Dutch national news, posted October 24th, 2007

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The number of ‘white’ Dutch living in the Netherlands will decline by 1.2 million between now and 2050. The number of immigrants will grow in the same period to 4.796 million, the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) predicted yesterday.

On 1 January, the Dutch population totalled 16.334 million. In 2050, it is projected at 16.797 million. The indigenous population (defined as persons of whom both parents were born in the Netherlands) is seen dropping from 13.2 to 12.0 million.

The number of immigrants (defined as persons with one or both parents born outside the Netherlands) will rise from 3.146 million now to 4.796 million.

The number of non-Western immigrants is expected to increase from 1.720 million to 2.691 million. The number of Western immigrants is seen going up from 1.426 million to 2.105 million.

Within the non-Western group, the Turkish population is expected to expand from 364,000 to 463,000. The Moroccan population should go up from 323,000 to 452,000 and the number of Africans (excluding Moroccans) from 193,000 to 291,000.

As a rapidly increasing group, the CBS highlights the number of Asians (excluding Japan and Indonesia), which is projected to grow from 307,000 to 671,000. The number of South Americans is projected to jump from 71,000 to 197,000.

The number of Surinamese, many of whom came to the Netherlands when their country became independent in 1974, will not grow much more: from 332,000 to 360,000. The number of Indonesians, who formed a number of immigration waves between 1946 and 1962, will actually decrease: from 393,000 to 232,000, CBS predicts.

The number of Western immigrants should expand mainly due to the arrival of Europeans from the so-called EU-26. Their population group is seen growing from 826,000 to 1,474,000. The number of other Europeans (non-EU-26) is projected to increase from 138,000 to 267,000.

CBS published separate demographic figures on Amsterdam yesterday. Currently, a majority (56 percent) of the capital city’s inhabitants were born outside Amsterdam and came to live there from abroad or from other Dutch towns and villages. About 29 percent of Amsterdammers were born outside the Netherlands.

In the Inner City district of Amsterdam, only one-third of residents were born in Amsterdam. These are virtually all people originating from other Dutch locations. Conversely, in the Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Bos en Lommer, Indische Buurt and Kolenkit districts, over 40 percent were not born in the Netherlands.

Over six out of 10 people once born in Amsterdam meanwhile live outside the city, often in the nearby municipalities. In Diemen and Landsmeer, the percentage of residents born in Amsterdam is actually higher than in Amsterdam itself.

Source: NIS News, 25 October 2007

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