Netherlands

Net migration rate in Netherlands

Net migration rate in Netherlands: 1.9 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 8 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
8 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
+6.1 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
29 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
1.4 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in NetherlandsNet migration rate in Netherlands: 1.9 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 8 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -6.8 per 1,000 people and 9.3 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -6.8 per 1,000 people and 9.3 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 12.5 per 1,000 people in 2022, the lowest -4.8 per 1,000 people in 1952.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearNetherlands
20238
202212.5
20216
20203.8
20196.2
20185
20175
20165.2
20153.2
20142.1
20131.2
20120.9
20111.9
20102
20092.4
20082
2007-0
2006-1.5
2005-1.4
2004-0.6
20030.5
20021.8
20013.5
20003.7
19993
19983.3
19972
19961.4
19951
19941.3
19932.9
19923.3
19913.4
19903.6
19892.1
19882.1
19872.7
19862.1
19851.9
19840.9
19830.8
19820.5
19811.2
19803.8
19793
19781.9
19771.4
19761.4
19755
19742.3
19731.4
19721.3
19712.5
19702.5
19691.7
19680.6
1967-0.8
19661.7
19651.6
19641.2
1963-0
19621.5
19610.7
1960-1.2
1959-1.5
19582.7
1957-1.1
1956-1.1
1955-0.6
1954-1.8
1953-3.1
1952-4.8
1951-2.4
19501.9
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearNetherlands
20246.73.3–10.7
20255.71.4–11
20264.80.1–10.7
20274.4-0.5–10.7
20284-1.3–10.8
20293.6-1.8–10.7
20303.3-2.5–10.7
20313-3–10.5
20322.8-3.4–10.3
20332.7-3.6–10.8
20342.4-3.8–10.3
20352.4-3.5–10.4
20362.4-4–10.3
20372.3-4.1–10.2
20382.2-4.3–9.9
20392.2-4.5–10.6
20402.1-4.5–10.3
20412-5–9.9
20422-4.9–9.8
20432.1-4.6–9.9
20442-4.5–9.6
20452-4.7–10.3
20462.2-4.5–10.5
20472-5.1–9.5
20482-5–9.9
20492-5.4–9.3
20502-5.3–9.1
20511.8-6–8.4
20522-5.8–8.9
20531.9-5.8–9.5
20541.9-5.7–8.6
20551.8-5.6–9
20561.7-5.8–9
20571.6-6.3–8.8
20581.7-6–9.3
20591.7-6.1–9.6
20601.7-5.8–9
20611.6-6.4–9
20621.7-6.1–9.1
20631.6-6.3–9.1
20641.7-6.3–9.2
20651.6-6.4–9
20661.7-6–9.6
20671.8-5.7–9.6
20681.8-5.9–9.1
20691.7-6–9.1
20701.7-6.1–9.3
20711.8-6–9.5
20721.7-5.8–9.4
20731.7-6.2–9.2
20741.8-5.9–9.3
20751.7-5.8–9.5
20761.6-6.1–9.3
20771.5-6.5–9.2
20781.7-6.1–9.7
20791.7-6.4–8.8
20801.8-6–9.2
20811.7-6–9.3
20821.7-5.9–9.2
20831.6-6–8.6
20841.7-6.1–9.2
20851.8-6–9.1
20861.7-6.3–8.8
20871.8-6.2–8.8
20881.7-7.1–8.8
20891.6-6.7–8.9
20901.5-7–8.5
20911.6-6.7–8.9
20921.6-6.7–9.4
20931.5-6.3–9.1
20941.6-6.7–9.3
20951.6-6.4–9.5
20961.6-6.5–9.6
20971.6-5.9–9.3
20981.7-5.9–9.4
20991.6-6.3–8.9
21001.4-6.8–9.3

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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