarter (to over half a billion), while that of the Netherlands has grown much more quickly. In the same period, the number of inhabitants in the Netherlands rose from 11.4 million to 16.6 million, an increase of 45 percent. This was not the highest growth rate, though. In addition to a number of small countries, the Spanish population also grew faster, although immigration played a larger role there. The bottom of the growth rate rankings includes most of the countries of eastern Europe. Political and economic conditions there often led to low birth rates, high mortality rates and negative net migration. In spite of this, it is difficult to discover consistent regional growth patterns on the basis of national growth rates. In many south European countries the population did grow relatively strongly, but the reason for the growth in these countries differed considerably. In Spain and Switzerland, for example, extensive immigration in combination with positive natural growth were important factors. In Italy, on the other hand, natural growth has been negative in the last decade (fewer births than deaths) and the Italian population grew only as a result of a migration surplus. Belgium lagging More noticeable are the differences between the Netherlands and its direct neighbours. In this part of Europe, the Netherlands was the only country where natural growth was constantly higher than net
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