External migration; sex, age, marital status, country of birth; 1995-2022

External migration; sex, age, marital status, country of birth; 1995-2022

Sex Age Marital status Country of birth Periods Immigration (number) Emigration including administrative c... (number) Net migration including administrativ... (number) Net administrative corrections (number)
Total male and female Total Total marital status Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 280,178 141,339 138,839 -18,564
Total male and female Total Total marital status European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 115,693 68,507 47,186 -11,941
Total male and female Total Total marital status Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female Total Total marital status (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 5,531 2,002 3,529 -135
Total male and female Total Total marital status The Netherlands 2022 24,986 43,286 -18,300 -1,568
Total male and female Total Never married Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 231,923 112,740 119,183 -16,860
Total male and female Total Never married European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 106,252 59,901 46,351 -11,161
Total male and female Total Never married Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female Total Never married (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 4,631 1,469 3,162 -105
Total male and female Total Never married The Netherlands 2022 15,960 29,464 -13,504 -1,379
Total male and female Total Married Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 41,817 23,124 18,693 -1,289
Total male and female Total Married European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 8,124 7,133 991 -564
Total male and female Total Married Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female Total Married (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 538 339 199 -19
Total male and female Total Married The Netherlands 2022 6,930 10,944 -4,014 -174
Total male and female Total Widowed Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 1,217 766 451 -54
Total male and female Total Widowed European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 149 221 -72 -27
Total male and female Total Widowed Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female Total Widowed (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 37 22 15 1
Total male and female Total Widowed The Netherlands 2022 415 310 105 -1
Total male and female Total Divorced Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 5,221 4,709 512 -361
Total male and female Total Divorced European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 1,168 1,252 -84 -189
Total male and female Total Divorced Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female Total Divorced (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 325 172 153 -12
Total male and female Total Divorced The Netherlands 2022 1,681 2,568 -887 -14
Total male and female 0 year Total marital status Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 976 632 344 -37
Total male and female 0 year Total marital status European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 505 30 475 2
Total male and female 0 year Total marital status Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female 0 year Total marital status (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 34 1 33 0
Total male and female 0 year Total marital status The Netherlands 2022 40 567 -527 -34
Total male and female 0 year Never married Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 976 632 344 -37
Total male and female 0 year Never married European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 505 30 475 2
Total male and female 0 year Never married Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female 0 year Never married (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 34 1 33 0
Total male and female 0 year Never married The Netherlands 2022 40 567 -527 -34
Total male and female 0 year Married Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 0 year Married European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 0 year Married Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022
Total male and female 0 year Married (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022
Total male and female 0 year Married The Netherlands 2022
Total male and female 0 year Widowed Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 0 year Widowed European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 0 year Widowed Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022
Total male and female 0 year Widowed (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022
Total male and female 0 year Widowed The Netherlands 2022
Total male and female 0 year Divorced Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 0 year Divorced European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 0 year Divorced Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022
Total male and female 0 year Divorced (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022
Total male and female 0 year Divorced The Netherlands 2022
Total male and female 1 year Total marital status Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 2,746 1,760 986 -136
Total male and female 1 year Total marital status European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 892 115 777 -2
Total male and female 1 year Total marital status Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female 1 year Total marital status (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 107 16 91 -2
Total male and female 1 year Total marital status The Netherlands 2022 188 1,393 -1,205 -96
Total male and female 1 year Never married Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 2,746 1,760 986 -136
Total male and female 1 year Never married European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 892 115 777 -2
Total male and female 1 year Never married Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female 1 year Never married (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 107 16 91 -2
Total male and female 1 year Never married The Netherlands 2022 188 1,393 -1,205 -96
Total male and female 1 year Married Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 1 year Married European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 1 year Married Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022
Total male and female 1 year Married (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022
Total male and female 1 year Married The Netherlands 2022
Total male and female 1 year Widowed Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 1 year Widowed European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 1 year Widowed Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022
Total male and female 1 year Widowed (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022
Total male and female 1 year Widowed The Netherlands 2022
Total male and female 1 year Divorced Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 1 year Divorced European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 1 year Divorced Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022
Total male and female 1 year Divorced (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022
Total male and female 1 year Divorced The Netherlands 2022
Total male and female 2 years Total marital status Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 2,680 1,730 950 -178
Total male and female 2 years Total marital status European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 721 187 534 -30
Total male and female 2 years Total marital status Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female 2 years Total marital status (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 84 15 69 0
Total male and female 2 years Total marital status The Netherlands 2022 228 1,232 -1,004 -90
Total male and female 2 years Never married Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022 2,680 1,730 950 -178
Total male and female 2 years Never married European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 721 187 534 -30
Total male and female 2 years Never married Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022 0 0 0 0
Total male and female 2 years Never married (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022 84 15 69 0
Total male and female 2 years Never married The Netherlands 2022 228 1,232 -1,004 -90
Total male and female 2 years Married Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 2 years Married European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 2 years Married Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022
Total male and female 2 years Married (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022
Total male and female 2 years Married The Netherlands 2022
Total male and female 2 years Widowed Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 2 years Widowed European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 2 years Widowed Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022
Total male and female 2 years Widowed (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022
Total male and female 2 years Widowed The Netherlands 2022
Total male and female 2 years Divorced Europe (incl The Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 2 years Divorced European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022
Total male and female 2 years Divorced Netherlands Antilles (old) 2022
Total male and female 2 years Divorced (former) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 2022
Total male and female 2 years Divorced The Netherlands 2022
Source: CBS.
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Immigration and emigration in the Netherlands and the administrative corrections by country of birth, sex, age and marital status.

Data available from 1995 to 2022.

Status of the figures:
All data recorded in this publication are final data.

Changes as from 8 March 2024:
None, this table was discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
No longer applicable. This table is succeeded by the table External migration; sex, age, marital status and country of birth. See section 3.

Description topics

Immigration
People moving to the Netherlands from another country.
All persons who enter the Netherlands with the intention of staying in the country for a certain period of time. For people arriving in the Netherlands, registration is obligatory if they stay in the country for at least four months during the first six months following registration.

Break in series external migration
As a result of an improved production process, a small shift has occurred in the figures on external migration.
From 2010 the following changes have been implemented.
- previously missed reports are now included;
- administrative entries preceding emigration are now considered as immigration
- administrative removals followed by immigration are now considered as emigration

Break in series of late reports
Up to 2010 reports of events in a certain year received at Statistics Netherlands after 15 February of the following year - the so-called late reports - were ignored. As a result of an improvement in the production method, late reports received in the year of publication will be included in the figures for the year of publication.
Emigration including administrative c...
Emigration including administrative corrections
People leaving for another country plus people removed on administrative grounds, minus people entered on administrative grounds.
Data on emigration including net administrative corrections give a better impression of the true level of emigration than data on emigration excluding net administrative corrections.

Break in series external migration
As a result of an improved production process, a small shift has occurred in the figures on external migration.
From 2010 the following changes have been implemented.
- previously missed reports are now included;
- administrative entries preceding emigration are now considered as immigration
- administrative removals followed by immigration are now considered as emigration

Break in series of late reports
Up to 2010 reports of events in a certain year received at Statistics Netherlands after 15 February of the following year - the so-called late reports - were ignored. As a result of an improvement in the production method, late reports received in the year of publication will be included in the figures for the year of publication.

Emigration:
People leaving for another country.
All persons who leave the Netherlands to live in another country for a certain period of time. People leaving the country are obliged to notify the authorities if they intend to live outside the Netherlands for at least eight months in the first year following this notification.

Administrative correction:
Entries in and removals from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change.

Administrative entry:
Decision by a municipality, at the request of the person concerned, to include that person in its population while it has no knowledge of birth, immigration or establishment of that person from another municipality in the Netherlands.

Administrative removal:
Decision by a municipality no longer to include a person in its population, once it has established that the address of the person is unknown, the person cannot be contacted and probably no longer resides in a municipality in the Netherlands.
Net migration including administrativ...
Net migration including administrative corrections:
The number of people arriving minus the number of people departing, including the balance of administrative corrections.
Data on net migration including net administrative corrections give a better impression of the true level of net migration than data on migration excluding net administrative corrections.

Break in series external migration
As a result of an improved production process, a small shift has occurred in the figures on external migration.
From 2010 the following changes have been implemented.
- previously missed reports are now included;
- administrative entries preceding emigration are now considered as immigration
- administrative removals followed by immigration are now considered as emigration

Break in series of late reports
Up to 2010 reports of events in a certain year received at Statistics Netherlands after 15 February of the following year - the so-called late reports - were ignored. As a result of an improvement in the production method, late reports received in the year of publication will be included in the figures for the year of publication.

Administrative correction:
Entries in and removals from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change.

Administrative entry:
Decision by a municipality, at the request of the person concerned, to include that person in its population while it has no knowledge of birth, immigration or establishment of that person from another municipality in the Netherlands.

Administrative removal:
Decision by a municipality no longer to include a person in its population, once it has established that the address of the person is unknown, the person cannot be contacted and probably no longer resides in a municipality in the Netherlands.
Net administrative corrections
Administrative entries minus administrative removals.

Break in series external migration
As a result of an improved production process, a small shift has occurred in the figures on external migration.
From 2010 the following changes have been implemented.
- previously missed reports are now included;
- administrative entries preceding emigration are now considered as immigration
- administrative removals followed by immigration are now considered as emigration

Break in series of late reports
Up to 2010 reports of events in a certain year received at Statistics Netherlands after 15 February of the following year - the so-called late reports - were ignored. As a result of an improvement in the production method, late reports received in the year of publication will be included in the figures for the year of publication.

Administrative entry:
Decision by a municipality, at the request of the person concerned, to include that person in its population while it has no knowledge of birth, immigration or establishment of that person from another municipality in the Netherlands.

Administrative removal:
Decision by a municipality no longer to include a person in its population, once it has established that the address of the person is unknown, the person cannot be contacted and probably no longer resides in a municipality in the Netherlands.