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In 2021, the country recorded a population of 17.2 million people. The prevalence of overweight adults in the Netherlands is expected to reach 61.8% by 2026, up from 59.9% in 2021. This is an increase of 0.5 percentage points each year since 1980. In 2021, the Netherlands ranked 68th in the world for adult overweight prevalence, behind Ukraine and the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati, which came in at 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. That year, the country's population was estimated at around 17.2 million people.
