Population; households and population dynamics; from 1899
| Periods | Private Households Total private households (x 1,000) | Private Households Multi-person households (x 1,000) | Private Households Average householdsize (number) | Private Households Total persons in private households (x 1,000) | Private Households Children in private households (x 1,000) | Private Households One-person households by sex Males and females (x 1,000) | Private Households One-person households by sex Males (x 1,000) | Private Households One-person households by sex Females (x 1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8,270 | 5,004 | 2.12 | 17,811 | 4,683 | 3,266 | 1,597 | 1,669 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||
Dataset is not available.
The most important key figures about population, households, population growth, births, deaths, migration, marriages, marriage dissolutions and change of nationality of the Dutch population.
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: 1899
Status of the figures:
All data in this publication are final data.
Changes as of 15 December 2023:
None, this is a new table. This table succeeds the table Population; households and population dynamics; 1899-2019. See section 3.
The following changes have been made:
- The underlying topic folders regarding 'migration background' have been replaced by 'Born in the Netherlands' and 'Born abroad';
- The origin countries Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Turkey have been assigned to the continent of Asia (previously Europe).
When will the new figures be published?
The figures for the population development in 2023 and the population on 1 January 2024 will be published in the second quarter of 2024.
Description topics
- Private Households
- A collection of one or more people sharing the same living space, who provide their own everyday needs in a private, non-commercial way.
For 1960-1987 the figures refer to the situation on 31 December, for 1988-1994 to the midyear situation, from 1995 onwards to the situation on 1 January.
Break in series households
From 2011 onwards a new process has been used for the production of figures on household composition. This new method uses data from the municipal population register (GBA) and tax declarations of cohabiting couples. Although the results based on the new production method are in line with previous results, small shifts have occurred in the number of households by composition in 2011. The largest shift is in the number of 'Other households', that is now smaller. The number of persons in institutional households on 1 January 2011 is 12,000 higher than on 1 January 2010. About half of this increase was the result of improvements in the survey method.- Total private households
- One-person households by sex
- One-person household:
Private household consisting of one person.- Males and females
- Males
- Females
- Multi-person households
- A private household consisting of two or more people.
- Average householdsize
- Average number of people in a private household.
- Total persons in private households
- Until 1995 data refers to persons in private households.
From 1995 data refers to persons in private households including persons in institutions.
- Children in private households
- Children living at home in private households.
Children living at home:
Children may be either blood-related or stepchildren or adoptive children (also included from 1988 are foster children) living with (one of) the parents having no children of their own.
From 1960, children of the reference person of the household; from 1981 children of the reference person of the household as well as children of the partner of the reference person of the household.