Dutch people

Dutch
Nederlanders
Total population
c. 30–35 million[a]
Dutch diaspora and ancestry: c. 14 million
Regions with significant populations
Netherlands      16,366,000[1]
(Self-identified ethnic Dutch and those legally treated as Dutch, e.g. Moluccans per Faciliteitenwet)[1]
United States[b]3,083,000[2]
South Africa[b][d]3,000,000[3][4]
Canada[b]1,112,000[5]
Australia[b]336,000[6]
Germany257,000[7]
Belgium[b]121,000[8]
New Zealand[b]100,000[9]
France60,000[10]
United Kingdom56,000[11]
Spain48,000[12]
Denmark30,000[13]
Switzerland20,000[14]
Indonesia17,000[13]
Turkey15,000[15]
Norway13,000[16]
Italy13,000[12]
Portugal12,000[17]
Curaçao10,000[12]
Sweden10,000[13]
Israel5,000[12]
Aruba5,000[12]
Luxembourg5,000[12]
Hungary4,000[12]
Austria3,200[12]
Poland3,000[12]
Suriname3,000[12]
Japan1,000[12]
Greece1,000[12]
Thailand1,000[12]
Languages
Primarily Dutch
and other regional languages:
Dutch Low Saxon[a]
Limburgish[b][18]
West Frisian (Friesland)[c][19][20]
English (BES Islands)[d][21]
Papiamento (Bonaire)[e][21][22]
Religion
Majority irreligious[23][24]
Historically or traditionally Christian
(Roman Catholic and Protestant)[c][25]
Related ethnic groups

The Dutch (Dutch: Nederlanders) are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common ancestry and culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Aruba, Suriname, Guyana, Curaçao, Argentina, Brazil, Canada,[26] Australia,[27] South Africa,[28] New Zealand and the United States.[29] The Low Countries were situated around the border of France and the Holy Roman Empire, forming a part of their respective peripheries and the various territories of which they consisted had become virtually autonomous by the 13th century.[30] Under the Habsburgs, the Netherlands were organised into a single administrative unit, and in the 16th and 17th centuries the Northern Netherlands gained independence from Spain as the Dutch Republic.[31] The high degree of urbanisation characteristic of Dutch society was attained at a relatively early date.[32] During the Republic the first series of large-scale Dutch migrations outside of Europe took place.

The traditional arts and culture of the Dutch encompasses various forms of traditional music, dances, architectural styles and clothing, some of which are globally recognisable. Internationally, Dutch painters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh are held in high regard. The predominant religion among the Dutch is Christianity, encompassing both Catholicism and Protestantism. However, in contemporary times, the majority no longer adhere to a particular Christian denomination. Significant percentages of the Dutch are adherents of humanism, agnosticism, atheism or individual spirituality.[33][34][35]

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  2. ^ "Table B04006 – People Reporting Ancestry – 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Afrikaners constitute nearly three million out of approximately 53 million inhabitants of the Republic of South Africa, plus as many as half a million in diaspora." Afrikaner Archived 28 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine – Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ^ Afrikaners make up approximately 5.2% of the total South African population based on the number of white South Africans who speak Afrikaans as a first language in the South African National Census of 2011.
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  9. ^ "New Zealand government website on Dutch-Australians". Teara.govt.nz. 4 March 2009. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  10. ^ res. "Présentation des Pays-Bas". Diplomatie.gouv.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Estimated overseas-born population resident in the United Kingdom by sex, by country of birth (Table 1.4)". Office for National Statistics. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". migrationpolicy.org. 10 February 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  13. ^ a b c Joshua Project. "Dutch Ethnic People in all Countries". Joshua Project. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  14. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  16. ^ "Table 5 Persons with immigrant background by immigration category, country background and sex. 1 January 2009". Ssb.no. 1 January 2009. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  17. ^ "SEF: Relatório de Imigração, Fronteiras e Asilo 2022" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Taal in Nederland .:. Nedersaksisch". taal.phileon.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Regeling – Instellingsbesluit Consultatief Orgaan Fries 2010 – BWBR0027230". Wetten.overheid.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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  21. ^ a b "Regeling – Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba – BWBR0028063". Wetten.overheid.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Regeling – Wet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba – BWBR0028142". Wetten.overheid.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  23. ^ Schmeets, Hans (2016). De religieuze kaart van Nederland, 2010–2015 (PDF). Centraal Bureau voor der Statistiek. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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  25. ^ Numbers, Ronald L. (2014). Creationism in Europe. JHU Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-1562-8. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  26. ^ Based on Statistics Canada, Canada 2001 Census.Link to Canadian statistics. Archived 25 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine
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  29. ^ According to Factfinder.census.gov Archived 11 February 2020 at archive.today
  30. ^ Winkler Prins Geschiedenis der Nederlanden I (1977), p. 150; I.H. Gosses, Handboek tot de staatkundige geschiedenis der Nederlanden I (1974 [1959]), 84 ff.
  31. ^ The actual independence was accepted by in the 1648 treaty of Munster, in practice the Dutch Republic had been independent since the last decade of the 16th century.
  32. ^ D.J. Noordam, "Demografische ontwikkelingen in West-Europa van de vijftiende tot het einde van de achttiende eeuw", in H.A. Diederiks e.a., Van agrarische samenleving naar verzorgingsstaat (Leiden 1993), 35–64, esp. 40
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