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Голландцы (нидерландцы)

language area per Glottologcensus counts
12,859,141
Netherlands, census 2026 (ancestry (self-reported))
83,956
sum of censuses in 5 countries, 2001-2021
Indo-European
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Netherlands: 12,859,141 people in the 2026 census.

Official figures exist for 5 countries; together they add up to 83,956. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2001-2021) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

Main language: Dutch. Glottolog classifies it in the Indo-European family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Netherlands2026 · ancestry (self-reported) · «Country of origin: The Netherlands (born in the Netherlands)» · [1]
12,859,141
United States2023 · ancestry (self-reported) · «Dutch» · [2]
3,030,332
Aruba2010 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Dutch» · [3]
83,327
Estonia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Dutch» · [4]
345
Ukraine2001 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Dutch» · [5]
139
Latvia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Dutch» · [6]
77
Kazakhstan2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Dutch» · [7]
68
Sum across 5 countries83,956

Languages and their lineage

Dutch

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Germanicgerm1287
  4. Northwest Germanicnort3152
  5. West Germanicwest2793
  6. Macro-Dutchmacr1270
  7. Middle-Modern Dutchmidd1347
  8. Modern Dutchmode1257
  9. Global Dutchglob1241
  10. Dutchdutc1256

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

PakistanisRussiansMarathiGermansSpaniardsMexicansUkrainiansEnglishIrishAmericansItaliansRomaniansNepali (Khas-Arya)BelarusiansTajiksCzechsScotsSerbsBulgariansSlovaksArmeniansCubansLithuaniansAlbanians

Sources

  1. Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Population; sex, age, country of origin, country of birth, 1 January (table 85384ENG). https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/figures/detail/85384ENG
  2. U.S. Census Bureau. ACS 2023 1-year, Table B04006 (variable B04006_034E, label Estimate!!Total:!!Dutch). https://data.census.gov/api/access/data/table?id=ACSDT1Y2023.B04006&g=010XX00US
  3. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Aruba, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  4. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Estonia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  5. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Ukraine, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  6. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Latvia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  7. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Kazakhstan, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  8. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)