Population; households and population dynamics; from 1899
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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- The underlying topic folders regarding 'migration background' have been replaced by 'Born in the Netherlands' and 'Born abroad';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
- Population on 1 January
- Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area.
In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants of a given area are the people registered in the population register, whose address is located in that area.- Population by nationality
- Data on 1900, 1910, 1921 and 1931 are based on the results of the censuses held on 31 December 1899, 1909, 1920 and 1930. Population data on 1947 are based on the census of 31 May 1947. Data on the period 1969-1972 are partly estimates and data on the periods 1956-1968 and 1973-1975 are provided by the Ministry of Justice.
Nationality:
Being the legal subject of a particular nation (citizenship).
The category non-Dutch subjects includes persons who neither have the Dutch nationality nor a double nationality of which one is Dutch.
Diplomats and persons belonging to the NATO military, for instance, do not fall into this category.- Total foreign nationalities
- Total persons with a foreign nationality residing in the Netherlands.
- American
- Americans residing in the Netherlands.
- Belgian
- Belgians residing in the Netherlands.
- British
- British residing in the Netherlands.
- German
- Germans residing in the Netherlands.
From 1991 including the former German Democratic Republic.
- Italian
- Italians residing in the Netherlands.
- Former Yugoslavian
- Former Yugoslavians residing in the Netherlands.
Former Yugoslavia:
Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia.
- Moroccan
- Moroccans residing in the Netherlands.
- Spanish
- Spaniards residing in the Netherlands.
- Turkish
- Turks residing in the Netherlands.
- Change of nationality
- Change of someone's nationality (citizenship).
1946 to 1984 in accordance with the Act on nationality and residence ship.
1946 to 1976: only naturalisations;
From 1977: including change of nationality due to other agreements such as the agreement concerning assignment of nationality with Suriname and change of nationality as a consequence of marriage and adoption.
From 1985: in accordance with the Act on assignment of nationality.- Balance of changes of nationality
- People living in the Netherlands who have received the Dutch nationality other than by birth minus the people living in the Netherlands who have lost the Dutch nationality other than by death.
- Naturalization
- Nationalizations by royal decree.
Naturalization:
Obtaining Dutch citizenship by granting independent or co-naturalization.
Naturalizations for the period 1946-1976 include persons living abroad;
From 1977 naturalizations only refer to Dutch residents.
- Naturalizations, relative
- Nationalizations by royal decree per 1,000 of the average number of non-Dutch nationals.
Naturalization:
Obtaining Dutch citizenship by granting independent or co-naturalization.
Naturalizations for the period 1946-1976 include persons living abroad;
From 1977 naturalizations only refer to Dutch residents.