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NETHERLANDS
The census of Dec. 1909 gives in a population of 5,858,175 : —
—
Males i Per cent.
Females
Per cent.
Unmarried
Married "
Widowers and widows Divorced and separated .
1,806,388 30-8 990,991 1 17-4 96,269 ' 1-6 5.394 ! 09
1,770,938
9P3,171
186,735
8,184
30-2 16-9
3-2
0-14
The Dutch like the Flemish belong to the Low-German branch of the Germanic race.
At the census of 1909 there were 69,975 persons of foreign birth living in the Netherlands, 37,532 of them being Germans, 18,336 Belgians, 2,102 English, and 12,005 from other countries. 3,733,775 persons were born in the communes where they lived ; 1,249,741 in some other communes in the province ; 764,201 in other provinces of the realm ; and 15,031 in the Dutch colonies.
n. Movement of the Population
Years
Total Living Births
Illegiti- mate
Deaths
Marriages
Surplus of
Births over
Deaths
Stillborn
Average
1S84-89
149,510
4,753
91,658
30,501
57,864
7,744
1SS9-93
152,452
4,853
93,419
32,760
59,047
7,404
1894-99
159,061
4,567
86,387
36.033
72,673
7,425
1900-04
168,264
3,988
87,864
30,919
80,401
7,252
1905-09
171,170
3,682
83,769
41.994
87,399
7.092
1910
168,894
3,514
79,984
42,740
88,910
6,847
1911
166,527
3,327
86,782
43,2(58
79,745
6,638
The emigration has been as follows mostly to North America. Average to different lands: 1892-6, 2,991; 1897-1901, 1.352 ; 1902-06, 2,510; 1907, 4,393 ; 1908, 3,030 ; 1909, 2,939 ; 1910, 3,220 ; 1911, 2,638.
Of the last number 1,426 were males, 604 females, and 608 childreu.
The total number of emigrants, Dutch and foreigners, sailed from Dutch ports was, in 1911, 43,838.
III. Pkincipal '
roWNS.
On December 31, 1911
- —
Amsterdam
. 580,960
Dordrecht .
47,304
Deventer .
. 28,223
Rotterdam
. 436,018
Maestricht
38,233
Breda
. 27,259
The Hague
. 288,577
Leeuwarde
37,439
Holder
. 27,15ti
Utrecht .
. 121,317
Apeldoorn .
. 37,517
Zaandam .
. 25,305
Groningen
. 77.221
'sHertogenbosch
. 35,157
Gouda
. 24,850
Haarlem .
. 69,988
Enschede . .
35,448
Amersfoort
. 23,997
Avnhcm
. 64,634
Delft .
34.485
Vlaardingen
. 22,452
Leiden
. 59,133
ZwoUe
. 33,727
Flushing .
. 21,778
Nimeguen
. 57,116
Schiedam . ,
. 33,235
Alkmaar .
. 21,374
Tilbnrg .
.. 52,754
Hilversuni
32,356
Hengelo .
. 21,253
Relig^ion.
Entire liberty oi conscience and complete social equality are granted to the members of all religious confessions. The royal family and the majority of the inhabitants belong to the Reformed Church. The State Budget contained fixed allowances for the different churches ; for Protestant Churches, about 1,376,000 guilders ; for Roman Catholics, about 568,000 ; and for Jews, about 14,000.
