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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.
Population of the Caribbean Netherlands up by nearly 1.7 thousand in 2022
On 1 January 2023, the population of the Caribbean Netherlands stood at 29,418.
Population growth almost doubled in 2022
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...
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.
Population pyramid
Population pyramid x 1,000 Age composition in the Nederlands 2023 (estimate)
Population; key figures
Population: key figures by sex, marital status, age, foreign background, households and population growth
Population of the Caribbean Netherlands up by over 900
On 1 January 2022, the population of the Caribbean Netherlands stood at 27,726.
Higher population growth due to more immigration in Q1
In the first quarter of 2022, the population of the Netherlands increased by 49.8 thousand. This is considered strong growth for a first quarter.
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.
Birth
The yearly number of live births in the Netherlands, from 1899 onwards
Population in the future
Dutch population forecast, number of inhabitants in the Netherlands in the future
Mortality
How many people die in the Netherlands?
Immigration
The number of immigrants and emigrants to and from the Netherlands, and net migration
Population growth
Population growth in the Netherlands 1900-now. Birth, death, immigration, emigration.
Population up by 12.8 thousand in Q1 2021
In Q1 2021, the population of the Netherlands grew by 12.8 thousand.
Population counter
The population counter shows the current estimated number of inhabitants in the Netherlands.
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 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...
Population growth already at the same level as 2018
In the first three quarters of 2019, the population of the Netherlands grew by 102 thousand, over 23 thousand more than in the same period last year and almost the same as population growth over the...
Immigration up in first half of 2019
In the first six months of 2019, the population of the Netherlands grew more rapidly than in the same period last year.
Population and population dynamics by month; 1995-2018
Monthly statistics, size of the Dutch population and births, deaths, external migration, marriages, divorces and requests for asylum,
More deaths than births in Q1
The Netherlands saw net population growth in Q1 2018 at 12.5 thousand. Natural growth (births minus deaths) was negative, net migration positive.
Population up by over 100 thousand in 2017
The population of the Netherlands again saw relatively strong growth in 2017.
Key figures of the population forecasts 2017-2060
Population, births, deaths and migration Forecastinterval