How many centenarians are there?

On 1 January 2023, 2,572 people in the Netherlands were one hundred years or older. This is more than twice as many as twenty years ago.

The number of centenarians has increased almost yearly in the last few decades. In the last three years, more than 2,500 people were one hundred years or older. By far most of the 2,572 people over one hundred years of age on 1 January 2023 were women (2,172). CBS expects the number of centenarians to rise further after 2025 and to reach more than 5 thousand by 2040. The number of people in this age group is rising because more children are being born and older people are living longer.

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Number of centenarians, including forecast

Jaar	Men	Women	Men (forecast)	Women (forecast)
1965	33	68	.	.
1966	30	78	.	.
1967	32	75	.	.
1968	36	80	.	.
1969	49	88	.	.
1970	60	105	.	.
1971	56	97	.	.
1972	58	118	.	.
1973	74	146	.	.
1974	66	134	.	.
1975	72	175	.	.
1976	75	177	.	.
1977	78	209	.	.
1978	98	232	.	.
1979	108	239	.	.
1980	130	263	.	.
1981	136	278	.	.
1982	131	296	.	.
1983	142	320	.	.
1984	145	351	.	.
1985	164	419	.	.
1986	177	430	.	.
1987	173	464	.	.
1988	185	541	.	.
1989	196	594	.	.
1990	218	600	.	.
1991	191	652	.	.
1992	201	684	.	.
1993	199	713	.	.
1994	200	739	.	.
1995	208	779	.	.
1996	192	778	.	.
1997	171	835	.	.
1998	175	884	.	.
1999	154	907	.	.
2000	170	928	.	.
2001	173	915	.	.
2002	185	1018	.	.
2003	180	1040	.	.
2004	200	1090	.	.
2005	204	1174	.	.
2006	197	1177	.	.
2007	201	1194	.	.
2008	193	1293	.	.
2009	210	1418	.	.
2010	246	1498	.	.
2011	243	1561	.	.
2012	232	1678	.	.
2013	261	1679	.	.
2014	278	1815	.	.
2015	296	1874	.	.
2016	274	1827	.	.
2017	320	1905	.	.
2018	323	1857	.	.
2019	339	1850	.	.
2020	392	2006	.	.
2021	411	2125	.	.
2022	430	2165	.	.
2023	400	2172	.	.
2024	.	.	440	2075
2025	.	.	459	2108
2026	.	.	491	2145
2027	.	.	528	2211
2028	.	.	566	2264
2029	.	.	610	2368
2030	.	.	655	2453
2031	.	.	719	2592
2032	.	.	774	2705
2033	.	.	841	2827
2034	.	.	895	2922
2035	.	.	965	3042
2036	.	.	1041	3167
2037	.	.	1122	3311
2038	.	.	1204	3456
2039	.	.	1320	3673
2040	.	.	1427	3895

Most centenarians in Zeeland

Relatively most centenarians live in the province of Zeeland (4.2 per thousand over-80‑year-olds), followed by Flevoland (4.0 per thousand over-80s). Limburg (2.2 per thousand over-80s) and Noord-Brabant (2.4 per thousand over-80s) count fewest centenarians.

On average, Dutch municipalities have 2.9 centenarians per thousand over-80s in their midst. Twenty-one of the 342 municipalities did not have any registered centenarians. The islands Vlieland (1 centenarian in 67 over-80s) and Schiermonnikoog (1 centenarian in 73 over-80s) counted most centenarians in relative terms on 1 January 2023.

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Centenarians per 1,000 people aged 80 and over

Gemeente	Centenarians per 1,000 people aged 80 and over	People aged 80 and over	Centenarians
Groningen	3.7	8463.0	31.0
Almere	3.0	4713.0	14.0
Stadskanaal	3.1	2271.0	7.0
Veendam	5.9	1523.0	9.0
Zeewolde	1.3	743.0	1.0
Achtkarspelen	1.5	1331.0	2.0
Ameland	0.0	210.0	0.0
Harlingen	1.0	990.0	1.0
Heerenveen	1.9	3118.0	6.0
Leeuwarden	2.6	5777.0	15.0
Ooststellingwerf	2.5	1615.0	4.0
Opsterland	3.0	1663.0	5.0
Schiermonnikoog	13.7	73.0	1.0
Smallingerland	3.1	3212.0	10.0
Terschelling	9.9	304.0	3.0
Vlieland	14.9	67.0	1.0
Weststellingwerf	5.1	1748.0	9.0
Assen	4.5	3589.0	16.0
Coevorden	4.5	2231.0	10.0
Emmen	2.1	6251.0	13.0
Hoogeveen	3.4	3247.0	11.0
Meppel	2.3	1722.0	4.0
Almelo	3.6	3616.0	13.0
Borne	1.5	1329.0	2.0
Dalfsen	2.4	1654.0	4.0
Deventer	3.3	4781.0	16.0
Enschede	2.8	7190.0	20.0
Haaksbergen	2.4	1670.0	4.0
Hardenberg	1.3	2967.0	4.0
Hellendoorn	2.5	2035.0	5.0
Hengelo (O)	2.8	4315.0	12.0
Kampen	2.5	2399.0	6.0
Losser	3.0	1314.0	4.0
Noordoostpolder	4.9	2034.0	10.0
Oldenzaal	3.6	1962.0	7.0
Ommen	4.9	1028.0	5.0
Raalte	1.3	2289.0	3.0
Staphorst	3.2	630.0	2.0
Tubbergen	2.8	1078.0	3.0
Urk	2.2	462.0	1.0
Wierden	0.0	1379.0	0.0
Zwolle	2.6	5310.0	14.0
Aalten	3.2	1545.0	5.0
Apeldoorn	3.3	8813.0	29.0
Arnhem	4.6	5906.0	27.0
Barneveld	2.5	2773.0	7.0
Beuningen	2.5	1222.0	3.0
Brummen	1.4	1475.0	2.0
Buren	5.4	1112.0	6.0
Culemborg	0.0	1286.0	0.0
Doesburg	1.5	676.0	1.0
Doetinchem	2.6	3106.0	8.0
Druten	0.0	876.0	0.0
Duiven	3.5	1135.0	4.0
Ede	4.0	5809.0	23.0
Elburg	2.7	1118.0	3.0
Epe	3.6	2251.0	8.0
Ermelo	3.5	1728.0	6.0
Harderwijk	4.5	2243.0	10.0
Hattem	0.0	760.0	0.0
Heerde	5.1	1178.0	6.0
Heumen	0.0	1120.0	0.0
Lochem	2.6	2737.0	7.0
Maasdriel	3.7	1077.0	4.0
Nijkerk	2.4	2096.0	5.0
Nijmegen	4.0	6756.0	27.0
Oldebroek	1.8	1122.0	2.0
Putten	0.7	1425.0	1.0
Renkum	4.2	2603.0	11.0
Rheden	3.0	3611.0	11.0
Rozendaal	0.0	107.0	0.0
Scherpenzeel	3.9	510.0	2.0
Tiel	3.3	1794.0	6.0
Voorst	2.6	1535.0	4.0
Wageningen	6.5	1848.0	12.0
Westervoort	1.6	645.0	1.0
Winterswijk	3.3	1809.0	6.0
Wijchen	2.4	2125.0	5.0
Zaltbommel	3.1	1306.0	4.0
Zevenaar	1.9	2591.0	5.0
Zutphen	4.4	2475.0	11.0
Nunspeet	1.9	1569.0	3.0
Dronten	2.7	1882.0	5.0
Amersfoort	3.2	5880.0	19.0
Baarn	5.8	1717.0	10.0
De Bilt	4.0	3211.0	13.0
Bunnik	4.9	1030.0	5.0
Bunschoten	3.5	849.0	3.0
Eemnes	2.2	460.0	1.0
Houten	4.3	1637.0	7.0
Leusden	0.6	1738.0	1.0
Lopik	1.7	580.0	1.0
Montfoort	1.5	662.0	1.0
Renswoude	0.0	154.0	0.0
Rhenen	1.7	1176.0	2.0
Soest	3.2	2819.0	9.0
Utrecht	5.0	9418.0	47.0
Veenendaal	2.0	2946.0	6.0
Woudenberg	1.4	730.0	1.0
Wijk bij Duurstede	1.0	1023.0	1.0
IJsselstein	2.6	1531.0	4.0
Zeist	4.2	4040.0	17.0
Nieuwegein	0.0	2662.0	0.0
Aalsmeer	2.3	1753.0	4.0
Alkmaar	3.1	5191.0	16.0
Amstelveen	3.4	5341.0	18.0
Amsterdam	3.2	26053.0	83.0
Bergen (N-H)	4.3	2815.0	12.0
Beverwijk	1.0	1963.0	2.0
Blaricum	4.5	674.0	3.0
Bloemendaal	7.4	2038.0	15.0
Castricum	1.6	2577.0	4.0
Diemen	4.1	1216.0	5.0
Edam-Volendam	1.7	1718.0	3.0
Enkhuizen	5.2	965.0	5.0
Haarlem	3.8	7151.0	27.0
Haarlemmermeer	3.0	6341.0	19.0
Heemskerk	2.7	2557.0	7.0
Heemstede	2.9	2375.0	7.0
Heiloo	2.0	1962.0	4.0
Den Helder	3.8	3172.0	12.0
Hilversum	2.9	4826.0	14.0
Hoorn	1.3	3192.0	4.0
Huizen	2.0	2476.0	5.0
Landsmeer	4.5	674.0	3.0
Laren	3.0	1317.0	4.0
Medemblik	2.9	2098.0	6.0
Oostzaan	0.0	557.0	0.0
Opmeer	1.6	641.0	1.0
Ouder-Amstel	1.4	731.0	1.0
Purmerend	1.6	4956.0	8.0
Schagen	1.0	2915.0	3.0
Texel	1.2	825.0	1.0
Uitgeest	0.0	573.0	0.0
Uithoorn	5.5	1649.0	9.0
Velsen	2.1	3814.0	8.0
Zandvoort	5.1	1176.0	6.0
Zaanstad	3.5	7343.0	26.0
Alblasserdam	0.0	1146.0	0.0
Alphen aan den Rijn	2.9	5224.0	15.0
Barendrecht	2.2	2229.0	5.0
Drechterland	3.0	996.0	3.0
Capelle aan den IJssel	4.5	3358.0	15.0
Delft	3.5	4042.0	14.0
Dordrecht	3.4	5805.0	20.0
Gorinchem	3.8	1840.0	7.0
Gouda	4.8	3734.0	18.0
's-Gravenhage	4.6	19608.0	91.0
Hardinxveld-Giessendam	3.2	943.0	3.0
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	4.2	1421.0	6.0
Stede Broec	1.0	1033.0	1.0
Hillegom	1.7	1190.0	2.0
Katwijk	2.0	2975.0	6.0
Krimpen aan den IJssel	3.3	2098.0	7.0
Leiden	3.4	4641.0	16.0
Leiderdorp	4.9	1644.0	8.0
Lisse	0.0	1466.0	0.0
Maassluis	2.2	1841.0	4.0
Nieuwkoop	0.0	1426.0	0.0
Noordwijk	2.5	2436.0	6.0
Oegstgeest	2.1	1458.0	3.0
Oudewater	1.7	603.0	1.0
Papendrecht	0.5	1915.0	1.0
Ridderkerk	2.5	3240.0	8.0
Rotterdam	4.7	25902.0	122.0
Rijswijk	3.2	3403.0	11.0
Schiedam	5.0	3433.0	17.0
Sliedrecht	4.8	1471.0	7.0
Albrandswaard	1.9	1059.0	2.0
Vlaardingen	3.1	4260.0	13.0
Voorschoten	3.4	1768.0	6.0
Waddinxveen	2.1	1439.0	3.0
Wassenaar	5.0	2197.0	11.0
Woerden	2.4	2542.0	6.0
Zoetermeer	2.9	5211.0	15.0
Zoeterwoude	2.0	496.0	1.0
Zwijndrecht	2.7	2917.0	8.0
Borsele	7.3	1225.0	9.0
Goes	3.8	2618.0	10.0
West Maas en Waal	1.0	1014.0	1.0
Hulst	7.6	1847.0	14.0
Kapelle	8.4	712.0	6.0
Middelburg	1.4	2955.0	4.0
Reimerswaal	3.0	1004.0	3.0
Terneuzen	4.1	3679.0	15.0
Tholen	2.3	1297.0	3.0
Veere	2.0	1521.0	3.0
Vlissingen	4.7	2753.0	13.0
De Ronde Venen	2.5	2404.0	6.0
Tytsjerksteradiel	2.0	2022.0	4.0
Asten	2.1	937.0	2.0
Baarle-Nassau	0.0	483.0	0.0
Bergen op Zoom	2.2	3717.0	8.0
Best	0.6	1540.0	1.0
Boekel	3.8	529.0	2.0
Boxtel	4.4	1807.0	8.0
Breda	3.7	9386.0	35.0
Deurne	1.6	1897.0	3.0
Pekela	3.1	645.0	2.0
Dongen	5.7	1399.0	8.0
Eersel	0.8	1264.0	1.0
Eindhoven	3.6	10942.0	39.0
Etten-Leur	1.8	2229.0	4.0
Geertruidenberg	2.6	1135.0	3.0
Gilze en Rijen	1.5	1368.0	2.0
Goirle	0.8	1250.0	1.0
Helmond	1.6	3799.0	6.0
's-Hertogenbosch	2.8	6767.0	19.0
Heusden	2.1	2345.0	5.0
Hilvarenbeek	2.1	942.0	2.0
Loon op Zand	2.1	1417.0	3.0
Nuenen c0a0	2.5	1607.0	4.0
Oirschot	0.9	1107.0	1.0
Oisterwijk	0.0	2201.0	0.0
Oosterhout	1.6	3076.0	5.0
Oss	3.1	4536.0	14.0
Rucphen	0.9	1130.0	1.0
Sint-Michielsgestel	1.7	1736.0	3.0
Someren	0.9	1055.0	1.0
Son en Breugel	3.8	1324.0	5.0
Steenbergen	2.3	1328.0	3.0
Waterland	1.8	1098.0	2.0
Tilburg	2.6	9287.0	24.0
Valkenswaard	1.4	2203.0	3.0
Veldhoven	0.0	2721.0	0.0
Vught	3.2	1880.0	6.0
Waalre	0.8	1320.0	1.0
Waalwijk	1.9	2629.0	5.0
Woensdrecht	1.4	1419.0	2.0
Zundert	1.6	1272.0	2.0
Wormerland	0.9	1112.0	1.0
Landgraaf	3.5	2300.0	8.0
Beek	1.7	1149.0	2.0
Beesel	5.0	803.0	4.0
Bergen (L)	0.0	742.0	0.0
Brunssum	3.2	1848.0	6.0
Gennep	1.9	1048.0	2.0
Heerlen	2.4	5440.0	13.0
Kerkrade	3.0	2994.0	9.0
Maastricht	2.5	7174.0	18.0
Meerssen	1.5	1379.0	2.0
Mook en Middelaar	1.8	556.0	1.0
Nederweert	0.9	1086.0	1.0
Roermond	2.5	3151.0	8.0
Simpelveld	1.3	755.0	1.0
Stein	1.1	1755.0	2.0
Vaals	0.0	782.0	0.0
Venlo	2.2	5821.0	13.0
Venray	0.4	2509.0	1.0
Voerendaal	2.2	907.0	2.0
Weert	1.2	3274.0	4.0
Valkenburg aan de Geul	2.1	1407.0	3.0
Lelystad	7.4	2560.0	19.0
Horst aan de Maas	1.6	2560.0	4.0
Oude IJsselstreek	2.4	2494.0	6.0
Teylingen	3.4	2059.0	7.0
Utrechtse Heuvelrug	4.2	3780.0	16.0
Oost Gelre	1.2	1720.0	2.0
Koggenland	2.6	1158.0	3.0
Lansingerland	1.5	2623.0	4.0
Leudal	2.1	2339.0	5.0
Maasgouw	4.7	1693.0	8.0
Gemert-Bakel	2.0	1480.0	3.0
Halderberge	2.7	1833.0	5.0
Heeze-Leende	4.3	1156.0	5.0
Laarbeek	2.3	1299.0	3.0
Reusel-De Mierden	0.0	569.0	0.0
Roerdalen	0.7	1393.0	1.0
Roosendaal	1.9	4286.0	8.0
Schouwen-Duiveland	5.5	2544.0	14.0
Aa en Hunze	3.6	1664.0	6.0
Borger-Odoorn	2.7	1486.0	4.0
De Wolden	3.2	1577.0	5.0
Noord-Beveland	5.5	550.0	3.0
Wijdemeren	2.6	1528.0	4.0
Noordenveld	1.7	2379.0	4.0
Twenterand	0.7	1518.0	1.0
Westerveld	3.3	1528.0	5.0
Lingewaard	2.5	2403.0	6.0
Cranendonck	1.6	1235.0	2.0
Steenwijkerland	2.7	2562.0	7.0
Moerdijk	3.6	1962.0	7.0
Echt-Susteren	1.0	2037.0	2.0
Sluis	2.8	1817.0	5.0
Drimmelen	2.0	1495.0	3.0
Bernheze	5.1	1769.0	9.0
Alphen-Chaam	0.0	598.0	0.0
Bergeijk	1.8	1091.0	2.0
Bladel	0.8	1261.0	1.0
Gulpen-Wittem	0.9	1076.0	1.0
Tynaarlo	3.9	2310.0	9.0
Midden-Drenthe	1.5	1957.0	3.0
Overbetuwe	1.3	2286.0	3.0
Hof van Twente	5.5	2538.0	14.0
Neder-Betuwe	1.1	923.0	1.0
Rijssen-Holten	3.0	1968.0	6.0
Geldrop-Mierlo	1.3	2379.0	3.0
Olst-Wijhe	3.0	997.0	3.0
Dinkelland	2.4	1648.0	4.0
Westland	3.6	5757.0	21.0
Midden-Delfland	1.0	1034.0	1.0
Berkelland	0.7	2797.0	2.0
Bronckhorst	1.6	2446.0	4.0
Sittard-Geleen	3.7	5925.0	22.0
Kaag en Braassem	2.1	1463.0	3.0
Dantumadiel	4.4	1134.0	5.0
Zuidplas	2.0	2029.0	4.0
Peel en Maas	1.6	2570.0	4.0
Oldambt	3.0	2362.0	7.0
Zwartewaterland	3.5	869.0	3.0
Súdwest Fryslân	3.7	5338.0	20.0
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk	3.3	1829.0	6.0
Eijsden-Margraten	2.3	1742.0	4.0
Stichtse Vecht	2.2	3237.0	7.0
Hollands Kroon	2.8	2519.0	7.0
Leidschendam-Voorburg	3.7	5077.0	19.0
Goeree-Overflakkee	4.4	2958.0	13.0
Pijnacker-Nootdorp	2.1	2356.0	5.0
Nissewaard	1.0	3928.0	4.0
Krimpenerwaard	0.6	3168.0	2.0
De Fryske Marren	3.2	3106.0	10.0
Gooise Meren	4.0	3789.0	15.0
Berg en Dal	3.9	2319.0	9.0
Meierijstad	1.9	4300.0	8.0
Waadhoeke	2.0	2470.0	5.0
Westerwolde	3.6	1684.0	6.0
Midden-Groningen	2.5	3263.0	8.0
Beekdaelen	1.6	2448.0	4.0
Montferland	2.3	2196.0	5.0
Altena	3.3	2693.0	9.0
West Betuwe	2.6	2326.0	6.0
Vijfheerenlanden	2.7	2962.0	8.0
Hoeksche Waard	3.0	4926.0	15.0
Het Hogeland	3.8	2625.0	10.0
Westerkwartier	3.3	3342.0	11.0
Noardeast-Fryslân	0.8	2460.0	2.0
Molenlanden	1.0	2007.0	2.0
Eemsdelta	4.2	2886.0	12.0
Dijk en Waard	1.9	3654.0	7.0
Land van Cuijk	1.6	5146.0	8.0
Maashorst	3.1	3262.0	10.0
Voorne aan Zee	3.0	4001.0	12.0

The questions

1. What keeps people from eating healthier?
2. What is working people’s income?
3. How much of the energy we consume is renewable?
4. What percentage wears glasses?
5. How are the dragonflies and butterflies doing?
6. How many housing units are there?
7. How does home burglary affect people?
8. In what occupations do most people work from home?
9. How much more expensive did food get?
10. How many babies were born to unmarried mothers?
11. From which countries do most immigrants come?
12. How many centenarians are there?
13. How do fathers and mothers divide work and care?
14. How many cars are there?
15. How much milk does a cow produce?
16. What portion of income went to food in 1936?
17. How many pigs were there in 1910?
18. How many cattle and pigs in the Netherlands?
19. What do we import from China?
20. What type of shop is seen less and less?
21. How many nights are spent in Dutch hotels?
22. How often do older people have contact with neighbours?
23. How many adults comply with the physical activity guidelines?
24. Where do international students in the Netherlands come from?
25. What are the major religions?
26. How many litres of water do we use per day?
27. How many millionaires in the Netherlands?
28. How many inhabitants in the Netherlands??
29. Where can we ride our bikes?
30. At what age do workers retire?
31. Which day has the most birthdays?
32. How many people have a student debt?
33. How does CBS handle your privacy?