Netherlands → France
Migration corridor · visas, permits and flows
- From
- Netherlands
- To
- France
- Inflow, 2023 (OECD)
- 2,341
- Change since 2018
- +27.2%
- Share of all arrivals in France, 2023
- 0.90%
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Migration from the Netherlands to France
Inflows of nationals of the Netherlands recorded by France; stock of nationals of the Netherlands living there; and acquisitions of France's nationality (OECD).
Inflows by year
Data table
| 2000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2,678 |
| 2014 | 2,063 |
| 2015 | 2,142 |
| 2016 | 1,858 |
| 2017 | 1,662 |
| 2018 | 1,840 |
| 2019 | 1,893 |
| 2020 | 1,487 |
| 2021 | 2,105 |
| 2022 | 2,807 |
| 2023 | 2,341 |
| Year | Inflow | Stock | Acquired nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 39,337 | — |
| 2023 | 2,341 | 38,069 | 126 |
| 2022 | 2,807 | 36,649 | 108 |
| 2021 | 2,105 | 36,328 | 112 |
| 2020 | 1,487 | 35,868 | 70 |
| 2019 | 1,893 | 36,705 | 99 |
| 2018 | 1,840 | 36,378 | 126 |
| 2017 | 1,662 | 36,378 | 110 |
| 2016 | 1,858 | 36,607 | 114 |
| 2015 | 2,142 | 37,126 | 128 |
| 2014 | 2,063 | 38,459 | 94 |
| 2013 | 2,678 | — | 121 |
| 2012 | — | — | 107 |
| 2011 | — | — | 144 |
| 2010 | — | 37,588 | 116 |
Migrant population
People born in the Netherlands who live in France: mid-year estimates of the international migrant stock (UN DESA).
Migrant population by year
Data table
| 1990 | 21,603 |
| 1995 | 25,284 |
| 2000 | 30,219 |
| 2005 | 37,698 |
| 2010 | 40,337 |
| 2015 | 39,871 |
| 2020 | 39,848 |
| 2024 | 40,630 |
- Estimate, 2024
- 40,630
- Share of all international migrants in the destination, 2024
- 0.44%
- Rank among countries of birth, 2024
- 42
- Counted by
- country of birth, refugees added
France's consulates in the Netherlands
Short-stay Schengen (C) visa applications at France's consulates located in the Netherlands.
| Year | Applications | Issued | Not issued | Refusal rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 40.9% |
Applications by year
Data table
| 2009 | 22 |
Compared with other corridors
Nationalities with the most arrivals in France, 2023; the Netherlands ranks 29.
- Algeria20,762
- Morocco17,703
- Tunisia14,656
- Afghanistan10,974
- Italy10,113
- Spain9,628
- Côte d’Ivoire7,945
- Belgium7,813
- Portugal7,426
- Germany7,105
- Türkiye6,780
- Romania6,667
- Spain8,956
- Germany7,550
- Belgium7,385
- Portugal3,177
- Sweden1,648
- Switzerland1,590
- United States1,500
- Japan1,387
- Denmark1,165
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