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- The underlying topic folders regarding 'migration background' have been replaced by 'Born in the Netherlands' and 'Born abroad';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
- 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.- 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.
- 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.
- Population growth
- The increase or decrease of the population.
Break in series of late reports
From 2010 onwards more late reports received in the year of publication will be included in the figures for the year under review.- Natural increase
- The number of live births minus the number of deaths within a given period.
Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.
For the period 1900-1924 excluding children born alive who died before the birth was registered.
Death:
Person declared dead by an authorized doctor.
For the period 1900-1924 excluding children born alive who died before the birth was registered.
For the period 1940-1945 excluding deaths among approximately 104 thousand deported Jews and 39 thousand deported political prisoners, employees and soldiers of the German military.
- Migration
- A move between two geographic entities resulting in a change of municipality or country.
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.- Persons moved within municipalities
- A person moving from one address in a municipality to another address in the same municipality.
- Persons moved between municipalities
- A person moving from one municipality to another.
Changes of address due to boundary changes between municipalities or municipal reorganisations are not considered as moved persons.- Total persons
- Total persons moved from one municipality to another.
- Total persons, relative
- Total persons moved from one municipality to another per thousand of the average number of inhabitants.
- Within the same province, relative
- Persons moved between municipalities but within the same province per hundred of the total number of persons moved between municipalities.
Persons who have moved between municipalities but within the same province:
People who move where the old and the new address are located in different municipalities but within the same province.
Changes of address due to boundary changes between municipalities or municipal reorganisations are not considered as relocation.
- Families (until 2010), relative
- Persons moved as a family per 100 of the total number of moved persons between municipalities.
Available until 2010.
Famiply situation:
Family situation at time of migration. Persons move as a family if they move at the same time as one or more other persons who belong to the same family moving from the same address.
- 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.- 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.