Caribbean Netherlands; population, births, deaths, migration

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Population dynamics

Changes in size, composition and / or location of the population.

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area.
The total number of people residing in the CaribbeanNetherlands. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a CN municipality.
The population registers do not include persons living in the Caribbean Netherlands who fall under exemption provisions regarding inclusion in the population registers (e.g. diplomats) and persons who do not legally reside in the Caribbean Netherlands.

Caribbean Netherlands
Residents of a municipality in the Caribbean Netherlands.
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba has had the status of a 'special municipality' of the Netherlands since 10 October 2010.

Population on 1 January

Population refer to 1 January

Population:
The total number of people residing in a given area.
The total number of people residing in the Caribbean Netherlands. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a CN municipality.
The population registers do not include persons living in the Caribbean Netherlands who fall under exemption provisions regarding inclusion in the population registers (e.g. diplomats) and persons who do not legally reside in the Caribbean Netherlands.

Caribbean Netherlands
Residents of a municipality in the Caribbean Netherlands.
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba has had the status of a 'special municipality' of the Netherlands since 10 October 2010.

Live born children

Live born child:
A baby showing some sign of life after birth, regardless of the duration of pregnancy.
On the islands of St. Eustatius and Saba, medical facilities for births are limited. Therefore, expectant mothers are often sent to the island of St. Maarten before delivery. Immigrants younger than 46 days are counted as births on the island where the parents migrated.

Deaths

Death:
Person declared dead by an authorized doctor.
Deaths are counted according to the municipality where they last resided, not the municipality where the death occurred.

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.

Death:
Person declared dead by an authorized doctor.

Arrivals in the CN municipality

Arrivals in the CN (Caribbean Netherlands) municipality due to immigration or intermunicipal move.

Immigration
People moving to the CN municipalities from another country.
For Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, also includes immigration from European Netherlands.
Persons must be entered in the municipal population register to be counted as migrants.

Municipal population register
A computerised population register used by the municipalities.

Total arrivals

Total arrivals in a CN municipality.

Immigration

People moving to Caribbean Netherlands from another country.

For Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, also includes immigration from European Netherlands.
These persons must be entered in the municipal population register to be counted as migrants.

Arrivals from another CN municipality

Persons taking up residence in the municipalities of Bonaire, St. Eustatius or Saba who come from another Caribbean Netherlands municipality.

Removal from CN municipality

Persons moving to another municipality in Caribbean Netherlands or abroad (emigration).

Emigration:
Departure of people abroad. This concerns the emigration reported to the municipality. At Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, departure to European Netherlands is also counted. In order to be counted as an expatriate, these persons must be registered in the municipal population register.

Total removals (including administr...

Total removals (including administrative corrections)

Emigration including net 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.

Balance of administrative corrections:
Administrative entries into minus administrative removals of personal data from the municipal population register.

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 Caribbean 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 Caribbean Netherlands.

Emigration (including administrative...

Removals (including administrative corrections)

Persons moving to another municipality in Caribbean Netherlands or abroad (emigration).

Emigration including net 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.

Balance of administrative corrections:
Administrative entries into minus administrative removals of personal data from the municipal population register.

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 CaribbeanNetherlands.

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 Caribbean Netherlands.

Removal to another CN municipality

Persons moving from Bonaire, St. Eustatius or Saba to another CN-municipality.

International migration:
People who moved to the Caribbean Netherlands or inhabitants who leave the Caribbean Netherlands.

Net migration

The number of people moving in minus the number of people moving out.

Total net migration

The number of people moving in minus the number of people moving out.

Foreign net migration

Persons who settle in a CN-municipality (excluding people from Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba) minus the inhabitants who leave a CN-municipality to settle outside a CN-municipality.

Domestic net migration

Net migration from people who moved between Caribbean Netherlands municipalities

Someone who moved between municipalities
A person who moved from one municipality to another.
Excluding changes caused by municipal border changes.

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.

Population growth

The increase or decrease of the population.

Population growth

The increase or decrease of the population including other corrections

Population:
The total number of people residing in Caribbean Netherlands.
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.

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.

Population growth, relative

Population growth per 1,00 inhabitants on 1 January

Population:
The total number of people residing in Caribbean Netherlands.
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 on 31 December

Population at the end of the year

Population:
The total number of people residing in Caribbean Netherlands.
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.

People moved within CN municipalities

Persons relocating with the old and the new address located in the same municipality. Changes of address which result from changes in the street name, house number and the like are not considered relocations.

In 2016 and 2017, the number of persons who relocated within St. Eustatius was higher than might generally be expected. This was due to unregistered house moves. As a result, people were not residing at the address which was registered in the local population register. This discrepancy showed by means of returned voting cards during the course of the elections in 2017. Based on this information, the municipality took action to update address information in the population register.
In 2013, the number of persons who moved within Saba was higher than may be expected regularly. This was due to administrative changes in residential addresses on Saba that year. These administrative changes could not be distinguished from regular house moves.