Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region

Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region

Sex Regions Periods Population on 1 January (number) Population density (number) Live born children Live born children (number) Live born children Live born children, ratio (per 1,000) Deaths Deaths (number) Deaths Deaths, ratio (per 1,000) Natural increase (number) Arrivals in municipality Total arrivals (number) Arrivals in municipality Total arrivals, ratio (per 1,000) Arrivals in municipality Due to immigration (number) Arrivals in municipality Due to intermunicipal moves (number) Departures from municipality Total departures including administra... (number) Departures from municipality Total departures including adm..., ratio (per 1,000) Departures from municipality Due to emigration including administr... (number) Departures from municipality Due to intermunicipal moves (number) Net migration including administrative.. (number) Population growth Population growth (number) Population growth Population growth, ratio (per 1,000) Population on 31 December (number)
Total male and female The Netherlands 2022 17,590,672 523 167,504 9.5 170,112 9.6 -2,608 1,189,995 67.2 403,108 786,887 966,197 54.6 179,310 786,887 223,798 220,619 12.5 17,811,291
Total male and female Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022 1,741,932 210 14,831 8.5 19,320 11.0 -4,489 121,347 69.3 42,727 78,620 101,085 57.8 12,378 88,707 20,262 15,745 9.0 1,757,677
Total male and female Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022 3,717,153 384 35,963 9.6 36,077 9.6 -114 220,299 58.9 62,514 157,785 174,487 46.7 28,289 146,198 45,812 45,589 12.3 3,762,742
Total male and female West-Nederland (LD) 2022 8,420,411 976 83,971 9.9 75,993 9.0 7,978 608,262 71.7 211,437 396,825 499,966 59.0 99,961 400,005 108,296 115,884 13.8 8,536,295
Total male and female Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022 3,711,176 527 32,739 8.8 38,722 10.4 -5,983 240,087 64.3 86,430 153,657 190,659 51.1 38,682 151,977 49,428 43,401 11.7 3,754,577
Total male and female Groningen (PV) 2022 590,170 255 4,994 8.4 6,192 10.4 -1,198 57,290 96.6 28,650 28,640 50,212 84.7 6,461 43,751 7,078 5,905 10.0 596,075
Total male and female Fryslân (PV) 2022 654,019 196 5,801 8.8 7,098 10.8 -1,297 35,572 54.2 8,248 27,324 28,722 43.7 3,736 24,986 6,850 5,532 8.5 659,551
Total male and female Drenthe (PV) 2022 497,743 189 4,036 8.1 6,030 12.1 -1,994 28,485 57.0 5,829 22,656 22,151 44.3 2,181 19,970 6,334 4,308 8.7 502,051
Total male and female Overijssel (PV) 2022 1,171,910 353 11,301 9.6 11,719 9.9 -418 59,805 50.8 17,205 42,600 46,929 39.8 7,753 39,176 12,876 12,423 10.6 1,184,333
Total male and female Flevoland (PV) 2022 434,771 308 5,099 11.6 2,877 6.5 2,222 31,718 72.1 10,821 20,897 23,976 54.5 5,689 18,287 7,742 9,930 22.8 444,701
Total male and female Gelderland (PV) 2022 2,110,472 425 19,563 9.2 21,481 10.1 -1,918 128,776 60.7 34,488 94,288 103,582 48.8 14,847 88,735 25,194 23,236 11.0 2,133,708
Total male and female Utrecht (PV) 2022 1,369,873 923 14,229 10.3 11,461 8.3 2,768 93,899 68.1 22,557 71,342 78,868 57.2 10,283 68,585 15,031 17,770 13.0 1,387,643
Total male and female Noord-Holland (PV) 2022 2,909,827 1,093 28,408 9.7 25,891 8.8 2,517 232,345 79.3 92,327 140,018 191,865 65.5 42,340 149,525 40,480 42,795 14.7 2,952,622
Total male and female Zuid-Holland (PV) 2022 3,753,944 1,391 37,858 10.0 34,220 9.1 3,638 259,332 68.6 89,004 170,328 211,873 56.1 43,584 168,289 47,459 50,962 13.6 3,804,906
Total male and female Zeeland (PV) 2022 386,767 217 3,476 8.9 4,421 11.4 -945 22,686 58.3 7,549 15,137 17,360 44.6 3,754 13,606 5,326 4,357 11.3 391,124
Total male and female Noord-Brabant (PV) 2022 2,592,874 529 23,816 9.1 25,700 9.8 -1,884 167,986 64.4 61,248 106,738 132,753 50.9 24,163 108,590 35,233 33,336 12.9 2,626,210
Total male and female Limburg (PV) 2022 1,118,302 521 8,923 7.9 13,022 11.6 -4,099 72,101 64.2 25,182 46,919 57,906 51.5 14,519 43,387 14,195 10,065 9.0 1,128,367
Total male and female Oost-Groningen (CR) 2022 136,605 183 1,130 8.2 1,775 12.9 -645 23,788 173.4 16,844 6,944 22,051 160.8 635 21,416 1,737 1,131 8.3 137,736
Total male and female Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2022 45,389 169 356 7.8 589 13.0 -233 2,642 58.2 508 2,134 2,409 53.1 252 2,157 233 5 0.1 45,394
Total male and female Overig Groningen (CR) 2022 408,176 313 3,508 8.5 3,828 9.3 -320 30,860 75.2 11,298 19,562 25,752 62.7 5,574 20,178 5,108 4,769 11.7 412,945
Total male and female Noord-Friesland (CR) 2022 323,359 217 2,939 9.0 3,378 10.4 -439 18,883 58.1 4,985 13,898 15,210 46.8 2,353 12,857 3,673 3,224 10.0 326,583
Total male and female Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2022 141,897 162 1,230 8.6 1,570 11.0 -340 6,932 48.7 1,556 5,376 5,613 39.4 630 4,983 1,319 978 6.9 142,875
Total male and female Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2022 188,763 194 1,632 8.6 2,150 11.3 -518 9,757 51.5 1,707 8,050 7,899 41.7 753 7,146 1,858 1,330 7.0 190,093
Total male and female Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2022 193,706 186 1,577 8.1 2,248 11.6 -671 12,174 62.6 2,299 9,875 9,900 50.9 832 9,068 2,274 1,602 8.3 195,308
Total male and female Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2022 169,054 187 1,355 8.0 2,151 12.7 -796 8,442 49.7 1,782 6,660 6,280 37.0 708 5,572 2,162 1,330 7.9 170,384
Total male and female Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2022 134,983 197 1,104 8.1 1,631 12.0 -527 7,869 58.0 1,748 6,121 5,971 44.0 641 5,330 1,898 1,376 10.2 136,359
Total male and female Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2022 379,911 269 4,127 10.8 3,413 8.9 714 20,298 53.0 5,126 15,172 15,457 40.4 2,126 13,331 4,841 5,562 14.6 385,473
Total male and female Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2022 158,082 381 1,532 9.6 1,600 10.1 -68 8,106 51.0 1,930 6,176 6,151 38.7 732 5,419 1,955 1,881 11.9 159,963
Total male and female Twente (CR) 2022 633,917 426 5,642 8.9 6,706 10.5 -1,064 31,401 49.3 10,149 21,252 25,321 39.8 4,895 20,426 6,080 4,980 7.9 638,897
Total male and female Veluwe (CR) 2022 706,888 387 7,248 10.2 7,025 9.9 223 39,510 55.5 10,598 28,912 30,824 43.3 4,512 26,312 8,686 8,904 12.6 715,792
Total male and female Achterhoek (CR) 2022 403,396 261 3,119 7.7 4,772 11.8 -1,653 20,292 50.1 3,727 16,565 15,769 39.0 1,765 14,004 4,523 2,865 7.1 406,261
Total male and female Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2022 749,220 837 6,668 8.9 7,410 9.8 -742 52,871 70.2 14,738 38,133 44,333 58.9 5,568 38,765 8,538 7,775 10.4 756,995
Total male and female Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2022 250,968 363 2,528 10.0 2,274 9.0 254 16,103 63.7 5,425 10,678 12,656 50.1 3,002 9,654 3,447 3,692 14.7 254,660
Total male and female Utrecht (CR) 2022 1,369,873 923 14,229 10.3 11,461 8.3 2,768 93,899 68.1 22,557 71,342 78,868 57.2 10,283 68,585 15,031 17,770 13.0 1,387,643
Total male and female Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2022 381,066 352 3,568 9.3 3,761 9.8 -193 22,673 59.1 6,794 15,879 17,787 46.4 3,674 14,113 4,886 4,677 12.3 385,743
Total male and female Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2022 252,618 871 2,192 8.6 2,553 10.1 -361 15,013 59.1 3,193 11,820 11,983 47.2 1,512 10,471 3,030 2,658 10.5 255,276
Total male and female IJmond (CR) 2022 199,581 1,252 1,824 9.1 2,133 10.7 -309 10,813 54.0 1,979 8,834 9,325 46.6 1,090 8,235 1,488 1,168 5.9 200,749
Total male and female Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2022 231,294 2,098 2,250 9.7 2,526 10.8 -276 18,579 79.7 4,841 13,738 14,953 64.2 2,340 12,613 3,626 3,344 14.5 234,638
Total male and female Zaanstreek (CR) 2022 173,547 1,546 1,711 9.8 1,703 9.7 8 10,975 62.8 3,019 7,956 8,300 47.5 1,303 6,997 2,675 2,683 15.5 176,230
Total male and female Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2022 1,411,057 1,982 14,659 10.2 10,644 7.4 4,015 134,996 93.5 67,313 67,683 114,495 79.3 30,263 84,232 20,501 24,364 17.0 1,456,187
Total male and female Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2022 260,664 1,326 2,204 9.1 2,571 10.6 -367 19,296 79.8 5,188 14,108 15,022 62.1 2,158 12,864 4,274 3,901 16.3 243,799
Total male and female Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2022 434,527 1,574 3,937 9.0 3,946 9.0 -9 31,368 71.7 9,030 22,338 25,577 58.5 4,409 21,168 5,791 5,785 13.3 440,312
Total male and female Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2022 896,471 3,564 8,962 9.9 7,887 8.7 1,075 71,540 79.2 29,965 41,575 58,645 64.9 15,085 43,560 12,895 13,881 15.5 910,352
Total male and female Delft en Westland (CR) 2022 236,504 1,570 2,156 9.0 1,954 8.2 202 20,189 84.7 8,865 11,324 16,438 68.9 4,661 11,777 3,751 3,941 16.7 240,445
Total male and female Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2022 340,481 721 3,673 10.7 3,064 8.9 609 18,997 55.4 4,480 14,517 14,510 42.3 2,284 12,226 4,487 5,089 14.9 345,570
Total male and female Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2022 1,470,993 1,234 15,157 10.2 13,784 9.3 1,373 96,206 65.0 31,089 65,117 80,072 54.1 14,921 65,151 16,134 17,482 11.9 1,488,475
Total male and female Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2022 374,968 1,053 3,973 10.5 3,585 9.5 388 21,032 55.7 5,575 15,457 16,631 44.1 2,224 14,407 4,401 4,784 12.8 379,752
Total male and female Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2022 105,175 144 788 7.5 1,376 13.0 -588 5,167 49.0 2,436 2,731 3,912 37.1 1,386 2,526 1,255 657 6.2 105,832
Total male and female Overig Zeeland (CR) 2022 281,592 268 2,688 9.5 3,045 10.7 -357 17,519 61.8 5,113 12,406 13,448 47.4 2,368 11,080 4,071 3,700 13.1 285,292
Total male and female West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2022 640,061 526 5,686 8.8 6,695 10.4 -1,009 36,122 56.1 10,658 25,464 28,444 44.2 6,182 22,262 7,678 6,657 10.4 646,718
Total male and female Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2022 497,266 539 4,630 9.3 4,950 9.9 -320 35,666 71.3 14,766 20,900 28,824 57.6 5,225 23,599 6,842 6,532 13.1 503,798
Total male and female Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2022 664,472 502 6,289 9.4 6,546 9.8 -257 35,942 53.8 9,515 26,427 27,631 41.3 4,346 23,285 8,311 8,042 12.1 672,514
Total male and female Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2022 791,075 550 7,211 9.0 7,509 9.4 -298 60,256 75.6 26,309 33,947 47,854 60.0 8,410 39,444 12,402 12,105 15.3 803,180
Total male and female Noord-Limburg (CR) 2022 285,157 343 2,411 8.4 2,824 9.8 -413 15,474 53.9 6,727 8,747 10,971 38.2 3,084 7,887 4,503 4,091 14.3 289,248
Total male and female Midden-Limburg (CR) 2022 239,098 360 2,003 8.3 2,786 11.6 -783 14,485 60.3 4,008 10,477 11,330 47.2 2,304 9,026 3,155 2,369 9.9 241,467
Total male and female Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2022 594,047 915 4,509 7.6 7,412 12.4 -2,903 42,142 70.7 14,447 27,695 35,605 59.8 9,131 26,474 6,537 3,605 6.1 597,652
Total male and female Flevoland (CR) 2022 434,771 308 5,099 11.6 2,877 6.5 2,222 31,718 72.1 10,821 20,897 23,976 54.5 5,689 18,287 7,742 9,930 22.8 444,701
Total male and female Aa en Hunze 2022 25,579 93 181 7.1 307 12.0 -126 1,546 60.3 352 1,194 1,275 49.7 148 1,127 271 145 5.7 25,724
Total male and female Aagtekerke 2022
Total male and female Aalburg 2022
Total male and female Aalsmeer 2022 32,452 1,615 257 7.8 270 8.2 -13 2,451 74.8 978 1,473 1,823 55.7 534 1,289 628 611 18.8 33,063
Total male and female Aalten 2022 27,100 281 237 8.7 306 11.3 -69 969 35.7 236 733 756 27.8 130 626 213 144 5.3 27,244
Total male and female Ter Aar 2022
Total male and female Aardenburg 2022
Total male and female Aarle-Rixtel 2022
Total male and female Abbekerk 2022
Total male and female Abbenbroek 2022
Total male and female Abcoude 2022
Total male and female Achtkarspelen 2022 27,954 273 269 9.6 248 8.8 21 1,203 42.9 308 895 1,028 36.6 126 902 175 195 7.0 28,149
Total male and female Achttienhoven (U.) 2022
Total male and female Adorp 2022
Total male and female Aduard 2022
Total male and female Akersloot 2022
Total male and female Alblasserdam 2022 20,087 2,290 229 11.3 187 9.2 42 1,139 56.3 325 814 911 45.1 96 815 228 269 13.4 20,356
Total male and female Albrandswaard 2022 25,934 1,197 237 9.1 174 6.7 63 1,620 62.0 173 1,447 1,261 48.2 88 1,173 359 423 16.3 26,357
Total male and female Alem, Maren en Kessel 2022
Total male and female Alkemade 2022
Total male and female Alkmaar 2022 110,783 1,004 1,069 9.6 1,089 9.8 -20 6,508 58.5 1,502 5,006 5,433 48.8 703 4,730 1,075 1,051 9.5 111,834
Total male and female Almelo 2022 73,155 1,089 687 9.3 762 10.4 -75 4,039 54.9 1,145 2,894 3,157 42.9 513 2,644 882 794 10.9 73,949
Total male and female Almere 2022 217,828 1,686 2,599 11.8 1,234 5.6 1,365 14,907 67.7 4,229 10,678 11,255 51.1 2,113 9,142 3,652 4,997 22.9 222,825
Total male and female Almkerk 2022
Total male and female Alphen aan den Rijn 2022 112,926 897 1,098 9.7 997 8.8 101 5,874 51.7 1,616 4,258 4,717 41.5 848 3,869 1,157 1,256 11.1 114,182
Total male and female Alphen en Riel 2022
Total male and female Alphen-Chaam 2022 10,425 112 85 8.1 120 11.5 -35 566 54.2 116 450 494 47.3 87 407 72 38 3.6 10,463
Total male and female Altena 2022 57,009 285 562 9.8 514 9.0 48 2,377 41.4 679 1,698 1,708 29.8 301 1,407 669 717 12.6 57,726
Total male and female Ambt Delden 2022
Total male and female Ambt Montfort 2022
Total male and female Ambt-Vollenhove 2022
Total male and female Amby 2022
Total male and female Ameide 2022
Total male and female Ameland 2022 3,757 66 35 9.2 35 9.2 0 315 82.9 136 179 232 61.1 66 166 83 83 22.1 3,840
Total male and female Amerongen 2022
Total male and female Amersfoort 2022 158,590 2,538 1,692 10.6 1,250 7.8 442 9,259 58.0 1,767 7,492 7,526 47.1 820 6,706 1,733 2,169 13.7 160,759
Total male and female Ammerstol 2022
Total male and female Ammerzoden 2022
Total male and female Amstelveen 2022 92,331 2,246 725 7.8 966 10.3 -241 13,858 148.4 7,066 6,792 11,521 123.4 3,071 8,450 2,337 2,087 22.6 94,418
Total male and female Amstenrade 2022
Total male and female Amsterdam 2022 882,633 5,336 9,894 10.9 6,002 6.6 3,892 88,627 97.3 49,516 39,111 77,690 85.3 22,650 55,040 10,937 14,718 16.3 918,117
Total male and female Andel 2022
Total male and female Andijk 2022
Source: CBS.
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Population growth in The Netherlands by birth, death and migration by sex and region.

In addition to national data, information is presented by group of provinces, province, COROP region and municipality.

The regional totals shown concern cumulated municipal data. Where changes of municipal boundaries transect regional boundaries, the municipal classifications concerns the most recent situation. The municipality of Vianen, for example, was annexed by the province of Utrecht on 1 January 2002, and is classified under the province of Utrecht in the Table.

Data available from: 1942

Status of the figures:
All data recorded in this publication are final data.
Up to 1977 data may differ from other published data on StatLine. This is due to differences between the data files used by Statistics Netherlands and the official data as published in 'Loop van de bevolking per gemeente'.

Changes as of 4 August 2023:
Final figures of 2022 have been added.

Changes as of 12 June 2023:
The 2021 population density figures for all regions were incorrect due to the use of an incorrect data file. These figures have been corrected in this version of the table.

When will new figures be published?
In the 3rd quarter of 2024 figures of 2023 will be added in this table.

Description topics

Population on 1 January
Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area.
In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.
Population density
Inhabitants per km2 land area.

Available in this table from 1995.
Live born children
Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.
Live born children are recorded in the municipality of residence of the baby's mother (or occasionally the father). It is, therefore, not necessarily the municipality where the birth occurred.

1942-1962: excluding live born children after a pregnancy lasting less than 26 weeks deceased before registration of birth.
Live born children
Live born children, ratio
Live born children per 1,000 of the average population.
Not available by sex.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.
Deaths
Death:
Person declared dead by an authorized doctor.
Deaths represent the number of deaths in the 'de jure' population of the municipality of residence of the deceased, not the municipality where the death occurred.

1942-1962: excluding live born children after a pregnancy lasting less than 26 weeks deceased before registration of birth.
Deaths
Deaths, ratio
Deaths per 1,000 of the average population.
Not available by sex.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.
Natural increase
The number of live births minus the number of deaths.

Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.
Live born children are recorded in the municipality of residence of the baby's mother (or occasionally the father). It is, therefore, not necessarily the municipality where the birth occurred.
1942-1962: excluding live born children after a pregnancy lasting less than 26 weeks deceased before registration of birth..

Death:
Person declared dead by an authorized doctor.
Deaths represent the number of deaths in the 'de jure' population of the municipality of residence of the deceased, not the municipality where the death occurred.
1942-1962: excluding live born children after a pregnancy lasting less than 26 weeks deceased before registration of birth.

Arrivals in municipality
Arrivals in the municipality due to immigration or intermunicipal move.

Immigration:
People moving to the Netherlands from another country.

Intermunicipal move:
A move from one municipality to another.
Total arrivals
Total arrivals, ratio
Total arrivals per 1,000 of the average population.
Not available by sex.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.
Due to immigration
Immigration:
People moving to the Netherlands from another country.
Available in this table from 1960.
From 1960 up to October 1994, with a few exeptions, persons with the Dutch nationality were registered if they planned to stay for more than 30 days.
For persons who did not have a Dutch passport the corresponding period was 180 days.
From October 1994, the requirements for registration are met, both for Dutch residents and non-Dutch residents, if the anticipated length of stay in the first six months after settlement is at least four months.

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.
- administrative entries preceding emigration are now considered as immigration;
- administrative removals followed by immigration are now considered as emigration
Due to intermunicipal moves
Intermunicipal move:
A move from one municipality to another, excluding changes caused by an adjustment of municipal borders.

Available in this table from 1960.
Departures from municipality
Departures from the municipality due to emigration or intermunicipal move.

Emigration:
People leaving for another country.

Intermunicipal move:
A move from one municipality to another, excluding changes caused by an adjustment of municipal borders.

Total departures including administra...
Total departures including net administrative corrections.
Data on departures including net administrative corrections give a better impression of the true level of departures than data excluding net administrative corrections.

Break in series administrative corrections
Until 1977, Statistics Netherlands had no information on administrative corrections available at the municipal level. The figures up to 1977 do not include administrative corrections.

Administrative correction:
Entry in and removal from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change. The majority of administrative corrections refer to persons who are no longer living in their former place of residence, usually because they have settled in a foreign country. Administrative corrections resulting in registration usually concern persons who have been found (in their former place of residence or elsewhere) and are entered into the municipal population registers. This explains why the net administrative corrections are included in emigration (and net migration) but not in immigration.

Net administrative corrections:
Administrative entries minus administrative removals.

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.
Total departures including adm..., ratio
Total departures including net administrative corrections per 1,000 of the average population.
Data on departures including net administrative corrections give a better impression of the true level of departures than data excluding net administrative corrections.

Not available by sex.

Break in series administrative corrections
Until 1977, Statistics Netherlands had no information on administrative corrections available at the municipal level. The figures up to 1977 do not include administrative corrections.

Administrative correction:
Entry in and removal from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change. The majority of administrative corrections refer to persons who are no longer living in their former place of residence, usually because they have settled in a foreign country. Administrative corrections resulting in registration usually concern persons who have been found (in their former place of residence or elsewhere) and are entered into the municipal population registers. This explains why the net administrative corrections are included in emigration (and net migration) but not in immigration.

Net administrative corrections:
Administrative entries minus administrative removals.

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.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.
Due to emigration including administr...
Emigration including net administrative corrections.
Data on emigration including net administrative corrections give a better impression of the true level of emigration than data excluding net administrative corrections.

Break in series administrative corrections
Until 1977, Statistics Netherlands had no information on administrative corrections available at the municipal level. The figures up to 1977 do not include 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.
- administrative entries preceding emigration are now considered as immigration;
- administrative removals followed by immigration are now considered as emigration

Emigration:
People leaving for another country.
Until October 1994, persons who had the intention to leave the Netherlands for a period exceeding 360 days were deregistered. From October 1994, the anticipated length of stay abroad in the year after settlement in another country is at least eight months.

Administrative correction:
Entry in and removal from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change. The majority of administrative corrections refer to persons who are no longer living in their former place of residence, usually because they have settled in a foreign country. Administrative corrections resulting in registration usually concern persons who have been found (in their former place of residence or elsewhere) and are entered into the municipal population registers. This explains why the net administrative corrections are included in emigration (and net migration) but not in immigration.
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Net administrative corrections:
Administrative entries minus administrative removals.

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.

Due to intermunicipal moves
Intermunicipal move:
A move from one municipality to another, excluding changes caused by an adjustment of municipal borders.

Available in this table from 1960.
Net migration including administrative..
Net migration including administrative corrections
Data on net migration including net administrative corrections give a better impression of the true level of net migration than data excluding net administrative corrections.

Break in series administrative corrections:
Until 1977, Statistics Netherlands had no information on administrative corrections available at the municipal level. The figures up to 1977 do not include administrative corrections.

Administrative correction:
Entry in and removal from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change. The majority of administrative corrections refer to persons who are no longer living in their former place of residence, usually because they have settled in a foreign country. Administrative corrections resulting in registration usually concern persons who have been found (in their former place of residence or elsewhere) and are entered into the municipal population registers. This explains why the net administrative corrections are included in emigration (and net migration) but not in immigration.

Net administrative corrections:
Administrative entries minus administrative removals.

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.
Population growth
The increase or decrease of the population.
Including other corrections.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Other corrections:
Changes on personal data in the municipal population registers which does not exactly match the difference between the size and composition of the population in two subsequent years.

1942 - 1959: In case of border changes or reclassification of municipalities in the course of a year, the numbers of inhabitants concerned are included in the other corrections. In the case of border changes or reclassifications that take place on 1 January, the reclassified inhabitants are not included in the other corrections; in those cases, they represent the difference between the initial population position and last year's final position. The changes per municipality are reported under (clicking on) the relevant municipality names.
1948: Including corrections that proved necessary on the basis of the 12th Census (1947) were settled.
1954: Including the killed, missing victims of the flood disaster 1953, who were first removed from the population register in 1954.
1958: Including the Ambonese living in the municipality in a residential area, who were entered in the population register in the last two months of 1958.

Population growth
Population growth, ratio
Population growth per 1,000 of the population at the start of the relevant period.
Not available by sex.
Population on 31 December
Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.