Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region

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Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region
Sex	Regions	Periods	Population on 1 January (number)	Population density (number)	Live born children Live born children (number)	Live born children Live born children, ratio (per 1,000)	Deaths Deaths (number)	Deaths Deaths, ratio (per 1,000)	Natural increase (number)	Arrivals in municipality Total arrivals (number)	Arrivals in municipality Total arrivals, ratio (per 1,000)	Arrivals in municipality Due to immigration (number)	Arrivals in municipality Due to intermunicipal moves (number)	Departures from municipality Total departures including administra... (number)	Departures from municipality Total departures including adm..., ratio (per 1,000)	Departures from municipality Due to emigration including administr... (number)	Departures from municipality Due to intermunicipal moves (number)	Net migration including administrative.. (number)	Population growth Population growth (number)	Population growth Population growth, ratio (per 1,000)	Population on 31 December (number)
Total male and female	The Netherlands	2023	17,811,291	529	164,487	9.2	169,521	9.5	-5,034	1,154,151	64.6	335,668	818,483	1,016,785	56.9	198,302	818,483	137,366	131,651	7.4	17,942,942
Total male and female	Noord-Nederland (LD)	2023	1,757,677	212	14,582	8.3	19,007	10.8	-4,425	121,013	68.7	37,090	83,923	106,890	60.6	14,537	92,353	14,123	9,703	5.5	1,767,380
Total male and female	Oost-Nederland (LD)	2023	3,762,742	388	35,298	9.3	35,396	9.4	-98	212,323	56.2	47,445	164,878	185,924	49.2	31,901	154,023	26,399	26,188	7.0	3,788,930
Total male and female	West-Nederland (LD)	2023	8,536,295	990	82,401	9.6	75,813	8.8	6,588	585,668	68.3	173,178	412,490	519,372	60.6	110,025	409,347	66,296	72,343	8.5	8,608,638
Total male and female	Zuid-Nederland (LD)	2023	3,754,577	533	32,206	8.6	39,305	10.4	-7,099	235,147	62.4	77,955	157,192	204,599	54.3	41,839	162,760	30,548	23,417	6.2	3,777,994
Total male and female	Flevoland (PV)	2023	444,701	315	4,966	11.1	2,912	6.5	2,054	28,933	64.6	7,829	21,104	24,838	55.5	6,456	18,382	4,095	6,125	13.8	450,826
Total male and female	Gelderland (PV)	2023	2,133,708	430	19,397	9.1	20,957	9.8	-1,560	127,151	59.4	27,342	99,809	110,176	51.5	16,734	93,442	16,975	15,363	7.2	2,149,071
Total male and female	Noord-Holland (PV)	2023	2,952,622	1,109	27,545	9.3	26,077	8.8	1,468	220,492	74.4	77,061	143,431	197,779	66.7	47,330	150,449	22,713	23,865	8.1	2,976,487
Total male and female	Zuid-Holland (PV)	2023	3,804,906	1,410	37,427	9.8	33,760	8.8	3,667	253,221	66.2	73,897	179,324	221,139	57.8	47,726	173,413	32,082	35,554	9.3	3,840,460
Total male and female	Zeeland (PV)	2023	391,124	220	3,359	8.6	4,419	11.3	-1,060	20,207	51.6	5,318	14,889	18,629	47.6	3,714	14,915	1,578	510	1.3	391,634
Total male and female	Noord-Friesland (CR)	2023	326,583	219	2,947	9.0	3,320	10.1	-373	19,289	58.9	4,164	15,125	16,748	51.1	2,875	13,873	2,541	2,153	6.6	328,736
Total male and female	Zuidwest-Friesland (CR)	2023	142,875	163	1,185	8.3	1,573	11.0	-388	5,855	41.1	737	5,118	5,996	42.0	640	5,356	-141	-525	-3.7	142,350
Total male and female	Zuidoost-Friesland (CR)	2023	190,093	195	1,566	8.2	2,140	11.2	-574	9,550	50.1	1,303	8,247	8,238	43.3	773	7,465	1,312	725	3.8	190,818
Total male and female	Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR)	2023	254,660	368	2,551	10.0	2,159	8.5	392	14,056	55.1	3,550	10,506	13,445	52.7	3,216	10,229	611	995	3.9	255,655
Total male and female	Kop van Noord-Holland (CR)	2023	385,743	356	3,361	8.7	3,962	10.3	-601	19,470	50.4	4,297	15,173	18,043	46.7	3,539	14,504	1,427	811	2.1	386,554
Total male and female	Delft en Westland (CR)	2023	240,445	1,596	2,122	8.7	1,897	7.8	225	21,877	90.2	7,678	14,199	17,642	72.7	5,364	12,278	4,235	4,450	18.5	244,895
Total male and female	Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR)	2023	345,570	732	3,717	10.7	3,071	8.8	646	17,542	50.5	2,935	14,607	15,174	43.7	2,356	12,818	2,368	3,009	8.7	348,579
Total male and female	Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR)	2023	379,752	1,066	3,812	10.0	3,586	9.4	226	19,283	50.7	3,185	16,098	18,149	47.7	2,523	15,626	1,134	1,338	3.5	381,090
Total male and female	Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR)	2023	105,832	145	851	8.0	1,362	12.9	-511	4,436	42.0	1,820	2,616	4,147	39.2	1,243	2,904	289	-220	-2.1	105,612
Total male and female	Overig Zeeland (CR)	2023	285,292	272	2,508	8.8	3,057	10.7	-549	15,771	55.2	3,498	12,273	14,482	50.7	2,471	12,011	1,289	730	2.6	286,022
Total male and female	Flevoland (CR)	2023	444,701	315	4,966	11.1	2,912	6.5	2,054	28,933	64.6	7,829	21,104	24,838	55.5	6,456	18,382	4,095	6,125	13.8	450,826
Total male and female	Albrandswaard	2023	26,357	1,216	214	8.1	168	6.4	46	1,380	52.3	110	1,270	1,355	51.3	98	1,257	25	71	2.7	26,428
Total male and female	Ameland	2023	3,840	68	35	9.1	46	12.0	-11	271	70.6	90	181	261	68.0	58	203	10	-1	-0.3	3,839
Total male and female	Andel	2023
Total male and female	Andijk	2023
Total male and female	Baarland	2023
Total male and female	Berkelland	2023	44,022	171	338	7.7	504	11.5	-166	1,596	36.3	280	1,316	1,520	34.6	168	1,352	76	-89	-2.0	43,933
Total male and female	Brandwijk	2023
Total male and female	Broek in Waterland	2023
Total male and female	Cadzand	2023
Total male and female	Dinkelland	2023	26,743	152	292	10.9	318	11.9	-26	927	34.7	153	774	905	33.8	94	811	22	-4	-0.1	26,739
Total male and female	Dinteloord en Prinsenland	2023
Total male and female	Dirksland	2023
Total male and female	Drechterland	2023	20,385	346	169	8.3	187	9.1	-18	1,241	60.7	218	1,023	1,114	54.5	187	927	127	111	5.4	20,496
Total male and female	Duiveland	2023
Total male and female	Gaasterland	2023
Total male and female	Giessenlanden	2023
Total male and female	's-Graveland	2023
Total male and female	's-Gravenzande	2023
Total male and female	Haskerland	2023
Total male and female	Heinkenszand	2023
Total male and female	Het Hogeland	2023	48,298	101	404	8.4	530	11.0	-126	2,485	51.5	210	2,275	2,434	50.4	219	2,215	51	-74	-1.5	48,224
Total male and female	Hollands Kroon	2023	49,431	138	398	8.0	436	8.8	-38	2,636	53.3	833	1,803	2,511	50.8	766	1,745	125	91	1.8	49,522
Total male and female	Hoogblokland	2023
Total male and female	Hoogezand	2023
Total male and female	Hoogezand-Sappemeer	2023
Total male and female	Hoogland	2023
Total male and female	Koggenland	2023	23,509	293	247	10.5	221	9.4	26	1,312	55.7	229	1,083	1,259	53.5	191	1,068	53	78	3.3	23,587
Total male and female	Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland	2023
Total male and female	Land van Cuijk	2023	91,423	268	752	8.2	968	10.6	-216	3,821	41.7	903	2,918	3,305	36.1	520	2,785	516	299	3.3	91,722
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

Population growth in The Netherlands by birth, death and migration by sex and region.

In addition to national data, information is presented by group of provinces, province, COROP region and municipality.

The regional totals shown concern cumulated municipal data. Where changes of municipal boundaries transect regional boundaries, the municipal classifications concerns the most recent situation. The municipality of Vianen, for example, was annexed by the province of Utrecht on 1 January 2002, and is classified under the province of Utrecht in the Table.

Data available from: 1942

Status of the figures:
All data recorded in this publication are final data.
Up to 1977 data may differ from other published data on StatLine. This is due to differences between the data files used by Statistics Netherlands and the official data as published in 'Loop van de bevolking per gemeente'.

Changes as of 25 June 2024:
Final figures of 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
In the 3rd quarter of 2025 figures of 2024 will be added in this table.

Description topics

Population on 1 January

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area.
In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Population density

Inhabitants per km2 land area.

Available in this table from 1995.

Live born children

Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.
Live born children are recorded in the municipality of residence of the baby's mother (or occasionally the father). It is, therefore, not necessarily the municipality where the birth occurred.

1942-1962: excluding live born children after a pregnancy lasting less than 26 weeks deceased before registration of birth.

Live born children

Live born children, ratio: Live born children per 1,000 of the average population.
Not available by sex.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Deaths

Death:
Person declared dead by an authorized doctor.
Deaths represent the number of deaths in the 'de jure' population of the municipality of residence of the deceased, not the municipality where the death occurred.

1942-1962: excluding live born children after a pregnancy lasting less than 26 weeks deceased before registration of birth.

Deaths

Deaths, ratio: Deaths per 1,000 of the average population.
Not available by sex.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Natural increase

The number of live births minus the number of deaths.

Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.
Live born children are recorded in the municipality of residence of the baby's mother (or occasionally the father). It is, therefore, not necessarily the municipality where the birth occurred.
1942-1962: excluding live born children after a pregnancy lasting less than 26 weeks deceased before registration of birth..

Death:
Person declared dead by an authorized doctor.
Deaths represent the number of deaths in the 'de jure' population of the municipality of residence of the deceased, not the municipality where the death occurred.
1942-1962: excluding live born children after a pregnancy lasting less than 26 weeks deceased before registration of birth.

Arrivals in municipality

Arrivals in the municipality due to immigration or intermunicipal move.

Immigration:
People moving to the Netherlands from another country.

Intermunicipal move:
A move from one municipality to another.

Total arrivals

Total arrivals, ratio: Total arrivals per 1,000 of the average population.
Not available by sex.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Due to immigration: Immigration:
People moving to the Netherlands from another country.
Available in this table from 1960.
From 1960 up to October 1994, with a few exeptions, persons with the Dutch nationality were registered if they planned to stay for more than 30 days.
For persons who did not have a Dutch passport the corresponding period was 180 days.
From October 1994, the requirements for registration are met, both for Dutch residents and non-Dutch residents, if the anticipated length of stay in the first six months after settlement is at least four months.

Break in series external migration
As a result of an improved production process, a small shift has occurred in the figures on external migration.
From 2010 the following changes have been implemented.
- administrative entries preceding emigration are now considered as immigration;
- administrative removals followed by immigration are now considered as emigration

Due to intermunicipal moves: Intermunicipal move:
A move from one municipality to another, excluding changes caused by an adjustment of municipal borders.

Available in this table from 1960.

Departures from municipality

Departures from the municipality due to emigration or intermunicipal move.

Emigration:
People leaving for another country.

Intermunicipal move:
A move from one municipality to another, excluding changes caused by an adjustment of municipal borders.

Total departures including administra...: Total departures including net administrative corrections.
Data on departures including net administrative corrections give a better impression of the true level of departures than data excluding net administrative corrections.

Break in series administrative corrections
Until 1977, Statistics Netherlands had no information on administrative corrections available at the municipal level. The figures up to 1977 do not include administrative corrections.

Administrative correction:
Entry in and removal from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change. The majority of administrative corrections refer to persons who are no longer living in their former place of residence, usually because they have settled in a foreign country. Administrative corrections resulting in registration usually concern persons who have been found (in their former place of residence or elsewhere) and are entered into the municipal population registers. This explains why the net administrative corrections are included in emigration (and net migration) but not in immigration.

Net administrative corrections:
Administrative entries minus administrative removals.

Administrative entry:
Decision by a municipality, at the request of the person concerned, to include that person in its population while it has no knowledge of birth, immigration or establishment of that person from another municipality in the Netherlands.

Administrative removal:
Decision by a municipality no longer to include a person in its population, once it has established that the address of the person is unknown, the person cannot be contacted and probably no longer resides in a municipality in the Netherlands.

Total departures including adm..., ratio: Total departures including net administrative corrections per 1,000 of the average population.
Data on departures including net administrative corrections give a better impression of the true level of departures than data excluding net administrative corrections.

Not available by sex.

Break in series administrative corrections
Until 1977, Statistics Netherlands had no information on administrative corrections available at the municipal level. The figures up to 1977 do not include administrative corrections.

Administrative correction:
Entry in and removal from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change. The majority of administrative corrections refer to persons who are no longer living in their former place of residence, usually because they have settled in a foreign country. Administrative corrections resulting in registration usually concern persons who have been found (in their former place of residence or elsewhere) and are entered into the municipal population registers. This explains why the net administrative corrections are included in emigration (and net migration) but not in immigration.

Net administrative corrections:
Administrative entries minus administrative removals.

Administrative entry:
Decision by a municipality, at the request of the person concerned, to include that person in its population while it has no knowledge of birth, immigration or establishment of that person from another municipality in the Netherlands.

Administrative removal:
Decision by a municipality no longer to include a person in its population, once it has established that the address of the person is unknown, the person cannot be contacted and probably no longer resides in a municipality in the Netherlands.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Due to emigration including administr...: Emigration including net administrative corrections.
Data on emigration including net administrative corrections give a better impression of the true level of emigration than data excluding net administrative corrections.

Break in series administrative corrections
Until 1977, Statistics Netherlands had no information on administrative corrections available at the municipal level. The figures up to 1977 do not include administrative corrections.

Break in series external migration
As a result of an improved production process, a small shift has occurred in the figures on external migration.
From 2010 the following changes have been implemented.
- administrative entries preceding emigration are now considered as immigration;
- administrative removals followed by immigration are now considered as emigration

Emigration:
People leaving for another country.
Until October 1994, persons who had the intention to leave the Netherlands for a period exceeding 360 days were deregistered. From October 1994, the anticipated length of stay abroad in the year after settlement in another country is at least eight months.

Administrative correction:
Entry in and removal from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change. The majority of administrative corrections refer to persons who are no longer living in their former place of residence, usually because they have settled in a foreign country. Administrative corrections resulting in registration usually concern persons who have been found (in their former place of residence or elsewhere) and are entered into the municipal population registers. This explains why the net administrative corrections are included in emigration (and net migration) but not in immigration.
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Net administrative corrections:
Administrative entries minus administrative removals.

Administrative entry:
Decision by a municipality, at the request of the person concerned, to include that person in its population while it has no knowledge of birth, immigration or establishment of that person from another municipality in the Netherlands.

Administrative removal:
Decision by a municipality no longer to include a person in its population, once it has established that the address of the person is unknown, the person cannot be contacted and probably no longer resides in a municipality in the Netherlands.

Due to intermunicipal moves: Intermunicipal move:
A move from one municipality to another, excluding changes caused by an adjustment of municipal borders.

Available in this table from 1960.

Net migration including administrative..

Net migration including administrative corrections
Data on net migration including net administrative corrections give a better impression of the true level of net migration than data excluding net administrative corrections.

Break in series administrative corrections:
Until 1977, Statistics Netherlands had no information on administrative corrections available at the municipal level. The figures up to 1977 do not include administrative corrections.

Administrative correction:
Entry in and removal from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change. The majority of administrative corrections refer to persons who are no longer living in their former place of residence, usually because they have settled in a foreign country. Administrative corrections resulting in registration usually concern persons who have been found (in their former place of residence or elsewhere) and are entered into the municipal population registers. This explains why the net administrative corrections are included in emigration (and net migration) but not in immigration.

Net administrative corrections:
Administrative entries minus administrative removals.

Administrative entry:
Decision by a municipality, at the request of the person concerned, to include that person in its population while it has no knowledge of birth, immigration or establishment of that person from another municipality in the Netherlands.

Administrative removal:
Decision by a municipality no longer to include a person in its population, once it has established that the address of the person is unknown, the person cannot be contacted and probably no longer resides in a municipality in the Netherlands.

Population growth

The increase or decrease of the population.
Including other corrections.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.

Other corrections:
Changes on personal data in the municipal population registers which does not exactly match the difference between the size and composition of the population in two subsequent years.

1942 - 1959: In case of border changes or reclassification of municipalities in the course of a year, the numbers of inhabitants concerned are included in the other corrections. In the case of border changes or reclassifications that take place on 1 January, the reclassified inhabitants are not included in the other corrections; in those cases, they represent the difference between the initial population position and last year's final position. The changes per municipality are reported under (clicking on) the relevant municipality names.
1948: Including corrections that proved necessary on the basis of the 12th Census (1947) were settled.
1954: Including the killed, missing victims of the flood disaster 1953, who were first removed from the population register in 1954.
1958: Including the Ambonese living in the municipality in a residential area, who were entered in the population register in the last two months of 1958.

Population growth

Population growth, ratio: Population growth per 1,000 of the population at the start of the relevant period.
Not available by sex.

Population on 31 December

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality.