Haiti vs Netherlands Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Haiti vs the Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age
	Haiti	Netherlands
1960	19.5	28.8
1961	19.5	28.8
1962	19.5	28.7
1963	19.5	28.7
1964	19.5	28.6
1965	19.5	28.6
1966	19.4	28.6
1967	19.4	28.5
1968	19.4	28.6
1969	19.4	28.6
1970	19.4	28.6
1971	19.4	28.7
1972	19.3	28.9
1973	19.3	29
1974	19.3	29.3
1975	19.3	29.4
1976	19.3	29.8
1977	19.3	30.3
1978	19.3	30.7
1979	19.2	31
1980	19.2	31.3
1981	19.2	31.6
1982	19.2	31.9
1983	19.1	32.3
1984	19.1	32.6
1985	19.1	32.9
1986	19	33.2
1987	19	33.5
1988	19	33.8
1989	18.9	34.1
1990	18.9	34.3
1991	18.9	34.6
1992	18.9	34.8
1993	18.9	35.1
1994	18.9	35.4
1995	19	35.7
1996	19	36.1
1997	19.1	36.4
1998	19.2	36.7
1999	19.3	37
2000	19.4	37.3
2001	19.5	37.5
2002	19.7	37.8
2003	19.8	38.1
2004	20	38.5
2005	20.2	38.9
2006	20.4	39.3
2007	20.6	39.7
2008	20.9	40
2009	21.1	40.3
2010	21.3	40.7
2011	21.6	41
2012	21.8	41.3
2013	22	41.6
2014	22.3	41.8
2015	22.5	42
2016	22.8	42.2
2017	23	42.3
2018	23.3	42.4
2019	23.5	42.5
2020	23.8	42.5
2021	24	42.6
2022	24.3	42.5
2023	24.5	42.4
2024	24.8	42.4
2025	25.1	42.5
2026	25.3	42.5
2027	25.6	42.6
2028	25.9	42.7
2029	26.2	42.8
2030	26.5	43
2031	26.7	43.1
2032	27	43.3
2033	27.3	43.5
2034	27.6	43.6
2035	27.9	43.8
2036	28.1	44
2037	28.4	44.2
2038	28.7	44.4
2039	29	44.6
2040	29.3	44.7
2041	29.6	44.9
2042	29.9	45.1
2043	30.2	45.2
2044	30.5	45.4
2045	30.7	45.6
2046	31	45.8
2047	31.3	46
2048	31.6	46.2
2049	31.8	46.3
2050	32.1	46.5

In 1960, the median age in Haiti was 19.5 years compared to 28.8 years in the Netherlands. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 24.8 years in Haiti and to 42.4 years in the Netherlands.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Haiti is expected to increased to around 32.1 years by 2050 compared to 46.5 years in the Netherlands. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Haiti		Netherlands
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	5.28%	5.17%	2.51%	2.39%
5-9	5.26%	5.18%	2.54%	2.42%
10-14	5.19%	5.12%	2.65%	2.52%
15-19	4.96%	4.91%	2.84%	2.72%
20-24	4.67%	4.66%	3.3%	3.19%
25-29	4.34%	4.36%	3.41%	3.33%
30-34	4.03%	4.07%	3.46%	3.37%
35-39	3.53%	3.58%	3.25%	3.18%
40-44	2.95%	3.02%	3.02%	3%
45-49	2.46%	2.54%	2.88%	2.9%
50-54	1.99%	2.09%	3.36%	3.39%
55-59	1.59%	1.73%	3.55%	3.54%
60-64	1.23%	1.4%	3.38%	3.42%
65-69	0.89%	1.09%	2.9%	2.98%
70-74	0.58%	0.77%	2.48%	2.61%
75-79	0.33%	0.48%	2.12%	2.37%
80+	0.21%	0.35%	2.05%	2.99%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Haiti has average demographic potential with 67.2% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 40.7% and low potential in the Netherlands.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Haiti			Netherlands
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	78.3%	72.5%	5.83%	63.9%	49.1%	14.7%
1961	78.5%	72.7%	5.88%	63.4%	48.5%	14.9%
1962	78.8%	72.9%	5.95%	62.3%	47.3%	15%
1963	79.1%	73.1%	6.04%	61.6%	46.4%	15.1%
1964	79.5%	73.3%	6.14%	61.1%	45.9%	15.3%
1965	79.9%	73.6%	6.26%	60.9%	45.5%	15.4%
1966	80.2%	73.8%	6.4%	60.6%	45%	15.5%
1967	80.5%	73.9%	6.53%	60.4%	44.7%	15.7%
1968	80.7%	74%	6.68%	60.3%	44.3%	16%
1969	80.9%	74.1%	6.82%	60.1%	44%	16.1%
1970	81.1%	74.1%	6.94%	59.9%	43.6%	16.3%
1971	81.2%	74.2%	7.06%	59.5%	43.2%	16.4%
1972	81.4%	74.2%	7.17%	59.1%	42.6%	16.5%
1973	81.6%	74.3%	7.27%	58.4%	41.8%	16.6%
1974	81.8%	74.4%	7.35%	57.6%	40.8%	16.8%
1975	82%	74.5%	7.43%	56.6%	39.7%	16.9%
1976	82.2%	74.7%	7.49%	55.5%	38.5%	16.9%
1977	82.4%	74.9%	7.54%	54.3%	37.3%	17%
1978	82.6%	75.1%	7.58%	53.3%	36.1%	17.2%
1979	82.8%	75.2%	7.6%	52.2%	34.9%	17.3%
1980	83%	75.4%	7.61%	51.1%	33.8%	17.4%
1981	83.1%	75.5%	7.6%	50.1%	32.7%	17.4%
1982	83.3%	75.7%	7.58%	49.2%	31.7%	17.5%
1983	83.4%	75.9%	7.55%	48.1%	30.6%	17.5%
1984	83.6%	76.1%	7.51%	47%	29.5%	17.5%
1985	83.8%	76.3%	7.46%	46.1%	28.5%	17.6%
1986	83.9%	76.5%	7.39%	45.5%	27.7%	17.8%
1987	84.1%	76.7%	7.32%	45.1%	27.1%	17.9%
1988	84.1%	76.9%	7.25%	44.9%	26.8%	18.1%
1989	84.2%	77%	7.16%	45%	26.6%	18.4%
1990	84.1%	77.1%	7.07%	45.2%	26.7%	18.5%
1991	84%	77.1%	6.97%	45.4%	26.8%	18.7%
1992	83.8%	76.9%	6.87%	45.7%	26.9%	18.8%
1993	83.4%	76.7%	6.77%	45.9%	27%	18.9%
1994	83%	76.3%	6.68%	46.2%	27.1%	19.1%
1995	82.4%	75.8%	6.6%	46.5%	27.2%	19.3%
1996	81.8%	75.3%	6.53%	46.7%	27.2%	19.4%
1997	81.1%	74.7%	6.48%	46.9%	27.3%	19.6%
1998	80.4%	73.9%	6.44%	47.2%	27.4%	19.7%
1999	79.5%	73.1%	6.41%	47.4%	27.6%	19.8%
2000	78.6%	72.3%	6.39%	47.6%	27.7%	19.9%
2001	77.7%	71.3%	6.39%	47.7%	27.8%	20%
2002	76.6%	70.2%	6.4%	47.8%	27.7%	20.1%
2003	75.4%	69%	6.43%	47.9%	27.7%	20.2%
2004	74.2%	67.7%	6.45%	48%	27.6%	20.5%
2005	72.8%	66.4%	6.46%	48.2%	27.4%	20.8%
2006	71.6%	65.1%	6.48%	48.2%	27.1%	21.1%
2007	70.4%	63.9%	6.5%	48.3%	26.8%	21.4%
2008	69.2%	62.7%	6.53%	48.4%	26.6%	21.8%
2009	68.2%	61.6%	6.56%	48.6%	26.4%	22.3%
2010	67.1%	60.6%	6.54%	48.9%	26.2%	22.8%
2011	66.1%	59.5%	6.52%	49.6%	26.1%	23.5%
2012	65.1%	58.6%	6.55%	50.6%	26%	24.6%
2013	64.2%	57.6%	6.59%	51.4%	25.9%	25.6%
2014	63.3%	56.7%	6.63%	52%	25.6%	26.4%
2015	62.4%	55.7%	6.68%	52.4%	25.4%	27.1%
2016	61.6%	54.9%	6.74%	52.7%	25.1%	27.6%
2017	60.9%	54.1%	6.81%	53%	24.8%	28.2%
2018	60.2%	53.3%	6.89%	53.3%	24.5%	28.7%
2019	59.5%	52.5%	6.97%	53.5%	24.2%	29.3%
2020	58.8%	51.8%	7.04%	53.8%	24%	29.8%
2021	58.1%	51%	7.09%	54.2%	23.9%	30.3%
2022	57.4%	50.3%	7.15%	54.4%	23.7%	30.7%
2023	56.7%	49.5%	7.24%	54.6%	23.5%	31.2%
2024	56%	48.7%	7.34%	55.1%	23.3%	31.8%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Haiti decreased from 74.2% to 56% between 2004 and 2024.

In the Netherlands, the ratio of dependent people increased from 48% to 55.1% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Haiti	Netherlands
1960	56.1%	61%
1961	56%	61.2%
1962	55.9%	61.6%
1963	55.8%	61.9%
1964	55.7%	62.1%
1965	55.6%	62.2%
1966	55.5%	62.3%
1967	55.4%	62.3%
1968	55.3%	62.4%
1969	55.3%	62.5%
1970	55.2%	62.5%
1971	55.2%	62.7%
1972	55.1%	62.9%
1973	55.1%	63.1%
1974	55%	63.5%
1975	55%	63.9%
1976	54.9%	64.3%
1977	54.8%	64.8%
1978	54.7%	65.2%
1979	54.7%	65.7%
1980	54.7%	66.2%
1981	54.6%	66.6%
1982	54.6%	67%
1983	54.5%	67.5%
1984	54.5%	68%
1985	54.4%	68.5%
1986	54.4%	68.7%
1987	54.3%	68.9%
1988	54.3%	69%
1989	54.3%	69%
1990	54.3%	68.9%
1991	54.3%	68.8%
1992	54.4%	68.6%
1993	54.5%	68.5%
1994	54.7%	68.4%
1995	54.8%	68.3%
1996	55%	68.2%
1997	55.2%	68.1%
1998	55.4%	68%
1999	55.7%	67.8%
2000	56%	67.8%
2001	56.3%	67.7%
2002	56.6%	67.7%
2003	57%	67.6%
2004	57.4%	67.5%
2005	57.9%	67.5%
2006	58.3%	67.5%
2007	58.7%	67.5%
2008	59.1%	67.4%
2009	59.5%	67.3%
2010	59.8%	67.1%
2011	60.2%	66.8%
2012	60.6%	66.4%
2013	60.9%	66%
2014	61.2%	65.8%
2015	61.6%	65.6%
2016	61.9%	65.5%
2017	62.2%	65.4%
2018	62.4%	65.2%
2019	62.7%	65.1%
2020	63%	65%
2021	63.2%	64.9%
2022	63.5%	64.7%
2023	63.8%	64.7%
2024	64.1%	64.5%
2025	64.4%	64.2%
2026	64.7%	63.9%
2027	65.1%	63.5%
2028	65.4%	63.1%
2029	65.6%	62.7%
2030	65.9%	62.3%
2031	66.2%	61.9%
2032	66.4%	61.5%
2033	66.6%	61.2%
2034	66.9%	60.8%
2035	67.1%	60.4%
2036	67.2%	60.2%
2037	67.4%	60%
2038	67.5%	59.8%
2039	67.7%	59.7%
2040	67.8%	59.7%
2041	67.9%	59.7%
2042	68%	59.7%
2043	68%	59.8%
2044	68.1%	59.8%
2045	68.1%	59.8%
2046	68.2%	59.8%
2047	68.2%	59.9%
2048	68.2%	59.9%
2049	68.2%	59.9%
2050	68.2%	59.9%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 57.4% to 64.1% in Haiti and from 67.5% to 64.5% in the Netherlands.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Haiti	Netherlands
1960	40.6%	30%
1961	40.7%	29.7%
1962	40.8%	29.1%
1963	40.8%	28.7%
1964	40.9%	28.5%
1965	40.9%	28.3%
1966	40.9%	28.1%
1967	41%	27.8%
1968	41%	27.6%
1969	41%	27.5%
1970	40.9%	27.3%
1971	40.9%	27.1%
1972	40.9%	26.8%
1973	40.9%	26.4%
1974	40.9%	25.9%
1975	41%	25.3%
1976	41%	24.8%
1977	41.1%	24.2%
1978	41.1%	23.5%
1979	41.1%	22.9%
1980	41.2%	22.3%
1981	41.2%	21.8%
1982	41.3%	21.3%
1983	41.4%	20.7%
1984	41.4%	20.1%
1985	41.5%	19.5%
1986	41.6%	19.1%
1987	41.7%	18.7%
1988	41.8%	18.5%
1989	41.8%	18.4%
1990	41.9%	18.4%
1991	41.9%	18.4%
1992	41.9%	18.5%
1993	41.8%	18.5%
1994	41.7%	18.6%
1995	41.6%	18.6%
1996	41.4%	18.6%
1997	41.2%	18.6%
1998	41%	18.6%
1999	40.7%	18.7%
2000	40.4%	18.8%
2001	40.1%	18.8%
2002	39.7%	18.8%
2003	39.3%	18.7%
2004	38.9%	18.6%
2005	38.4%	18.5%
2006	37.9%	18.3%
2007	37.5%	18.1%
2008	37.1%	17.9%
2009	36.6%	17.7%
2010	36.2%	17.6%
2011	35.9%	17.4%
2012	35.5%	17.3%
2013	35.1%	17.1%
2014	34.7%	16.9%
2015	34.3%	16.6%
2016	33.9%	16.4%
2017	33.6%	16.2%
2018	33.3%	16%
2019	32.9%	15.8%
2020	32.6%	15.6%
2021	32.3%	15.5%
2022	31.9%	15.4%
2023	31.6%	15.2%
2024	31.2%	15%
2025	30.8%	14.9%
2026	30.4%	14.9%
2027	30%	14.8%
2028	29.6%	14.8%
2029	29.2%	14.8%
2030	28.8%	14.8%
2031	28.5%	14.8%
2032	28.1%	14.7%
2033	27.8%	14.7%
2034	27.4%	14.7%
2035	27.1%	14.7%
2036	26.8%	14.7%
2037	26.5%	14.6%
2038	26.3%	14.6%
2039	26%	14.6%
2040	25.7%	14.5%
2041	25.5%	14.5%
2042	25.2%	14.4%
2043	25%	14.4%
2044	24.8%	14.3%
2045	24.5%	14.2%
2046	24.3%	14.1%
2047	24.1%	14.1%
2048	23.8%	14%
2049	23.6%	13.9%
2050	23.4%	13.8%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 31.2% in Haiti and 15% in The Netherlands. Birth rates in Haiti compared to The Netherlands .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Haiti	Netherlands
1960	3.27%	9%
1961	3.29%	9.14%
1962	3.33%	9.26%
1963	3.37%	9.36%
1964	3.42%	9.47%
1965	3.48%	9.57%
1966	3.55%	9.67%
1967	3.62%	9.81%
1968	3.7%	9.95%
1969	3.77%	10.1%
1970	3.84%	10.2%
1971	3.9%	10.3%
1972	3.95%	10.4%
1973	4%	10.5%
1974	4.05%	10.7%
1975	4.08%	10.8%
1976	4.11%	10.9%
1977	4.13%	11%
1978	4.15%	11.2%
1979	4.16%	11.4%
1980	4.16%	11.5%
1981	4.15%	11.6%
1982	4.14%	11.7%
1983	4.12%	11.8%
1984	4.09%	11.9%
1985	4.06%	12%
1986	4.02%	12.2%
1987	3.98%	12.4%
1988	3.93%	12.5%
1989	3.89%	12.7%
1990	3.84%	12.8%
1991	3.79%	12.8%
1992	3.74%	12.9%
1993	3.69%	13%
1994	3.65%	13%
1995	3.62%	13.1%
1996	3.59%	13.2%
1997	3.58%	13.3%
1998	3.57%	13.4%
1999	3.57%	13.4%
2000	3.58%	13.5%
2001	3.6%	13.5%
2002	3.63%	13.6%
2003	3.66%	13.7%
2004	3.7%	13.8%
2005	3.74%	14%
2006	3.78%	14.2%
2007	3.82%	14.5%
2008	3.86%	14.7%
2009	3.9%	15%
2010	3.91%	15.3%
2011	3.93%	15.7%
2012	3.97%	16.3%
2013	4.01%	16.9%
2014	4.06%	17.4%
2015	4.11%	17.8%
2016	4.17%	18.1%
2017	4.23%	18.4%
2018	4.3%	18.8%
2019	4.37%	19.1%
2020	4.43%	19.4%
2021	4.48%	19.7%
2022	4.54%	19.9%
2023	4.62%	20.2%
2024	4.71%	20.5%
2025	4.79%	20.9%
2026	4.88%	21.3%
2027	4.97%	21.7%
2028	5.06%	22.1%
2029	5.16%	22.5%
2030	5.26%	23%
2031	5.36%	23.4%
2032	5.47%	23.7%
2033	5.57%	24.1%
2034	5.69%	24.5%
2035	5.8%	24.8%
2036	5.92%	25.2%
2037	6.05%	25.4%
2038	6.18%	25.6%
2039	6.33%	25.7%
2040	6.48%	25.8%
2041	6.64%	25.8%
2042	6.8%	25.8%
2043	6.98%	25.9%
2044	7.16%	25.9%
2045	7.34%	26%
2046	7.53%	26%
2047	7.73%	26.1%
2048	7.94%	26.1%
2049	8.16%	26.2%
2050	8.38%	26.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 4.71% in Haiti and 20.5% in the Netherlands. Life expectancy in Haiti compared to the Netherlands .