Asylum requests; by citizenship and quarterly figures, 1998 - 2007

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Asylum requests; by citizenship and quarterly figures, 1998 - 2007
Countries	Periods	Asylum requests by age All ages (absolute)	Asylum requests by age Younger than 15 years (absolute)	Asylum requests by age 15 to 17 years (absolute)	Asylum requests by age 18 years or older (absolute)
Total countries	1998 1st quarter	8,910	2,240	900	5,760
Total countries	1998 2nd quarter	9,570	2,440	1,010	6,120
Total countries	1998 3rd quarter	13,130	3,540	1,450	8,140
Total countries	1998 4th quarter	13,610	3,270	1,600	8,750
Total countries	1998	45,220	11,490	4,960	28,770
Total countries	1999 1st quarter	8,840	2,290	1,100	5,450
Total countries	1999 2nd quarter	8,580	2,230	1,100	5,250
Total countries	1999 3rd quarter	10,170	2,870	1,340	5,960
Total countries	1999 4th quarter	11,700	2,970	1,870	6,870
Total countries	1999	39,300	10,360	5,410	23,530
Total countries	2000 1st quarter	11,540	3,010	1,740	6,780
Total countries	2000 2nd quarter	9,530	2,560	1,350	5,620
Total countries	2000 3rd quarter	10,920	2,870	1,600	6,450
Total countries	2000 4th quarter	11,580	2,670	1,920	6,990
Total countries	2000	43,560	11,100	6,610	25,840
Total countries	2001 1st quarter	9,590	2,240	1,570	5,780
Total countries	2001 2nd quarter	7,550	1,480	1,270	4,810
Total countries	2001 3rd quarter	7,490	1,680	1,270	4,540
Total countries	2001 4th quarter	7,950	1,640	1,450	4,860
Total countries	2001	32,580	7,030	5,560	19,990
Total countries	2002 1st quarter	6,300	1,260	1,160	3,880
Total countries	2002 2nd quarter	4,840	920	840	3,080
Total countries	2002 3rd quarter	4,200	850	610	2,740
Total countries	2002 4th quarter	3,330	530	460	2,340
Total countries	2002	18,670	3,560	3,070	12,040
Total countries	2003 1st quarter	3,670	730	380	2,560
Total countries	2003 2nd quarter	3,790	770	310	2,710
Total countries	2003 3rd quarter	3,220	640	380	2,200
Total countries	2003 4th quarter	2,720	610	310	1,800
Total countries	2003	13,400	2,760	1,380	9,270
Total countries	2004 1st quarter	2,750	780	290	1,690
Total countries	2004 2nd quarter	2,080	610	140	1,330
Total countries	2004 3rd quarter	2,310	690	200	1,430
Total countries	2004 4th quarter	2,640	770	230	1,640
Total countries	2004	9,780	2,840	850	6,080
Total countries	2005 1st quarter	2,700	770	260	1,660
Total countries	2005 2nd quarter	2,590	700	230	1,660
Total countries	2005 3rd quarter	2,990	870	200	1,920
Total countries	2005 4th quarter	4,080	1,080	250	2,750
Total countries	2005	12,350	3,420	930	7,990
Total countries	2006 1st quarter	5,170	1,260	290	3,630
Total countries	2006 2nd quarter	3,840	1,050	270	2,520
Total countries	2006 3rd quarter	2,960	720	200	2,040
Total countries	2006 4th quarter	2,490	570	170	1,750
Total countries	2006	14,470	3,600	920	9,940
Total countries	2007 1st quarter	2,530	550	150	1,840
Total countries	2007 2nd quarter	2,140	420	140	1,580
Total countries	2007 3rd quarter	2,470	420	150	1,910
Total countries	2007 4th quarter	2,590	420	190	1,980
Total countries	2007	9,730	1,800	620	7,310
Total countries	2008 1st quarter	.	.	.	.
Africa total	1998 1st quarter	1,830	320	410	1,100
Africa total	1998 2nd quarter	2,100	360	500	1,240
Africa total	1998 3rd quarter	2,910	560	730	1,620
Africa total	1998 4th quarter	3,080	580	760	1,740
Africa total	1998	9,920	1,820	2,400	5,710
Africa total	1999 1st quarter	2,710	600	610	1,510
Africa total	1999 2nd quarter	2,620	540	610	1,480
Africa total	1999 3rd quarter	2,780	650	690	1,440
Africa total	1999 4th quarter	3,600	680	990	1,930
Africa total	1999	11,710	2,470	2,890	6,350
Africa total	2000 1st quarter	3,560	630	1,040	1,880
Africa total	2000 2nd quarter	2,810	520	770	1,520
Africa total	2000 3rd quarter	3,380	630	890	1,870
Africa total	2000 4th quarter	3,990	600	1,160	2,240
Africa total	2000	13,740	2,380	3,860	7,510
Africa total	2001 1st quarter	3,740	660	1,040	2,040
Africa total	2001 2nd quarter	3,250	500	910	1,840
Africa total	2001 3rd quarter	3,600	710	940	1,950
Africa total	2001 4th quarter	4,020	760	1,080	2,180
Africa total	2001	14,610	2,630	3,970	8,010
Africa total	2002 1st quarter	3,330	640	800	1,890
Africa total	2002 2nd quarter	2,520	440	590	1,480
Africa total	2002 3rd quarter	1,930	320	390	1,220
Africa total	2002 4th quarter	1,580	210	290	1,090
Africa total	2002	9,360	1,600	2,080	5,690
Africa total	2003 1st quarter	1,270	180	230	860
Africa total	2003 2nd quarter	1,020	160	150	710
Africa total	2003 3rd quarter	1,190	180	170	830
Africa total	2003 4th quarter	950	160	140	660
Africa total	2003	4,430	680	680	3,060
Africa total	2004 1st quarter	930	200	120	610
Africa total	2004 2nd quarter	740	190	60	490
Africa total	2004 3rd quarter	740	200	60	480
Africa total	2004 4th quarter	870	250	100	510
Africa total	2004	3,270	840	340	2,090
Africa total	2005 1st quarter	840	250	80	520
Africa total	2005 2nd quarter	800	220	70	510
Africa total	2005 3rd quarter	1,170	310	70	790
Africa total	2005 4th quarter	1,280	310	80	900
Africa total	2005	4,090	1,100	290	2,710
Africa total	2006 1st quarter	1,230	320	60	850
Africa total	2006 2nd quarter	1,270	310	90	870
Africa total	2006 3rd quarter	1,020	180	80	760
Africa total	2006 4th quarter	930	180	70	690
Africa total	2006	4,450	980	310	3,170
Africa total	2007 1st quarter	1,090	180	70	840
Africa total	2007 2nd quarter	950	160	70	730
Africa total	2007 3rd quarter	1,040	180	80	780
Africa total	2007 4th quarter	930	140	80	710
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

Requests for asylum in the Netherlands by country of citizenship, sex
and age of the asylum seeker.

Data available from 1998 until 2007.

Frequency: stopped on 15 may 2008.

Legal status of the data: final data.

Description topics

Asylum requests by age

The number of requests for asylum by age submitted at the moment the
asylum seeker enters the country. The category 'age' is subdivided into
younger than 15
15, 16, or 17 years old and 18 years or older.

All ages

Younger than 15 years

15 to 17 years

18 years or older