Netherlands: migration figures 2022

From 2008 onwards, the migration balance in the Netherlands was positive, meaning that more people settled in the Netherlands than leaving for newer pastures. In 2022, the migration balance was 223,800. In 2022, the number of people in the Netherlands with a migration background (defined as someone who has at least one parent born abroad) was over 4.4 million.

 Regions of origin

  In 2020, the largest group of immigrants in the Netherlands came from other European countries, followed by migrants from Asian countries and the Americas. Over 1.4 million immigrants in the Netherlands were either born in another European country themselves or had a parent coming from here one. The Polish were especially well-represented, with over 25,000 immigrants in 2020.  

Attitudes towards immigration

  In a 2017 survey, respondents were asked how they feel about immigration from other EU countries. 70 percent stated to be fairly or very positive about this. By comparison, only five percent of the respondents answered to feel very negative about EU migration. Respondents were less positive about migration from non-EU countries, but the share of people feeling fairly or very positive about this still reached 45 percent.

Immigration, emigration, and migration balance in the Netherlands from 1995 to 2022

Characteristic	Immigration	Emigration	Migration balance
2022	403,108	179,310	223,798
2021	252,528	145,330	107,198
2020	220,853	152,494	68,359
2019	269,064	161,029	108,035
2018	243,737	157,366	86,371
2017	234,957	154,292	80,665
2016	230,739	151,545	79,194
2015	204,615	149,509	55,106
2014	182,949	147,862	35,087
2013	164,772	145,669	19,103
2012	158,374	144,491	13,883
2011	162,962	133,194	29,768
2010	154,432	121,351	33,081
2009	146,378	111,897	34,481
2008	143,516	117,779	25,737
2007	116,819	122,576	-5,757
2006	101,150	132,470	-31,320
2005	92,297	119,725	-27,428
2004	94,019	110,235	-16,216
2003	104,514	104,831	-317
2002	121,250	96,918	24,332
2001	133,404	82,566	50,838
2000	132,850	78,977	53,873
1999	119,151	78,779	40,372
1998	122,407	79,289	43,118
1997	109,860	81,973	27,887
1996	108,749	91,945	16,804
1995	96,099	82,195	13,904

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Release date

July 2023

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Netherlands

Survey time period

1995 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Emigration including administrative corrections. The total of the administrative corrections is the sum of the administrative inclusions minus the administrative removals.

Administrative inclusion means that a person is included in the municipality administration at his/her own request. This is not the result of a birth, immigration or relocation to another municipality, and is usually the case with people who have been administratively removed even though they had never left the country. Administrative removal means that persons are removed from the municipality bookkeeping because the municipality cannot reach the person, has no information regarding his/her whereabouts and this person is no longer living in this municipality. This is usually the case with people leaving the country without informing the municipality.

From 2010 onwards emigration numbers increased slightly because of a change in the production process.

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