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Population in The Netherlands by sex, age, marital status generation (first / second) and migration background, 1 January

Last year, 49 thousand persons became naturalised citizens of the Netherlands, which is almost double the number in 2019.

Annual study of register data on reception and integration of asylum migrants arriving in the Netherlands since 2014, 2014-2020

Of the status holders who obtained an asylum residence permit in 2014, 43 percent had a job by mid-2020.

Of all people with Syrian or Eritrean nationality who applied for asylum in the Netherlands in 2015, more than 9 in 10 were living independently within a municipality at the end of June 2021.

In 2017, more following family members than asylum seekers from Eritrea arrived in the Netherlands.

Of all 12 to 17-year-old asylum status holders who received a residence permit in 2014, 15 percent were enrolled in labour-oriented practical training (PRO, praktijkonderwijs) on 1 October 2018.

One in five underage asylum seekers arriving in the Netherlands last year were not accompanied by an adult relative.

Many Syrians and Eritreans have a residence permit and housing, but most depend on social welfare.

In Q2 2019, the Netherlands received 5,205 asylum seekers and 880 following family members. The number of asylum seekers was lower while the number of following relatives was higher than in Q1 2019.

In the first six months of 2019, the population of the Netherlands grew more rapidly than in the same period last year.

Of the asylum seekers who obtained a residence permit in 2014 and were subject to the integration requirement, 58 percent had passed the civic integration exam on reference date 1 October 2018. Two...

In 2016, one in five underage asylum seekers travelled unaccompanied. The majority came from Eritrea.

The number of asylum requests has grown dramatically in recent months. In the first six months of 2014, twice as many asylum seekers came to the Netherlands as in the same period last year. In fact,...

In August this year 2,385 asylum seekers and following relatives were registered in the Netherlands.

The number of asylum requests increased again in 2018, with a notable rise in the number of Turkish citizens filing asylum applications.

Out of the asylum seekers who obtained a residence permit in 2014, 11 percent were in work after 30 months; 84 percent of status holders were benefit recipients.

Background file on population and immigration.

In Q3 2018, the number of asylum seekers and following family members was up on Q2 as well as on 2017.

Dossier page on socioeconomic status of migrants

A total of 29 thousand Syrians registered as residents of a Dutch municipality in 2014 and 2015. Syrian immigrants are young compared to other recent immigrants in the Netherlands and they often live...

The population of the Netherlands grew by more than 32 thousand in the first six months of 2018. This is slightly less than in the same period last year, when 35 thousand residents were added on...

In Q1 2018, 4.2 thousand asylum seekers and 2.1 thousand following family members were registered in the Netherlands.

There were fewer asylum applicants and following relatives of asylum statusholders in January 2017.

November had more asylum requests by relatives and slightly fewer first-time applications than in October.