Amsterdam, Netherlands - SEO Economisch Onderzoek

metropolitan area exceeded that of other parts of the Netherlands by 4,200 people. With regard tothe near future, projections indicate that the population of the Amsterdam metropolitan regionwill grow faster than the aggregate Dutch population. It is expected that the number of inhabitantsof the Amsterdam metropolitan area will increase by 202,000 over the years 2008-2025, which isan increase of 9.3%. The fraction of non-Western foreign Dutch nationals (in Dutch allochtonen:people who are born in a foreign country or who have at least one parent who is born in a foreigncountry) living in the Amsterdam metropolitan area is almost twice as high as the Dutch average,although there are large differences between the different municipalities. The highest percentageof non-Western foreign Dutch nationals can be found in Amsterdam (34.6%) and Almere(26.1%). In general the share of non-Western foreign Dutch nationals is higher in the largemunicipalities as compared to smaller ones. The lowest percentages can be found in the smallrural municipalities, where the share of non-Western foreign Dutch nationals is generally below5%.Figure 1-2: Population by age and gender80+75‐8070‐7565‐7060‐6555‐6050‐5545‐5040‐4535‐4030‐3525‐3020‐2515‐2010‐155‐10