Acquisitions of citizenship in Netherlands
58,999 people acquired the citizenship of Netherlands in 2024.
Netherlands, 2024
58,999
Change from 2023
+3.7%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
7th of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship 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 | 58,999 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 56,900 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 53,678 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 62,959 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 55,943 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 34,191 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 27,852 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 27,663 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 28,534 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 27,877 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 32,675 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 25,882 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 30,955 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 28,598 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 26,275 people | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 29,754 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 28,229 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 30,653 people | – |
| 2006 | 29,089 people | – |
| 2005 | 28,488 people | – |
| 2004 | 26,171 people | – |
| 2003 | 28,799 people | – |
| 2002 | 45,321 people | – |
| 2001 | 46,667 people | – |
| 2000 | 49,968 people | – |
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +3.7% from 56,900 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 32,675 people, the figure has changed by +80.6%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Netherlands has the 7th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Netherlands
All statistics for Netherlands
Immigration
257,714 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
140,087 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
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
Net migration
104,681 people
2025 · World Bank