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The population of the Netherlands will pass 18 million today, according to estimates

The population of the Netherlands grew by 19.8 thousand in Q1 2024

Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2023.

The Dutch population will continue to increase in the coming years, but less rapidly than in recent years.

Forecast; population, births, deaths and migration with forecast intervals

Population pyramid x 1,000 Age composition in the Nederlands 2023 (estimate)

On 1 January 2023, the Netherlands had 1,572 residents who were one hundred years old or more

How has the country been affected by the pandemic? Aside from distinct waves of excess mortality, there were numerous other outliers in national statistics.

The population of the Netherlands is estimated to have increased by almost 227 thousand last year, to over 17.8 million. The increase is almost double compared to 2021, when 115 thousand inhabitants...

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...

By 2030, the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) are expected to have a total population of 31.8 thousand.

Population: key figures by sex, marital status, age, foreign background, households and population growth

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

The Dutch population grew by an estimated 118 thousand in 2021, to nearly 17.6 million. This is 50 thousand higher than in 2020. Immigration was up and emigration down. Mortality was at the same...

Number of emigrants leaving the Netherlands

The population of the Netherlands grew by 31.7 thousand in the first half of 2021.

The population of the Netherlands is projected to grow continuously over the next fifty years.

Forecast; population, births, deaths and migration with forecast intervals

The number of inhabitants with a migration background is highly likely to increase until the year 2050.

In May, the number of immigrants was down by nearly half year-on-year, just as in April. Almost 9 thousand immigrants settled in the Netherlands last month.

On 1 January 2020, the population of the Caribbean Netherlands stood at nearly 26 thousand, i.e. 830 more than one year previously.

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.

In 2019, the population of the Netherlands grew by an estimated 132 thousand people to a total of over 17.4 million.

The passenger car fleet has increased from 41 thousand in 1927 to 8.5 million in 2019, i.e. over 200 times. This is inter alia due to population growth, rising incomes and more commuter traffic.

According to the latest forecast by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the population of the Netherlands will continue to grow over the next few decades, to nearly 19.6 million inhabitants by 2060.