People with a foreign background

In 30 years a quarter of the population will be over 65

19-12-2006Press release The greying of the population will reach its peak in just over 30 years.

Foreign graduates work less, but paid the same

21-11-2006Web magazine

Poverty continues to rise in 2005, and falls subsequently

16-11-2006Press release In 2004, 10.3 percent of Dutch households had to get by on a low income. This means that poverty increased further in 2004, just as in 2003.

Emigration slows down population growth

10-11-2006Press release The number of emigrants is continually growing. In the first nine months of 2006, nearly 100 thousand people left the Netherlands to settle elsewhere.

Iranians making good progress with integration

03-10-2006Web magazine

Population hardly growing

09-08-2006Press release The population of the Netherlands grew by fewer than 2 thousand people in the first half of 2006. In the same period last year, the increase was still as many as 7 thousand.

Half of young big-city dwellers have non-western background

01-08-2006Web magazine

More second generation mothers go back to work

20-06-2006Web magazine

Where will we live in 2025?

15-06-2006Press release Over the next two decades the number of inhabitants in the Netherlands is expected to increase by 600 thousand, bringing the total to 16.9 million. The growth areas will be primarily in the provinces North and South Holland and Flevoland. The current decrease in the number of inhabitants in Limburg is expected to continue.

Netherlands only European country where emigrants outnumber immigrants

23-05-2006Web magazine

Civil servants with foreign background earn less because of lower education

23-05-2006Web magazine

Immigration increasing again

10-05-2006Press release Over 22 thousand immigrants took up residence in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2006. This is almost 2 thousand more than in the same period of 2005.

Fewer children for second generation women with a foreign background

28-03-2006Web magazine

Large-city dwellers move to the suburbs

21-02-2006Web magazine

Unemployment of non-western foreigners hardly rose in 2005

13-02-2006Press release Unemployment among non-western foreigners in the Netherlands hardly rose in 2005. For native Dutch people, too, unemployment remained at about the same level.

Population growth at historic low

10-02-2006Press release With only 30 thousand, the population increase in the Netherlands in 2005 was the lowest since 1900. On 1 January 2006, the population stood at 16.34 million.

Higher income makes city dwellers quick to leave

07-02-2006Web magazine