Moroccans in the Netherlands

Moroccans in the Netherlands
Marokkanen in Nederland
المغاربة في هولندا
Total population
419.272[1] (2022)
c. 2.4% of the Dutch population
Regions with significant populations
Predominantly Randstad (70%), North Brabant, Limburg (16%) and Sint-Maarten (14%) [citation needed]
Languages
Berber (86%), Moroccan Arabic (14%), Dutch[2]
Religion
Predominantly Islam (98%) (Statista Survey)[3]
Minority: Nonreligious (2%), Christianity (1%) (Statista Survey)[4][5]
Related ethnic groups
Moroccans in Belgium

Moroccans in the Netherlands (Dutch: Marokkanen in Nederland; Arabic: المغاربة في هولندا), also Moroccan Dutch (Marokkaanse Nederlanders) or Dutch Moroccans (Nederlandse Marokkanen), are citizens or residents of the Netherlands of Moroccan origin. They consist of immigrants from Morocco and their descendants, and form the second largest ethnic group in the Netherlands.[6][7]

  1. ^ "CBS Statline". Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Pays-Bas: situation géographique et administrative". axl.cefan.ulaval.ca. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ Er zijn minder moslims in Nederland, maar de overgebleven groep wordt steeds orthodoxer Archived 2018-07-18 at the Wayback Machine 'There are less Muslims in the Netherlands, but the remaining group is becoming more orthodox', Trouw, 8 juni 2018
  4. ^ "Religious identification of the Moroccan-Dutch community in the Netherlands in 2015*". Statista Research Department. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020. This statistic displays the religious identification of the Moroccan-Dutch community in the Netherlands in 2015. Of the Moroccan-Dutch participants taking part in this survey, roughly 95 percent stated to consider themselves Muslims. One percent answered to see themselves as Christians.
  5. ^ Er zijn minder moslims in Nederland, maar de overgebleven groep wordt steeds orthodoxer Archived 2018-07-18 at the Wayback Machine 'There are more Muslims in the Netherlands, and the remaining group is becoming more orthodox', Trouw, 8 juni 2018
  6. ^ Gazzah 2008, p. 11
  7. ^ Dibbits 2007, p. 11