Population

Population will not exceed 17 million in 2035

14-12-2004Press release Most recent population forecast the Dutch population will not exceed 17.0 million in 2035.  Subsequently, decline will set in. At present, there are 16.3 million people living in the Netherlands. In the short run, the growth of the population will remain low because emigrants will outnumber immigrants. In the long run, ageing of the population will cause it to decline. The share of non-western foreigners will increase from 10 percent in 2004 to 17 percent in 2050. The share of over-65s will grow from 14 percent in 2004 to a maximum of 24 percent around 2040.

Population grows faster in large municipalities

29-11-2004Web magazine

Mortality rate highest in January

15-11-2004Web magazine

Population growth further in decline

09-11-2004Press release In the third quarter of 2004 the Dutch population grew by almost 14 thousand, as against more than 20 thousand in the same period last year.

Increase in alcohol-related deaths

18-10-2004Web magazine

Immigrants come and go

11-10-2004Web magazine

Nearly one million Muslims in the Netherlands

20-09-2004Web magazine

Lowest population growth since 1900

06-09-2004Web magazine

Foreign population growing more slowly

30-08-2004Web magazine

Half of emigrants return to the Netherlands

23-08-2004Web magazine

Naturalisations reduced by nearly 50 percent

16-08-2004Web magazine

Largest net emigration since the 1950s

10-08-2004Press release In the first six months of 2004 emigrants from the Netherlands outnumbered immigrants by 13 thousand, the largest net emigration since the 1950s. The main cause for the emigration surplus is a considerable decrease in immigration.

Ten percent of first generation non-westerners have been living in the Netherlands ever since they were five years old

09-08-2004Web magazine

Twin births doubled in 25 years

02-08-2004Web magazine

Teenage births continue to fall

26-07-2004Web magazine

Two in every three immigrants from Morocco are still living in the Netherlands

19-07-2004Web magazine

More older Dutch emigrants

12-07-2004Web magazine

Young people leave home earlier

28-06-2004Web magazine

One in three people in the Netherlands die in hospital

21-06-2004Web magazine

Emigrants outnumber immigrants for the first time in twenty years

21-06-2004Web magazine

Population composition in big cities changing

07-06-2004Web magazine

900 thousand dual nationalities

01-06-2004Web magazine

Divorce reduces women’s purchasing power substantially

01-06-2004Web magazine

Childlessness and education level

24-05-2004Web magazine

Flash annulments quite popular

17-05-2004Web magazine

Sharp fall in asylum requests in EU

17-05-2004Web magazine

Population growth lowest for twenty years

10-05-2004Press release The Dutch population grew by 10 thousand in the first quarter of 2003. This is the lowest growth rate in over twenty years. The low growth was caused by a noticeable drop in the number of births and a further decrease in immigration. In the first quarter of 2004 emigration was higher than immigration.

New EU countries younger and ageing less

28-04-2004Web magazine

High unemployment curbs immigration from EU-15

28-04-2004Web magazine

Number of Muslims differs considerably per region

26-04-2004Web magazine

Most foreign babies born in big cities

26-04-2004Web magazine

Institutionalised population no longer decreasing

19-04-2004Web magazine

Most babies born in the middle of the week

29-03-2004Web magazine

Half of unmarried couples have a partnership contract

22-03-2004Web magazine

Better prevention leads to fewer births among foreign teenagers

08-03-2004Web magazine

One in four immigrants come to the Netherlands to marry

01-03-2004Web magazine

Contraceptive pill looses ground

23-02-2004Web magazine

Dutch population forecast scenarios

16-02-2004Web magazine

Fewer marriages in 2003

09-02-2004Web magazine

Lowest population growth since 1984

06-02-2004Press release The Dutch population numbered 16.3 million people on 1 January 2004, bringing population growth in 2003 to 62 thousand. This is the lowest rate of population growth in twenty years. The decrease in the population growth rate was mainly caused by a fall in immigration and an increase in emigration.

Half of asylum migrants have work within five years

12-01-2004Web magazine

Over 125 thousand people in a relationship live apart

12-01-2004Web magazine