Population, households and population dynamics; 1899-2019

Population, households and population dynamics; 1899-2019

Periods Population on 1 January Persons with Surinamese background (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of birth Immigration Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of birth Immigration Suriname (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of birth Emigration including administrative c... Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of birth Emigration including administrative c... Suriname (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of birth Emigration excluding administrative c... Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of birth Emigration excluding administrative c... Suriname (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of origin / destination Immigration Indonesia, Suriname, The Netherlan... (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of origin / destination Immigration Suriname and The Netherlands Antilles (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of origin / destination Immigration Suriname (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of origin / destination Emigration excluding administrative c... Indonesia, Suriname, The Netherlan... (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of origin / destination Emigration excluding administrative c... Suriname and The Netherlands Antilles (x 1,000) Migration External migration By country of origin / destination Emigration excluding administrative c... Suriname (x 1,000)
2019 353.9
Source: CBS.
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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.
Persons with Surinamese background
Someone with a Surinamese background:
Until 1995: a person born in Suriname or the child of a mother who is born in Suriname. Part of the data are estimates.
From 1995: a person of whom at least one parent was born in Suriname.

The country with which a person has the closest ties, based on his/her parents' country of birth or his/her own country of birth.
The migration background of a person with a first-generation migration background is defined as his or her country of birth.
The migration background of a person with a second-generation migration background is defined as his or her mother's country of birth, unless the mother's country of birth is the Netherlands. In that case, the migration background is defined as the father's country of birth.


Migration
A move between two geographic entities resulting in a change of municipality or country.

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.
External migration
People moving to the Netherlands from another country (immigration) or People leaving for another country (emigration).

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

By country of birth
International migration by country of birth
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.

In order to be counted as immigrants, these persons must be registered in the municipal population registers.
Up to and including September 1994: with the exception of a number of special cases, a person with the Dutch nationality was registered if they expected to stay in the Netherlands for longer than 30 days and for a person with a non-Dutch nationality if the expected duration of stay was more then 180 days.
From October 1994: people are registered if they expect to stay in the Netherlands for at least four months.

Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles
Immigration of persons born in Suriname or the (former) Netherlands Antilles.
From 1986 including Aruba.

(former) Netherlands Antilles:
Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Saint Eustatius and Saint Maarten.
Suriname
Immigration of persons born in Suriname.
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.

Emigration:
People leaving for another country.
Up to and including September 1994, people were removed from the population register if they were expected to leave the Netherlands for more than 360 days.
From October 1994, the expected duration of stay abroad is at least eight months. This always concerns emigration reported to the municipality.
For the period 1940 to 1946: including approximately 104 thousand deported Jews and approximately 39 thousand deported political prisoners, employed persons and soldiers in German military service who died abroad during the said period.

Administrative correction
Entries in and removals from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change.
The greater part of these corrections relates to the processing of either the departures of persons who did not notify the local authorities or the subsequent arrivals.
Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles
Emigration including administrative corrections of persons born in Suriname or the (former) Netherlands Antilles.
From 1986 including Aruba.

Netherlands Antilles:
The islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten.
Suriname
Emigration including administrative corrections of persons born in Suriname.
Emigration excluding administrative c...
Emigration excluding administrative corrections.

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.

Emigration:
People leaving for another country.
Up to and including September 1994, people were removed from the population register if they were expected to leave the Netherlands for more than 360 days.
From October 1994, the expected duration of stay abroad is at least eight months. This always concerns emigration reported to the municipality.
For the period 1940 to 1946: including approximately 104 thousand deported Jews and approximately 39 thousand deported political prisoners, employed persons and soldiers in German military service who died abroad during the said period.

Administrative correction
Entries in and removals from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change.
The greater part of these corrections relates to the processing of either the departures of persons who did not notify the local authorities or the subsequent arrivals.
Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles
Emigration excluding administrative corrections of persons born in Suriname or the (former) Netherlands Antilles.

From 1986 including Aruba.

(former) Netherlands Antilles:
The islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten.
Suriname
Emigration excluding administrative corrections of persons born in Suriname.
By country of origin / destination
External migration by country of origin or country of destination.
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.

In order to be counted as immigrants, these persons must be registered in the municipal population registers.
Up to and including September 1994: with the exception of a number of special cases, a person with the Dutch nationality was registered if they expected to stay in the Netherlands for longer than 30 days and for a person with a non-Dutch nationality if the expected duration of stay was more then 180 days.
From October 1994: people are registered if they expect to stay in the Netherlands for at least four months.
Indonesia, Suriname, The Netherlan...
Immigration of persons from Indonesia, Suriname and the (former) Netherlands Antilles.
From 1986 including Aruba.

Indonesia:
Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Portuguese Timor.

(former) Netherlands Antilles:
Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Saint Eustatius and Saint Maarten.
Suriname and The Netherlands Antilles
Immigration of persons from Suriname and the (former) Netherlands Antilles.
From 1986 including Aruba.

(former) Netherlands Antilles:
Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Saint Eustatius and Saint Maarten.
Suriname
Immigration of persons from Suriname.
Emigration excluding administrative c...
Emigration excluding administrative corrections.

Emigration:
People leaving for another country.
Up to and including September 1994, people were removed from the population register if they were expected to leave the Netherlands for more than 360 days.
From October 1994, the expected duration of stay abroad is at least eight months. This always concerns emigration reported to the municipality.
For the period 1940 to 1946: including approximately 104 thousand deported Jews and approximately 39 thousand deported political prisoners, employed persons and soldiers in German military service who died abroad during the said period.

Administrative correction
Entries in and removals from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change.
The greater part of these corrections relates to the processing of either the departures of persons who did not notify the local authorities or the subsequent arrivals.
Indonesia, Suriname, The Netherlan...
Emigration of persons to Indonesia, Suriname and the (former) Netherlands Antilles.
From 1986 including Aruba.

Indonesia:
Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Portuguese Timor.

(former) Netherlands Antilles:
Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Saint Eustatius and Saint Maarten.
Suriname and The Netherlands Antilles
Emigration of persons to Suriname and the (former) Netherlands Antilles.
From 1986 including Aruba.

(former) Netherlands Antilles:
Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Saint Eustatius and Saint Maarten.
Suriname
Emigration of persons to Suriname.