Demographic Characteristics
As of 2009, statistics of the Dutch Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek with regards to people of Moroccan origin showed:
- 166,774 persons of first-generation background (88,084 men, 78,690 women)
- 174,754 persons of second-generation background (88,563 men, 86,191 women), of which:
- 23,255 persons with one parent born in the Netherlands (11,911 men, 11,344 women)
- 151,499 persons with both parents born outside of the Netherlands (76,652 men, 74,847 women)
For a total of 353,987 persons (176,647 men, 164,881). This represented roughly 51% growth over the 1996 total of 225,088 persons. The population has shown a year-on-year increase every year since then.
As of 2011, 16% of male youth under 25 years of age in Amsterdam is Dutch-Moroccan.
City | Population | Province |
---|---|---|
Amsterdam | 72,500 | Noord-Holland |
Rotterdam | 42,000 | Zuid-Holland |
The Hague | 29,000 | Zuid-Holland |
Utrecht | 29,000 | Utrecht |
Gouda | 6,700 | Zuid-Holland |
Eindhoven | 6,000 | Noord-Brabant |
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