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This is us! - Public awareness campaign launched
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has launched a campaign to improve public awareness about data. CBS is responsible for collecting data and compiling statistics for the Caribbean Netherlands. It produces...
Population dynamics; month and year
Population dynamics Periods
Lower population growth in 2024
The population of the Netherlands grew by an estimated 103 thousand people in 2024, reaching a total of over 18.05 million.
Forecast: population of the Netherlands will reach 19 million in 2037
The population of the Netherlands will continue to increase in the years to come, but less rapidly than in recent years.
Mortality; key figures
Mortality: key figures by sex. Including figures on infant mortality, perinatal mortality and life expectancy at birth
Population growth in first three quarters lower than in 2023
The population of the Netherlands grew by 85.3 thousand in the first three quarters of 2024.
Population growth slows in first half of 2024
The population of the Netherlands grew by 39.0 thousand in the first half of 2024.
Caribbean Netherlands; population, births, deaths, migration
Population growth Caribbean Netherlands, population, births, deaths, migration
Over 75 thousand women became first-time mothers in 2023
More than 75 thousand women became mothers for the first time in 2023.
Population growth down in first quarter of 2024
The population of the Netherlands grew by 19.8 thousand in Q1 2024
Population growth slower in 2023
In 2023, the population of the Netherlands is estimated to have grown by 140 thousand to 17.9 million. This is a slower growth rate than in 2022, when 227 thousand people were added.
Forecast: nearly 18 million inhabitants, 19 million projected in 2037
The Dutch population will continue to increase in the coming years, but less rapidly than in recent years.
Key figures of the population forecasts 2023-2070
Forecast; population, births, deaths and migration with forecast intervals
Population up to 17.9 million
In the first three quarters of 2023, the population of the Netherlands grew by 110.7 thousand to 17.9 million.
What factors influence young adults’ decision to start a family?
Young adults in the Netherlands face a variety of economic challenges: employers are giving out more temporary contracts, income growth is stagnating, students have to take on more debt, there’s an...
55 thousand more inhabitants in first half of 2023
The population of the Netherlands grew by 54.8 thousand in the first half of 2023. In the first half of 2022, the increase still amounted to 119.2 thousand
External migration; sex, age, marital status and country of birth
Immigration and emigration and the administrative corrections in the Netherlands by country of birth, sex, age and marital status,
Population up by 27.4 thousand in the first quarter
In the first quarter of 2023, the population of the Netherlands grew by 27.4 thousand. The increase was entirely due to immigration; there were more deaths than births.
Forecast: larger population due to migration
The population of the Netherlands will continue to grow over the next five decades, to 20.7 million inhabitants in 2070. It is expected to reach 18 million by 2024 and cross the 19-million mark by...
Population up to 17.8 million, mainly due to migration
Over the first three quarters of 2022, the population of the Netherlands grew by 191 thousand.
Population up by nearly 120 thousand in first half of 2022
In the first half of 2022, the population of the Netherlands grew by 119.9 thousand.
Population; sex, age, generation and migration background, 1 January
Population in The Netherlands by sex, age, marital status generation (first / second) and migration background, 1 January
Higher population growth due to more immigration in Q1
In the first quarter of 2022, the population of the Netherlands increased by 49.8 thousand. This is considered strong growth for a first quarter.
Population growth almost back to pre-pandemic level
The Dutch population grew by an estimated 118 thousand in 2021, to nearly 17.6 million. This is 50 thousand higher than in 2020. Immigration was up and emigration down. Mortality was at the same...