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Nearly 40 percent fewer asylum seekers in 2020
In 2020, the number of asylum seekers was almost 40 percent down on the previous year. Nearly 14 thousand people submitted a first-time asylum application last year.
Forecast: Population growth unabated in the next 50 years
The population of the Netherlands is projected to grow continuously over the next fifty years.
Key figures of the population forecasts 2020-2070
Forecast; population, births, deaths and migration with forecast intervals
More external migration in June
In June, the number of immigrants was up by more than 3.5 thousand compared to the previous month. Emigration increased as well, although less sharply: over 2.5 thousand more people left the...
Work and family reunification main reasons for immigration
In 2018, the Netherlands received 191 thousand non-Dutch immigrants. They included 110 thousand people from EU/EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland); the main migration...
Population up by 15.5 thousand in Q1 2020
In Q1 2020, the population of the Netherlands grew less rapidly than in the same quarter last year. 15.5 thousand inhabitants were added, i.e. 8.7 thousand down on Q1 2019.
More emigrants among 2nd generation, but often returning
People with a second-generation background are more likely to move abroad than native Dutch people.
Study migration from the Caribbean to the European Netherlands
From 2013 up to and including 2017, a total of 392 young adults who were born in the former Netherlands Antilles or Aruba left the Caribbean Netherlands to stay in the European Netherlands.
Indian knowledge migration has doubled
In the period 2012-2017, immigration from India to the Netherlands more than doubled to over 8,600 annually. These are mainly knowledge migrants, with three-quarters employed in IT and information...
Asylum and integration 2019
Annual study of register data on reception and integration of asylum migrants arriving in the Netherlands since 2014, 2014-2028
Municipal population development in stages: A typology and its application (in Dutch)
Dissertation on integration of typologies of Dutch municipalities according to the process characteristic population development and structural characteristics such as degree of urbanization.
Country of origin
Country where an immigrant used to live before moving to the Netherlands
Country of origin
Country where an immigrant used to live before moving to the Netherlands
SDG 10.1 Social cohesion and inequality
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 Reduced inequalities: social cohesion and inequality. SDG 10.1 addresses social cohesion, inclusiveness and equality. Social cohesion is...