Population dynamics; month and year

Changed on: 29/11/2024 02:00

Population dynamics; month and year
Periods	Population at start of selected period (aantal)	Live births (aantal)	Deaths (aantal)	Immigration (aantal)	Emigration including administrative c... (aantal)	Net corrections (aantal)	Total population growth (aantal)	Population at end of selected period (aantal)
2019 January	17,282,163	14,192	13,998	21,543	13,880		7,857	17,290,020
2019 February	17,290,020	12,149	12,758	21,595	11,663		9,323	17,299,343
2019 March	17,299,343	13,549	13,757	18,260	11,696		6,356	17,305,699
2019 April	17,305,699	13,717	12,593	17,536	10,968		7,692	17,313,391
2019 May	17,313,391	14,349	12,426	17,423	10,747		8,599	17,321,990
2019 June	17,321,990	14,233	11,683	17,055	13,610		5,995	17,327,985
2019 July	17,327,985	15,476	12,314	23,043	19,039		7,166	17,335,151
2019 August	17,335,151	15,442	11,773	37,265	16,733		24,201	17,359,352
2019 September	17,359,352	15,132	11,267	36,754	14,594		26,025	17,385,377
2019 October	17,385,377	14,709	12,571	24,846	12,997		13,987	17,399,364
2019 November	17,399,364	13,686	13,017	18,555	11,426		7,798	17,407,162
2019 December	17,407,162	13,046	13,728	15,189	13,676	-408	423	17,407,585
2019	17,282,163	169,680	151,885	269,064	161,029	-408	125,422	17,407,585
2020 January	17,407,585	14,085	14,111	22,220	15,808		6,386	17,413,971
2020 February	17,413,971	12,905	12,895	21,695	11,813		9,892	17,423,863
2020 March	17,423,863	13,556	16,237	15,610	12,535		394	17,424,257
2020 April	17,424,257	13,375	18,876	9,365	8,469		-4,605	17,419,652
Source: CBS.

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Table explanation

This table contains information about the population dynamics of the Dutch population. These changes consist of live births, deaths, immigration, emigration (including administrative corrections) and other corrections. In addition, figures on the total population growth, beginning and end population are also included.

Data available from: January 1995.

Status of the figures:
The figures up to 2023 in this table are final. The figures of 2024 are provisional.

Changes as of 29 November 2024:
Provisional figures of October 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
At the end of each month provisional figures of the previous month will be added in this publication. Data for previous months may be subject to adjustment.

Description topics

Population at start of selected period: Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area.

In the population, only persons recorded in the population register of a Dutch municipality are included. In principle, everyone who lives in the Netherlands for an indefinite period is included in the population register of the municipality. Persons belonging to the population of the Netherlands, but for whom no permanent place of residence can be designated, are included in the population register of the municipality of The Hague. The population registers do not include the persons living in the Netherlands for whom exemption rules apply with regard to inclusion in the population registers (for example diplomats and NATO military personnel) and persons who do not legally reside in the Netherlands.
Live births: Live birth:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.
Deaths: Death:
Person declared dead by an authorized doctor.
Immigration: Immigration:
People moving to the Netherlands from another country.
Immigration concerns all individuals whose arrival in the Netherlands results in a new entry in the municipal population register.
The criteria are a residency for at least four months in the forthcoming six months.

Trend break external migration figures
As a result of improvements in the production process, a minor shift has taken place in the external migration figures. With effect from 2010, the following changes have been implemented:
- administrative entries which are preceded by emigration are now counted towards immigration;
-administrative removals which are followed by immigration are now counted towards emigration.
The improvements in the production process have led to a significant reduction in the number of ‘other corrections’ on balance as of 2010.
For some immigrants and emigrants, the country of birth is unknown in the provisional figures. From January 2014 onwards, the country of birth is estimated for these groups (for immigrants, country of origin is considered country of birth and for emigrants, country of destination is considered country of birth).
Emigration including administrative c...: Emigration including administrative corrections

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

Emigration:
People leaving for another country.
Emigration relates to all individuals departing from the Netherlands, whose departure result in removals from the Netherlands population registers. The criteria for removal from the registers are 8 months abroad in the following 12 months.

Administrative correction:
Entries in and removals from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change.
The greater part of these corrections relates to the processing of either the departures of persons who did not notify the local authorities or the subsequent arrivals.

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.

Trend break external migration figures
As a result of improvements in the production process, a minor shift has taken place in the external migration figures. With effect from 2010, the following changes have been implemented:
- administrative entries which are preceded by emigration are now counted towards immigration;
-administrative removals which are followed by immigration are now counted towards emigration.
The improvements in the production process have led to a significant reduction in the number of ‘other corrections’ on balance as of 2010.
For some immigrants and emigrants, the country of birth is unknown in the provisional figures. From January 2014 onwards, the country of birth is estimated for these groups (for immigrants, country of origin is considered country of birth and for emigrants, country of destination is considered country of birth).
Net corrections: Net administrative corrections and other corrections

Other corrections are only included in the final figures, and only in the totals for December.

Net administrative corrections:
Administrative entries minus administrative removals.

Other correction:
Discrepancies in the population size between two consecutive years which cannot be attributed to changes made by the municipalities in the municipal population registers throughout the year.

Administrative correction:
Entry in or removal from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change.

Administrative entry:
All entries in and removals from the municipal population register for reasons other than birth, death, arrival, departure or municipal boundary change.

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 population growth: Population growth:
The increase or decrease of the population.
Population at end of selected period: Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area.

In the population, only persons recorded in the population register of a Dutch municipality are included. In principle, everyone who lives in the Netherlands for an indefinite period is included in the population register of the municipality. Persons belonging to the population of the Netherlands, but for whom no permanent place of residence can be designated, are included in the population register of the municipality of The Hague. The population registers do not include the persons living in the Netherlands for whom exemption rules apply with regard to inclusion in the population registers (for example diplomats and NATO military personnel) and persons who do not legally reside in the Netherlands.