Population, households and population dynamics; 1899-2019
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The most important key figures about population, households, birth, mortality, changes of residence, marriages, marriage dissolutions and change of nationality of the Dutch population.
CBS is in transition towards a new classification of the population by origin. Greater emphasis is now placed on where a person was born, aside from where that person’s parents were born. The term ‘migration background’ is no longer used in this regard. The main categories western/non-western are being replaced by categories based on continents and a few countries that share a specific migration history with the Netherlands. The new classification is being implemented gradually in tables and publications on population by origin.
Data available from 1899 to 2019.
Status of the figures:
All data in this publication are final data.
Changes as of 15 December 2023:
None, this table was discontinued.
When will the new figures be published?
No longer applicable. This table is succeeded by the table 'Population, households and population dynamics; from 1899'. See section 3.
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 of a given area are the people registered in the population register, whose address is located in that area.- Municipalities by size class
- Municipalities are categorized by their number of residents.
For the period 1900-1909 municipalities are classified by the population on 31 December 1899, for the period 1910-1920 by the population on 31 December 1919, for the period 1921-1930 by the population on 31 December 1920 and for the period 1931-1940 by the population on 31 December 1930. All other years are classified by the number of residents in the year under review.- Population
- Less than 5,000 inhabitants
- Population in municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants.
- 5,000 to 19.999 inhabitants
- Population in municipalities with 5,000 to 19.999 inhabitants.
- 20,000 to 49.999 inhabitants
- Population in municipalities with 20,000 to 49.999 inhabitants.
For the period 1901-1909, the population figures are calculated on the basis of the data for the year 1900.
- 50,000 to 99.999 inhabitants
- Population in municipalities with 50,000 to 99.999 inhabitants.
For the period 1901-1909, the population figures are calculated on the basis of the data for the year 1900.
- 100,000 inhabitants or more
- Population in municipalities with 100,000 or more inhabitants.
- Number of municipalities
- Less than 5,000 inhabitants
- Number of municipalities in the Netherlands with less than 5,000 inhabitants.
- 5,000 to 19.999 inhabitants
- Number of municipalities in the Netherlands with 5,000 to 19.999 inhabitants.
- 20,000 to 49.999 inhabitants
- Number of municipalities in the Netherlands with 20,000 to 49.999 inhabitants.
- 50,000 to 99.999 inhabitants
- Number of municipalities in the Netherlands with 50,000 to 99.999 inhabitants.
- 100,000 inhabitants or more
- Number of municipalities in the Netherlands with 100,000 or more inhabitants.
- Marriages
- Contracting a marriage.
Since April 1, 2001, marriage has also been open to same-sex couples.
To be allowed to enter into a marriage in the Netherlands, both partners must have reached the age of eighteen. However, under certain circumstances, a marriage can be conctracted already during the minority. This can be done when both husbants-to-be are at least 16 years old and the bride is pregnant. It may also be desirable to enter into a marriage of minors outside the mentioned exceptional situations. The Minister of Justice can grant an exemption for important reasons.
Marriages counted
1900 to 1952: marriages contracted in the Netherlands including marriages contracted abroad but registered in the Netherlands, i.e. at the time of the marriage husband and/or wife belong to the Dutch population.
1953 to September 1994: all marriages contracted in the Netherlands, irrespective of registration in the Dutch municipal population registers.
From October 1994: the figures refer to married couples of which at least one partner is recorded in the municipal registers, irrespective of the country where the marriage was performed.
Break in series marriages and marrying people
As a result of an improved production process, a slight increase can be observed in the figures on marriages and marrying people from 2010 .
From 2010 onwards marriages taking place abroad in particular are measured more accurately.
Marriage:
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people.
Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages.- Marriages per 1,000 inhabitants
- Marriages per 1,000 of the average number of inhabitants.