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Moreover, the "four big cities" (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht) can in many ways be regarded as a single metropolitan area, the Randstad ("rim city" or "edge city") with over 7.5 million inhabitants around an agricultural "green heart" (Groene Hart). Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019. [4]
In 1300, Amsterdam's population was around 1,000 people. [91] While many towns in Holland experienced population decline during the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam's population grew, [92] mainly due to the rise of the profitable Baltic maritime trade especially in grain after the Burgundian victory in the Dutch–Hanseatic War in 1441. [93]
Population of Dutch Americans per U.S. county according to the 2020 U.S. census The Dutch had settled in North America long before the establishment of the United States of America. [ 136 ] For a long time the Dutch lived in Dutch colonies ( New Netherland settlements ), owned and regulated by the Dutch Republic, which later became part of the ...
In 2006 one fifth of the population was of non-Dutch ethnicity, about half of which were of non-Western origin. [12] Immigration transformed Dutch cities especially: in Amsterdam, 55% of young people are of non-Western origin (mainly Moroccan, Surinamese and Turkish). [citation needed]
Whilst only a minority of Black Dutch citizens are of Sub-Saharan African migrant background, there is a sizable population of Cape Verdean, Ghanaian, Nigerian, Somali, Angolan and other African communities of more recent immigrants. The majority of Afro-Dutch people migrated to the Netherlands from the 1970s onwards, most of the recent ...
Total population; c.94,000 (2018) 0.54% of the population [1] Statistics for people born in the People's Republic of China or the Republic of China and their children only: Regions with significant populations; Rotterdam (6,500) Amsterdam (5,000) Eindhoven (3,200) [2] Languages; Dutch Indonesian (incl Javanese) Sranan Tongo
Since 1995, the population of Sri Lankans in Netherlands has doubled, in 1996 there were 5,600 and in 2010 there were 10,346 people. [18] There is a low unemployment rate among Dutch Tamils, because they have shown willingness to accept jobs, that is below their qualifications.
The Metropolitan Region Amsterdam (Dutch: Metropoolregio Amsterdam) is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.It lies in the Noordvleugel (English: "North Wing") of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the city of Amsterdam as well as 36 further municipalities within the two provinces of North Holland and Flevoland, [5] with a ...