External migration; sex, age, marital status, country of birth; 1995-2020
| Sex | Age | Marital status | Counrty of birth | Periods | Immigration (number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Total | 2020 | 220,853 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Western countries of birth (incl Neth... | 2020 | 151,536 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Non-western countries of birth | 2020 | 69,317 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Unknown country of birth | 2020 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Africa | 2020 | 14,707 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | America | 2020 | 22,482 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Asia | 2020 | 34,161 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Europe (incl The Netherlands) | 2020 | 148,096 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | GIPS countries (European Union) | 2020 | 16,474 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Middle and Eastern European EU countries | 2020 | 52,634 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | European Union (excluding Netherlands) | 2020 | 93,632 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Oceania | 2020 | 1,407 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Afghanistan | 2020 | 946 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Albania | 2020 | 406 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Algeria | 2020 | 164 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | American Samoa | 2020 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | American Virgin Islands | 2020 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Andorra | 2020 | 6 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Angola | 2020 | 176 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Anguilla | 2020 | 1 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Antarctica | 2020 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Antigua and Barbuda | 2020 | 1 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Armenia | 2020 | 234 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Argentina | 2020 | 840 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Aruba | 2020 | 1,140 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Australia | 2020 | 1,046 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Austria | 2020 | 777 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Azerbaijan | 2020 | 276 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Bahamas | 2020 | 16 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Bahrain | 2020 | 29 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Bangladesh | 2020 | 395 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Barbados | 2020 | 1 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Belarus | 2020 | 274 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Belgium | 2020 | 4,189 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Belize | 2020 | 6 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Benin | 2020 | 16 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Bermuda | 2020 | 7 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Bhutan | 2020 | 3 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Bolivia | 2020 | 81 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2020 | 372 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Botswana | 2020 | 19 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Brazil | 2020 | 2,997 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | British Indian Ocean Territory | 2020 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | British Virgin Islands | 2020 | 3 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Brunei | 2020 | 29 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Bulgaria | 2020 | 8,477 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Burkina Faso | 2020 | 22 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Burundi | 2020 | 32 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Cambodia | 2020 | 23 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Cameroon | 2020 | 134 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Canada | 2020 | 1,005 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Cape Verde | 2020 | 137 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Cayman Islands | 2020 | 3 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Central African Republic | 2020 | 3 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Chad | 2020 | 5 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Channel Islands | 2020 | 12 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Chile | 2020 | 395 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | China | 2020 | 4,726 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Colombia | 2020 | 1,191 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Comoros | 2020 | 1 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Congo | 2020 | 18 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 2020 | 116 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Cook Islands | 2020 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Costa Rica | 2020 | 128 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Croatia | 2020 | 714 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Cuba | 2020 | 131 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Curaçao | 2020 | 3,135 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Czechoslovakia (old) | 2020 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | (former) Czechoslovakia | 2020 | 2,391 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Czech Republic | 2020 | 865 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Cyprus | 2020 | 327 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Denmark | 2020 | 551 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Djibouti | 2020 | 7 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Dominica | 2020 | 2 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Dominican Republic | 2020 | 544 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Dutch Caribbean | 2020 | 161 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Ecuador | 2020 | 286 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Egypt | 2020 | 1,160 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | El Salvador | 2020 | 38 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Equatorial Guinea | 2020 | 7 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Eritrea | 2020 | 1,755 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Estonia | 2020 | 296 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Eswatini | 2020 | 7 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Ethiopia | 2020 | 851 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 2020 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Faroe Islands | 2020 | 3 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | 2020 | 0 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Fiji | 2020 | 3 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Finland | 2020 | 728 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | France | 2020 | 4,510 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | French Guyana | 2020 | 35 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | French Polynesia | 2020 | 6 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Gabon | 2020 | 2 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Gambia | 2020 | 167 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Gaza Strip and West Bank | 2020 | 95 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Georgia | 2020 | 311 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Germany | 2020 | 10,454 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Ghana | 2020 | 584 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Gibraltar | 2020 | 6 |
| Total male and female | Total | Total marital status | Greece | 2020 | 3,290 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||
Dataset is not available.
Immigration and emigration in the Netherlands and the administrative corrections by country of birth, sex, age and marital status.
Data available from: 1995
Status of the figures:
All data recorded in this publication are final data.
Changes as from 18 July 2023:
None, this is a new table.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable. This table will be discontinued after publication.
This table is a copy of 'External migration; sex, age, marital status and country of birth', see section 3. This action allows the original table to be redesigned without loss of data.
Description topics
- 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.
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
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.