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Asylum requests down by nearly a quarter on Q3 2023
A total of 8.1 thousand people submitted a first-time asylum application in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2024.
SDG 10.1 Social cohesion and inequality
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10.1 Reduced inequalities: social cohesion and inequality. The first part of SDG 10 addresses social cohesion, inclusiveness and equality. These are...
Fewer immigrant arrivals in 2023, particularly refugees from Ukraine
A total of 336 thousand immigrants arrived in the Netherlands in 2023, 68 thousand fewer than in 2022.
Population growth down in first quarter of 2024
The population of the Netherlands grew by 19.8 thousand in Q1 2024
Good command of Dutch enhances labour participation
A better command of the Dutch language among migrants improves their chances of finding paid work. Nevertheless, relatively many migrants who speak little or no Dutch are working at a high...
Non-EU labour migrants are often male knowledge migrants
At the end of 2021, 87 thousand labour migrants from countries outside the European Union or European Free Trade Association (Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Sweden) were residing in the...
Population up by nearly 120 thousand in first half of 2022
In the first half of 2022, the population of the Netherlands grew by 119.9 thousand.
More asylum applications in Q2 2022
In Q2 2022, over 7 thousand first applications for asylum were submitted in the Netherlands, 9 percent up on the previous quarter. The number of people arriving in connection with family...
Asylum & integration 2022 – Cohort study asylum seekers and status holders
Annual study of register data on reception and integration of asylum migrants arriving in the Netherlands since 2014, 2014-2021
Forecast: population growth picks up again
The population of the Netherlands will continue to grow over the next five decades, to 20.6 million inhabitants in 2070.
Twice as many naturalisations in 2020
Last year, 49 thousand persons became naturalised citizens of the Netherlands, which is almost double the number in 2019.
Population up by 12.8 thousand in Q1 2021
In Q1 2021, the population of the Netherlands grew by 12.8 thousand.
Caribbean Netherlands: more births in 2020
Last year, 830 new inhabitants were added to the population of the Caribbean Netherlands. This was mainly due to foreign migration.
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
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