Where were people in the Netherlands born?

Of the 17.6 million people who lived in the Netherlands on 1 January 2022, 86 percent were born in the Netherlands. As such, 2.6 million people were born in another country, over a third of them in a European country.

Most foreign-born residents were born in Turkey (205 thousand), Suriname (178 thousand), Morocco and Poland (both 173 thousand people). The Netherlands has a longer migration history with the first three countries, as it does with Indonesia, where 106 thousand residents were born. The top ten countries of birth of foreign-born residents include four European countries: Poland, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Also, a relatively high number of residents were born in Syria, China and India.

Two million residents born in the Netherlands are children of migrants

Of the 15.0 million residents born in the Netherlands, over 2.0 percent have one or two foreign-born parents. Just over half (1.1 million) of them have one foreign-born and one Netherlands-born parent, just under half (890 thousand) have two foreign-born parents.

Show datatableMigrants and children of migrants, 1 January 2022 (x 1,000)Hide datatableMigrants and children of migrants, 1 January 2022 (x 1,000)

Migrants and children of migrants, 1 January 2022 (x 1,000)

Herkomst	Europe (excl. the Netherlands)	Indonesia	Morocco	Dutch Caribbean	Suriname	Turkey	Other Africa	Other Americas and Oceania	Other Asia
Born abroad	875	106	173	103	178	205	210	171	529
Born in the Netherlands, 1 or 2 parents born abroad	602	258	246	82	184	226	132	98	200

Among the 890 thousand residents born in the Netherlands with two foreign-born parents, by far the largest group comes from outside Europe. One-fifth (189 thousand) are of Moroccan origin, and a slightly lower number (165 thousand) are of Turkish origin.

Of the 1.1 million residents born in the Netherlands with one foreign-born parent, 43 percent of these parents were born in another European country. The majority have a father or mother from Germany (223 thousand), followed by Belgium (72 thousand). The number of people with a father or mother born in Poland (48 thousand) now exceeds the number of those with a parent from the United Kingdom (41 thousand). Among residents with a parent born outside Europe, the largest group of 190 thousand has a father or mother born in Indonesia.

The questions

1. How does CBS collect data?
2. How much do we cycle per week on average?
3. Who are most likely to work part-time?
4. How many people visited Bonaire by cruise ship?
5. Are people happy with the house they live in?
6. How many young women encounter street harassment?
7. What do the over-65s do online?
8. How many wind turbines in the Netherlands?
9. How far is school by bike?
10. How many museums are there?
11. How much electricity in the Caribbean Netherlands is renewable?
12. How many adults are overweight?
13. How many cargo ships dock at Dutch seaports?
14. What did we listen to on the radio in 1953?
15. What is the average lifespan in the Netherlands?
16. Where did we go for a holiday in 1947?
17. How much fish is landed?
18. Where were people in the Netherlands born?
19. What do we spend money on?
20. How old are Dutch first-time mothers on average?
21. How much cheese do we produce?
22. How are goods transported through the Netherlands?
23. How many people fall victim to cybercrime?
24. What is the most spoken language or dialect at home?
25. How many shops are there?
26. What is the value of Dutch beer exports?
27. How often do we have a goosebump moment?
28. How many cows graze in fields?
29. What are the most popular majors?
30. How tall are Dutch people?
31. How is the urban bird population doing?
32. Where do most people work?
33. What colour is our car?
34. How does CBS handle your privacy?