CBS StatLine - Population, households and population dynamics; from 1899

Population, households and population dynamics; from 1899

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Subjects				Periods	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2011
Population on 1 January	Population by sex	Total population		x 1,000	5 104	5 858	6 754	7 825	8 834	10 027	11 417	12 958	14 091	14 893	15 864	16 656
		Males			2 521	2 899	3 352	3 886	4 408	4 998	5 686	6 465	6 994	7 358	7 846	8 243
		Females			2 583	2 959	3 402	3 939	4 426	5 029	5 731	6 493	7 097	7 534	8 018	8 412
	Population by age	Total population			5 104	5 858	6 754	7 825	8 834	10 027	11 417	12 958	14 091	14 893	15 864	16 656
		Younger than 20 years			2 264	2 579	2 866	3 153	3 316	3 742	4 331	4 658	4 432	3 822	3 873	3 914
		20 to 45 years			1 732	2 031	2 404	2 862	3 303	3 597	3 756	4 400	5 247	6 088	5 976	5 459
		45 to 65 years			802	890	1 084	1 333	1 602	1 916	2 311	2 589	2 797	3 077	3 863	4 689
		65 to 80 years			272	315	348	418	538	671	864	1 089	1 303	1 478	1 652	1 927
		80 years or older			35	43	52	59	75	100	154	222	312	428	500	668
	Demographic pressure	Green pressure		%	89.3	88.3	82.2	75.2	67.6	67.9	71.4	66.6	55.1	41.7	39.4	38.6
	Demographic pressure	Grey pressure		%	12.1	12.3	11.5	11.4	12.5	14.0	16.8	18.8	20.1	20.8	21.9	25.6
	Population by marital status	Total population		x 1,000	5 104	5 858	6 754	7 825	8 834	10 027	11 417	12 958	14 091	14 893	15 864	16 656
		Never married			3 152	3 577	.	.	.	5 284	5 731	6 104	6 191	6 465	7 049	7 773
		Married			1 679	1 988	.	.	.	4 232	5 103	6 122	6 835	6 957	7 071	6 865
		Widowed			268	283	.	.	.	436	495	617	751	854	882	866
		Divorced			6	10	.	.	.	75	88	115	314	617	862	1 151
	Population by part of the country	Total population			5 104	5 858	6 754	7 825	8 834	10 027	11 417	12 958	14 091	14 893	15 864	16 656
		North Netherlands			788	861	955	1 015	1 095	1 206	1 264	1 406	1 556	1 594	1 657	1 718
		East Netherlands			900	1 022	1 161	1 332	1 501	1 744	2 038	2 427	2 713	3 036	3 114	3 531
		West Netherlands			2 580	3 019	3 535	4 060	4 595	5 068	5 713	6 320	6 635	6 967	7 396	7 830
		South Netherlands			836	955	1 179	1 425	1 643	1 965	2 367	2 786	3 120	3 293	3 497	3 577
	Municipalities by size class	Population	Total population		5 104	5 858	6 754	7 825	8 834	10 027	11 417	12 958	14 091	14 893	15 864	16 656
			Less than 5,000 inhabitants		1 752	1 739	1 952	1 923	1 602	1 464	1 329	1 066	707	345	72	17
			5,000 to 20,000 inhabitants		1 494	1 749	2 075	2 203	2 664	2 881	3 240	3 886	4 237	4 288	3 549	1 996
			20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants		479	624	727	1 147	1 097	1 557	1 776	2 333	3 440	3 884	4 979	5 913
			50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants		241	372	426	641	1 005	951	1 300	1 872	1 927	2 604	2 368	3 169
			100,000 inhabitants or more		1 137	1 374	1 651	1 918	2 465	3 144	3 766	3 797	3 778	3 770	4 896	5 345
		Number of municipalities	Total number of municipalities	number	1 121	1 121	1 110	1 078	1 054	1 015	994	913	811	672	537	413
			Less than 5,000 inhabitants		918	884	845	777	718	624	556	406	246	105	20	6
			5,000 to 20,000 inhabitants		179	206	222	255	280	314	344	389	407	384	290	149
			20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants		16	21	32	29	35	53	61	78	114	130	168	189
			50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants		4	6	7	11	14	13	19	26	27	36	34	44
			100,000 inhabitants or more		4	4	4	6	7	11	14	14	17	17	25	25
	Population by nationality	Total foreign nationalities		x 1,000	53.0	70.0	.	.	.	.	107.0	212.1	473.4	641.9	651.5	760.4
		American			.	0.5	.	.	.	.	4.2	7.4	10.7	10.5	14.1	14.8
		Belgian			14.9	18.3	.	.	.	.	20.2	20.2	23.0	23.3	25.4	27.2
		British			1.3	2.1	.	.	.	.	5.7	9.8	35.4	37.5	39.5	41.4
		German			31.9	37.5	.	.	.	.	25.4	31.3	42.7	41.8	54.3	71.4
		Italian			0.2	0.4	.	.	.	.	5.2	16.3	20.9	16.7	17.9	21.9
		Moroccan			.	.	.	.	.	.	0.1	17.4	71.8	148.0	119.7	61.9
		Spanish			.	.	.	.	.	.	0.3	22.6	23.5	17.4	16.9	19.2
		Turkish			.	0.1	.	.	.	.	0.1	23.6	119.6	191.5	100.7	88.0
		Former Yugoslavian			.	.	.	.	.	.	0.9	4.3	13.7	12.8	15.6	8.2
	Persons with Surinamese background				.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	145.7	219.0	302.5	344.7
	Persons with Antillean background				.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	36.2	71.2	107.2	141.3
© Statistics Netherlands, Den Haag/Heerlen 26-5-2012