Holland has nearly 1,400 centenarians

The number of people over a hundred years old in the Netherlands has risen sharply and now stands at almost 1,400 according to new figures from the national statistics office CBS.


In 1950 there were less than 40 people over a hundred. Women over a hundred outweigh men one to six.

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