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Population development

Population development

Population up to 17.9 million

55 thousand more inhabitants in first half of 2023

Population up by 27.4 thousand in the first quarter
A crowded shopping street in Amsterdam.

Population growth almost doubled in 2022
People shopping in the centre of Rotterdam

Population up to 17.8 million, mainly due to migration
People in the Vondelpark enjoying the sunshine

Population up by nearly 120 thousand in first half of 2022

Higher population growth due to more immigration in Q1

How many people immigrate to the Netherlands?
Cafés and restaurants with outdoor seating on a sunny day at Vismarkt in Groningen city

Population growth almost back to pre-pandemic level
Crowded streets in The Hague

Population growth in Q3 back at pre-COVID level

Birth

Population growth

Population growth picks up again

Population up by 12.8 thousand in Q1 2021
The Heerlen office of Statistics Netherlands, with a sign in the foregrond displaying it's logo and the full dutch name in text: Centraal Bureau voor de Statisitiek.

Population counter

Population growth halved in 2020

Forecast: Population growth unabated in the next 50 years

Population up again in third quarter

More external migration in June

Population up by 15.5 thousand in Q1 2020

Over 17.4 million inhabitants in the Netherlands

Population growth already at the same level as 2018
+45 800

Immigration up in first half of 2019
+24 200

Population up by over 24 thousand in Q1

Population up by 100 thousand for third year in a row

Number of immigrants and emigrants remains high in 2018

Population up by over 32 thousand in first half of 2018

More deaths than births in Q1

Population up by over 100 thousand in 2017

Population growth again mainly due to migration

Population growth still determined by migration

Population increase in Q1 not due to natural growth

Relatively high population growth due to migration

Birth rate declining

Population growth in 2014 nearly 73 thousand: more immigrants and more babies