Population

Fewer children living with both parents

31-01-2012Web magazine The proportion of 0 to 15-year-old children living with both their own parents declined from 86 percent in 1996 to 82 percent in 2010.

Growing confidence in fellow men

12-01-2012Web magazine The majority of the Dutch population trust their fellow citizens, politics, the police and the legal system. Confidence has grown over the period 2002-2010.

Emigrants in their fifties and sixties wealthier than same-age Dutch residents

12-01-2012Web magazine Dutch people who emigrate between the ages of 50 and 70 are on average richer than their peers who stayed in the Netherlands.

Immigration and emigration hit new record high in 2011

11-01-2012Web magazine On 1 January 2012, the Netherlands had a population in excess of 16.7 million. On balance, the population growth in 2011 was 72 thousand, i.e. 9 thousand fewer than in 2010.

Dutch Caribbean population exceeds 21 thousand

03-01-2012Web magazine The Dutch Caribbean population comprises more than 21 thousand people, i.e. 15.7 thousand on Bonaire, 3.6 thousand on St Eustatius and 1.8 thousand on Saba.