Population, households and population dynamics; 1899-2019
Explanation of symbols
Table explanation
The most important key figures about population, households, birth, mortality, changes of residence, marriages, marriage dissolutions and change of nationality of the Dutch population.
CBS is in transition towards a new classification of the population by origin. Greater emphasis is now placed on where a person was born, aside from where that person’s parents were born. The term ‘migration background’ is no longer used in this regard. The main categories western/non-western are being replaced by categories based on continents and a few countries that share a specific migration history with the Netherlands. The new classification is being implemented gradually in tables and publications on population by origin.
Data available from 1899 to 2019.
Status of the figures:
All data in this publication are final data.
Changes as of 15 December 2023:
None, this table was discontinued.
When will the new figures be published?
No longer applicable. This table is succeeded by the table 'Population, households and population dynamics; from 1899'. See section 3.
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 of a given area are the people registered in the population register, whose address is located in that area.- Population by part of the country
- Total population
- Including a tiny fraction of the Dutch population in the range of 0.0 to 0.8 % entered in the central population register kept from 1936 until October 1994 which included persons belonging to the 'de jure' population without fixed abodes. From October 1994 these are entered in the municipal population register of The Hague. Including 'the Noordoostpolder' (1943-1962), 'the Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders' (since 1956) and the municipalities of Dronten (1972-1985), Lelystad (1980-1985), Almere and Zeewolde (1984-1985).
- North Netherlands
- Comprises the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe.
- East Netherlands
- Comprises the provinces of Overijssel and Gelderland and the province of Flevoland. Excluding 'the Noordoostelijke polder' (1943-1962), 'de Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders' (since 1956) and the municipalities of Dronten (1972-1985), Lelystad (1980-1985), Almere and Zeewolde (1984-1985).
- West Netherlands
- Comprises the provinces of Utrecht, Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland and Zeeland.
- South Netherlands
- Comprises the provinces of Noord-Brabant and Limburg.
- Population by nationality
- Nationality:
Being the legal subject of a particular nation (citizenship).
The category non-Dutch subjects includes persons who neither have the Dutch nationality nor a double nationality of which one is Dutch.
Diplomats and persons belonging to the NATO military, for instance, do not fall into this category.
Data on 1900, 1910, 1921 and 1931 are based on the results of the censuses held on 31 December 1899, 1909, 1920 and 1930. Population data on 1947 are based on the census of 31 May 1947. Data on the period 1969-1972 are partly estimates and data on the periods 1956-1968 and 1973-1975 are provided by the Ministry of Justice.- Total foreign nationalities
- Total persons with a foreign nationality residing in the Netherlands.
- American
- Americans residing in the Netherlands.
- Belgian
- Belgians residing in the Netherlands.
- British
- British residing in the Netherlands.
- German
- Germans residing in the Netherlands.
From 1991 including the former German Democratic Republic.
- Italian
- Italians residing in the Netherlands.
- Moroccan
- Moroccans residing in the Netherlands.
- Spanish
- Spaniards residing in the Netherlands.
- Turkish
- Turks residing in the Netherlands.
- Former Yugoslavian
- Former Yugoslavians residing in the Netherlands.
Former Yugoslavia:
Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia.