Population; sex, age and nationality, 1 January

Population; sex, age and nationality, 1 January

Sex Age Nationality Periods Population on 1 January (number)
Total male and female Total Total 1995 15,424,122
Total male and female Total Total 2000 15,863,950
Total male and female Total Total 2005 16,305,526
Total male and female Total Total 2010 16,574,989
Total male and female Total Total 2015 16,900,726
Total male and female Total Total 2022 17,590,672
Total male and female Total Dutch 1995 14,666,984
Total male and female Total Dutch 2000 15,212,418
Total male and female Total Dutch 2005 15,606,175
Total male and female Total Dutch 2010 15,839,792
Total male and female Total Dutch 2015 16,053,457
Total male and female Total Dutch 2022 16,334,426
Total male and female Total Total non-Dutch nationality 1995 757,138
Total male and female Total Total non-Dutch nationality 2000 651,532
Total male and female Total Total non-Dutch nationality 2005 699,351
Total male and female Total Total non-Dutch nationality 2010 735,197
Total male and female Total Total non-Dutch nationality 2015 847,269
Total male and female Total Total non-Dutch nationality 2022 1,256,246
Total male and female Total Africa 1995 206,649
Total male and female Total Africa 2000 149,764
Total male and female Total Africa 2005 119,908
Total male and female Total Africa 2010 96,294
Total male and female Total Africa 2015 77,510
Total male and female Total Africa 2022 102,998
Total male and female Total America 1995 43,934
Total male and female Total America 2000 36,484
Total male and female Total America 2005 41,927
Total male and female Total America 2010 40,976
Total male and female Total America 2015 42,943
Total male and female Total America 2022 63,824
Total male and female Total Asia 1995 69,614
Total male and female Total Asia 2000 61,073
Total male and female Total Asia 2005 69,918
Total male and female Total Asia 2010 83,948
Total male and female Total Asia 2015 109,895
Total male and female Total Asia 2022 230,061
Total male and female Total Europe (excluding Dutch nationals) 1995 422,882
Total male and female Total Europe (excluding Dutch nationals) 2000 334,675
Total male and female Total Europe (excluding Dutch nationals) 2005 359,562
Total male and female Total Europe (excluding Dutch nationals) 2010 425,081
Total male and female Total Europe (excluding Dutch nationals) 2015 535,407
Total male and female Total Europe (excluding Dutch nationals) 2022 823,050
Total male and female Total Oceania 1995 2,597
Total male and female Total Oceania 2000 3,168
Total male and female Total Oceania 2005 4,321
Total male and female Total Oceania 2010 3,829
Total male and female Total Oceania 2015 3,952
Total male and female Total Oceania 2022 4,796
Source: CBS.
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This table includes data on the population of the Netherlands by age, sex and nationality.
The data refer to the situation on 1 January of the year of observation.

Data available from: 1995.

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

Changes as of 7 June 2022:
Figures as of January 1 2022 have been added.

Changes as of 25 March 2022:
This table has been revised. The following changes have been made:
- Sex has been moved from topics to a selection;
- the ages in years have been extended to the group 105 years or older, the ten-year age groups and other groups have been replaced by five-year age groups (0 to 4 years, ..., 95 to 99 years, 100 years or older;
- the nationalities have been expanded to include the groups 'Mid- and East European nationalities in the European Union' and 'GIPS nationalities in the European Union' (Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain;
- the name change from Swaziland to Eswatini has been processed from 2019, in the old table it was from 2020.
- due to the use of new source file for 2020, changes have occurred in a dozen nationalities. This also has consequences for changes in some continents, the European Union, the GIPS and the Mid- and East European nationalities in the EU, the total with Dutch and the total with non-Dutch nationality.
- data for 1995 and 2021 has been added.

When will new figures be published?
In Q3 2023, the figures as of January 1 2023 will be added.

Description topics

Population on 1 January