Immigration in Netherlands
Netherlands recorded 257,714 immigrants in 2024.
Netherlands, 2024
257,714
Change from 2023
−6.1%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
7th of 33
Immigration in Netherlands over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 257,714 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 274,597 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 326,798 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 214,105 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 182,244 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 215,756 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 194,306 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 189,646 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 189,232 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 166,872 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 145,323 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 129,428 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 124,566 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 130,118 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 126,776 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 122,917 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2008 | 143,516 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 116,819 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 101,150 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 92,297 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 94,019 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 104,514 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 121,250 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 133,404 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 132,850 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −6.1% from 274,597 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 145,323 immigrants, the figure has changed by +77.3%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Netherlands has the 7th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Netherlands
All statistics for Netherlands
Emigration
140,087 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
58,999 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
104,681 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
24,115 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
5.2p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
8.0 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division