Population and population dynamics by month; 1995-2018
| Periods | Marriage / partnership Marriage / partnership: persons Males Widowed (number) | Marriage / partnership Marriage / partnership: persons Females Widowed (number) | Marriage / partnership Marrying persons (until 2010) Males Widowed (number) | Marriage / partnership Marrying persons (until 2010) Females Widowed (number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 November | 129 | 102 | . | . |
| 2017 December | 154 | 107 | . | . |
| 2018 January* | 86 | 72 | . | . |
| 2018 February* | 98 | 73 | . | . |
| 2018 March* | 98 | 76 | . | . |
| 2018 April* | 136 | 106 | . | . |
| 2018 May* | 169 | 134 | . | . |
| 2018 June* | 175 | 167 | . | . |
| 2018 July* | 153 | 129 | . | . |
| 2018 August* | 162 | 160 | . | . |
| 2018 September* | 186 | 158 | . | . |
| 2018 October* | 137 | 118 | . | . |
| Source: CBS | ||||
Dataset is not available.
This table includes information on the size of the Dutch population, as well as births, deaths, international migration, persons who moved within or between municipalities, marriages, registered partnerships, marriage dissolutions and requests for asylum, per month, quarter and year.
Since January 2010, a new production system has become operational to process municipal population data.
As from 2010 onwards, with the introduction of the new system the following changes were implemented:
- Provisional figures on live births by rank number and marital status of the mother will no longer be available. Definite figures will be added to the table on an annual basis;
- Marriages will include registered partnerships;
- Data on registered partnerships will be discontinued;
- Married persons will include persons who have signed partnership contracts. An extra preceding marital status (married) has been added;
- Marriage dissolutions will be presented including registered partnership dissolutions;
- Divorced persons will be presented including legally terminated partnerships;
- Data on persons who have moved house within the Netherlands will no longer be broken down by place in the household.
Data available from January 1995 till Ocotber 2018.
Status of the figures:
- All figures on Asylum requests are final.
- All figures of 1995 up to and including 2017 are final.
- Figures for the 1st of January 2018 are final, the other figures on the population of 2018 are provisional.
- The updating of asylum applications in this table is discontinued with effect from 2012.
Changes effective from 14 January 2019:
None, the table has been discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable. This table will be followed up by 'Population dynamics; month and year' see paragraph 3.
Description topics
- Marriage / partnership
- Break in series: late reports
Until 2010, reports on events taking place in a certain year received by Statistics Netherlands after 15 February in the following year were disregarded. These are so-called late reports.
As a result of an improvement in the production process, from 2010 these late reports are included in the year of publication (i.e. not in the year the event took place, but in the year the results are published).
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 / partnership: persons
- Marrying persons including persons who have signed registered partnership agreements by gender and marital status prior to the marriage or registered partnership.
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.
Available since 2010.
Which persons are counted?
Persons who, at the time of their marriage or partnership registration are included in the municipal population database of a Dutch municipality, irrespective of the country where they got married or their partnership was registered.
Marital status:
Formal position of a person indicating whether they are married or have signed a registered partnership.
Registered partnership:
A relationship resembling marriage between two persons of the same or opposite gender officially registered by the authorities. On 1 January 1998, registered partnerships were introduced in the Netherlands.- Males
- Widowed
- Widowed after a legal marriage and widowed after a partnership.
Widowed after a legal marriage:
Marital status resulting from death ending a legal marriage.
Widowed after a partnership:
Marital status resulting from death ending a registered partnership.
- Females
- Widowed
- Widowed after a legal marriage:
Marital status resulting from death ending a legal marriage.
Widowed after a partnership:
Marital status resulting from death ending a registered partnership.
- Marrying persons (until 2010)
- Marrying persons by sex and former marital status. Excluding persons who have registered a partnership.
From 2010 data will no longer be published in this publication.
Data includes all marriage partners and partners in a registered partnership entered in the Dutch municipal registers at the time of the marriage or the partnership.
Marital status:
Legal status involving someone's rights and competences as determined by legal marriage and registered partnership.
Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Registered partnership was introduced in The Netherlands on 1 January 1998.- Males
- Widowed
- Marital status resulting from death ending a legal marriage or registered partnership.
- Females
- Widowed
- Marital status resulting from death ending a legal marriage or registered partnership.