Population; sex, age, country of origin, country of birth, 1 January

Population; sex, age, country of origin, country of birth, 1 January

Sex Age Marital status Country of origin Country of birth Parents’ country of birth Periods Population (number)
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Total Total 2023 359,982
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Total Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 11,298
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Total One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 64,013
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Total Two parents born abroad 2023 284,671
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born in the Netherlands Total 2023 136,358
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born in the Netherlands One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 57,163
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born abroad 2023 79,195
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born abroad Total 2023 223,624
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born abroad Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 11,298
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born abroad One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 6,850
Total males and females Total Total Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born abroad Two parents born abroad 2023 205,476
Total males and females Total Total Africa Total Total 2023 785,016
Total males and females Total Total Africa Total Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 11,470
Total males and females Total Total Africa Total One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 123,765
Total males and females Total Total Africa Total Two parents born abroad 2023 649,781
Total males and females Total Total Africa Person born in the Netherlands Total 2023 386,074
Total males and females Total Total Africa Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023
Total males and females Total Total Africa Person born in the Netherlands One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 116,175
Total males and females Total Total Africa Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born abroad 2023 269,899
Total males and females Total Total Africa Person born abroad Total 2023 398,942
Total males and females Total Total Africa Person born abroad Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 11,470
Total males and females Total Total Africa Person born abroad One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 7,590
Total males and females Total Total Africa Person born abroad Two parents born abroad 2023 379,882
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Total Total 2023 124
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Total Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 6
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Total One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 33
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Total Two parents born abroad 2023 85
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Person born in the Netherlands Total 2023 36
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Person born in the Netherlands One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 27
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born abroad 2023 9
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Person born abroad Total 2023 88
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Person born abroad Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 6
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Person born abroad One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 6
Total males and females Total Total Central African Republic Person born abroad Two parents born abroad 2023 76
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Total Total 2023 41,300
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Total Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 4,686
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Total One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 13,655
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Total Two parents born abroad 2023 22,959
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Person born in the Netherlands Total 2023 12,834
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Person born in the Netherlands One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 10,913
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born abroad 2023 1,921
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Person born abroad Total 2023 28,466
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Person born abroad Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 4,686
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Person born abroad One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 2,742
Total males and females Total Total South Africa Person born abroad Two parents born abroad 2023 21,038
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Total Total 2023 248,747
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Total Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 5,550
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Total One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 55,457
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Total Two parents born abroad 2023 187,740
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born in the Netherlands Total 2023 127,568
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born in the Netherlands One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 51,265
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born abroad 2023 76,303
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born abroad Total 2023 121,179
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born abroad Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 5,550
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born abroad One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 4,192
Total males and females Total Never married Africa (excluding Morocco) Person born abroad Two parents born abroad 2023 111,437
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Total Total 2023 474,613
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Total Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 5,639
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Total One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 112,029
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Total Two parents born abroad 2023 356,945
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Person born in the Netherlands Total 2023 328,745
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Person born in the Netherlands One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 107,211
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born abroad 2023 221,534
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Person born abroad Total 2023 145,868
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Person born abroad Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 5,639
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Person born abroad One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 4,818
Total males and females Total Never married Africa Person born abroad Two parents born abroad 2023 135,411
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Total Total 2023 99
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Total Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 3
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Total One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 31
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Total Two parents born abroad 2023 65
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Person born in the Netherlands Total 2023 36
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Person born in the Netherlands One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 27
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born abroad 2023 9
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Person born abroad Total 2023 63
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Person born abroad Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 3
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Person born abroad One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 4
Total males and females Total Never married Central African Republic Person born abroad Two parents born abroad 2023 56
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Total Total 2023 25,110
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Total Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 1,782
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Total One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 10,446
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Total Two parents born abroad 2023 12,882
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Person born in the Netherlands Total 2023 10,767
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Person born in the Netherlands One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 9,011
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Person born in the Netherlands Two parents born abroad 2023 1,756
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Person born abroad Total 2023 14,343
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Person born abroad Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 1,782
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Person born abroad One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 1,435
Total males and females Total Never married South Africa Person born abroad Two parents born abroad 2023 11,126
Total males and females Total Married Africa (excluding Morocco) Total Total 2023 80,071
Total males and females Total Married Africa (excluding Morocco) Total Two parents born in the Netherlands 2023 4,505
Total males and females Total Married Africa (excluding Morocco) Total One parent born in NL, one born abroad 2023 7,026
Total males and females Total Married Africa (excluding Morocco) Total Two parents born abroad 2023 68,540
Source: CBS.
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Population in The Netherlands on 1 January by sex, age, marital status, country of origin and country of birth.

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: 2022

Status of the figures:
All figures in the table are final.

Changes per 26 May 2023:
Figures as of January 1, 2023 have been added.

Changes per 13 January 2023:
None, this is a new table. This table succeeds the table Population; sex, age, generation and migration background, 1 Jan; 1996-2022. See section 3.
The following changes have been implemented compared to the discontinued table:
- The tab 'Migration background' was replaced by 'Country of origin';
- The origin countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Turkey have been assigned to continent Asia (was Europe);
- The tab 'Generation' was replaced by 'Country of birth';
- The individual ages now continue up to '105 years or older';
- The five-year age groups now continue up to '100 years or older'.

When will new figures be published?
For the time being, only data from 2022 onwards is available in the table. The periods 1996 to 2021 will be added to the table at a later date.
In the third quarter of 2024, the figures of the population as of January 1, 2024 will be added to this publication.

Description topics

Population
The number of people residing in The Netherlands.

Only persons recorded in the population register of a Dutch municipality are included in the population. In principle, every person who lives in the Netherlands for an indefinite period is included in the population register of the municipality. Persons belonging to the population of the Netherlands for whom no permanent place of residence can be designated, are included in the population register of the municipality of The Hague. The population registers do not include the persons living in the Netherlands to whom exemption rules apply with regard to inclusion in the population registers (for example diplomats and NATO military personnel) and persons without legal residence in the Netherlands.