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Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 20 - 24 Dec. 2010 (Week 51).

Last year, 11.6 thousand people submitted requests for asylum in the Netherlands, 13 percent fewer than in 2010.

The population of the Netherlands grew by an estimated 104 thousand people in 2018. The growth rate was similar to that in the past two years.

Social impact of COVID-19

In September 2016 more than 3 thousand asylum seekers and following relatives arrived in the Netherlands.

On 1 January 2009, just over 1.1 million people in the Netherlands had at least one other nationality alongside the Dutch nationality. This is nearly three times the number on 1 January 1995.

On 1 January last year, there were 1.2 million people in the Netherlands with at least one other nationality in addition to the Dutch nationality, an increase by 40 thousand relative to 1 January...

The population in the Netherlands has grown less rapidly over the past six months than in the same period last year.

Last year, nearly 15 thousand first-time requests for asylum were submitted in the Netherlands, an increase by 11 percent relative to 2008. More than half of asylum seekers came from Iraq or Somalia.

In the Netherlands, 93,560 people took part in a labour market project subsidised by the European Social Fund (ESF).

Last year, the number of citizens from Central and Eastern Europe in the Netherlands increased from 160 thousand to 177 thousand. Another 75 thousand CEE citizens are estimated to work in the...

The population group in the Netherlands with a non-western foreign background will age strongly in the next few decades. According to Statistics Netherlands’ latest forecast of the foreign population...

On 1 January 2016, St Eustatius had 3.2 thousand inhabitants.

During the first decade of the 21st century, the relative population growth in the Netherlands was higher than in the European Union as a whole. In no other country in the EU 27, the contribution of...