External migration; sex, age, marital status and country of birth

External migration; sex, age, marital status and country of birth

Sex Age Marital status Country of birth Periods Immigration (number) Emigration (incl. adm. corrections) (number)
Total male and female Total Total marital status Total 2020 220,853 152,494
Total male and female Total Total marital status Total 2021 252,528 145,330
Total male and female Total Total marital status Total 2022 403,108 179,310
Total male and female Total Total marital status Total 2023 335,668 198,302
Total male and female Total Total marital status The Netherlands 2020 31,846 30,626
Total male and female Total Total marital status The Netherlands 2021 25,880 34,989
Total male and female Total Total marital status The Netherlands 2022 24,986 43,286
Total male and female Total Total marital status The Netherlands 2023 25,655 42,454
Total male and female Total Total marital status Total abroad 2020 189,007 121,868
Total male and female Total Total marital status Total abroad 2021 226,645 110,338
Total male and female Total Total marital status Total abroad 2022 378,122 136,024
Total male and female Total Total marital status Total abroad 2023 310,013 155,848
Total male and female Total Total marital status Africa 2020 14,707 5,841
Total male and female Total Total marital status Africa 2021 17,215 6,059
Total male and female Total Total marital status Africa 2022 23,586 6,325
Total male and female Total Total marital status Africa 2023 23,116 7,549
Total male and female Total Total marital status America 2020 22,482 13,175
Total male and female Total Total marital status America 2021 25,605 11,514
Total male and female Total Total marital status America 2022 29,328 12,926
Total male and female Total Total marital status America 2023 29,773 14,684
Total male and female Total Total marital status Asia 2020 42,203 26,113
Total male and female Total Total marital status Asia 2021 62,673 21,883
Total male and female Total Total marital status Asia 2022 87,612 21,752
Total male and female Total Total marital status Asia 2023 88,121 26,201
Total male and female Total Total marital status Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2020 108,208 75,043
Total male and female Total Total marital status Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2021 120,145 69,755
Total male and female Total Total marital status Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2022 236,029 93,987
Total male and female Total Total marital status Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2023 166,833 106,106
Total male and female Total Total marital status Outside Europe 2020 80,799 46,825
Total male and female Total Total marital status Outside Europe 2021 106,500 40,583
Total male and female Total Total marital status Outside Europe 2022 142,093 42,037
Total male and female Total Total marital status Outside Europe 2023 143,180 49,742
Total male and female Total Total marital status Oceania 2020 1,407 1,696
Total male and female Total Total marital status Oceania 2021 1,007 1,127
Total male and female Total Total marital status Oceania 2022 1,567 1,034
Total male and female Total Total marital status Oceania 2023 2,170 1,308
Total male and female Total Total marital status European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2020 93,588 65,959
Total male and female Total Total marital status European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2021 105,730 61,116
Total male and female Total Total marital status European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 115,693 68,507
Total male and female Total Total marital status European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2023 112,603 77,140
Total male and female Total Total marital status GIPS countries (European Union) 2020 16,474 13,049
Total male and female Total Total marital status GIPS countries (European Union) 2021 22,664 11,600
Total male and female Total Total marital status GIPS countries (European Union) 2022 26,993 14,553
Total male and female Total Total marital status GIPS countries (European Union) 2023 26,926 16,667
Total male and female Total Total marital status Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2020 52,634 33,608
Total male and female Total Total marital status Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2021 57,250 32,490
Total male and female Total Total marital status Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2022 62,574 35,269
Total male and female Total Total marital status Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2023 60,164 40,781
Total male and female Total Total marital status Africa (excluding Morocco) 2020 12,074 5,017
Total male and female Total Total marital status Africa (excluding Morocco) 2021 14,202 5,303
Total male and female Total Total marital status Africa (excluding Morocco) 2022 19,458 5,292
Total male and female Total Total marital status Africa (excluding Morocco) 2023 19,722 6,320
Total male and female Total Total marital status America and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2020 16,922 12,797
Total male and female Total Total marital status America and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2021 18,831 10,154
Total male and female Total Total marital status America and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2022 22,649 11,090
Total male and female Total Total marital status America and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2023 23,424 12,959
Total male and female Total Total marital status Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2020 33,953 21,438
Total male and female Total Total marital status Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2021 51,061 17,801
Total male and female Total Total marital status Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2022 70,021 17,542
Total male and female Total Total marital status Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2023 70,992 21,257
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


Immigration and emigration in the Netherlands and the administrative corrections by country of birth, sex, age and marital status.

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 replaced by categories based on continents and a few countries that share a specific migration history with the Netherlands. The new classification by origin is being introduced gradually in tables and publications on population by origin.

Data available from: 2020

Status of the figures:
All data recorded in this publication are final data.

Changes as from 3 June 2024:
Final figures of 2023 have been added.

Changes as from 8 March 2024:
None, this is a new table. This table succeeds the table External migration; sex, age, marital status and country of birth; 1995-2022. See section 3.
The following changes have been implemented compared to the discontinued table:
- The countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Turkey have been assigned to the continent of Asia (previously Europe);
- Relative to the discontinued table, minor differences may occur. The differences are due to a change in the production process.

When will new figures be published?
The final figures of 2024 will be added in the third quarter of 2025 in this publication.

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.
Emigration (incl. adm. corrections)
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.

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.

Emigration:
People leaving for another country.
All persons who leave the Netherlands to live in another country for a certain period of time. People leaving the country are obliged to notify the authorities if they intend to live outside the Netherlands for at least eight months in the first year following this notification.

Administrative correction:
Entries in and removals from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change.

Administrative entry:
Decision by a municipality, at the request of the person concerned, to include that person in its population while it has no knowledge of birth, immigration or establishment of that person from another municipality in the Netherlands.

Administrative removal:
Decision by a municipality no longer to include a person in its population, once it has established that the address of the person is unknown, the person cannot be contacted and probably no longer resides in a municipality in the Netherlands.