In the first nine months of this year, the Dutch population grew by 191,000. That’s more than double the same time last year. According to Statistics Netherlands, the increase is mainly due to immigration. Fewer babies were born than in the same period in 2021, and mortality was relatively high.
About 318,000 people from abroad have found a new home in the Netherlands. A third of them came from Ukraine. This happened mainly in the first months after the invasion of Russia in February of this year. Most of them settled in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Almere.
Even more people from countries including India, Turkey, Syria and Afghanistan have registered with a Dutch municipality. Not all immigrants who come to the Netherlands stay here. Some return or leave for another country.
Especially in the third quarter, emigration from the Netherlands to other countries resumed. These are partly refugees from Ukraine who have left the Netherlands again.
