The data displays the population of the Netherlands in 2017 by background. Of the nearly 17.1 million people living in the Netherlands in 2017, roughly 13.2 million people had a Dutch background and 3.8 million people had a foreign background, defined as first or second generation migrants. Of the non-Western population, the majority of the inhabitants had a Turkish background, as can be seen in this statistic on the background of the non-Western population in the Netherlands. The second-biggest group is formed by the population with a Moroccan background.
