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Netherlands
Netherlands is an EU member state with a population of 18.0M. Member of the European Union since 1958.
28 Eurostat indicators across 4 topics, with full year-by-year history.
Population
18.0M
2025 · rank 7/27
Country at a glance
Netherlands is a western europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Amsterdam. The country joined the European Communities in 1958 as one of the six founding member states. Economically, Netherlands is an open trading economy anchored by the Port of Rotterdam, Schiphol Airport and a strong agri-food complex, with a fiscally conservative tradition and the seat of EU agencies (EMA in Amsterdam, Eurojust in The Hague). The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Dutch is the official language and the country is divided into 4 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Netherlands is currently 7th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.
Indicators by topic
Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Netherlands, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.
Labour & employment
5 indicators- Employment — EU-foreign citizens lfsa_egan 353k 2025 ▲3.9%
- Employment — foreign citizens (any) lfsa_egan 622k 2025 ▲3.5%
- Employment — national citizens lfsa_egan 8,790k 2025 ▼0.1%
- Employment — non-EU foreign citizens lfsa_egan 270k 2025 ▲3.0%
- Employment (15-64, all citizenships) lfsa_egan 9,421k 2025 ▲0.1%
Demography & population
5 indicators- Population — EU-foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 770,888 2025 ▲3.4%
- Population — national citizens migr_pop1ctz 16,428,041 2025 ▲0.2%
- Population — non-EU foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 821,732 2025 ▲6.2%
- Population — stateless persons migr_pop1ctz 4,364 2025 ▼8.1%
- Population (total, 1 January) migr_pop1ctz 18,044,027 2025 ▲0.6%
Migration & asylum
15 indicators- Acquisitions of EU citizenship migr_acq 58,999 2024 ▲3.7%
- First-time asylum applications migr_asyappctzm 10,190 2026 ▼57.7%
- Asylum negative first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 8,120 2025 ▲55.4%
- Asylum positive first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 7,420 2025 ▼53.5%
- Asylum positive — humanitarian protection migr_asydcfsta 1,055 2025 ▲35.3%
- Asylum positive — refugee status migr_asydcfsta 3,445 2025 ▼34.7%
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protection migr_asydcfsta 2,925 2025 ▼70.5%
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total) migr_asydcfsta 15,540 2025 ▼26.6%
- Return orders issued to non-EU citizens migr_eiord 31,180 2025 ▲63.6%
- Returns of non-EU citizens (executed) migr_eirtn 4,965 2025 ▲17.8%
- First residence permits — education migr_resfirst 21,877 2024 ▼4.6%
- First residence permits — work migr_resfirst 23,415 2024 ▼14.7%
- First residence permits — family migr_resfirst 42,209 2024 ▼6.9%
- First residence permits — other migr_resfirst 40,877 2024 ▲13.3%
- First residence permits issued (total) migr_resfirst 128,378 2024 ▼2.6%
More data on Netherlands
This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.
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European Parliament
MEPs elected from Netherlands (current term, 2024–2029).
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Public tenders
TED notices from Netherlands buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.
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EU research grants
CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Netherlands.
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Cohesion funds
Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Netherlands.
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (28 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.
Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API