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India vs Netherlands
How India and Netherlands compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Netherlands was higher: 82.2 years against 72 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Netherlands was higher: $51,820 against $2,523
- Population · In 2023, India was higher: 1.44 billion people against 18.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, India was higher: 2.3% of GDP against 2.2% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Netherlands was higher: 6.6 tonnes against 2.17 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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