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Population dynamics; month and year
Population dynamics Periods
Population is growing more slowly than last year
The population of the Netherlands grew by 77.5 thousand in the first three quarters of 2025
Fewer British nationals coming to the Netherlands since Brexit
Fewer British nationals have been migrating to the Netherlands since the United Kingdom left the European Union in 2020
Population; key figures
Population: key figures by sex, marital status, age, country of origin, households and population growth
Population growth in first half of 2025 similar to last year
The population of the Netherlands grew by 36.9 thousand in the first half of 2025.
Population growth in Q1 was around the same as last year
The population of the Netherlands grew by nearly 21 thousand people in the first quarter of 2025 to reach 18.07 million
Forecast: population of the Netherlands will reach 19 million in 2037
The population of the Netherlands will continue to increase in the years to come, but less rapidly than in recent years.
Population growth in first three quarters lower than in 2023
The population of the Netherlands grew by 85.3 thousand in the first three quarters of 2024.
Population growth slows in first half of 2024
The population of the Netherlands grew by 39.0 thousand in the first half of 2024.
Forecast: nearly 18 million inhabitants, 19 million projected in 2037
The Dutch population will continue to increase in the coming years, but less rapidly than in recent years.
Key figures of the population forecasts 2023-2070
Forecast; population, births, deaths and migration with forecast intervals
Population up to 17.9 million
In the first three quarters of 2023, the population of the Netherlands grew by 110.7 thousand to 17.9 million.
55 thousand more inhabitants in first half of 2023
The population of the Netherlands grew by 54.8 thousand in the first half of 2023. In the first half of 2022, the increase still amounted to 119.2 thousand
External migration; sex, age, marital status and country of birth
Immigration and emigration and the administrative corrections in the Netherlands by country of birth, sex, age and marital status,
Population up by 27.4 thousand in the first quarter
In the first quarter of 2023, the population of the Netherlands grew by 27.4 thousand. The increase was entirely due to immigration; there were more deaths than births.
How many residents of the Netherlands have a non-Dutch background?
Answer tot the question how many residents of the Netherlands were born abroad?
Forecast: larger population due to migration
The population of the Netherlands will continue to grow over the next five decades, to 20.7 million inhabitants in 2070. It is expected to reach 18 million by 2024 and cross the 19-million mark by...
Population up to 17.8 million, mainly due to migration
Over the first three quarters of 2022, the population of the Netherlands grew by 191 thousand.
How many people immigrate to the Netherlands?
In 2021, 250,792 persons immigrated to the Netherlands. This was 29,939 more than the figure for 2020. In addition, 142,517 persons emigrated from the Netherlands, 9,977 less than one year earlier.
Population growth in Q3 back at pre-COVID level
In Q3 2021, the population of the Netherlands grew by 58.7 thousand. Births exceeded deaths by 10.0 thousand, while immigration and emigration accounted for the rest of the growth.
Population growth picks up again
The population of the Netherlands grew by 31.7 thousand in the first half of 2021.
Population growth halved in 2020
In 2020 – the year of coronavirus – the population of the Netherlands grew less rapidly than in previous years.
Key figures of the population forecasts 2020-2070
Forecast; population, births, deaths and migration with forecast intervals
More asylum seekers and following relatives in Q3
In Q3 2020, the number of first-time asylum applications rose to slightly over 4 thousand, just below the pre-COVID-19 level.
Population up again in third quarter
The population of the Netherlands grew by 39 thousand in Q3 2020. In Q2, during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of inhabitants was still slightly down.