# Net migration in Netherlands

Net migration in Netherlands was 144,558 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `nl`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/netherlands
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=nl

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 144,558 |
| 2022 | 224,472 |
| 2021 | 106,416 |
| 2020 | 67,598 |
| 2019 | 109,003 |
| 2018 | 87,197 |
| 2017 | 86,332 |
| 2016 | 88,743 |
| 2015 | 55,585 |
| 2014 | 36,591 |
| 2013 | 19,973 |
| 2012 | 14,861 |
| 2011 | 31,224 |
| 2010 | 33,703 |
| 2009 | 39,832 |
| 2008 | 32,406 |
| 2007 | -304 |
| 2006 | -25,401 |
| 2005 | -22,496 |
| 2004 | -9,230 |
| 2003 | 7,937 |
| 2002 | 28,824 |
| 2001 | 56,096 |
| 2000 | 59,308 |
| 1999 | 47,179 |
| 1998 | 52,058 |
| 1997 | 31,302 |
| 1996 | 21,792 |
| 1995 | 15,056 |
| 1994 | 20,193 |
| 1993 | 44,514 |
| 1992 | 50,148 |
| 1991 | 51,670 |
| 1990 | 53,564 |
| 1989 | 31,165 |
| 1988 | 31,026 |
| 1987 | 39,559 |
| 1986 | 30,380 |
| 1985 | 27,356 |
| 1984 | 12,902 |
| 1983 | 11,007 |
| 1982 | 7,644 |
| 1981 | 17,643 |
| 1980 | 54,010 |
| 1979 | 42,772 |
| 1978 | 26,639 |
| 1977 | 19,809 |
| 1976 | 18,774 |
| 1975 | 68,569 |
| 1974 | 31,645 |
| 1973 | 18,705 |
| 1972 | 17,470 |
| 1971 | 32,756 |
| 1970 | 32,438 |
| 1969 | 21,850 |
| 1968 | 7,243 |
| 1967 | -10,673 |
| 1966 | 20,740 |
| 1965 | 19,444 |
| 1964 | 15,014 |
| 1963 | -21 |
| 1962 | 18,024 |
| 1961 | 8,258 |
| 1960 | -13,235 |